Alcohol

The link between risk gambling and the use of alcohol, illicit drugs and tobacco among adolescents

Gambling,

In a study among European adolescents, the authors found positive associations between gambling and alcohol, tobacco, other substances (but [...]

The Finnish gambling policy programme in a Nordic context: a long-term commitment to harm prevention and reduction?

Gambling,

The significance of the programme cannot be overstated. Already in 2017, an expert group recommended the preparation of such a programme in [...]

NADRA 2022

Alcohol, Drugs, Gambling,

Nordic Alcohol and Drug Researcher´s Assembly (NADRA) is a conference with roots dating back to the mid 1980’s. The event, formerly known [...]

Drug control and human rights in the Russian Federation

Drugs,

Today, Russia has a high prevalence of drug use and has already for some years suffered from a widespread injection drug use epidemic with a [...]

The new Finnish Tobacco Act brings important measures, yet needs further strengthening

Tobacco,

What is new? The foremost reform in the renewed Act was that all the promotional, advertising and marketing features – such as branding an [...]

Loneliness and social isolation among the older adults during the coronavirus pandemic

Nordic Alcohol and Drug Researchers’ Assembly 2021 (NADRA)

New study underlines college students’ desire for more alcohol-free settings and scepticism towards alcohol prevention programmes

Alcohol,

Our recent study on College students’ perspectives on an alcohol prevention programme and student drinking aimed to give voice to the stud [...]

Nordic gambling companies are profitable, but at a cost

Gambling,

Our recent article ‘On the efficiency of Nordic state-controlled monopolies’ published in Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs assesses t [...]