After working as Ron Davis’ deputy for the past seven years, I’m honoured and excited to have accepted the editor’s post now that Ron has moved on to become North American editor for the British Medical Journal. All who have followed the progress of Tobacco Control since its launch in 1992 will know what a unique journal it has become under his leadership. From its often riveting covers, throug...

Preliminary research has demonstrated reductions in alcohol-related harm associated with increased use of protective behavioral strategies (PBS) and higher levels of drinking refusal self-efficacy (DRSE). To extend research that has evaluated these protective factors independently of one another, the present study examined the interactive effects of PBS use and DRSE in predicting alcohol outcom...

Alcohol policies and public opinion: Five case studies on recent developments in Europe and North America Recent developments in many parts of the world suggest that the journey ahead for those wishing to foster effective harm reduction alcohol policies will be neither smooth nor uneventful. There is a striking contrast between, on the one hand, high and rising rates of damage from alcohol and,...

Based on 1853 questionnaires derived from adolescent students participating in the 1995 Ontario Student Drug Use Survey, this article describes the prevalence of rave attendance and the drug-use profile of rave attendees and those participating in similar activities (i.e. bush parties). The results showed that 13% of the sample attended a rave during the 12 months before the survey. Although ra...