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Tobacco Use Disorders [PDF]

open access: yesChild and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 2016
Tobacco use is a pervasive public health problem and the leading cause of preventable morbidity and mortality in the United States. This article reviews the epidemiology of tobacco use in youth, with a description of cigarettes, alternative tobacco product, and polytobacco use patterns among the general population and among adolescents with psychiatric
Deepa R, Camenga, Jonathan D, Klein
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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

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
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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
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Part I: Moving in the right direction: Tobacco packaging and labeling in the Americas

open access: yesTobacco Prevention and Cessation, 2023
Introduction Article 13 of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control recommends a comprehensive ban on tobacco advertising, promotion, and sponsorship (TAPS) including at the point-of-sale (POS). In Feb.
Ernesto M Sebrie   +3 more
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The tobacco epidemic in Spain: 1987-2020

open access: yesTobacco Prevention and Cessation, 2023
Introduction Tobacco is one of the most widely consumed drugs worldwide. The aim was to describe the tobacco epidemic through different indicators related to tobacco use in Spain.
Julia Rey-Brandariz   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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
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Tobacco packaging design for reducing tobacco use [PDF]

open access: yesCochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2017
Tobacco use is the largest single preventable cause of death and disease worldwide. Standardised tobacco packaging is an intervention intended to reduce the promotional appeal of packs and can be defined as packaging with a uniform colour (and in some cases shape and size) with no logos or branding, apart from health warnings and other government ...
McNeill, Ann   +5 more
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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

Using the judicial system to fight tobacco: Perspectives from the Global South

open access: yesTobacco Prevention and Cessation, 2023
Introduction Recent litigation cases such as the Brazilian lawsuit against the largest tobacco corporations seeking the recovery of healthcare costs related to the treatment of tobacco-related diseases1 demonstrate that the use of the judicial system ...
Daniel Dorado   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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