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  1. Content type: Research

    The purpose of this study was to estimate awareness and opinions about supervised smoking facilities (SSFs) for smoking crack cocaine and other stimulants and make comparisons with awareness and opinions about...

    Authors: Carol Strike, Nooshin Khobzi Rotondi, Tara Marie Watson, Gillian Kolla and Ahmed M. Bayoumi

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2016 11:8

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  2. Content type: Research

    Obesity is one of the main risk factors of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) worldwide, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. The use of Cyproheptadine increases body weight and the risk of becoming obese. The aim ...

    Authors: Aimée M. Lulebo, Carine D. Bavuidibo, Eric M. Mafuta, Josaphat D. Ndelo, Lievin’s Corneille M. Mputu, Dalton M. Kabundji and Paulin B. Mutombo

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2016 11:7

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  3. Content type: Research

    Community pharmacists are accessible health care professionals who encounter people with lived experience of mental illness and addictions in daily practice. Although some existing research supports that commu...

    Authors: Andrea L. Murphy, Heather Phelan, Scott Haslam, Ruth Martin-Misener, Stan P. Kutcher and David M. Gardner

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2016 11:6

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  4. Content type: Research

    In 2009, Mexico reformed its health law to partially decriminalize drug possession considered for personal use and to increase mandatory referrals to certified drug rehabilitation centers in lieu of incarcerat...

    Authors: Alicia Yolanda Harvey-Vera, Patricia González-Zúñiga, Adriana Carolina Vargas-Ojeda, Maria Elena Medina-Mora, Carlos Leonardo Magis-Rodríguez, Karla Wagner, Steffanie Anne Strathdee and Daniel Werb

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2016 11:5

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  5. Content type: Research

    Since early 2000, intensive policing, wide scale street drug testing, and actions aimed at limiting the availability of specific drugs have been implemented in Georgia. Supporters of this approach argue that f...

    Authors: David Otiashvili, Mzia Tabatadze, Nino Balanchivadze and Irma Kirtadze

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2016 11:4

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  6. Content type: Research

    In British Columbia, Canada, methadone maintenance treatment formulation transitioned from the oral liquid compound Tang™-flavoured methadone to the ten-times more concentrated cherry-flavoured Methadose™ in Febr...

    Authors: Alissa M. Greer, Sherry Hu, Ashraf Amlani, Sarah Moreheart, Olivia Sampson and Jane A. Buxton

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2016 11:3

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  7. Content type: Research

    Most Brazilian schools do not have a continuous program for drug use prevention. To address this gap, the Ministry of Health adapted the European evidence-based program Unplugged to improve the drug use preventio...

    Authors: Pollyanna F. P. Medeiros, Joselaine I. Cruz, Daniela R. Schneider, Adriana Sanudo and Zila M. Sanchez

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2016 11:2

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  8. Content type: Short Report

    Preventing injection drug use among vulnerable youth is critical for reducing serious drug-related harms. Addiction treatment is one evidence-based intervention to decrease problematic substance use; however, ...

    Authors: Kora DeBeck, Thomas Kerr, Seonaid Nolan, Huiru Dong, Julio Montaner and Evan Wood

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2016 11:1

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  9. Content type: Research

    Patients suffering from major depressive disorder are more likely to suffer from alcohol use disorder. The data is inconclusive for the effectiveness of antidepressant treatment of patients suffering from both...

    Authors: Patrick Chan, Katie Yomen, Jennifer Turcios and Mark Richman

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2015 10:48

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  10. Content type: Research

    This paper reports on the feasibility and initial efficacy of a culturally sensitive, comprehensive women-centered substance use intervention for women who inject drugs in Georgia in terms of the primary and s...

    Authors: Hendrée E. Jones, Irma Kirtadze, David Otiashvili, Keryn Murphy, Kevin E. O’Grady, William Zule, Evgeny Krupitsky and Wendee M. Wechsberg

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2015 10:47

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  11. Content type: Research

    The treatment of substance use disorders is a public health priority, particularly in South Africa where the prevalence of these disorders is high. We tested two peer-counsellor delivered brief interventions (...

    Authors: K. Sorsdahl, D. J. Stein, J. Corrigall, P. Cuijpers, N. Smits, T. Naledi and B. Myers

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2015 10:46

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  12. Content type: Research

    It has been argued that recovery from substance dependence relies on a change in identity, with past research focused on ‘personal identity’. This study assessed support for a social identity model of recovery...

