Background Tobacco use is the most important preventable cause of premature death and
major risk factor for non-communicable diseases. Due to strict tobacco legislation in the …

Objective: Substance use continues to be major risk behaviour among youth, with
consequent physical and/or mental health complications. The current study aimed to …

The use and misuse of psychoactive substances among adolescents are increasing in
Africa. While heavy episodic drinking among adolescents in Nigeria is growing, there are no …

Background: Substance abuse is a rising public health problem especially among
adolescents the worlds over. Abuse of substances exposes the youth to several physical …

Data on socio-demographic correlates of some psychoactive substance consumption were
collected from a sample of 860 senior secondary school adolescents in Enugu, Nigeria …

There is an observed increasing trend of substance use among the adolescents and young
adults. One of the important aetiologies is “modeling” especially from popular artists …

Background: Cigarette and alcohol use are the most common causes of noncommunicable
diseases. Studies related to cigarette and alcohol use among Nigerian adolescents have …

Aim Although substance abuse has become a public health problem in Egypt and the
prevalence of prescription drug use and/or other substance use disorders should continue to …

Aim: This study set out to determine the extent of use, abuse and dependence of commonly
abused psychoactive substances and their correlates among undergraduates in the …

Background: Substance abuse has been associated with psychosocial dysfunction from
previous reports; however, the prevalence and pattern of such morbidity is unknown in our …