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The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., has upheld a district court’s finding that major U.S. tobacco firms intentionally misled the public about the health hazards of cigarettes, Bloomberg reported May 22. “The district court found — permissibly in …
Ads published in Rolling Stone magazine for Camel cigarettes violated the 1998 nationwide tobacco settlement by featuring cartoon images, a Pennsylvania judge has ruled. The Associated Press reported that Judge William J. Manfredi ordered cigarette maker R.J. Reynolds to pay a …
In a major milestone for the addiction field, the American Board of Addiction Medicine (ABAM) recently named the first group of board-certified addiction-medicine specialists, recognizing 1,240 doctors who previously had been certified by the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM). …
When the economy was riding high and the war in Iraq was at its peak, the U.S. Army relaxed its rules to allow some recruits with felony records and those who failed drug tests to join the service. Now that …
In a new national survey, a majority of adult respondents said alcopops contribute to underage drinking and want the flavored alcoholic beverages to carry warning labels, HealthDay News reported April 6. The C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s …
Raids on legitimate medical-marijuana dispensaries — common during the Bush administration — will end in states like California and Oregon where use of the drug is legal for medical purposes, according to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. The New York …
Both houses of the Montana legislature have approved a bill that would limit sales of energy drinks that contain alcohol, the Billings Gazette reported March 14. House lawmakers voted 54-44 in favor of a measure that would restrict sales of …
Patients who participated in an eight-week smoking cessation program stayed smoke-free one year after surgery and suffered half as many post-operative complications, according to new research from Sweden. Science Daily reported March 12 that researchers at Sweden’s Karolinska Institute studied …
Screening and brief intervention (SBI) for addictions and other behavioral problems could save billions in healthcare costs if widely implemented as a component of national healthcare reform. But experts say that the programs need to be introduced in a systemic …
Individuals charged with low-level drug crimes could be diverted to addiction-treatment programs rather than sent to prison under legislation approved this week by Kentucky’s House Judiciary Committee. The Louisville Courier-Journal reported March 5 that the measure would allow offenders to …
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