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- Center of Alcohol Studies — Rutgers
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- Higher Education Center for Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Violence Prevention
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- Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
- Society for the Study of Addiction (UK)
- Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration
- The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA)
- The Tobacco Atlas
- Tobacco Free Union
- Tobacco Labelling Resource Centre
- Treatment Research Institute
- UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs
- University of Michigan Substance Abuse Research Center
- University of Michigan Tobacco Research Network
- University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention
- World Health Organization Management of Substance Abuse
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Category Archives: Tobacco
Mentally ill, addicted and tobacco: Public views change slowly as clinicians start taking responsibility for smoking cessation
The new frontier in the war against tobacco is special populations, particularly people with mental disorders, including addiction. Unfortunately, an uninformed, paternalistic public view prevails about smokers with schizophrenia or alcoholism, and it goes like this: “Oh, those poor people. … Continue reading
Posted in Big Tobacco, Smoking, Tobacco, Tobacco cessation
Tagged American Journal of Psychiatry, behavioral health, bipolar, bipolar and smoking, bipolar and tobacco, mental health, mental illness, schizophrenia, schizophrenia and smoking, schizophrenia and tobacco, smoking, smoking and behavioral health, smoking and mental health, smoking and mental illness, smoking cessation, smoking cessation and behavioral health, Smoking Cessation Leadership Center, tobacco, tobacco and behavioral health, tobacco and mental health, tobacco and mental illness, tobacco cessation
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Some bad news from California: We’re not a smoke-free state
Not too long ago, I was bragging on California in this blog because we have one of the lowest smoking rates in the country, lower than some other states by half. I said that was because California had gone smoke-free … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Big Tobacco, Cigarette warning labels, Recovery, Second-hand smoke, Smoke-free, Smoking, Substance abuse, Tobacco, Tobacco and kids
Tagged California, cancer, cigarettes, cigars, DeSaulnier, heart disease, hookah, SIDS, smoke-free, smoke-free buildings, smoking, smoking section, tobacco, tobacco industry
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Free will doesn’t work with addiction, and science shows why
A lot of people stigmatize addiction by talking about bad choices and free will. Folks in recovery and addiction treatment professionals have known for decades that free will can’t help an addict choose not to drink or drug, and now … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcohol, Alcohol abuse, Drug abuse, Recovery, Tobacco
Tagged addiction, alcohol, brain, compulsive, craving, drugs, limbic, nucleus accumbens, prefrontal cortex, recovery
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ATODblog:2010 in review
Wish I had more time to devote to this blog… Anybody else who thinks the same way I do about alcohol, tobacco and other drugs want to submit a post? Anyway, here’s the figures on readership for last year, courtesy … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcohol, Alcohol abuse, Alcohol taxes, Big Tobacco, Binge drinking, Cigarette warning labels, College drinking, Drug abuse, Healthcare reform, Integrated treatment, Marijuana, Marijuana legalization, Medical marijuana, MJ lobby, Painkiller abuse, Parity, Pot doc, Poverty, Prevention, Recovery, SBI, Second-hand smoke, Smoke-free, Smokeless tobacco, Social host, Substance abuse, Substance use disorder treatment, Tobacco, Tobacco and kids, Tobacco marketing, Treatment, Treatment until recovery, Underage drinking, Underage drinking parties
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Some good news from California: Smoking is waaaay down!
These days, Californians don’t hear a lot of good news about our state, not with budget cuts decimating our once vaunted education system, our parks and other public services. But one thing we’ve done right is quit smoking. My state … Continue reading
Cigarette pack warnings: US lags and Americans suffer
There’s been a lot of talk about the FDA’s proposed pictorial warnings on cigarette packs, including some whining by people who say they go too far. Actually, our proposed pictorial warnings are tame compared to the warnings in other countries. … Continue reading
Local governments ignore laws against hookah lounges in California (not to mention their public health threat)
Hookah bars are proliferating in California, and around the country. Though they claim to be about a multicultural experience, they are really about attracting young people to smoke tobacco. People believe that because you smoke fruit-flavored tobacco through a waterpipe, … Continue reading
Posted in Big Tobacco, Recovery, Second-hand smoke, Substance abuse, Tobacco, Tobacco and kids, Tobacco marketing
Tagged hookah, hookah lounge, second-hand smoke, shisha, tobacco, waterpipe
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Tony Gwynn’s cancer: Time for big leaguers to take responsibility for youngsters using smokeless tobacco
Tony Gwynn is San Diego’s favorite son. He’s like Ernie Banks to Chicago or Derek Jeter to New York, only San Diego is a smaller, more familiar kind of place, so our local heroes are much more real life-like. When … Continue reading
How smokefree laws for adults protect children
A funny thing happened with Scotlands’ smokefree law, which banned smoking in public places such as restaurants, bars, shops, cinemas, offices, hospitals, work vehicles and sports centers. Research published in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that this law … Continue reading
The war Down Under: Big Tobacco’s assault on Australia
You’d think it would be tough marketing a product that kills half the people who use it as directed. The fact that it’s the most addictive substance on the planet helps. Still, you have to get new customers … Continue reading
