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Our newsletter includes links to Irish and international publications related to alcohol, tobacco
and other drugs. To view our entire collection of research and access our resources visit our
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Irish-related publications
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Healthy Ireland survey 2025 - summary report
Ipsos B&A. (2025) Dublin: Department of Health

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What we know from Growing Up in Ireland (GUI) 2008-2024: key well-being factors for children and
young people
Philippe, Kaat et al (2025) Dublin: Department of Children, Disability and Equality

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Exploring parental problem alcohol use in the Irish context: a narrative review of the literature
and opportunities for improvement
McGettrick, Rachel and O'Sullivan, Katriona (2025) SSRN, Early online.
dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5603175

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CRISSCROSS project: local pilot action plan
Health Service Executive. (2025) CRISSCROSS Project

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Webinar recording. Supporting your teen when they’re feeling socially excluded
Major, Emmet et al (2025) Planet Youth

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Ketamine [Audio]
Fox, Laura and Killeen, Nicki (2025) Dublin: RTE

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An exploratory analysis of social connectedness and alcohol use of mature women
Clarke, Grainne et al (2025) Journal of Addictive Diseases, Early online. pp. 1-11.
doi.org/10.1080/10550887.2025.2574911

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Examining youth protections against gambling in Ireland: a tiger team (red team) examination of the
national lottery.
Daly, Mia et al(2026) Epidemiology Biostatistics and Public Health, 21, (1).
doi.org/10.54103/2282-0930/30098

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Teacher attitudes towards and awareness of adolescent gambling behaviour in the Republic of Ireland
Murphy, Raegan et al (2025) Journal of Gambling Studies, Early online.
doi.org/10.1007/s10899-025-10434-7

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Assessment of gambling perspectives amongst elite Irish athletes; a qualitative analysis
Gearailt, Conall Mac et al (2025) Irish Journal of Medical Science, Early online.
doi.org/10.1007/s11845-025-04179-w

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Joining the dots housing precarity, homelessness and violence against women and girls
(2025) Dublin: National Women’s Council

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Vaping and young people. [Webpage]
Health Service Executive. (2025)

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Smokeless nicotine and tobacco products. [Webpage]
Health Service Executive. (2025)

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An assessment of the efficacy of bail laws in Ireland
Staines, Lorcan (2025) Dublin: Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

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Re-offending by detected incidents 2024
(2025) Cork: CSO

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Pre-legislative scrutiny of General Scheme of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences, Domestic Violence
and International Instruments) Bill 2025
Alcohol Action Ireland/Silent Voices submission to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home
Affairs and Migration. (2025) Alcohol Action Ireland

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Police recorded drug seizures and arrests in Northern Ireland update to 30th September 2025
2025) Belfast: PSNI Statistics Branch

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Clustering of oral health-related behaviors and their association with sociodemographic factors in
adolescents living in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland
Camila, Ávila-Oliver et al (2025) Clinical and Experimental Dental Research, 11, (6).
doi.org/10.1002/cre2.70209

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Submission. Mental Health Commission - public consultation on national standards for Child and
Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).
(2025) Dublin: Alcohol Action Ireland

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Mental Health Bill 2024: a plain English guide to key concerns and recommendations.
(2025) Dublin: Mental Health Reform

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National Development Plan review 2025: securing Ireland’s future. Sectoral investment plan:
Department of Health
(2025) Dublin: Department of Health.

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Loneliness: what Ireland’s young people are telling us
(2025) Dublin: Spunout

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School attendance data: primary and post-primary schools; and student absence reports: primary and
post-primary schools 2023-2024
Tusla Education and Support Service. (2025) Dublin: Tusla

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Afterschool care for school-aged children in Ireland
Russell, Helen et al (2025) Dublin: ESRI

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Department of Education and Youth Inspectorate report (2024) and thematic review.
Department of Education and Youth Inspectorate. (2025) Dublin: Department of Education and Youth

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Department of Children, Disability and Equality statement of strategy 2025 – 2028
(2025) Dublin: Department of Children, Disability and Equality

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Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration statement of strategy 2025-2028
(2025) Dublin: Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

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Office of the Inspector of Prisons annual report 2024
Office of the Inspector of Prisons. (2025) Dublin: Office of the Inspector of Prisons

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Social inclusion services key performance indicator metadata 2025
(2025) Dublin: Health Service Executive

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Oberstown Children Detention Campus annual report 2024
(2025) Dublin: Oberstown Children Detention Campus

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Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions annual report 2024
(2025) Dublin: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions

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Extern Ireland annual report 2023 - 2024
(2025) Waterford: Extern Ireland

