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Does Cancer Risk Increase With Alcohol Consumption?

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A study published on July 13 by the scientific journal The Lancet Oncology attributed more than 4% of all new cancer cases in 2020 to alcohol consumption. Cancer – what is it? Cancer is a term that encompasses more than 100 different types...

Dealing with Feelings and Preventing Drug Use

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*By Claudemir dos Santos and Rodrigo Flaire In another video of Prevent Always, Rodrigo Flaire – State Coordinator of Drug Policies of São Paulo – and Claudemir dos Santos – Technical Director of Prevention of COED-SP, talk about how to...

Life Skills and the prevention of psychoactive substance use

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According to Botvin (2004) and Sloboda (2004), there is empirical evidence that prevention programs, such as Life Skills, based on knowledge, identification of risk factors and development of psychosocial skills related to drugs are more...

The Life Skills Model

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Life skills are capacities for positive adaptive behavior, which enable us to effectively negotiate the demands and challenges of everyday life. They involve personal skills that will enhance interpersonal relationships. The WHO suggests...

Life Skills as a Form of Prevention

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Adolescence is one of the most important periods of people's lives. This phase of human development, in which the child becomes an adult, delimits the potential for psychological growth of the individual. Depending on how one structures...

World day without tobacco 2018: Tobacco and heart disease

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World day without tobacco 2018: Tobacco and heart disease

May 31, 2018

On 31 May of each year, the who and its partners celebrated the world no tobacco day in order to highlight the risks associated with smoking, both for health and other areas, and advocate for effective policies to reduce their consumption.