NAD

The journal covers a broad set of aspects on epidemiology, use, harm, prevention, policies, and practice. The articles are encouraged to involve a social or welfare political framing. Nordic research and comparative settings are of special interest, but the journal also welcomes contributions from other parts of the world with relevance from a Nordic perspective. The journal publishes articles in English, but also in Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish.

Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs has an international readership of researchers, public health authorities, politicians, decision-makers, NGOs, professionals, students, and the media. By publishing in the journal, the contributors also reach a wider Nordic audience through the popNAD website and its summaries of the journal’s content.

NAD is published in cooperation with Uppsala University and the University of Helsinki. Financial contributors to NAD are the Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research (CRF) at Aarhus university in Denmark, the Ministry of Social Affairs in Sweden, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health in Finland, the Society of Swedish Literature in Finland (SLS), and the Icelandic Directorate of Health.

Editorial board

• Maj Nygaard-Christensen, Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research, Denmark
• Kristine Rømer Thomsen, Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research, Denmark
• Elin Kristin Bye, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway
• Monika Alvestad Reime, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway
• Ársæll Már Arnarsson, University of Iceland, Iceland
• Johan Svensson, CAN/Stockholm University, Sweden
• Filip Roumeliotis, Stockholm University, Sweden
• Jani Selin, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland
• Katja Kuusisto, Tampere University, Finland

Associate Editors

• Julie Brummer, Aarhus University, Denmark
• Tobias Kammersgaard, Aarhus University, Denmark
• Veera Kankainen, University of Helsinki, Finland
• Jenni Savonen, University of Helsinki, Finland
• Siri Thor, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
• Linn Gjersing, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway

NAD 3/2026

Reviews

Designing their Own Story: A Meta-Ethnography of Health Promotion Among Adolescents with Parental Substance Use Problems
Signegun Romedal, Anne Schanche Selbekk, Siri Håvås Haugland, John-Kåre Vederhus, Bente Birkeland

This is my way of Drinking: A Scoping Review of how Individuals Narrate Their Alcohol-Related Problems
Regina Christiansen, Jakob Godsk Nielsen, Cindie Maagaard, Anita Wohlmann, Anette Søgaard Nielsen

Research Reports

Arenas of Choice During Addiction Treatment: A Qualitative Study of Patient and Staff Experiences
Anna Frisint, Christina Andersson, Morten Sager, Lena Eriksson, Annika Jakobsson, Fredrik Spak

Reframing Harm and Evidence: Advocacy Coalitions and the Transformation of Finnish Alcohol Policy
Josefin Westermarck, Anu Katainen, Matilda Hellman, Katariina Warpenius

What is the Addictive Potential from Vaping?
Karl Erik Lund, Tord Finne Vedøy