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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2014)
Introduction: The hardening hypothesis states that with the declining prevalence and growing social disapproval of smoking, remaining smokers are more unwilling and unable to quit as well as increasingly characterized by ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2014)
Background
Nondaily smoking appears to have remained stable in Western countries in recent years, alongside a steep decline in daily smoking. Nondaily smoking increases the risk of several diseases and ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
Aims: Several studies suggest a rapid decrease of alcohol use among adolescents after the turn of the century. With decreasing prevalence rates of smokers, a so-called hardening may have taken place, implying that remaining ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
Background: Recent studies have challenged the idea that illegal substances are necessarily associated with more harm than those that are legal. This study investigates perceived drug harm among students at the University ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
Introduction: International drug policy has traditionally been based on the premise that illegal drugs are more harmful than legal substances. Here, we investigate how students in the UK and Norway now perceive possible ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Aims: Low socioeconomic status (SES) characterizes smoking and nicotine dependence in adult samples. However, less is known about how parental SES is linked to smoking in offspring and potential mechanisms at work.
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
Background
Research on norms regulating drunken behaviour has tended to focus on differences between different countries and cultures rather than variations within them. Here, we examine whether there are: (i) situation-specific ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Aims: Recent research suggests that early onset of intoxication (EOI) may be of greater importance for a wide range of subsequent adverse outcomes than early drinking experiences without intoxication. However, research on ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Previous research offers limited understanding as to why sickness absence is higher among women than among men, but attitudes and norms have been suggested as plausible explanations of this gender gap. The purpose of the ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Cannabis ble introdusert i Norge på 1960-tallet, i kjølvannet av ungdomsopprøret som rullet over den vestlige verden. Bruken var stabil på 1970- og 80-tallet, men økte kraftig på 1990-tallet og ble da knyttet til teorien ...