Lead Story: Public health approaches to gambling: a global review of legislative trends The Lancet Public Health Authors of this article systematically reviewed legislation of jurisdictions that introduced major gambling legislation change (i.e., restricting or extending gambling provision) between Jan 1, 2018, and Dec 31, 2021. More than 80% of countries worldwide now legally permit gambling. Harmful gambling was recognized as a health and wellbeing issue in most of the analyzed jurisdictions, but near-exclusive focus was given to individual-level harms rather than to wider social and economic harms or harms to others. Most of the proposed prevention measures focused on individual responsibility. Gambling policies worldwide are changing, but addressing gambling as a public health issue has not yet translated into comprehensive policy action across jurisdictions. Read this issue of the ASAM Weekly Subscribe to the ASAM Weekly Visit ASAM

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