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Tobacco company's understanding of addiction revealed by internal documents
While Philip Morris’s public statements reinforce the idea that nicotine’s pharmacology principally drives smoking addiction, company scientists frame addiction as the result of interconnected...
Medical marijuana could increase drug use risk
A study finds that people who use medical marijuana have higher rates of medical and non-medical prescription drug use – including pain relievers.
Rather than...
Role of methadone and naltrexone in treating opioid addiction
The Catalysis and Peptide Research Unit at the University of KwaZulu-Natal has published a paper providing insights into the role of methadone and naltrexone...
Spouses have strong causal influence over alcohol abuse risk
Spouses with uncontrolled drinking problems have a 'large and rapid' CAUSAL influence on the likelihood their partner will also be diagnosed with an alcohol...
Vaping restrictions 'could be a public health disaster'
SA Health minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi wants an outright ban on vaping, falsely conflating it with smoking tobacco, and equally falsely attributing its rise...
Smoking-cessation medication not beneficial in the long-term
A Tel Aviv University study finds that only eight out of 100 smokers who take smoking cessation medications will have benefited from taking them...
One cigarette a day is as bad smoking half the pack
Smoking just one cigarette a day carries a much higher risk of developing coronary heart disease and stroke than expected – about half the...
Lessons for SA to be learned from US/UK tobacco regulations
A shift in the way US and UK policymakers regulate tobacco, e-cigarettes and nicotine could promote public health efforts to reduce smoking and usher...
Effectiveness of cannabis for relieving distress symptoms
Cannabis use may strengthen, rather than weaken, the relationships between pain and depression and pain and anxiety, according to a US observational study.
Many patients...
E-cigarette use does help smokers quit
Consistent with randomised trials and those observational studies that measure frequency of e-cigarette use, both quit attempts and quit success were positively associated with...