epidemiology

Review of Methamphetamine Use among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People

Book

14 August 2019

Research suggests methamphetamine use is higher amongst Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders compared to non-Indigenous Australians. The purpose of this review is to provide an overview of the key information on the use of...

Tobacco Use in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Risks and Challenges

Scientific article

21 May 2019

In recent years, the tobacco pandemic’s magnitude and trajectory has shifted away from high-income countries to low- and middle-income countries and so have the tobacco industry’s marketing efforts and tactics. Research suggests that Sub...

Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drugs in Australia Web Report

Book

25 July 2019

The consumption of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs is a major cause of preventable disease and illness in Australia. This report consolidates the most recently available information on alcohol, tobacco and other drug use in Australia, and...

APSAD Conference 2019

10 November 2019

Hobart

The Australasian Professional Society on

World Drug Report 2019

Book

26 June 2019

The World Drug Report aims at improving the understanding of the world drug problem and contributing towards fostering greater international cooperation for countering its impact on health, governance and security. The World Drug Report...

ASH Fact Sheet: Use of E-Cigarettes among Young People in Great Britain

Book

This fact sheet uses the ASH smokefree GB survey of 11-18-year-olds 2013-2019, and other sources, to examine evolving youth use of e-cigarettes in Britain in the context of changes in the regulation of e-cigarettes, and use of tobacco among...

Participants Required for Study of Attitudes towards Smoking and Health

News

SASH: Study of Attitudes towards Smoking and Health is a research study that aims to understand smoking beliefs, attitudes and behaviours in current smokers who are aged 50 years and older and living in the UK. If you are eligible, the...

Seminar Presentation: Ecological Momentary Assessment of Alcohol Use

Video and audio recordings

23 April 2019

The majority of existing knowledge on patterns of alcohol consumption is based on retrospective-recall methodologies. These are cost-efficient and convenient but are limited in their capacity to record data on the circumstances of alcohol...

Webinar: How Do Co-occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Affect Young People?

Video and audio recordings

This webinar will present an update on research into co-occurring mental and substance use disorders among young people in Australia. It will ask: how many young people experience co-occurring mental and substance use disorders? What is the...

Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco - Europe Conference

12 September 2019

Oslo

Norway

On 12-14th September 2019, the 19th SRNT Europe conference will be held in Oslo, Norway.

The conference will be centred around the theme of ‘Tobacco use in clinical practice and populations’, and will cover the great breadth of tobacco and nicotine research in the following topics:

· Pre-clinical/basic science

· Clinical