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The State Laboratory annual report 2024
(2025) Dublin: The State Laboratory

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Criminal Assets Bureau annual report 2024
(2025) Dublin: Criminal Assets Bureau

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Activity of acute public hospitals in Ireland 2024 annual report
Healthcare Pricing Office, Health Service Executive. (2025) Dublin: Health Service Executive

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Cork Simon annual impact report 2024
(2025) Cork: Cork Simon Community

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Health Products Regulatory Authority annual report 2024
(2025) Dublin: Health Products Regulatory Authority

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International publications
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Foresight activities within the EU Agencies Network on Scientific Advice (EU-ANSA).
EU-ANSA. (2025) Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union

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Health at a glance 2025: OECD indicators
OECD, European Commission. (2025) Paris: OECD Publishing

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Global state of harm reduction: 2025 update to key data
(2025) London: Harm Reduction International

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An evaluation of a psychoeducational harm-reduction focused intervention targeting music festival
attendees/at risk of negative outcomes surrounding recreational substance use
Rayner, CL et al (2025) doi.org/10.1177/20503245251391113

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Trauma-informed principles in practice: a mixed-method study of co-producing systems change with
people who have experienced multiple disadvantage
Stone, Tracey et al (2025) Health Expectations, 28, (6). doi.org/10.1111/hex.70472

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“My advice is to not let him in”: how support for concerned significant others is shaped by
professionals’ understandings of alcohol and other drug problems
Hans, Fagerstrom et al (2025) Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, Early online.
doi.org/10.1177/14550725251388554

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"You're not informed unless you make it your business": insights from a Scottish national study
exploring attitudes towards residential rehabilitation
Dumbrell, Josh et al (2025) Harm Reduction Journal, 22. doi.org/10.1186/s12954-025-01336-3

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Pathways of hope - lived experience of drug + alcohol dependence, and recovery. A public information
comic
Humanising Healthcare et al (2025) Glasgow: University of Glasgow

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Effectiveness of psychosocial interventions for adults with substance use disorder that have a
co-occurring common mental health disorder: an umbrella review
Simpson, Emma L et al (2025) Drug and Alcohol Review, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/dar.70066

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Contingency management interventions for substance use and addictive behaviours: review of the
United Kingdom evidence base
Getty, Carol-Ann et al (2025) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.70240

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Universal treatment curriculum (UTC) self led courses
Colombo Plan Drug Advisory Programme. (2025) London: ISSUP

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Risk reconsidered: insights from a data saturation analysis of sexual health research amongst gay,
bisexual and other men who have sex with men
Field, David James et al (2025) Culture, Health & Sexuality, Early online. pp. 1-12.
doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2025.2567290

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Drug-related violence hub page [Webpage]
(2025) European Union Drugs Agency

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Femicides in 2024: global estimates of intimate partner/family member femicides
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, UN Women. (2025) Vienna: United Nations

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Reluctant risk-takers: how law enforcement practices at festivals can obstruct safer drug use
Ruane, Dara (2025) International Journal of Drug Policy, 145. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.105013

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Research brief on transnational organized crime: special points of interest.
(2025) Vienna: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

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Tackling the drugs crisis in our prisons
House of Commons Justice Committee. (2025) London: House of Commons

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Ending the cycle of reoffending – part one: rehabilitation in prisons
House of Commons Justice Committee. (2025) London: House of Commons

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Drug use among people in prison: a global review of epidemiology, harms and interventions
Favril, Louis et al (2025) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.7024

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The health of people in prison, on probation and in the secure NHS estate in England
Chief Medical Officer for England. (2025) London: Department of Health and Social Care and Ministry
of Justice

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Supervised consumption sites and population-level overdose mortality: a systematic review of recent
evidence, 2016-2024
Gariépy, Geneviève et al (2025) Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada: Research,
Policy and Practice, 45, (9), pp. 357-366. doi.org/10.24095/hpcdp.45.9.02

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Mortality and return to custody of individuals with a history of drug use one year post-release from
the New South Wales custodial system
Remond, Marc et al (2025) Scientific Reports, Early online. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-23552-4

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Predicting drug overdose and death after “before medically advised” hospital discharge.
Naik, Haiten et al (2025) Canadian Medical Association Journal, 197, (38).
doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.250492

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Comparison of Office for National Statistics (ONS) and National Programme on Substance Use Mortality
(NPSUM) data suggests that opioid-related deaths in England & Wales have been systematically
underestimated
Chen, Shuoqi et al (2025) International Journal of Drug Policy, 145.
doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.104976

