YouTube videos showing cannabis vaping as fun and joyful are widely available and easily accessible to young people, a study led by University of Queensland researchers has found.
The Brisbane Times reported that Queenslanders drank less alcohol during April's pandemic lockdown, but consumption bounced back by June, while ice use increased in regional areas but dropped in the state's cities.
A roadmap to eradicate cigarette smoking in Australia will be the focus of a new University of Queensland and National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)-funded $3 million Centre of Research Excellence.
Changes to the regulation of vaping products containing nicotine are expected to be implemented in Australia next year, but UQ experts warn more research is urgently needed.
An online system to monitor symptoms and cravings will help combat heavy drinking and alcohol use disorders, which affect about a third of Australian men and a quarter of women at some point in their life.
Professor Wayne Hall, from the Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research (CYSAR), discusses the renewed enthusiasm for cannabis use in older Australians, with Dr Norman Swan on ABC's Health Report.
Nicotine e-cigarettes and refills will be banned in Australia from July 1 under pain of a $220,000 fine. In the United Kingdom, they're advertised and sold in hospital foyers. What's going on?
University of Queensland research aimed at reducing substance abuse among young people has been boosted with $3.5 million in Federal Government funding.
People trying to quit smoking are more likely to use electronic cigarettes and smokers who have quit were more likely to be daily users, a University of Queensland study has found.
Researchers from UQ’s Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences have been awarded $543,198 in recent funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council and the Medical Research Future Fund.
