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According to Peacock et al, in 2015, the estimated prevalence among the adult population was 18.3% for heavy episodic alcohol use (in the past 30 days); 15.2% for daily tobacco smoking; and 3.8%, 0.77%, 0.37%, and 0.35% for past-year cannabis, amphetamine, opioid, and cocaine use, respectively. Image credit: Michael Stern / CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tobacco Smoking and Alcohol Consumption are Biggest Threat to Human Welfare, New Review Says

May 14, 2018 by News Staff

A new review, published this month in the Addiction, the official journal of the Society for the Study of Addiction, shows that in 2015 alcohol and tobacco...