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Addressing the silent epidemic of recreational nitrous oxide use: a position, call to action and
recommendations by the European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine Committee
on Biological Markers of Nitrous Oxide Abuse
Grzych, Guillaume et al (2025) Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Early online.
doi.org/10.1515/cclm-2025-1060

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Emergency department presentations, hospitalisations and police seizure data related to
gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) in New South Wales, Australia, from 2015 to 2024
Siefried, Krista J et al (2025) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.70202

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A review of the evidence on the use and harms of Carisoprodol
(2025) London: Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs

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Availability of nitazenes for purchase in Australia and internationally via cryptomarkets, September
2021 - August 2025.
Man, Nicola et al (2025) UNSW Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre

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The rise of nitazenes: what pharmacists need to know
Wilkinson, Emma (2025) The Pharmacist

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The nitazene epidemic in Estonia: a first report
Abel-Ollo, Katri et al (2025) European Journal of Public Health, Early online.
doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaf160

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Afghanistan opium survey 2025
(2025) Vienna: UNODC

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Post-discharge use of opioids, psychostimulants, and treatment medications following residential
opioid discontinuation with NET Device™ monotherapy
Greenwald, Mark K et al (2025) Frontiers in Psychiatry, 16. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1627267

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A systematic review investigating prenatal cannabis and tobacco co-exposure: impacts on neonatal,
behavioral, cognitive and physiological outcomes
Argote, Mathilde et al (2025) Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, 17.
doi.org/10.1016/j.dadr.2025.100376

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Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome, 2016 to 2022
Swartz, James A and Franceschini, Dana (2025) JAMA Network Open, 8, (11).
doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.45310

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Neighborhood level factors and use of cigarettes, cannabis and e-cigarettes: a population-based
study among Canadian adults
Fraser Wood, Truman et al (2025) PLoS ONE, 20, (11). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0320035

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UK policy paper. Licensing taskforce report and government response
(2025) London: Department for Business & Trade

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Regulatory capture in UK alcohol licensing policy: the 2025 'licensing taskforce' report
Nicholls, James and Fitzgerald, Niamh (2025) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.70241

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A healthier future. A long-term vision to tackle alcohol harm in the UK
(2025) London: Institute of Alcohol Studies

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Has alcohol consumption in England returned to pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels? A monthly population
study, 2014 to 2024
Buss, Vera Helen et al (2025) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.70258

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QualityWatch indicator: alcohol-related harm and drinking behaviour
(2025) London: Nuffield Trust

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Do alcohol industry-funded organisations act to correct misinformation? A qualitative study of
pregnancy and infant health content following independent analysis
Mitchell, Gemma et al (2025) Globalization and Health, 21. doi.org/10.1186/s12992-025-01125-4

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'Zero-alcohol' products and the guise of responsibility
Edwardes, Fraser et al (2025) Journal of Public Health Policy, Early online.
doi.org/10.1057/s41271-025-00607-4

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The use of alcohol-free and low-alcohol drinks in pregnancy in the UK
Maslin, Kate et al (2025) European Journal of Public Health, Early online.
doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaf188

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Examining changes in the prevalence of cost-motivated alcohol reduction attempts in the context of a
cost-of-living crisis and alcohol duty reforms: A population survey of risky drinkers in Great
Britain, 2021-2024.
Jackson, Sarah E et al (2025) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.70248

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Barriers to recovery: overcoming obstacles to alcohol recovery in the UK
(2025) London: Institute of Alcohol Studies

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“It has some major knock-on effects”: ambulance clinicians’ experiences of attending alcohol-related
call-outs and perceived impact on the Scottish ambulance service (IMPAACT study)
Uny, Isabelle et al (2025) Drugs: Education Prevention and Policy, Early online.
doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2025.2576804

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Delineating trajectories of alcohol consumption and alcohol problems from adolescence to young
adulthood: an integrated assessment of genetic, familial, and psychosocial factors
Cheng, Hui G et al (2025) Alcohol, Clinical & Experimental Research, Early online.
doi.org/10.1111/acer.70166

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Socio-economic differences in the effectiveness of pharmacotherapy use in alcohol use disorder: a
cohort study of 148 626 individuals in Sweden
Elling, Devy L et al (2025) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.70238

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Outcomes from a national consensus event targeting service development strategies for alcohol
related brain damage
Quelch, Darren et al (2025) Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, Early online.
doi.org/10.1080/07347324.2025.2579313

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The combined impact of smoking, alcohol, and obesity on past trends in educational inequalities in
life expectancy in England and Wales, Finland, and Italy, 1990-2017
Janssen, Fanny et al (2025) European Journal of Public Health, Early online.
doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaf181

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Smoking profile tool [Data for England; 2024 analysis for UK].
(2025)United Kingdom. Department of Health & Social Care.

