Psychology & Psychiatry
Personality and mental health factors linked to vaping uptake
University of Otago researchers have discovered three psychological factors that predict if a non-smoker will start vaping.
Mar 7, 2024
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Drug and Alcohol Review
Drug and Alcohol Review is the Asia-Pacific's leading multidisciplinary journal addressing issues related to alcohol and drug-related problems. As the official journal of the Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs (APSAD), Drug and Alcohol Review is an international meeting ground for the views, expertise and experience of all those involved in studying alcohol, tobacco and drug problems.
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Website
- http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1465-3362
- Impact factor
- 1.547 (2011)
Addiction
More than 1/3 illicit drugs sold on the dark web found to contain unexpected substances
Testing of illicit drugs bought online found that 35% were not what they said they were, highlighting the urgent need for more local drug testing facilities in Australia to prevent harm and overdose.
Mar 5, 2024
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Addiction
Sacramento study finds that after seven years, alcohol control program still reduces child abuse
A neighborhood alcohol control project in Sacramento that reduced cases of child abuse and neglect soon after implementation still had a positive impact seven years later, a new study found. The study was published in the ...
Jan 30, 2024
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Addiction
The fallacy of the local bar: Do individuals opt to travel farther than the neighborhood watering hole?
Individuals travel beyond their residential neighborhood and area of work to bars, but tend to travel to liquor stores closer to home, according to a new study at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and ...
Jan 17, 2024
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Addiction
Study gauges support for restricting alcohol in kids' films
Alcohol exposure is common in popular films and research has demonstrated a link between alcohol exposure and use. Currently, only alcohol marketing in films is regulated—but not alcohol exposure, such as seeing an alcoholic ...
Nov 2, 2023
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HIV & AIDS
Research finds the most sexually adventurous gay and bisexual men are also the most vigilant with HIV prevention
More than a third of gay and bisexual men in New Zealand report recently having group sex and the same proportion say they use drugs to enhance sexual experiences.
Oct 30, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Understanding drinking behaviors in young Australian adults
Young Australian adults aged 18–24 years are more likely to binge drink than any other age group prompting a team of Griffith University researchers to take a different approach to better understand why this is the case.
Oct 23, 2023
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Health
Vaping a gateway to smoking for non-smokers, research shows
While vaping provides a pathway to help smokers wanting to quit, for non-smokers it may be the first step on a pathway to taking up smoking, a new study has shown.
Jun 27, 2023
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Health
Understanding the current decline in youth drinking
Striking differences in the way high school students socialize may be one of the reasons behind a dramatic drop in youth drinking over the last 20 years, a study from the University of Otago, Wellington, has found.
May 25, 2023
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Health
Working towards a solution for the problem of youth vaping
A University of Queensland researcher says current Australian laws were failing to prevent young people using nicotine vaping products (NVPs).
May 10, 2023
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