Name : Tobacco a global threat (Available in: Sinhala)
Year : 2006 ; 10th print
Author : John Crofton and David Simpson
Total No of Pages : 147
Subject : Tobacco use and the preventable death
Details : Many of the poorer parts of the world are afflicted by two important by two important epidemics. Tuberculosis has been causing misery and death for thousands of years. Sadely, with its alliance with the HIV virus, the desease is exploding in many countries. the newer epidemic is tobacco. This is now sweeping in to poorer countries. As the inhabitants of richer countries have begun.....>>>

Name : Stratergies to Address Alcohol Problems
Year : 2005
Author : Dr. Diyanath Samarasinghe
Total No of Pages : 132
Subject : Alcohol
Details : This book deals with stratergy at several levels. A few excerpts from the introductory overview to indicate the issues that are addressed: Community stratergy, Country stratergy and Global stratergy. The issue for communities is what they should do. There is little opportunity in community action for deliberate and concidered action. the very nature of community awakening calls for....>>>

Name : Alcohol and Poverty
Year : 2003
Author : Berguot Baklien and Dr. Diyanath Samarasinghe
Total No of Pages : 158
Subject : Alcohol and poverty relationship in Sri Lanka
Details : What is the role of alcohol in different social settings in Sri Lanka? To what extent does alcohol contribute to creating perpetuating or worsening poverty, and to what extent is alcohol a hindrance to development? the main intention of the study reported here, is to try to address questions such as these. in answering these questions, we shall describe every day life in different.....>>>

Name : Myths
Year : 1993
Author : Hans Olav Fekjaer
Total No of Pages : 149
Subject : Alcohol and Illicit Drugs
Details : Intoxicants have symbollic and ritualistic significance and they are widely used to provide execuses for social inaptitude, poor performance and bad behaviour. The book is also describes how the subjective influence of alcohol and other drugs, and behaviour they allegedly induce, can be changed by undermining widely held beliefs about their effects.....>>>

Name : Alcohol no ordinary commodity
Year : 2003
Author : Thomas Babor
Total No of Pages : 289
Subject : Alcohol
Details : From a public health perspective, alcohol is no ordinary consumer product. On a global level, it is a major contributor to disease, disability, and premature mortality. It also has an adverse impact on many aspects of social life. Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity - Research and Public Policy describes recent advances in alcohol research that have direct relevance for the development.... >>>

Name : Prevention & cessation of tobacco use
Year : 2003
Author : World Health Organization
Total No of Pages : 146
Subject : Manual for clinic & community based interventions
Details : This manual is intended for people interested in reducing problems caused by tobacco. The damage caused by tobacco is so serious that everybody should really be interested in doing something about it. But this manual is for those who want to do a little bit more than the ‘average citizen’.Although tobacco is a deadly serious issue, the flavour of activities that are needed to prevent its spread....>>>

Name : Alcoho; the banglore studyl Series1
Year : 2006
Author : John Crofton and David Simpson
Total No of Pages : 72
Subject : Burden & socio - Economic impact of Alcohol
Details : Like other societies in South-East Asian countries, communities in India are also in transition amidst changing states of growth and development. While societies are undergoing continuous dynamic changes due to macro and micro level influences,people are embracing new lifestyles, cultures and practices. The impact of globalization, industrialization, migration,....>>>

Name : Alcohol; Community responses Series 5
Year : 2006
Author : Dr. Diyanath Samarasinghe
Total No of Pages : 70
Subject : Reducing the harm from use of Alcohol
Details : MAlcohol is a generic term for many different chemical compounds; each with its own distinct properties. It is a clear, colourless liquid that comesfrom fermenting — or breaking down — natural substances such as fruit, corn, grain or sugarcane. The type of alcohol consumed by humans is ethyl alcohol or ethanol. Ethanol can have different colours, tastes,potency (strength)....>>>

Name : Alcohol; Gaining less or losing more Series 2
Year : 2006
Author : WHO
Total No of Pages : 85
Subject : Public Health Problems Caused by Harmful Use of Alcohol
Details : South-East Asian societies are in transition amidst changing states of growth and development due to macro and micro level influences. The shift from agrarian to modern societies has led to people changing emotionally, culturally and socially. This influences every sphere of their lives. The impact of globalization,industrialization, migration and media invasion into the lives of people.....>>>

Name : Alcohol; Control policies in S - E Asia Region Series 3
Year : 2006
Author : John Crofton and David Simpson
Total No of Pages : 46
Subject : Tobacco use and the preventable death
Details : There is growing recognition that alcohol consumption is one of the major risk factors to public health. Thus, alcohol use and abuse requires greater attention from the public health experts than it is currently receiving. In 2002, World Health Organization (WHO) estimated in its World Health Report (WHO, 2002) that there were about 2 billion people worldwide who consume alcoholic.....>>>