This 3 volume set is written for high school students and covers addictions, causes, and treatments of particular importance to adolescents. Articles on the nature of addiction and its roots include advertising, genetics, families, and personal problems. Drugs, Alcohol and Tobacco also addresses the prevention and nature of destructive substances and behaviors, such as cutting, binge drinking, Internet addiction, tobacco, ecstasy, eating disorders, and marijuana. The set uses the authoritative information from the 2nd edition of the Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior, but completely updates the information, thoroughly revises the language, and commissions original articles on topics such as media representations, drug use in schools, herbal supplements, and more. Drugs, Alcohol and Tobacco includes more than 200 articles on everything from binge drinking to the role of genetics in addictive behaviors, more than 50 graphs and charts and 275 full colour illustrations. Also included are four appendices:

A comprehensive list of organisations and websites
An annotated bibliography
Glossary of terms
Call-out definitions in margins
Sidebars spotlighting topics of noteworthiness
Cumulative index in volume 4