Throughout the world, drug and alcohol use has a clear adolescent onset (Degenhardt et
al.,). Alcohol continues to be the most popular drug among teens and emerging adults, with …

Tobacco (TOB) and marijuana (MJ) are the most widely used drugs among adolescents and
young adults. The literature on their co-use, however, has not been systematically reviewed …

Although higher delay discounting rates have been linked to cigarette smoking, little is
known about the stability of delay discounting, whether delay discounting promotes smoking …

This research, funded from the Culture and Sport Evidence (CASE) programme, reviews the
current evidence base on the social impacts of sport and culture. Using a systematic review …

The purpose of this study was to examine how people may learn life skills through their
involvement in regular competitive sport programmes. Interviews were conducted with 40 …

Background: Exercise is medicine. Multiple studies on the effects and mechanisms of
exercise in treating depression among teenagers and adolescents have been widely …

The objective of this study was to analyze the relationship between physical exercise and
sport activities with respect to tobacco consumption in adolescents according to gender. A …

The present study addresses the emergence of emotional eating in adolescence in relation
to maternal or paternal psychological control. A reduction of food intake is considered the …

This chapter is intended to draw together some of the issues raised in this book. First, salient
features associated with instructional sport programs are discussed with a view to identifying …

Background Studies of the relationship between sports activity and smoking among
adolescents and young adults report contradictory results. We examined the association …