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Public Health, Academic Medicine, and alcohol industry's corporate social responsibility activities
| Date added: | 01/22/2013 |
| Date modified: | 01/29/2013 |
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Authors: TF Babor and K Robaina (University of Connecticut School of Medicine)
In this article the emerging relationships are explored among the alcohol industry, academic medicine, and the public health community in the context of public health theory dealing with corporate social responsibility. To the extent that the scientific evidence supports the reduction of alcohol consumption through regulatory and legal measures, the academic community has come into increasing conflict with the views of the alcohol industry. It was concluded that the alcohol industry has intensified its scientific and policy-related activities under the general framework of corporate social responsibility initiatives, most of which can be described as instrumental to the industry's economic interests.
Response to the appendix to Duffy & Snowdon’s report
| Date added: | 01/29/2013 |
| Date modified: | 01/29/2013 |
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Authors: Alan Brennan, John Holmes, Yang Meng and Robin Purshouse (University of Sheffield)
This appendix is the second part of the response from the University of Sheffield (Shiefield Alcohol Research Group) to a recent report by the Adam Smith Institute (ASI) critiquing the Shieffield Alcohol Policy Model which applies to the effectiveness of minimum pricing.
As the ASI report contained two sections, a pair of essays on our work and a more technical appendix, this response follows a similar format.
School-based programmes for preventing smoking
| Date added: | 05/28/2013 |
| Date modified: | 05/28/2013 |
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Authors: Roger E Thomas, Julie McLellan and Rafael Perera
The primary aim of this review was to determine whether school smoking interventions prevent youth from starting smoking and also which interventions were most effective. This included evaluating the effects of theoretical approaches; additional booster sessions; programme deliverers; gender effects; and multifocal interventions versus those focused solely on smoking.
Status Report on Alcohol and Health in 35 European Countries 2013
| Date added: | 06/17/2013 |
| Date modified: | 06/17/2013 |
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Author: WHO - Regional Office for Europe
People in the WHO European Region consume the most alcohol per head in the world. In the European Union (EU), alcohol accounts for about 120 000 premature deaths per year: 1 in 7 in men and 1 in 13 in women.
Most countries in the Region have adopted policies, strategies and plans to reduce alcohol-related harm. In 2012, the WHO Regional Office for Europe collected information on alcohol consumption and related harm, and countries policy responses to contribute to the Global Information System for Alcohol and Health; this report presented a selection of the results for 35 countries – EU Member States and candidate countries, Norway and Switzerland – individually and in groups distinguished by their drinking patterns and traditions.
Substituted Cathinone Products: A New Trend in "Bath Salts" and Other Designer Stimulant Drug Use
| Date added: | 06/26/2013 |
| Date modified: | 06/26/2013 |
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Authors: Gunderson E, Kirkpatrick MG, Willing LM, Holstege CP
There is a growing concern about the availability of a new generation of “designer drug” stimulants that are marketed as “bath salts” and other household products. The products are not true bath salts and contain substituted cathinone stimulant substances, such as ethylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV) and mephedrone. Calls to the American Association of Poison Control Centers regarding “bath salts” consumption began in 2010 and have continued since that time.