Finland moves further away from the Nordic alcohol model

This summer, Finland took another step away from the traditional Nordic model of alcohol control. Through a series of reforms, alcohol has gradually become easier to buy, putting Finland on a differen...

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Mänskliga rättigheter först: Reflektioner från “Mobilization on Human Rights and Drug Policy Conference”

Veera Kankainen och Tuukka Tammi deltog i ”Mobilization on Human Rights and Drug Policy Conference” i Oslo i april 2026. I denna artikel sammanfattar de några av konferensens viktigaste diskussioner o...

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Nicotine pouches can increase plasma cotinine levels more than cigarettes

How much nicotine do different products really deliver? In this PopNAD article Otto Ruokolainen, THL, breaks down a recently published Finnish study on cotinine - a chemical formed when the body proce...

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Gambling ads may cause a public outcry: ‘We are on the Titanic, heading full steam ahead towards the iceberg’

As Finland prepares to dismantle the state monopoly of Veikkaus, the Åland Islands gambling company Paf will be one of the last online gambling monopolies in the EU. CEO Christer Fahlstedt says disman...

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Public opinion in transition: tightening attitudes and the future of Finnish alcohol policy

Alcohol policy in Finland has long been shaped by a balancing act between public health concerns and pressures for market liberalization. Over the past decades, incremental reforms have increased alco...

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Sweden opened the door to farm sales of alcohol - here’s who walked in

Who buys alcohol straight from Swedish producers? In this article, Björn Trolldal (CAN) presents findings from a new study based on national survey data, offering a first look at consumer characterist...

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Ketamine use on the rise – Can we prevent a new wave of harm?

Ketamine is undergoing a quiet but clear shift across the Nordic region. Once confined to specialized medical settings, it is now increasingly visible in nightlife, youth culture, polysubstance enviro...

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Between prohibition and World War II: Finnish local alcohol policy in the spotlight

In her doctoral dissertation, historian PhD Pirjo Ovaskainen studied how three Finnish cities - Tampere, Kuopio, and Jyväskylä - adapted to the post-Prohibition era between 1932 and 1939. Ovaskainen c...

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Values, money and alcohol: a new challenge in Icelandic sports

Icelandic sports have long promoted healthy lifestyles, but alcohol is now appearing in the stands. In this article Árni Einarsson, executive director of Fræðsla og forvarnir (Education and Prevention...

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Nordiskt samarbete: svammel eller handling?

Det nordiska samarbetet handlar ofta om visioner och strategidokument – men verkligheten kräver mer. Matilda Hellman blickar tillbaka på hur nordiska forskningsprojekt under den senare hälften av 1900...

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Hur alkohol säljs till unga på sociala medier – och varför det spelar roll

Unga i Sverige köper i dag alkohol via Snapchat och Instagram. Ett forskningsprojekt vid Institutionen för kriminologi vid Malmö universitet har intervjuat både köpare och säljare. Studien, som nylige...

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Getting it right! Launching Finnish Lower-Risk Gambling Guidelines

The Lower-Risk Gambling Guidelines (LRGGs) have now been launched in Finland! This article explains how the Canadian LRGGs were adapted to fit the Finnish context. It highlights the adaptation process...

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“Mitt råd är: släpp inte in honom”: Vilket stöd erbjuds anhöriga vid alkohol- och drogproblem?

I Sverige har socialtjänsten det huvudsakliga ansvaret för att ge stöd till vuxna anhöriga till personer med substansbruksproblem. Hur stödet utformas påverkas av hur de professionella som erbjuder de...

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Alkoholforskningens finansiering och oberoende

Den globala alkoholindustrins försök att påverka forskning och politik är väl belagda. I Norden har vi statliga monopol som Systembolaget, som finansierar forskning. Hur går det ihop med kraven på obe...

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The Swedish annual school survey 2025, a summary

This article draws on data from CAN’s annual national school survey, conducted among students in grade 9 and in the second year of upper-secondary school. The primary purpose of the survey is to monit...

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A Guide to the Guidelines

When does alcohol use become harmful for the individual, and who bears responsibility when use turns into risk? The same scientific evidence ought to lead to the same results. Yet a review of national...

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Rusmedelsförebyggande arbete i Svenskfinland – en investering i jämlikhet och välmående

Tillgången till svenskspråkigt rusmedelsförebyggande arbete i Finland är mer än en fråga om språk – det handlar om jämlikhet och barns och ungas välmående. Trots lagstadgad rätt till service på svensk...

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Vad kännetecknar kommuner som satsar på lokalt alkoholförebyggande arbete?

Omfattningen av svenska kommuners alkoholpreventiva arbete formas mer av kommunens politiska styre och demografi än av resurser och faktisk problemnivå. Det framkommer i en ny studie publicerad i NAD.

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Increasing alcohol and cannabis use among youth and young adults in Norway- what does the data tell us?

This article examines how alcohol and cannabis use among young people in Norway has changed in recent years, based on new analyses from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (FHI). Drawing on data ...

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The Nordic dream of becoming what we already are

As a new year begins, aspirations fill the air, with new goals, new habits, and new ways of becoming slightly better than before. Against this backdrop, the alcohol-policy ambitions in Sweden and Finl...

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Finns oppose new gambling system amid concerns over marketing and harm

Finland will partially dismantle its gambling monopoly system in 2027, allowing private operators to offer and market sports betting and online casino products. A recent representative population stud...

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Between tradition and transformation: Alcohol and youth celebrations in Sweden

A generation that drinks less but still drink when traditions say so. This article explores how young Swedes today engage with alcohol, highlighting both long-standing traditions and the ways drinking...

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Två nya viktiga handböcker om alkohol och cancer

Maria Renström rapporterar om ny forskning från IARC, den internationella byrån för cancerforskning inom WHO, som visar att ingen mängd alkohol är helt riskfri i relation till cancer. Studierna lyfter...

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Breaking barriers to employment: A new approach to young people struggling with substance use in Denmark

In Denmark, the scope of the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) method has recently been broadened, from being applied mainly for people living with severe psychiatric diagnoses and unemployment, ...

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How working from home affects alcohol use in Sweden

Remote work has increased significantly since the years before the pandemic, raising questions about its impact on employees’ drinking habits, as alcohol policies are harder to monitor outside the wor...

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Whose safety comes first? Comparing responses to open drug scenes in Oslo and Helsinki

“Open drug scenes” are public spaces where people with drug-related challenges, typically in vulnerable situations, gather, and where drug use and drug dealing occur visibly. These areas often generat...

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Danmark inför striktare regler för spelreklam – politiker eniga om att barn och unga måste skyddas

I slutet av oktober 2025 enades det danska Folketinget kring skärpta regler för spelreklam. Reformen “Spilpakke 1” kommer inte en dag för tidigt, menar man vid Center for Ludomani (Centret för spelber...

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In Memoriam Kerstin Stenius 1951–2025

With immense sorrow, we received the news in August that the leading figure of the NAD-journal, Kerstin Stenius, had passed away.

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💡 Nordic news and headlines: 🔹Community centres across Iceland report a sharp increase in teenage drinking over the past two years, contrasting with earlier school-based surveys that showed stable or...

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