THE SALIS COLLECTION is a full-text, digital lending library of literature in the field of alcohol, tobacco, other drugs, and addictions. “Other drugs” refers to marijuana, heroin, LSD, cocaine, methamphetamine, opioids etc. International and interdisciplinary in scope, the collection includes seminal academic and popular press books, reports, documents, grey literature, and other text resources such as organization newsletters. With breadth and depth, encompassing mainly the 20th and 21st centuries, it addresses drug use and misuse, legal and illegal drugs, substance use disorders and...

Tobacco is the only legal drug that kills many of its users when used exactly as intended by manufacturers. WHO has estimated that tobacco use (smoking and smokeless) is currently responsible for the death of about six million people across the world each year with many of these deaths occurring prematurely. This total includes about 600,000 people are also estimated to die from the effects of second-hand smoke.

Although often associated with ill-health, disability and death from noncommunicable chronic diseases, tobacco smoking is also associated with an increased risk of death from...

Despite vaping becoming more common by the year, researchers are still uncovering the short and long-term consequences of using e-cigarettes.

The most recent research from the University of Belfast has concluded that bacteria commonly found in the lungs becomes more harmful and causes more inflammation when they have been exposed to e-cigarette vapour.

Lung diseases, such as COPD and asthma, are attributed to a combination of infection and inflammation. The study, that examined particular bacteria found in the lungs, found that exposure to vape chemicals increased the damage from infection...

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Болашақтың мониторингі Сауалнамасы АҚШ-тағы жасөспірім студенттер арасында есірткі мен алкогольді тұтынуға және онымен байланысты көзқарастарға талдау жүргізеді.

Жастар арасында е-сигареттерді пайдаланудың көбеюі өкпеңізге зиян келтіруі мүмкін деген алаңдаушылық тудырады.

NIDA директоры доктор Нора Д. Волков былай дейді: «Бұл өнімдер осы...