Aussie kids who see online gambling ads are more likely to gamble

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Most Aussie high school kids have seen gambling advertising in the last month, and those who have seen gambling ads are more likely to have gambled in the last month, or be classified as at-risk or problem gamblers, according to new research.

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Addictive Behaviors Reports
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Organisation/s: The University of Newcastle, The University of Melbourne, Deakin University
Funder: This work was supported by funding from the Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation and infrastructure funding from the Hunter Medical Research Institute. Dr Megan Freund is supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council Translating Research into Practice Fellowship. ASSAD data collection was funded by state and territory Cancer Councils and health departments, and the Australian Government Department of Health. Cancer Council Victoria managed the national survey. The State Governments of both Victoria and Queensland, Cancer Council Victoria and Cancer Council Queensland funded the conduct of the ASSAD survey in each of their States. The funding sources had no role in the study design, collection, analysis or interpretation of the data, writing the manuscript, or the decision to submit the paper for publication.
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