adolescents

NIDA Resource: Opioid Facts for Teens

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The National Institute on Drug Abuse has published a new resource to provide teenagers with accurate information about opioids. The publication includes a selection of facts on opioids, a section on opioids and heroin, and a helpful list of...

Pesquisa revela poder de compra de bebidas alcoólicas por adolescentes no município de Santos, São Paulo, Brasil.

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This research was supervised by the Federal University of São Paulo - UNIFESP, through the Alcohol and Drug Research Unit - UNIAD with the support of the Paulista Association for the Development of Medicine (SPDM) in partnership with the...

Pesquisa revela poder de compra de bebidas alcoólicas por adolescentes

Investigating the Growing Trend of Non-Drinking among Young People

Scientific article

10 October 2018

Abstract Background Non-drinking among young people has increased over the past decade in England, yet the underlying factor driving this change is unknown. Traditionally non-drinking has been found to be associated with lower socio...

Smoking Susceptibility as a Predictive Measure of Cigarette and E-Cigarette Use among Early Adolescents

Scientific article

1 July 2018

Abstract Objective: To assess the validity of a standard measure of smoking susceptibility for predicting cigarette and e-cigarette use in a sample of early adolescents in Argentina and Mexico. Materials and methods: A school-based...

State Prevalence and Ranks of Adolescent Substance Use

Scientific article

31 May 2018

Abstract Introduction This study statistically ranked states’ performance on adolescent substance use related to cancer risk (past-month cigarette smoking, binge alcohol drinking, and marijuana use). Methods Data came from 69,200 adolescent...

Family Management Risk and Protective Factors for Adolescent Substance Use in South Africa

Scientific article

19 June 2018

Abstract Background An increasingly recognised prevention approach for substance use entails a reduction in risk factors, and the enhancement of promotive, or protective factors in individuals and the environment surrounding them during...

Public Session: Committee on the Neurobiological and Socio-Behavioral Science of Adolescent Development and Its Applications

6 June 2018

Washington, DC

United States

June 6, 2018
8:45 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
District Architecture Center
421 7th Street NW
Washington, DC

E-Cigarette Use among Adolescents: An Overview of the Literature and Future Perspectives

Scientific article

26 March 2018

Background: Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are rapidly emerging into a new trend among adolescents, signaling a new époque, that of vapers. E-cigarettes are battery-powered nicotine delivery devices that heat a typically flavoring...

Characteristics of and Precipitating Circumstances Surrounding Suicide among Persons Aged 10–17 Years

Scientific article

23 March 2018

Summary What is already known about this topic? Suicide is a major public health problem. It is the third leading cause of death among U.S. persons aged 10–17 years. In Utah, the rate of suicide among persons aged 10–17 years has increased...

Adolescent Exposure to Toxic Volatile Organic Chemicals from E-Cigarettes

Scientific article

Abstract BACKGROUND: There is an urgent need to understand the safety of e-cigarettes with adolescents. We sought to identify the presence of chemical toxicants associated with e-cigarette use among adolescents. METHODS: Adolescent e...