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Aims
To quantify tobacco and alcohol content, including branding, in popular contemporary YouTube music videos; and measure adolescent exposure to such content.
Design
Ten‐second interval content analysis of alcohol, tobacco or electronic cigarette imagery in all UK Top 40 YouTube music videos during a 12‐week period in 2013/14; on‐line national survey of adolescent viewing of the 32 most popular...
Background and Aims
To examine characteristics of first‐time methadone and buprenorphine clients and factors associated with risk of leaving first treatment in New South Wales (NSW), Australia.
Design
Retrospective linkage study of opioid substitution therapy (OST) treatment, court, custody and mortality data.
Setting
NSW, Australia.
Participants
First‐time OST entrants (August 2001–December 2010)...
Aims
To test whether drinking onset moderates genetic and environmental contributions to individual differences in the etiology of alcohol expectancies across adolescence.
Design
Longitudinal twin design.
Setting
Community sample from Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Participants
A total of 1292 male and female twins, aged 11–18 years, were assessed at 1 (n = 440), 2 (n = 587) or 3 (n = 265) occasions as...
Aims
The alcohol beverage industry has been expanding its corporate social responsibility and other business activities in sub‐Saharan Africa. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the effects of these activities on the physical, economic, psychological and social availability of alcohol in the region.
Methods
Narrative review. Source materials came from the business press, industry sources (websites,...
Aims
To describe the penetration and expansion of the global alcohol industry into the African region, as a context for exploring the implications for public health.
Methods
Source materials for this study came primarily from market research and the business press. This was supplemented by industry sources (from websites, company annual reports), World Health Organization reports and the scientific...
Aims
To compare benzodiazepine (BZD) purchases in different groups of mothers of small children.
Design
Prospective population‐based cohort study based on the Finnish social and health care registers.
Setting
Finnish women of child‐bearing age.
Participants
All women who gave birth in 2002 in Finland (n = 54 519).
Measurements
Latent class analysis (LCA) was used to create a typology of mothers...
Aims
To investigate the relationship between cannabis and tobacco use by age 15 and subsequent educational outcomes.
Design
Birth cohort study.
Setting
England.
Participants
The sample was drawn from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children; a core sample of 1155 individuals had complete information on all the variables.
Measurements
The main exposures were cannabis and tobacco use...
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