Abstract

Background Standardised packaging for factory-made cigarettes (FM) and roll-your-own tobacco (RYO), and a minimum excise tax (MET) were fully implemented in the UK in May 2017 following a 12-month transition period. This paper is the first to examine effects on tobacco sales volumes and company revenues.

Methods Analysis of UK commercial supermarket and convenience store electronic point of sale data on tobacco sales. FM and RYO products' data (May 2015–April 2018) yielded 107 572 monthly observations. Expected values from additive mixed modelling were used to calculate...

В марте 2012 года был принят Закон о здравоохранении и социальном обеспечении (HSCA), в результате чего ответственность за ввод в эксплуатацию специализированной службы по борьбе с наркотиками и алкоголем перешла от Национальной службы здравоохранения (NHS) к местным властям в Англии.

Этот сдвиг был разработан для того, чтобы обеспечить большую гибкость и свободу реагирования на местные потребности.

В этой статье исследователи из Королевского колледжа Лондона оценивают взаимосвязь между госпитализацией, связанной с алкоголем, предоставлением специализированного лечения алкоголизма и...

Applications are now invited for Alcohol Change UK's New Horizons grants programme for innovative and future-facing academic research on 'Groups, Communities and Alcohol Harm'.

The new grants programme will fund up to four research projects to explore topics connected to this theme. Applicants are strongly encouraged to propose projects that bring together different academic disciplines in order to bring new perspectives, theory and methodologies to the work.

The New Horizons grants programme is open to researchers from UK academic institutions. The principal applicant should be able to...

In February 2019, the UK government appointed Professor Dame Carol Black to undertake an independent review of drugs.

The aim of the review was to inform the government’s thinking on what more can be done to tackle the harm that drugs cause.

Dame Carol’s Review of Drugs: Phase One Report provides a detailed analysis of the challenges posed by drug supply and demand, including the ways in which drugs fuel serious violence.

The report is linked with an information pack that lays out the evidence relating to drug use, supply and effects, including current trends and future risks.

A...

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Это руководство помогает поставщикам медицинских услуг предлагать лечение женщинам, живущим с расстройствами, связанными с употреблением психоактивных веществ. В нем рассматриваются гендерно-ориентированные исследования и передовая практика, такие как общие модели первоначального использования и конкретные вопросы и стратегии лечения.

This webinar focuses on the issue of self-care for addiction professionals and was delivered by ICUDDR Deputy Director Cary Hopkins Eyles.

Many of us are drawn to work in the field of substance use disorders due to our history, family, and personal traits, such as compassion and empathy. While these can be great assets, they can also be detrimental to us personally.

In this webinar, Cary explains how to identify healthy and unhealthy traits, how we can care for ourselves, and what authentic self-care looks like.

Cary has worked in the field of substance use disorders for 18 years. She...