BACKGROUND Exposure to tobacco advertising and promotion increases the likelihood of smoking amongst young people. While there is a universal ban on traditional or ‘above-the-line’ advertising in Australia, the types and extent of exposure of young people to ‘below-the-line’ tobacco advertising and promotion is largely unknown. In this study we aim to identify levels of exposure of New South Wa...

BACKGROUND Drug checking is a harm reduction strategy which allows users to check the content and purity of illicit drugs. Although drug checking has been trialled internationally, with demonstrated value as a harm reduction and health promotion strategy, the use of such services in Australia remains a contentious issue. This study aimed to investigate the proportion and patterns of illicit dru...

With more than 30 million attendees each year in the U.S. alone, music festivals are a fast-growing source of entertainment, visited by both fans and industry professionals. Popular music festivals are large-scale events, often spread across multiple venues and lasting several days. The largest festivals exceed 600 shows per day across dozens of venues. With many artists performing at overlappi...

Almost every ethnic group in Ghana celebrates some form of annual community festival. Due to their cultural significance in the setup of communities, Ghanaian festivals have attracted empirical investigations. However, residents’ festival satisfaction and behavioural intentions remain unexplored. Using Asogli Yam Festival, the study examined residents’ evaluation of attributes of the festival a...

This paper attempts to analyze the opinion of parents, teachers and secondary level school students about the enhancement of academic performance of students in relation to the participation in festivals. The study covers 200 parents encompassing of 100 in ‘Below Poverty Line (BPL) and 100 in ‘Above Poverty Line’(APL) households, 200 teachers comprising of 100 in trained and 100 in untrained ca...

Ayurveda does not stand simply for the cure of certain diseases in individuals. It aims at keeping both the individual and the society healthy and happy by preservation and promotion of physical and mental health and prevention of diseases. These measures are described in detail in the form of dina carya, rtu carya and ratri carya. For a common man, these practices are prescribed in the form of...