E-Cigarette and Nicotine Pouch Use Among Middle and High School Students — United States, 2024, in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
key takeaway: "During 2023–2024, current e-cigarette use among middle and high school students declined from 7.7% to 5.9%. Current nicotine pouch use (1.8%) did not change significantly during this period."
Combatting the Nation’s Substance Use Crises by Allocating Pharmaceutical Settlement Dollars to Proven Prevention Approaches, policy brief by the National Prevention Science Coalition
A public health approach to suicide prevention, series of articles in The Lancet
The Series, A public health approach to suicide prevention, published in The Lancet Public Health argues that a change in the narrative is needed to move from presenting suicide as a mental health issue to also acknowledging the impact of social factors, such as poverty, debt, addictions, homelessness, abuse, discrimination and social isolation, on a person’s decision to consider suicide. The Series highlights how clinical treatment services are critical for people in a suicidal crisis, but upstream measures that address social factors must also be included in national suicide prevention strategies to prevent people reaching crisis point. Tackling the social factors which contribute to suicide requires a policy re-set with a whole of government commitment for suicide prevention efforts – a “suicide prevention in all policies” approach.
Editorial
A public health approach to suicide prevention
The Lancet Public Health
Series
Preventing suicide: a public health approach to a global problem
Jane Pirkis, Rakhi Dandona, Morton Silverman, Murad Khan, Keith Hawton
The Lancet Public Health
Restriction of access to means used for suicide
Keith Hawton, Duleeka Knipe, Jane Pirkis
The Lancet Public Health
The effect of economic downturn, financial hardship, unemployment, and relevant government responses on suicide
Mark Sinyor, Morton Silverman, Jane Pirkis, Keith Hawton
The Lancet Public Health
Public health measures related to the transmissibility of suicide
Jane Pirkis, Jason Bantjes, Madelyn Gould, Thomas Niederkrotenthaler, Jo Robinson, Mark Sinyor, Michiko Ueda, Keith Hawton
The Lancet Public Health
Addressing key risk factors for suicide at a societal level
Jane Pirkis, Jason Bantjes, Rakhi Dandona, Duleeka Knipe, Alexandra Pitman, Jo Robinson, Morton Silverman, Keith Hawton
The Lancet Public Health
Preventing suicide: a call to action
Keith Hawton, Jane Pirkis
The Lancet Public Health
Comment
Preventing suicide: understanding the complex interplay between individual and societal factors
Rory C O'Connor, Olivia J Kirtley, Derek de Beurs
The Lancet Public Health
Cultures, contexts, and learning opportunities in suicide prevention
Lai Fong Chan
The Lancet Public Health