Policy
Generating Revenue by Raising Tobacco Taxes in Latin America and the Caribbean
Abstract Objective: The objective of this study was to determine if raising tobacco taxes in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region will generate extra tax revenue, even at outer edges of the sensitivity analysis, with relatively high...
Most-Read Knowledge Share Articles of 2017
Here is a selection of the most-read Knowledge Share articles of 2017. These are the articles that captivated our members most.
The World Drug PERCEPTION Problem: Countering Prejudices about People Who Use Drugs
This new report focuses on how current perceptions of drugs and people that use them has led to an unrealistic and stigmatising, rather than pragmatic and evidence-based approach to drug policy. The report aims to analyse the most common...
Effectiveness Bank Hot Topic: Measuring Alcohol-Related Harm: Politics and Science
At national level alcohol-related harm and especially the net cost of harm versus benefits are slippery concepts. Malleability and policy salience combine to make the estimates contested territory, seen as justifying reduced alcohol taxes...
International Society for the Study of Drug Policy (ISSDP) Conference
The International Society for the Study of Drug Policy (ISSDP) is a society of scholars committed to advancing drug policy research. The 12th ISSDP conference will be held in Vancouver, Canada over 16-18 May 2018. The conference will be hosted by Simon Fraser University.
Short Course: Alcohol Problems, Policy and Practice
This module is coordinated by the Addictions Department jointly with the UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies (UKCTAS).
Leading academics from King's College London and across other universities in the UKCTAS will present and discuss the latest evidence.
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17th World Conference on Tobacco or Health WCTOH 2018
About the Conference
The 17th World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH) will be held in Cape Town, South Africa from 7-9 March 2018. It will unite researchers, academics, non-governmental organisations, civil society, scientists, healthcare professionals and public officials working on all aspects of tobacco control from more than 100 countries.
Agenda Nacional de Investigación para la Lucha contra las Drogas 2016-2021
La Agenda Nacional de Investigación para la Lucha contra las Drogas 2016 - 2021 define líneas estratégicas y temáticas prioritarias de investigación que abarquen los diferentes aspectos y complejidades de la problemática de las drogas en el...
Tobacco and Its Environmental Impact: An Overview
Overview This overview assembles existing evidence on the ways in which tobacco affects human well-being from an environmental perspective – i.e. the indirect social and economic damage caused by the cultivation, production, distribution...