    Authors: E. Mawson, D. Best, M. Beckwith, G. A. Dingle and D. I. Lubman

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2015 10:45

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  13. Content type: Research

    A hybrid performance measurement system that combines patient-reported outcome data with administrative data has been developed for South African substance abuse treatment services. This paper describes the de...

    Authors: Bronwyn Myers, Rajen Govender, J. Randy Koch, Ron Manderscheid, Kim Johnson and Charles D. H. Parry

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2015 10:44

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  14. Content type: Research

    Our aim was to study the smoking cessation-related 1) attitudes & experiences and 2) consultation practices of Finnish physicians and to determine if there is a relationship between the two.

    Authors: Jaana Keto, Jari Jokelainen, Markku Timonen, Kari Linden and Tero Ylisaukko-oja

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2015 10:43

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  15. Content type: Research

    The majority of Drug Treatment Court (DTC) research has examined the impact of DTCs on criminal recidivism. Comparatively little research has addressed the association between DTC participation and engagement ...

    Authors: Stefanie N. Rezansoff, Akm Moniruzzaman, Elenore Clark and Julian M. Somers

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2015 10:42

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  16. Content type: Research

    Little is known about differences between the characteristics and psychopathological symptoms of heroin users attending TC or MMT in Asia. This study aimed to compare characteristics and prevalence of depressi...

    Authors: Vincent Chin-Hung Chen, Meng-Huan Wu, Tsang-Yaw Lin, Yi-Feng Ho, Hsin-Yi Wang and Michael Gossop

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2015 10:41

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  17. Content type: Research

    Members of racial and ethnic minority groups are most likely to experience limited access and poor engagement in addiction treatment. Research has been limited on the role of program capacity and delivery of c...

    Authors: Erick G. Guerrero, Karissa Fenwick, Yinfei Kong, Christine Grella and Thomas D’Aunno

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2015 10:40

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  18. Content type: Research

    2,4-Dinitrophenol (DNP) poses serious health-risks to humans. The aims of this three-stage multidisciplinary project were, for the first time, to assess the risks to the general public from fraudulent sale of ...

    Authors: Andrea Petróczi, Jorge A. Vela Ocampo, Iltaf Shah, Carl Jenkinson, Rachael New, Ricky A. James, Glenn Taylor and Declan P. Naughton

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2015 10:39

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  19. Content type: Short Report

    Spread of new psychoactive substances (NPS) is a worldwide problem. In Japan, NPSs with psychoactive ingredients are called as “dappou drugs” or “kiken drugs.” Their potential effect on the Japanese society canno...

    Authors: Yasuko Fuse-Nagase, Fukumi Saito, Toshie Hirohara and Happei Miyakawa

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2015 10:38

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  20. Content type: Research

    Despite the development of advanced drug testing systems, both deliberate and inadvertent doping in sports is increasing in elite, amateur and school sports. As a result, alternative approaches that seek to in...

    Authors: Haruna Muwonge, Robert Zavuga and Peninnah Aligawesa Kabenge

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2015 10:37

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  21. Content type: Research

    In the year 2000, the South Korean government introduced a program for separation of drug prescribing and dispensing. The goals of the program are to reduce misuse of drugs and to contain drug expenditures. Th...

    Authors: Sang Mi Yuk, Kyu-Tae Han, Sun Jung Kim, Woorim Kim, Tae Yong Sohn, Byungyool Jeon, Young-Man Kim and Eun-Cheol Park

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2015 10:36

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  22. Content type: Research

    Opioid maintenance treatment (OMT) is the most widely used treatment for opioid dependence. The opioid maintenance treatment (OMT) programme represents an opportunity for people who are opioid users to minimiz...

    Authors: Arild Granerud and Helge Toft

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2015 10:35

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  23. Content type: Research

    Laws on compulsory commitment to care (CCC) in mental health, social and criminal legislation for adult persons with alcohol and/or drug dependence or misuse problems are constructed to address different scena...

    Authors: Magnus Israelsson, Kerstin Nordlöf and Arne Gerdner

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2015 10:34

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  24. Content type: Research

    Considering the recent popularity of bodybuilding and the apparent spread of anabolic androgenic steroid (AAS) use amongst bodybuilding enthusiasts in Kuwait, there is a relative lack of scientific investigati...

    Authors: Ibrahim Alsaeed and Jarrah R. Alabkal

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2015 10:33

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  25. Content type: Research

    Alcohol use disorders are among the mental disorders with the lowest treatment rates. Increasing the treatment rates requires insight on the reasons why patients do not seek treatment. This study examined self...

