Perception of tobacco, cannabis, and alcohol use of others is associated with one's own use

Addiction Science and Clinical Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Bertholet, Nicolas ^a   Faouzi, Mohamed ^a   Studer, Joseph ^a   Daeppen, Jean Bernard ^a   Gmel, Gerhard ^a,b,c,d  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS INSTITUTE FOR THE PREVENTION OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG PROBLEMS   (Switzerland)

^c CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cannabis; Overestimation; Perception; Substance use; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNABIS SMOKING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84907029181     PISSN: 19400632     EISSN: 19400640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1940-0640-8-15     Document Type: Article

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