Center for Alcohol & Drug Studies & Services

Welcome to the Center for Alcohol and Drug Studies

The Center for Alcohol and Drug Studies is a project of San Diego State University School of Social Work. Originally named the Center on Substance Abuse, the Center was established in 1987 by Dr. Anita S. Harbert to address alcohol and other drug related problems at San Diego State University and in the larger community.

The Center specializes in research and evaluation design with an emphasis on socio-behavioral research and applied evaluation. Our multi-disciplined staff have decades of experience in research and evaluation and are highly committed to scientific excellence.

The Center serves as an umbrella organization for several alcohol and drug related research initiatives, including the California Screening Brief Intervention, Referral and Treatment Services.

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The Relationship between Alcohol Consumption and Past-Year Smoking Initiation in a Sample of Undergraduates
Reed, M., McCabe, C., Lange, J., Clapp, J., and Shillington, A.

Background: Although most young people begin smoking before the age of 18, the results of a growing number of recent studies have shown a sizable minority of college students initiate smoking while in college. Moreover, the use of alcohol by college students has been linked to smoking initiation in some studies in the literature. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine the association between past-year drinking frequency and past-year smoking initiation among a sample of college students.

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