Key Findings

This is a quick summary of the main discovery for each research paper we have published, organized issue by issue. Each key finding is below the article title, with a link to the abstract. 


Search key findings View Previous Lists


March 2023

Transformation of identity in substance use as a pathway to recovery and the potential of treatment for hepatitis C: a systematic review

Actions, interventions, and treatments for hepatitis C that support a recovery journey provide social connections, a recovery identity and reclaiming a place in society

Link to Abstract

Classifying alcohol control policies enacted between 2000 and 2020 in Poland and the Baltic countries to model potential impact

This classification of alcohol control policies provides a basis for future modelling of the impact of effective policies (Baltic countries) and loosening such policies (Poland).

Link to Abstract

Age, period and cohort effects on alcohol-related risky behaviours in Australia from 2001 to 2016

Alcohol-related risky behaviour in Australia has declined generally since 2001

Link to Abstract

Diagnostic accuracy for self-reported methamphetamine use versus oral fluid test as the reference standard in a methamphetamine-dependent intervention trial population

Self-report of no recent methamphetamine use appears to be sufficiently accurate to be useful in clinical treatment settings.

Link to Abstract

The association between objectively measured exposure to tobacco outlets and smoking cognitions: a study among non-smoking adolescents in four Dutch cities

GPS-measured exposure to tobacco outlets was associated with pro-smoking cognitions among non-smoking adolescents in the Netherlands

Link to Abstract

A wastewater-based evaluation of the effectiveness of codeine control measures in Australia

Codeine consumption in Australia decreased by approximately 37% following its rescheduling as a prescription-only medicine

Link to Abstract

Using recovery management checkups for primary care to improve linkage to alcohol and other drug use treatment: a randomized controlled trial three month findings

Recovery management checkups combined with SBIRT can improve linkage of primary care patients to SUD treatment

Link to Abstract

Within-person associations of escalated electronic nicotine delivery systems use with cigarette, alcohol, marijuana and drug use behaviors among US young adults

Escalated ENDS use and time-lagged established ENDS use among US young adults may be prospectively associated with individual and combined substance use

Link to Abstract

‘It's not what you'd term normal smoking’: a qualitative exploration of language used to describe heated tobacco product use and associated user identity

People who use IQOS (a brand of heated tobacco product) are ambiguous about IQOS terminology

Link to Abstract

Biomarkers of potential harm in people switching from smoking tobacco to exclusive e-cigarette use, dual use or abstinence: secondary analysis of Cochrane systematic review of trials of e-cigarettes for smoking cessation

Switching from smoking to vaping or dual use appears to reduce levels of biomarkers of potential harm

Link to Abstract

The relationship between alcohol use and dementia in adults aged more than 60 years: a combined analysis of prospective, individual-participant data from 15 international studies

Abstinence from alcohol appears to be associated with an increased risk for all-cause dementia.

Link to Abstract

The emperor has no clothes: a synthesis of findings from the Transformative Research on the Alcohol industry, Policy and Science research programme

The TRAPS programme shows the value of a transdisciplinary approach to understanding how corporate political activity affects alcohol policy

Link to Abstract

Association between jail-based methadone or buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder and overdose mortality after release from New York City jails 2011–17

Methadone and buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder during incarceration was associated with an 80% reduction in overdose mortality risk for the first month post-release

Link to Abstract

Cigarette pack size and consumption: a randomized cross-over trial

Smoking from packs of 20 compared with 25 cigarettes reduced the number of cigarettes smoked per day

Link to Abstract