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Reactions on Twitter towards Australia's proposed import restriction on nicotine vaping products: a thematic analysis

open access: yesAustralian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2021
Objective: In June 2020, the Australian Government announced that personal importation of nicotine vaping products (NVP) would be prohibited, pending a 12‐month classification and regulation review by the Therapeutic Goods Administration.
Tianze Sun   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Aggressive behaviour among drug-using women from Cape Town, South Africa: ethnicity, heavy alcohol use, methamphetamine and intimate partner violence

open access: yesBMC Women's Health, 2017
Background Women have generally been found to be the victims of violence, but scant attention has been paid to the characteristics of women who perpetrate aggression and violence. In South Africa, violence is a prevalent societal issue, especially in the
Tara Carney   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reliability of the GAIN-SS, CRAFTT and PESQ screening instruments for substance use among South African adolescents

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Psychiatry, 2016
Introduction: Screening for adolescent substance use can assist with the early identification of substance-related problems and guide the provision of appropriate services. As such, psychometrically sound screening tools are needed. The aim of this study
Tara Carney, Bronwyn Myers, Johann Louw
doaj   +1 more source

Adolescent Marijuana Use and Co-Occurrence with Tobacco Use: Implications for Tobacco Regulation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Background: Marijuana use among high school youth has been declining over the past two decades. However, there has been a notable shift in the national landscape with regards to social norms and marijuana legalization that could allow marijuana to become
Koopman Gonzalez, Sarah J, Trapl, Erika
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Peer crowd affiliation as a segmentation tool for young adult tobacco use. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
BackgroundIn California, young adult tobacco prevention is of prime importance; 63% of smokers start by the age of 18 years, and 97% start by the age of 26 years.
Jordan, Jeffrey W   +2 more
core   +1 more source

The Young Women’s Health CoOp in Cape Town, South Africa: Study protocol for a cluster-randomised trial for adolescent women at risk for HIV

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2018
Background South Africa remains the global epicentre of HIV infection, and adolescent women have the highest incidence of HIV in the country. South Africa also has high rates of alcohol and other drug (AOD) use, violence, and gender inequality.
Wendee M. Wechsberg   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence of Alcohol Consumption and Hazardous Drinking, Tobacco and Drug use in urban Tanzania, and Their associated Risk Factors. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Evidence suggests substance abuse in Tanzania is a growing public health problem. A random sample of 899 adults aged 15-59 in two urban sites of differing levels of poverty surveyed alcohol, tobacco and illicit substance use.
Araya   +47 more
core   +3 more sources

An exploration of online behaviors and social media use among hookah and electronic-cigarette users

open access: yesAddictive Behaviors Reports, 2015
Introduction: The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between social norms and attitudes towards ENDS and hookah and use of these products.
Alissa R. Link   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence and correlates of alcohol and tobacco use among pregnant women in the United States: evidence from the NSDUH 2005–2014 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Alcohol and tobacco use during pregnancy are among the strongest and most preventable risk factors for adverse neonatal health outcomes, but few developmentally sensitive, population-based studies of this phenomenon have been conducted.
DiNitto, Diana M.   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Interpersonal and intrapersonal differences among adolescent nonsmokers, ex-smokers, and smokers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Background: A large body of research has traced tobacco dependence among adolescents to a series of intrapersonal and interpersonal factors. However, there are remaining questions regarding the differences on these factors related to tobacco use ...
Baiocco, Roberto   +5 more
core   +1 more source

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