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Trends in initiation of regular cigarette smoking in 28 European countries, 1940-2019: retrospective
reconstruction from repeated cross-sectional surveys
Teshima, Ayaka et al (2025) European Journal of Public Health, Early online.
doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaf184

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Social determinants of support for tobacco control policies to end the use of commercial cigarettes:
findings from the 2022 International Tobacco Control Four Country Smoking and Vaping Survey
Feliu, Ariadna et al (2025) Tobacco Control, Early online. doi.org/10.1136/tc-2025-059676

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The risk of lung cancer from vaping or e-cigarette usage: a systematic review
Mohapatra, S et al (2025) ESMO Open, 10, (12). doi.org/10.1016/j.esmoop.2025.105910

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Evidence update on the respiratory health effects of vaping e-cigarettes: a systematic review and
meta-analysis
Kundu, Anasua et al (2025) Tobacco Induced Diseases, 23, 177. doi.org/10.18332/tid/209954

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'I'd rather have worse gums than worse lungs': young people's views of nicotine pouches in the UK.
MacGregor, Andy et al (2025) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.70214

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News
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New threat assessment system launched to strengthen Europe’s response to drug-related threats
[European Union Drugs Agency] (26 Nov 2025)

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The current approach to drink spiking is not working - here's how we can tackle it
[thejournal.ie] Luke, Chris (24 Nov 2025)

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Over 1,170 patients now receiving buprenorphine
[The Medical Independent] (24 Nov 2025)

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Government approves Minister for Health’s proposals to prohibit the sale of disposable vapes and
regulate future nicotine products
Department of Health. (19 Nov 2025)

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Medics should consider rethinking their attitude to drink spiking cases
[thejournal.ie] Luke, Chris (16 Nov 2025)

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Youth Diversion Projects now operational nationwide
[Department of justice, Home Affairs and Migration] (13 Nov 2025)

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Drug-driving surging due to ‘really concerning’ rates of cocaine use
[Irish Times] Lally, Conor (12 Nov 2025)

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Maynooth University opens National Centre for Inclusive Higher Education
[Maynooth University] (12 Nov 2025)

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Dail Debates
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Oireachtas debates
Joint Committee on Drugs Use. Substance use and young people [
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Dáil Éireann debate. Order of Business [Nitrous oxide]. [
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Question 116 – Tobacco control measures [nicotine pouch products] [
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Question 168 – Healthcare policy [alcohol]. [
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Question 184 – Healthcare policy [Healthy Ireland]. [
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Question 651 – Medicinal products [naloxone]. [
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Question 78 – Addiction treatment services. [
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Joint Committee on Drugs use: Engagement on education, awareness and addiction prevention in
schools. [
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Question 561 & 658 – Tobacco control measures [nicotine products]. [
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Question 1128, 1129 & 1131 – Addiction treatment services. [
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Question 1130 – Mental health services. [
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Question 1157 – Budget 2026 [drugs taskforce funding]. [
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Question 345 – Tax data [alcohol]. [
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Question 363 – Illicit trade [tobacco]. [
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Question 364 – Revenue Commissioners [tobacco products]. [
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Question 726 – Social welfare code [drug addiction]. [
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Question 741 & 742 – Alcohol sales [alcohol delivery]. [
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Question 949 & 956 – Departmental funding [Drug Related Intimidation and Violence Engagement]
[62739/25]. [
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The Joint Committee on Drugs Use debate. National Drugs Strategy: discussion. [
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Question 1018 – Health promotion [vaping]. [
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Question 389 – Customs and excise [vape products]. [
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Joint Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration debate. Engagement on policing matters: An
Garda Síochána. [
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Joint Committee on Drugs Use debate. Addiction, sport and well-being: discussion [
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Question 200 – Illicit trade [tobacco]. [
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Question 205 – Tax yield [vaping]. [
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Question 384 – Medicinal products [medical cannabis]. [
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Question 416 – Legislative measures [tobacco products]. [
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Question 427 – Substance misuse [nicotine pouches]. [
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Question 479 – Healthcare policy [vaping]. [
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Topical issue debate – Drug and Alcohol Task Forces. [
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Decriminalisation of people who use drugs: Motion [Private Members]. [
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Question 189 – Legislative measures [vaping]. [
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Topical Issue debate - Drug and Alcohol Task Forces. [
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Question 1638 & 1639 – Tobacco control measures [vaping]. [
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Question 1639 – Tobacco control measures. [
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Question 1963 – Addiction treatment services. [
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Question 2051 – Addiction treatment services. [
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Question 457 & 701 – Alcohol pricing. [
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Question 463 – Tax code [vaping]. [
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