    Authors: Charlotte Probst, Jakob Manthey, Alicia Martinez and Jürgen Rehm

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2015 10:32

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  26. Content type: Research

    HIV testing and receipt of HIV test results among individuals with substance use disorders is less than optimal. We examined rates and correlates of HIV testing and receipt of test results in one of the larges...

    Authors: Jemima A. Frimpong, Erick G. Guerrero, Yinfei Kong and Gary Tsai

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2015 10:31

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  27. Content type: Research

    Community dissemination of empirically-supported behavior therapies is fostered by collaborative design, a joint process pooling expertise of purveyors and treatment personnel to contextualize a therapy for su...

    Authors: Bryan Hartzler

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2015 10:30

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  28. Content type: Review

    Zinc chelators were shown to facilitate some opioid-withdrawal signs in animals. Zinc deficiency, which affects more than 15 % the world’s population, is also common among opioid consumers and opioid-treated a...

    Authors: Diana Ciubotariu, Cristina Mihaela Ghiciuc and Cătălina Elena Lupușoru

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2015 10:29

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  29. Content type: Research

    The optimum channel(s) used to recruit smokers living in disadvantaged neighbourhoods for smoking cessation behavioural therapy (SCBT) is unknown. This paper examines the channels through which smokers partici...

    Authors: Fiona E. Benson, Vera Nierkens, Marc C. Willemsen and Karien Stronks

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2015 10:28

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  30. Content type: Research

    This study assessed the extent to which alcohol consumption in a military group differed from the general population, and how alcohol affected the military group’s health and social functioning.

    Authors: Michael Waller, Annabel C. L. McGuire and Annette J. Dobson

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2015 10:27

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  31. Content type: Methodology

    This paper describes the methods, strategies and insights gained from a scoping study using a “Two-Eyed Seeing” approach. An evolving technique, Two-Eyed Seeing respects and integrates the strengths of Indigen...

    Authors: Margo Rowan, Nancy Poole, Beverley Shea, David Mykota, Marwa Farag, Carol Hopkins, Laura Hall, Christopher Mushquash, Barbara Fornssler and Colleen Anne Dell

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2015 10:26

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  32. Content type: Research

    Historically, US federal policy has not supported harm reduction interventions, such as safe injection facilities (SIFs) and needle and syringe programs (NSPs), which can reduce the burden associated with inje...

    Authors: Magdalena Kulesza, Bethany A. Teachman, Alexandra J. Werntz, Melissa L. Gasser and Kristen P. Lindgren

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2015 10:25

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  33. Content type: Research

    Alcohol dependence is associated with deficits in decision making and increased impulsiveness. Therefore, we compared decision making in abstinent alcohol-dependent people (“abstainers”) and matched healthy in...

    Authors: Natalie Körner, Peggy Schmidt and Michael Soyka

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2015 10:24

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  34. Content type: Research

    In relation to substance use, Spanish adolescents aged 12 to 14 can be largely classified in four groups, from highest to lowest prevalence: a) No substance use, b) Only alcohol use, c) Alcohol and tobacco use...

    Authors: Víctor Martínez-Loredo, José Ramón Fernández-Hermida, Sergio Fernández-Artamendi, José Luís Carballo, Eduardo García-Cueto and Olaya García-Rodríguez

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2015 10:23

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  35. Content type: Research

    The aim of this study was to conduct a cluster randomized control trial to assess the efficacy of screening and brief intervention (SBI) for conjoint alcohol and tobacco use among hospital out-patients.

    Authors: Supa Pengpid, Karl Peltzer, Apa Puckpinyo, Somchai Viripiromgool, Kriengsak Thamma-aphiphol, Kawinarat Suthisukhon, Dussanee Dumee and Thiprada Kongtapan

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2015 10:22

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  36. Content type: Short Report

    Emerging adults have high rates of heavy episodic drinking (binge drinking) and related risks including alcohol-impaired driving. To understand whether social networking sites (SNSs) used on mobile devices rep...

    Authors: Jennifer M. Whitehill, Megan A. Pumper and Megan A. Moreno

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2015 10:21

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  37. Content type: Commentary

    Measurements for outcomes reporting are not fully formed and utilized in the American addiction industry, though formulated and adopted elsewhere in the world. While studies have established demographic inform...

    Authors: Ruchi M. Sanghani, Alexandra L. Carlin and Alexander K. Moler

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2015 10:20

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  38. Content type: Short Report

    Transit workers, in comparison to the general population, have higher rates of smoking. Although smoking cessation programs are often available through workers’ HMOs, these programs are frequently underutilize...

