{"id":20203,"date":"2025-11-08T17:30:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T16:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/?p=20203"},"modified":"2026-01-11T18:06:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T17:06:23","slug":"prevention-of-alcohol-tobacco-and-illicit-drug-use-among-youth-a-scoping-review-of-european-school-based-programs-with-insights-on-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/2025\/11\/prevention-of-alcohol-tobacco-and-illicit-drug-use-among-youth-a-scoping-review-of-european-school-based-programs-with-insights-on-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Prevention of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Illicit Drug Use Among Youth: A Scoping Review of European School-Based Programs with Insights on Mental Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"ncbi-header\" role=\"banner\" data-section=\"Header\">\n<div class=\"usa-grid\">\n<div class=\"usa-width-one-whole\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/5a5c2d00-1594-4b19-8388-5ef557775816\/core\/images\/pubmed-logo-blue.svg\" alt=\"pubmed logo\" width=\"259\" height=\"88\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<form id=\"search-form\" class=\"usa-search usa-search-big search-form content-page-layout\" role=\"search\" action=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/\" autocomplete=\"off\" method=\"get\" data-anti-phishing-live-protection=\"1762105397181\">\n<div class=\"inner-wrap\">\n<div role=\"search\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"search-input\" role=\"search\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">by <\/span><span class=\"authors-list-item \" style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Ahmed Abdelrahman<sup class=\"affiliation-links\"><span class=\"author-sup-separator\">\u00a0<\/span><\/sup><span class=\"comma\">,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"authors-list-item \" style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Luz Bernad<span class=\"comma\">,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"authors-list-item \" style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Fiona Harris<span class=\"comma\">,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"authors-list-item \" style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Elodie Rezzonico<span class=\"comma\">,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"authors-list-item \" style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Antoine Flahault<span class=\"comma\">,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"authors-list-item \" style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Jennifer Hasselgard-Rowe<\/span><span class=\"period\" style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0 <\/span><span class=\"cit\" style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">2025 Oct 15<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/form>\n<div id=\"article-page\" class=\"article-page\" data-article-pmid=\"41154973\">\n<header id=\"heading\" class=\"heading\">\n<div id=\"full-view-heading\" class=\"full-view\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Abstract<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div id=\"abstract\" class=\"abstract\">\n<div id=\"eng-abstract\" class=\"abstract-content selected\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #0000ff;\">Alcohol, tobacco, and drug misuse continue to rise globally, with adolescents at particular risk. In response, school-based prevention programs have been widely implemented, yet their efficacy and long-term impact remain under-discussed. This scoping review synthesised evidence on the effectiveness of three commonly used programs (Preventure, Unplugged, and IPSYcare) in Europe. A search of four databases (PubMed, Embase, PsycInfo, and Web of Science) identified 21 peer-reviewed articles published between 2008 and 2023, spanning 12 European countries. Unplugged was most frequently evaluated (10 studies), followed by Preventure (6 studies) and IPSYcare (5 studies). Findings showed that Preventure yielded mixed outcomes, delaying binge drinking and reducing substance use among high-risk groups but with limited generalisability. Unplugged was associated with reductions in cannabis use and heavy drinking at 15 months post-intervention. IPSYcare demonstrated longer-term benefits, including improved school connectedness and reductions in alcohol and tobacco use. Results suggest that while standardised programs such as Unplugged enable scalability, contextual adaptations may enhance effectiveness, and tailored approaches are valuable for high-risk populations. Overall, the programs show potential, but variability indicate the need for further longitudinal and qualitative research in order to improve program delivery and sustain long-term impacts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #0000ff;\">Source: https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/41154973\/<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Ahmed Abdelrahman\u00a0,\u00a0Luz Bernad,\u00a0Fiona Harris,\u00a0Elodie Rezzonico,\u00a0Antoine Flahault,\u00a0Jennifer Hasselgard-Rowe\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0 2025 Oct 15 Abstract Alcohol, tobacco, and drug misuse continue to rise globally, with adolescents at particular risk. In response, school-based prevention programs have been widely implemented, yet their efficacy and long-term impact remain under-discussed. This scoping review synthesised evidence on the effectiveness of three commonly used [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,41,17,119,40,130,61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alcohol","category-drug-use-effects-on-foetus","category-europe-uk","category-prevalence","category-prevention-research","category-tobacco-smoking","category-youth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20203"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20208,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20203\/revisions\/20208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}