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Background and aims
Although men's alcohol misuse and less gender‐equitable attitudes have been identified as risks for perpetration of intimate partner violence (IPV), less is known about how men's gender‐equitable attitudes and drinking act together to increase risk of IPV. This study aimed to assess the independent relationships of lower gender‐equitable attitudes and drinking to perpetration...
Aims
Canada's 2018 Cannabis Act allows youth (age 12–17 years) to possess up to 5 g of dried cannabis (or equivalent) for personal consumption/sharing. This study assessed whether the Cannabis Act was associated with changes in police‐reported cannabis offences among youth in Canada.
Design
Time series model using national daily criminal incident data from January 1, 2015–December 31, 2018 from...
Aims
To investigate changes in alcohol consumption during the first months of the COVID‐19 pandemic in Europe as well as its associations with income and experiences of distress related to the pandemic.
Design
Cross‐sectional on‐line survey conducted between 24 April and 22 July 2020.
Setting
Twenty‐one European countries.
Participants
A total of 31 964 adults reporting past‐year drinking....
Background and Aims
Prescription opioid analgesics have contributed to the development of opioid use disorder (OUD) in many individuals. We aimed to characterize non‐cancer opioid prescribing for opioid‐naive individuals prior to OUD identification.
Design
Population‐based retrospective cohort study using six linked health administrative databases.
Setting
British Columbia (BC), Canada.
Participants...
This review outlines the important oral implications of tobacco use. The lining of the mouth (oral mucosa), if exposed to tobacco and its products in a susceptible individual, can develop benign, potentially malignant, and malignant tumours. Treatment and prognosis depend on tumour type, how early it is detected, its size and site in the oral cavity and whether it has spread. Advanced oral squamous...
Background and Aims
In a US randomized‐effectiveness trial comparing extended‐release naltrexone (XR‐NTX) with buprenorphine–naloxone (BUP‐NX) for the prevention of opioid relapse among participants recruited during inpatient detoxification (CTN‐0051), the requirement to complete opioid detoxification prior to initiating XR‐NTX resulted in lower rates of initiation of XR‐NTX (72% XR‐NTX versus 94%...
Background and aims
Exposure to alcohol advertising is associated with underage drinking, which contributes to adolescent morbidity and mortality. Alcohol advertisements are regulated by the alcohol industry. Our research team has published reports monitoring alcohol advertisers’ compliance with industry guidelines. In this study, we estimated: (1) changes in youth and adult exposure to alcohol advertisements...
Aims
To systematically review the literature on (i) whether and how various risk messages about nicotine vaping products (NVPs) alter harm perception and behavioural intentions of smokers and non‐smokers and (ii) how trust in sources of NVP risk communication affects message reception and behavioural intentions.
Methods
Seven electronic databases and reference lists of relevant articles were searched...
Background and Aim
To inform the development of effective night‐time preventive interventions, our goal was to assess adolescents’ residence (i.e. being at) and transitions across contexts during evening hours and risks for drinking and drinking‐related problems in relation to contexts and to these transitions.
Design
Ecological momentary assessment and survey methods.
Setting
Twelve mid‐sized...
Background
mHealth applications (apps) for addictive behaviours offer widespread provision of digital support, with particular benefits for stigmatized groups and those with poor access to treatment services. Regulation and accreditation may encourage the uptake and use of evidence‐based addictive behaviour apps, yet this is a complex and confusing landscape. We navigate international regulatory...
Background and aims
Health warning labels (HWLs) on tobacco products reduce smoking. There is an absence of evidence concerning the impact of alcohol HWLs on selection or purchasing in naturalistic settings. Using a commercial‐standard naturalistic shopping laboratory, this study aimed to estimate the impact on selection of alcoholic drinks of HWLs describing adverse health consequences of excessive...
Background and aims
Over‐the‐counter codeine products were up‐scheduled to prescription only in Australia from February 2018. This trend study aimed to identify changes in codeine supply before and after the February 2018 implementation.
Design, setting and cases
Time–series regression analysis of monthly medicine supplies in Australia from 2014 to 2018. The February 2018 up‐scheduling was pre‐specified...
Aims
We aimed to analyze whether people with substance‐induced psychosis (SIP), both those who convert and do not convert to schizophrenia, have higher all‐cause and cause‐specific mortality when compared to the general population.
Design
Prospective cohort study.
Setting
Nationwide Danish registers.
Participants/Cases
We included all people born in Denmark, living in Denmark on their 15th...
Background and Aims
Increased alcohol consumption has been proposed as a potential consequence of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic. There has been little scrutiny of alcohol use behaviors resulting in hospital visits, which is essential to guide pandemic public policy. We aimed to determine whether COVID‐19 peak restrictions were associated with increased hospital visits for alcohol...
Background and Aims
The US state of South Dakota's 24/7 Sobriety Program (24/7) requires individuals charged or convicted of alcohol‐involved offenses to avoid alcohol and submit to twice‐daily or continuous alcohol testing. We evaluated the impact of the 24/7 program in the US state of Montana.
Methods
Using data from everyone in Montana who was convicted of their second driving under the influence...
Aims
To identify implementation barriers and facilitators to the adoption and implementation of programs that provide opioid agonist treatments (OAT) with methadone and buprenorphine to treat opioid use disorder in jails and prisons in the United States.
Design
Qualitative analysis: semi‐structured interviews were conducted and thematic analyses of transcripts and notes were performed using a hybrid...
Aim
To test the effect of the duration of medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) use during pregnancy on maternal, perinatal and neonatal outcomes.
Design
Retrospective cohort analysis of claims, encounter and pharmacy data.
Setting
Pennsylvania, USA.
Participants
We analyzed 13 320 pregnancies among 10 741 women with opioid use disorder aged 15–44 years enrolled in Pennsylvania Medicaid...
Background and aims
While long‐term medication‐assisted treatment (MAT) using methadone or buprenorphine is associated with significantly lower all‐cause mortality for individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD), periods of initiating or discontinuing treatment are associated with higher mortality risks relative to stable treatment. This study aimed to identify the OUD treatment durations necessary...
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