    Authors: Robynn S Battle, Carol B Cunradi, Roland S Moore and Valerie B Yerger

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2015 10:19

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  39. Content type: Research

    To test the effectiveness of a programme aimed at reducing the risky use of alcohol and alcohol-related HIV risk and increase help-seeking behaviour among a sample of municipal employees in the Western Cape Pr...

    Authors: Nadine Harker Burnhams, Leslie London, Ria Laubscher, Elmarie Nel and Charles Parry

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2015 10:18

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  40. Content type: Research

    While considerable research has been undertaken on addiction treatment, the experiences of transgender individuals who use drugs are rarely explored in such research, as too often transgender individuals are e...

    Authors: Tara Lyons, Kate Shannon, Leslie Pierre, Will Small, Andrea Krüsi and Thomas Kerr

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2015 10:17

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  41. Content type: Research

    Thailand has experienced a longstanding epidemic of HIV among people who inject drugs (PWID). However, antiretroviral treatment (ART) coverage among HIV-positive PWID has historically remained low. While ongoi...

    Authors: Kanna Hayashi, Lianping Ti, Anchalee Avihingsanon, Karyn Kaplan, Paisan Suwannawong, Evan Wood, Julio S G Montaner and Thomas Kerr

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2015 10:16

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  42. Content type: Research

    Single-item urges to smoke measures have been contemplated as important measures of nicotine dependence This study aimed to prospectively determine the relationships between measures of craving to smoke and sm...

    Authors: Jaspal S Taggar, Sarah Lewis, Graeme Docherty, Linda Bauld, Andy McEwen and Tim Coleman

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2015 10:15

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  43. Content type: Research

    This study investigates test-retest and inter-item consistency of Alcohol Drog Diagnos InStrument (ADDIS), a structured interview to diagnose substance use disorders according to ICD-10, DSM-IV and DSM-5. ADDI...

    Authors: Arne Gerdner and Lynn Wickström

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2015 10:14

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  44. Content type: Research

    Buprenorphine is under-utilized in treating opioid addiction. Payers and providers both have substantial influence over the adoption and use of this medication to enhance recovery. Their views could provide in...

    Authors: Todd Molfenter, Carol Sherbeck, Mark Zehner, Andy Quanbeck, Dennis McCarty, Jee-Seon Kim and Sandy Starr

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2015 10:13

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  45. Content type: Review

    As far as we are aware, no previous systematic review and synthesis of the qualitative/descriptive literature on polypharmacy in anabolic-androgenic steroid(s) (AAS) users has been published.

    Authors: Dominic Sagoe, Jim McVeigh, Astrid Bjørnebekk, Marie-Stella Essilfie, Cecilie Schou Andreassen and Ståle Pallesen

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2015 10:12

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  46. Content type: Research

    The aim of this study was to gain information useful to improve traffic safety, concerning the following aspects for DUI (Driving Under the Influence): frequency, reasons, perceived risk, drivers' knowledge of...

    Authors: Francisco Alonso, Juan C Pastor, Luis Montoro and Cristina Esteban

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2015 10:11

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  47. Content type: Research

    Moral philosophers have debated the extent to which persons are individually responsible for the onset of and recovery from addiction. Empirical investigators have begun to explore counselors’ attitudes on the...

    Authors: Rebecca A Johnson, Jonathan M Lukens, Jonathan W Kole and Dominic A Sisti

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2015 10:10

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  48. Content type: Research

    Adolescent gambling and substance use are viewed as a public health concern internationally. The early onset age of gambling is a known risk factor for developing gambling problems later in life. The aims of t...

    Authors: Sari Castrén, Marjut Grainger, Tuuli Lahti, Hannu Alho and Anne H Salonen

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2015 10:9

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  49. Content type: Research

    Validated Internet-based screening tools for cannabis use and abuse are needed. The present study aimed to establish equivalence between the previously validated Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Scre...

    Authors: Yasser Khazaal, Anne Chatton, Grégoire Monney, Audrey Nallet, Riaz Khan, Daniele Zullino and Jean-François Etter

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2015 10:8

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  50. Content type: Research

    Health professional (HP) students may have an important role in controlling future tobacco use of their patients, and public at large. It is important to understand their existing level of awareness and suppor...

    Authors: Syeda Kanwal Aslam, Beenish Mehboob, Sidra Zaheer and Kashif Shafique

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2015 10:7

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