Responding to the plan by the Government to crack down on binge drinking hotspots and give communities more influence over licensing applications, Chris Sorek, Chief Executive of alcohol awareness charity Drinkaware, says: “Alcohol misuse costs society £25 billion a year* and it is imperative our culture’s binge drinking problem is tackled head on…
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Drinkaware Response To Plans By The Government To Crack Down On Binge Drinking Hotspots, UK
The Home Office have opened consultation on government plans to overhaul the current licensing regime, following the Home Secretary's announcement earlier this week: 'Rebalancing the Licensing Act – a consultation on empowering individuals, families and local communities to shape and determine local licensing' [pdf] The consultation page highlights the main commitments identified in reforming the Licensing Act, but stresses '… we're interested in what you think the implications of implementing the proposals will be, rather than your views on the commitments themselves: overhauling the
The Houston Chronicle: “Though Texas has the nation’s lowest percentage of registered organ and tissue donors, several recent initiatives have more than doubled the state’s donor rolls this year.
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Texas Raises Organ Donor Registry; D.C. Not Ready For Medical Marijuana Sales; L.A. Health Department Facing Major Service Cuts
Aims This paper reviews a set of theories of behaviour change that are used outside the field of addiction and considers their relevance for this field.Methods Ten theories are reviewed in terms of (i) the main tenets of each theory, (ii) the implications of the theory for promoting change in addictive behaviours and (iii) studies in the field of addiction that have used the theory. An augmented feedback loop model based on Control Theory is used to organize the theories and to show how different interventions might achieve behaviour change.Results Briefly, each theory provided the following recommendations for intervention: Control Theory: prompt behavioural monitoring, Goal-Setting Theory: set specific and challenging goals, Model of Action Phases: form ‘implementation intentions’, Strength Model of Self-Control: bolster self-control resources, Social Cognition Models (Protection Motivation Theory, Theory of Planned Behaviour, Health Belief Model): modify relevant cognitions, Elaboration Likelihood Model: consider targets’ motivation and ability to process information, Prototype Willingness Model: change perceptions of the prototypical person who engages in behaviour and Social Cognitive Theory: modify self-efficacy.Conclusions There are a range of theories in the field of behaviour change that can be applied usefully to addiction, each one pointing to a different set of modifiable determinants and/or behaviour change techniques
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Using theories of behaviour change to inform interventions for addictive behaviours
Aims To describe the association between alcohol use disorders (AUDs) and mortality and to examine risk factors for and all-cause, injury-related and non-injury-related mortality among those diagnosed with an AUD.Setting Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration (VHA).Participants A cohort of individuals who received health care in VHA during the fiscal year (FY) 2001 (n = 3 944 778), followed from the beginning of FY02 through the end of FY06.Measurements Demographics and medical diagnoses were obtained from VHA records.
Aims To examine the importance of family management, family structure and father[ndash]adolescent relationships on early adolescent alcohol use.Design Cross-sectional data was collected across 30 randomly selected Australian communities stratified to represent a range of socio-economic and regional variation.Setting Data were collected during school time from adolescents attending a broad range of schools.Participants The sample consisted of a combined 8256 students (aged 10[ndash]14 years).Measurements Students completed a web-based survey as part of the Healthy Neighbourhoods project.Findings Family management[mdash]which included practices such as parental monitoring and family rules about alcohol use[mdash]had the strongest and most consistent relationship with alcohol use in early adolescence.
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The importance of family management, closeness with father and family structure in early adolescent alcohol use
Aims During the development of drug addiction, initial hedonic effects decrease when substance use becomes habitual and ultimately compulsive. Animal research suggests that these changes are represented by a transition from prefrontal cortical control to subcortical striatal control and within the striatum from ventral to dorsal domains of the striatum, but only limited evidence exists in humans.
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Initial, habitual and compulsive alcohol use is characterized by a shift of cue processing from ventral to dorsal striatum
Background: Tobacco retailers are potential public health partners for tobacco harm reduction (THR). THR is the substitution of highly reduced-risk nicotine products, such as smokeless tobacco (ST) or pharmaceutical nicotine, for cigarettes. The introduction of a Swedish-style ST product, du Maurier snus (dMS) (Imperial Tobacco Canada Limited), which was marketed as a THR product, provided a unique opportunity to assess retailers’ knowledge
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Retailers’ knowledge of tobacco harm reduction following the introduction of a new brand of smokeless tobacco
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Drinking alcohol may reduce the severity of rheumatoid arthritis according to new research justg published. It is the first time that this effect has been shown in humans.
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Rheumatoid Arthritis Severity Reduced By Alcohol
Drinking alcohol may reduce the severity of rheumatoid arthritis according to new research justg published. It is the first time that this effect has been shown in humans