More Evidence That Smoking Raises Breast Cancer Risk →
Cigarette smoking appears to increase the risk of breast cancer, especially when women start smoking early in life, new research indicates.
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Active Smoking and Breast Cancer Risk: Original Cohort Data and Meta-Analysis →
This study concludes that women who start smoking early in life are at increased risk of breast cancer.
Not Early Drinking but Early Drunkenness Is a Risk Factor for Problem Behaviors Among Adolescents from 38 European and North American Countries - Kuntsche - 2012 - Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research - Wiley Online Library →
This 'remarkable study' found that early drunkenness, rather than age of first drinking, appeared to be associated with smoking, marijuana use, injuries, fights, and low academic performance among 15-year-olds.
Early drunkenness may be riskier than an early age at first drink for problem behaviors →
This 'remarkable study' found that early drunkenness, rather than age of first drinking, appeared to be associated with smoking, marijuana use, injuries, fights, and low academic performance among 15-year-olds.
‘Initiation into drug use’ addendum: Findings from the Australian DUMA program →
This study asked 842 detainees about their reasons for beginning to use drugs, why they continued to use them, or why they abstained from drugs. The authors believe that prevention should focus more on short-term rather than long-term health consequences.
The persistence of the association between adolescent cannabis use and common mental disorders into young adulthood - Degenhardt - Addiction - Wiley Online Library →
This longitudinal study found weekly cannabis teenage smokers were twice as likely to develop anxiety disorders than non-users, even allowing for alternative causes such as other substance use and mental health.
Association between age at onset of psychosis and age at onset of cannabis use in non-affective psychosis →
Age at onset of cannabis is directly associated with age at onset of psychosis and age at first hospitalization.
Monthly Variation in Substance Use Initiation among Adolescents. SAMHSA →
This new slant on first use of licit and illicit substances highlights interesting variations in monthly patterns, such as marijuana, alcohol and tobacco showing initiation highest in the US summer months of June and July.
Decriminalization and Initiation into Cannabis Use →
This Australian study suggests that decriminalization affects when
individuals start using cannabis, rather than whether or not they start.
Associations of Alcohol, Nicotine, Cannabis, and Drug Use/Dependence with Educational Attainment: Evidence from Cotwin-Control Analyses - Grant - 2012 - Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research →
A study of over 6,000 twins found that those who began drinking or using drugs as young teens or who became dependent on alcohol, nicotine or marijuana, were less likely to finish college than those who didn’t use alcohol or drugs until later in life and never became dependent.