Health promotion

Australian Smoking Habits

Book

9 January 2017

Smoking is a serious health issue worldwide. Prevalence, however, has steadily declined across Australia over the last several decades thanks to a number of successful public health campaigns. The number of smokers in the country is now...

Are Personality-Targeted Prevention Initiatives Successful?

Scientific article

5 January 2017

Research has found that one’s personality is a useful predictor of drug and alcohol abuse. One notable programme that approaches substance prevention by focusing on personal characteristics is PreVenture. PreVenture has already been shown...

Are People Smoking Less and Less?

Scientific article

4 January 2017

According to new findings published in the journal Tobacco Control, more than 53 million people in 88 countries have stopped smoking between 2008 – 2014 because of tobacco control measures. Statistically, this means that during the 4-year...

Lisbon Addictions 2017 - 2nd European Conference on Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies

24 October 2017

Lisbon

Portugal

The 2nd European Conference on Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies is a multidisciplinary conference that provides a forum for networking across the addictions.

The conference is organised around three themes:

3rd International Congress of Clinical and Health Psychology on Children and Adolescents

16 November 2017

Seville

Spain

The International Congress of Clinical and Health Psychology on Children and Adolescents brings together psychologists, health educators and clinicians interested in the dissemination of scientific knowledge and the promotion of health and well-being of children and adolescents.

2017 NIDA International Forum

16 June 2017

Montreal

Canada

The 2017 NIDA International Forum will be held June 16–19, 2017 in Montreal, Canada.

Smoking in Films: Adolescents and Unregulated Exposure

Scientific article

13 December 2016

In its latest Smoke-Free Movies Report, the World Health Organisation (WHO) advised governments that films featuring tobacco use ought to be classified for their adult content. Published in the journal Tobacco Control, a new study supports...

Do Cognitive Processes Influence Nicotine Addiction?

Scientific article

13 December 2016

A new study suggests that the way in which the human brain responds to nicotine depends on what a smoker believes about the drug’s content in a cigarette. The investigation found that smoking a cigarette that contains nicotine, but thinking...

Alcohol Use Disorders: Resilience and Risk Behaviour

Scientific article

13 December 2016

New research suggests that certain personality traits, such as having a lack of restraint or being impulsive, increase the likelihood of developing alcohol use disorders. On the flip side, the study found that people with high resilience...

Scotland and New Psychoactive Substances

Book

11 December 2016

A collaborative research project geared towards understanding the patterns of use, motives and harms of New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) - commonly referred to as ‘Legal Highs’ - in Scotland has recently published its findings. Amongst the...