Tobacco, alcohol and other drug misuse accounts for a quarter of preventable death and disability in the developed world. Preventing Harmful Substance Use: The evidence base for policy and practice offers a comprehensive summary of the best available scientific evidence for the prevention of harm from substance use. The editors provide a broad view of what constitutes prevention; including multiple approaches across various settings and levels of society. Each chapter provides important recommendations for supply, demand and harm reduction strategies that will improve the health of communities throughout the world. A multidisciplinary team of leading international researchers and practitioners have worked together to provide authoritative accounts of their areas of expertise, which include the following: Updated concepts and theories of prevention including Community Systems Theory, Social Developmental Models, Deterrence, economics and...