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Whether or not to ride with an intoxicated driver: Predicting intentions using an extended version of the theory of planned behaviour
(Journal article, 2013)The purpose of this study was to determine to what extent the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) extended with past behaviour, moral norm, descriptive norm, demographic variables and frequency of alcohol use is able to ... -
Liver fibrosis progression at autopsy in injecting drug users infected by hepatitis C: A longitudinal long-term cohort study
(Journal article, 2014)There is a paucity of unbiased data on the natural history of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in injecting drug users (IDUs). The purpose of this study was to assess the risk of developing advanced fibrosis associated ... -
Self-reports of consumption of amphetamines, cocaine and heroin in a survey among marginalized drug users
(Journal article, 2014)Scientific literature offers few measurements of the quantities consumed by individual drug users. Such measurements are used for calculating the total drug consumption by the quantity-frequency method, and are extremely ... -
Illicit use of opioid substitution drugs: Prevalence, user characteristics, and the association with non-fatal overdoses
(Journal article, 2014)Diversion of opioid substitution drugs (OSD) is of public concern. This study examined the prevalence, frequency, and predictors of illicit OSD use in a group of injecting drug users (IDUs) and assessed if such use was ... -
The collectivity of changes in alcohol consumption revisited
(Journal article, 2014)Within-country temporal changes in alcohol consumption in the United States, Finland and Norway were examined to assess (i) whether a change in mean alcohol consumption is accompanied by a change in the prevalence of heavy ... -
Contrasting smokers’ and snus users’ perceptions of their personal tobacco behavior in Norway
(Journal article, 2014)In Norway, snus use and cigarette smoking are at different developmental stages as described by the diffusion of innovation model. Concomitant with declining smoking rates, the use of snus is increasing. In light of these ... -
Smoking and snus use onset: Exploring the influence of snus debut age on the risk for smoking uptake with cross-sectional survey data
(Journal article, 2014)Snus use has become increasingly prevalent among young people in Norway, while smoking has declined. Little is known about the transitions between snus and other tobacco products, particularly for younger users. A major ... -
Alcohol in the second half of life: do usual quantity and frequency of drinking to intoxication increase with increased drinking frequency?
(Journal article, 2014)We investigated if increased drinking frequency among adults in the second half of life co-occurred with increased usual quantity and increased intoxication frequency. Drinking frequency, usual quantity and intoxication ... -
Perceptions of relative risk of disease and addiction from cigarettes and snus
(Journal article, 2014)The public is largely unaware of the lower global risk associated with snus compared to that of cigarettes, but little is known of perceptions of relative risks for specific diseases. Inveterate, daily and non-daily smokers’ ... -
Group solidarity in a hostile milieu: Immigrant experiences in a street-based drug scene
(Journal article, 2014)Street-based drug scenes are typically portrayed as lacking in solidarity. Studies frequently cast camaraderie as solely instrumental, highly conditional and temporary. The aim of this article is to explore social dynamics ... -
The hole in the doughnut: a study of police discretion in a nightlife setting
(Journal article, 2014)Policing is permeated by situations in which discretion is most important. A substantial part of police work in the nightlife setting involves management of drunk and disorderly patrons, and police officers operate with ... -
Street-level alcohol policy: Assessing intoxication at drinking venues in Oslo
(Journal article, 2014)This article examines liquor inspectors' assessment of intoxication at drinking establishments in Norway. It draws upon Lipsky's theory of street-level bureaucrats (1980) to study a situation where laws and informal norms ... -
How has the availability of snus influenced cigarette smoking in Norway?
(Journal article, 2014)In Norway, low-nitrosamine smokeless tobacco (snus) is allowed to compete with cigarettes for market share. We aimed to study how the availability of snus influenced overall tobacco consumption, smoking initiation and ... -
Alcohol policy making at the local level: complex processes in multiple contexts
(Journal article, 2014)Several effective alcohol policy measures take place at the local level, yet little is known about local policy-making processes. In Norway, on-premise closing hours are much debated, and they were subject to a liberalization ... -
Heavy episodic drinking and deliberate self-harm in young people: a longitudinal cohort study
(Journal article, 2014)The aim was to assess the association between heavy episodic drinking (HED) and deliberate self-harm (DSH) in young people in Norway. We analysed data on past-year HED and DSH from the second (1994) and third (1999) waves ... -
Is video gaming, or video game addiction, associated with depression, academic achievement, heavy episodic drinking, or conduct problems?
(Journal article, 2014)While the relationships between videogame use and negative consequences are debated, the relationships between videogame addiction and negative consequences are fairly well established. However, previous studies suffer ... -
Alcohol-related sickness absence among young employees: Gender differences and the prevention paradox
(Journal article, 2014)Few studies have examined alcohol-related sickness absence among young employees, although young adults are known to drink quite heavily. There are substantial differences in drinking patterns between men and women, yet ... -
Persistence motives in irrational decisions to complete a boring task
(Journal article, 2014)We explored a novel task paradigm where participants from the online work marketplace Amazon Mechanical Turk were given the choice to quit or continue an unfinished boring task for identical economic rewards. In Studies ... -
Cannabis use and violence: Is there a link?
(Journal article, 2014)While several studies suggest that cannabis users are at increased risk of interpersonal violence, it is not clear to what extent the association is causal. Our paper aims to assess the association between cannabis use and ...