Acknowledge­ments

We would like to express our thanks to the following organisations and representatives from the Nordic and Baltic countries for the guidance and help in finding and providing data sources, regulatory sources, and insights on this topic in their respective countries. Thanks are also extended for reviewing the presented prevalence data and regulations.

Denmark
Danish Health Authority
Ministry of the Interior and Health of Denmark

Finland
Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health 

Iceland
Directorate of Health
Ministry of Health

Norway
Anders Bakken, Researcher at Section for Youth Research, OsloMet
Norwegian Directorate of Health
Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services

Sweden
Public Health Agency of Sweden
Martina Zetterqvist, Investigator at the Swedish Council for Information on Alcohol and Other Drugs (CAN)

Estonia
Rainer Reile, Senior researcher at the Department for epidemiology and biostatistics, National Institute for Health Development
Aive Telling, Environmental Health Policy Manager at the Ministry of Social Affairs

Latvia
Sanita Lazdiņa, Deputy Head of the Mental Health, Addiction Prevention and Integrated Services Unit in the Ministry of Health of Latvia
Una Mārtiņsone, Senior Public Health Analyst at the Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

Lithuania
Rūta Gedminienė, Chief Specialist of Monitoring and Analysis Division at the Drug, Tobacco and Alcohol Control Department (NTAKD)
Jelena Talačkienė, Adviser at the Mental Health Division, Ministry of Health of Lithuania

Lastly, we would like to thank Charlotta Pisinger, Professor at the University of Copenhagen and Adjunct Professor at the University of Southern Denmark, and Lisbeth Lund, PhD student at the National Institute of Public Health, Denmark, for their insights into the field and feedback during the writing process.