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Open AccessStudents with and Without Relatives with Problematic Substance Use: Do They Differ in Health, Substance Use and Study Success?
The aim of this cross-sectional study is (1) to describe the socio-demographic characteristics of students with relatives with problematic substance use and to examine differences between students with and wit...
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Open AccessShifting the gaze on implementation: examining the association between the implementation of tobacco control laws and prevalence of tobacco using data from a nationally representative survey
Tobacco use and the associated health burden is a cause of concern in India and globally. Despite several tobacco control policies in place, their sub-optimal and variable implementation across Indian states h...
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Open AccessChallenges and successes in the sustainment of Dutch community-level smoking cessation interventions for residents with a low socioeconomic position
When health promotion interventions are implemented, the gains are often short-lived, as interventions are seldom successfully sustained. The current study explores how and under what conditions community-leve...
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Open AccessSmokers’ strategies to reduce tobacco spending: self-reported use and differences across subgroups. Findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Netherlands Survey
The cost of tobacco is one of the most reported reasons for smoking cessation. Rather than quitting, smokers can use also strategies to reduce tobacco expenditure while continuing smoking, such as smoking less...
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Open AccessDigital health interventions to improve eating behaviour of people with a lower socioeconomic position: a sco** review of behaviour change techniques
Specific approaches are needed to reach and support people with a lower socioeconomic position (SEP) to achieve healthier eating behaviours. There is a growing body of evidence suggesting that digital health t...
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Open AccessDifferences in smokers’ awareness of the health risks of smoking before and after introducing pictorial tobacco health warnings: findings from the 2012–2017 international tobacco control (ITC) Netherlands surveys
As of May 2016, pictorial health warnings (PHWs) showing the harms of smoking were implemented in the European Union. After one year they had to be fully implemented. We studied changes in awareness of the hea...
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Open AccessExperiential peer support and its effects on desistance from delinquent behavior: protocol paper for a systematic realist literature review
Experiential peers are increasingly involved in the development and delivery of interventions for individuals who are engaged in delinquent behavior. Experiential peer support, which is the provision of suppor...
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Leefstijlverandering en netwerkversterking bij multiproblematiek
In multiprobleemhuishoudens zijn bijvoorbeeld schulden, psychische problematiek en opvoedproblemen. Deze gezinnen krijgen in principe hulpverlening vanuit een sociaal wijkteam van de gemeente, waarbij de focus...
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Open AccessSupport for a point-of-sale cigarette display ban among smokers: findings from the international tobacco control (ITC) Netherlands survey
Displaying tobacco products at point-of-sale (PoS) has become an important marketing strategy for the tobacco industry. This study was designed to (1) examine how support for a PoS cigarette display ban change...
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Belangrijke randvoorwaarden bij de ontwikkeling van leefstijlinterventies voor mensen met een lage sociaaleconomische status
Inleiding: Het is belangrijk om te weten met welke randvoorwaarden en succesfactoren rekening moet worden gehouden bij het ontwikkelen van leefstijlinterventies voor mensen met een lage sociaaleconomische status ...
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Open AccessPrevalence of hardcore smoking in the Netherlands between 2001 and 2012: a test of the hardening hypothesis
Hardcore smokers are smokers who have smoked for many years and who do not intend to quit smoking. The “hardening hypothesis” states that light smokers are more likely to quit smoking than heavy smokers (such ...
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‘Ik wed dat ik het kan!’ – Bereik en effect van een televisieprogramma over stoppen met roken bij laag-, middelbaar en hoogopgeleide rokers
Inleiding: Roken komt in Nederland vaker voor onder laag- en middelbaar opgeleiden dan onder hoogopgeleiden. Het entertainment-education televisieprogramma ‘Ik wed dat ik het kan!’ werd speciaal ...
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Open AccessConcern about passive smoking and tobacco control policies in European countries: An ecological study
Because of the magnitude of the global tobacco epidemic, the World Health Organisation developed the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), an international legally binding treaty to control tobacco u...
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Een écht rookvrije horeca is ook mogelijk in Nederland
Meeroken vergroot de kans op longkanker, hartaandoeningen en luchtwegaandoeningen. In Ierland is daarom al in 2004 besloten om alle werknemers te beschermen tegen het inademen van tabaksrook. In ...
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Open AccessTrends in socioeconomic inequalities in smoking prevalence, consumption, initiation, and cessation between 2001 and 2008 in the Netherlands. Findings from a national population survey
Widening of socioeconomic status (SES) inequalities in smoking prevalence has occurred in several Western countries from the mid 1970’s onwards. However, little is known about a widening of SES inequalities in...
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Campagnes over schade van roken zijn absoluut noodzakelijk
Campaigns about the health damage of smoking are absolutely necessary
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Open AccessIs web interviewing a good alternative to telephone interviewing? Findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Netherlands Survey
Web interviewing is becoming increasingly popular worldwide, because it has several advantages over telephone interviewing such as lower costs and shorter fieldwork periods. However, there are also concerns ab...
