Zero-alcohol drink advertising may not be as harmless as it seems, with new Flinders University research showing it could increase teenagers' interest in drinking full-strength alcohol. A study of 382 ...

Teens and young adults who see alcohol promotions in their social media feeds are more likely to drink and binge drink, according to a Rutgers Health review of 31 studies that tracked links between ...

A large Korean adolescent study links problematic smartphone dependence with higher odds of lifetime drinking and smoking, raising new questions about how digital behaviors, reward-seeking, and ...

This is the second post in a series. A six-year study of adolescent decision-making by SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) and Liberty Mutual Insurance revealed spikes in youth alcohol use ...

Substance use among 16-year-olds in France has fallen sharply over the past decade, according to findings from the 2024 European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD). The data ...

High levels of neighborhood violence increase the risk of Latino and African American teens in Denver starting to use alcohol and tobacco, according to our recent study. In the U.S., approximately 2 ...