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..This study examines alcohol use, associated problems and secondhand effects among residents of substance-free and alcohol-free housing on U.S. college campuses...

..The use of the term binge drinking and the 5/4 measure have helped to advance the understanding of college alcohol use over the past 10 years. The present article discusses the importance, relevance, and utility of this measure...

..Other significant changes included increases in immoderate drinking and harm among drinkers. More students lived in substance-free housing and encountered college educational efforts and sanctions resulting from their alcohol use...

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..However, most studies have been conducted in single colleges or states. This study used a national sample to examine policy factors associated with alcohol-involved driving...

..The results suggest that neighborhood disruptions around colleges due to heavy alcohol use may be reduced by limiting the presence of alcohol outlets in those areas, and the marketing practices that this engenders...

..Colleges may want to reconsider prevention initiatives that focus exclusively on demand or supply. They may also want to examine the extent to which funding is the driving force shaping the direction of their alcohol initiatives...

..To evaluate a widely used intervention to reduce college student alcohol use, we studied student drinking patterns at colleges that employed social norms marketing programs and those that did not...

..In particular, the roles of campus culture, alcohol control policies, enforcement of policies, access, availability, pricing, marketing, and special promotions of alcohol are highlighted...

..Recommended actions include campus-wide no-smoking policies that apply to student residences and identification of new ways of providing smoking prevention and cessation services...

..This study examines student alcohol use and associated problems, including drinking and driving, at U.S. colleges that ban alcohol for all students on campus...

..Although it may take more time for interventions to take effect, the actions college health providers have undertaken thus far may not be a sufficient response...

..Less common were program evaluations, community agreements, or neighborhood exchanges. Prevention practices varied with institutional characteristics and the surveyed administrators' perceptions of the severity of alcohol problems...

..Underage alcohol use is a major contributor to morbidity and mortality in adolescents and young adults. This study examined drinking levels and ensuing problems among college students and factors associated with binge drinking...

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..This paper examines whether students residing in smoke-free residences are less likely to smoke cigarettes than students in other campus residences, and if such lower rates apply to all types of students and colleges...

..Cigarette smoking has been described among college students, but little is known about non-cigarette tobacco use by college students or cigar use by adults of any age...

..CONCLUSIONS: Findings from this study highlight environmental factors in collegiate drinking practices and support targeted and diverse strategies for prevention activities...

..This study explores whether first getting drunk at a younger age is associated with a greater likelihood of college students reporting that they had unplanned or unprotected sexual intercourse because of their drinking...

..The findings that some campus environments are associated with higher levels of both drinking and rape will help target rape prevention programs at colleges...

..It also investigated whether these results occur because these students believe they can drink more and still drive legally and safely...

..Off-campus parties, as compared to campus parties and bars, may pose greater difficulties related to successful intervention...

..A majority of underage students supported increasing efforts to control underage drinking. The results suggest that additional policy efforts to control underage drinking may be effective and feasible...

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..This study examines heavy episodic alcohol consumption and associated harms in collegiate athletes in the United States. The factors which may promote or deter such use are explored...

..Therefore, it may not be possible to design an effective "one size fits all" approach to address college alcohol use...

..This study seeks to describe the population of college students with same-sex sexual experience and determine if these students report more substance use than their peers with only opposite-sex experience...

..To examine the effects of a multisite environmental prevention initiative, the "A Matter of Degree" (AMOD) program, on student heavy alcohol consumption and resultant harms at ten colleges...

..We assessed the relationship between college binge drinking, binge drinking in the general population, and selected alcohol control policies...

..The concordance of characteristics associated with both gambling and binge drinking suggested a disposition to take risks that is independent of the risk objects...

..This study examined whether colleges with larger enrollments of students from demographic groups with lower rates of binge drinking exert a moderating effect on students from groups with higher binge drinking rates...

..To examine social disparities and behavioral correlates of overweight and obesity over time among college students...

..This study evaluates the effect on drinking and driving outcomes of the "A Matter of Degree" program, a campus-community coalition initiative to reduce college binge drinking...

..To assess the association between heavy drinking and alcohol policy enforcement following the institution of a new system-wide alcohol policy at Massachusetts public colleges and universities...

..To compare alcohol use among US and Canadian college students...

..To identify person, social group, and environmental factors associated with uptake of binge drinking among a national sample of college students...

..To estimate the prevalence of alcohol abuse and dependence among U.S. college students, and to identify characteristics associated with these diagnoses...

..01), frequent drinking (r=0.73, p=0.04) and drinking-related problems (r=0.79, p=0.02). Women, underage students and students who picked up binge drinking in college were affected. Implications for prevention and research are discussed...

..The percentage of sports fans at a school was associated with binge drinking rates and the secondhand effects. The implications for those working with college athletics and for alcohol prevention personnel are discussed...

..Students who reported having firearms at college disproportionately reported that they engaged in behaviors that put themselves and others at risk for injury...

..A wide range of empirically supported interventions is available to reduce underage drinking. Public health professionals can play a role in advocating these interventions...

..CONCLUSIONS: The regulation of marketing practices such as sale prices, promotions, and advertisements may be important strategies to reduce binge drinking and its accompanying problems...

..They also either smoked, were binge drinkers, and/or were users of another illicit drug. Drug prevention programs should emphasize heavy alcohol use and smoking and should start when students are in high school or earlier...

..We assessed young adults' exposure to the tobacco industry marketing strategy of sponsoring social events at bars, nightclubs, and college campuses...

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..Athletes, sports fans, and students attending schools with high "sports interest" are appropriate targets for prevention efforts...

..S. college students. A secondary aim of this study was to identify individual-level and college-level characteristics associated with the co-occurrence of AUDs and NMPD...

..The characteristics associated with NMAS have important implications for future practice and research...

..CONCLUSION: Ecstasy use is a high-risk behavior among college students which has increased rapidly in the past decade...

..This report estimates the numbers of 18-24 year old United States college students who annually experience alcohol-related deaths, injuries and other health problems...

..e. amphetamines, opioids, sedatives, tranquilizers) and illicit drug use among US college students between 1993 and 2001...

..Vigorous physical activity (VPA) declines from adolescence into adulthood, and social disparities in VPA exist. Physical activity is understudied in the college setting...

..No difference is found, however, in the demand for cocaine across gender...

..This study examined the prevalence rates and correlates of nonmedical use of prescription opioid analgesics among U.S. college students in terms of student and college characteristics...

..CONCLUSIONS: The presence of direct and independent effects for both heavy drinking prior to college and high-risk environmental factors in collegiate drinking practices support targeted and diverse strategies for prevention activities...

..The MSW students, within age and gender categories, did not drink as excessively as the undergraduate students, although a greater percentage were recovering, a finding of high relevance for the training of these students...

..To examine the prevalence rates and correlates of non-medical use of prescription stimulants (Ritalin, Dexedrine or Adderall) among US college students in terms of student and college characteristics...

..Young smokers commonly identify themselves as "social smokers," a pattern of smoking behavior that is poorly understood. We assessed the prevalence and correlates of social smoking among US college students...

..We find that alcohol and marijuana are economic complements and that policies that increase the full price of alcohol decrease participation in marijuana use...

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