Article
Alcohol, Drugs, Gambling, Tobacco,
Alcohol, drugs, tobacco and gambling form a lens for the Nordic welfare states’ biggest challenges
Alcohol, Drugs, Gambling, Tobacco,
The development of demographic and economic dependency ratios is a predicament for the Nordic welfare states as it introduces difficulties f [...]
Story
Alcohol,
Three themes from the Skarpö research conference
Alcohol,
Cancer and alcohol on the agenda Unless we do something about the current situation, we stand before a tsunami of cancer diagnoses, and that [...]
Article
Gambling,
Online Gambling, Regulation and the Pandemic – hot topics at Helsinki GAMIC Workshop
Gambling,
– The feedback we got from the participants was positive. This was the fourth GAMIC workshop, and the conference has established itself as [...]
Article
Alcohol,
Alcohol Culture in Denmark – A brand new anthology
Alcohol,
The anthology is the eighth volume in the book series Samfund og Rusmidler. The series focuses on socially relevant problems related to both [...]
Article
Alcohol, Tobacco,
Alcohol and Tobacco Use in Iceland – where are we heading?
Alcohol, Tobacco,
In the year 2022, almost a quarter of Icelanders fell under the definition of having a harmful consumption pattern of alcohol, or risk consu [...]
Article
Alcohol,
Pusher, Tiktok or parents: How young people in Sweden get hold of alcohol
Alcohol,
Social media affects all parts of young people’s lives. In addition to chatting, dating and gaming, also their contact surface with alcoho [...]
Article
Alcohol,
Swedes are more liberal towards excessive drinking than ever before
Alcohol,
IQ:s Alkoholindex, shows a correlation between high alcohol consumption, as well as high drinking frequency, and a lower index – meaning m [...]
Article
Alcohol,
From highs to lows: Alcohol policies in the Baltic Region
Alcohol,
Lithuania – a positive example for Europe Lithuania has demonstrated what can be accomplished if there is sufficient political will. B [...]
Article
Tobacco,
A new generation of nicotine addicts
Tobacco,
The tobacco and nicotine use among Swedish youth has been increasing drastically in recent years. Around 20 percent of high school students [...]
Article
Drugs,
New potent synthetic opioid detected in Norway
Drugs,
Protonitazene is not used in clinical practice but sold on the illicit market. It does not show up in normal blood or urine tests, and canno [...]
Article
Gambling,
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 [...]
Article
Gambling,
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 [...]
Story
Alcohol, Drugs, Gambling,
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 [...]
Article
Drugs,
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 [...]
Article
Tobacco,
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
Article
Alcohol,
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 [...]
Article
Gambling,
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 [...]
Article
Alcohol,
Children with parental alcohol problems have an increased risk of not attaining a secondary education
Alcohol,
Young people leaving school without completing secondary education is a well-identified problem in many Western countries. Completing a seco [...]
Article
Tobacco,
Can legislation protect young people from snus and snus-like products?
Tobacco,
During the last decade, the use of snus and more recently the use of snus-like nicotine pouches has become common among young people in the [...]
Article
Alcohol, Drugs,
New study finds the blind spots of addiction treatment systems – and asks what can be done about them
Alcohol, Drugs,
We wanted to identify the weak points of current treatment offers which might prevent people from seeking help, even when they need it. This [...]
Article
Alcohol,
Comparable Nordic alcohol statistics difficult to compile since the end of official cooperation
Alcohol,
As Chief Specialist at the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Nordic comparisons are among the primary duties of alcohol resear [...]
Alcohol, Drugs, Gambling,
NAD 3/2020 (June)
Alcohol, Drugs, Gambling,
Article
Alcohol,
Multiple indicators focusing on different alcohol-related domains should be used to describe alcohol use profiles among older patients
Alcohol,
Multidimensional identification of relevant typologies could improve diagnosis and treatment by establishing the nature of alcohol problems [...]
Article
Alcohol,
Scotland and Wales introduced a minimum price for alcohol – now evidence is needed to show that it works
Alcohol,
With effect from the second of March 2020, a minimum price for alcohol is in force in Wales. This means that one unit of alcohol must cost a [...]
Alcohol, Drugs, Gambling,
NAD/2019 (December)
Alcohol, Drugs, Gambling,
Alcohol, Drugs, Tobacco,
NAD 5/2019 (October)
Alcohol, Drugs, Tobacco,
Article
Gambling,
Prevalence of problem gambling in the institutionalized Warsaw homeless population
Gambling,
There are more than 400 000 homeless individuals in the European Union. It is known that the causes of homelessness stem from an interaction [...]