| | | FEATURED | Screening and brief intervention (BI) is recommended to find patients with unhealthy alcohol use and to treat them, even though there are still many questions about the effectiveness of the procedure, according to the Chair of the upcoming INEBRIA conference in Boston. | | | | | | | | | TODAY'S NEWS Self-medicating with alcohol and drugs to ease anxiety substantially increases the risk of substance use disorders, suggests a new study published in the Archives of General Psychiatry. | The percentage of high school smokers who smoke at least 11 cigarettes a day is on the decline, a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds. 'Light' smoking - defined as between one and five cigarettes a day - is increasing among U.S. high school students. | A new study suggests that Florida's Clean Indoor Air Act, which prohibits smoking in all enclosed indoor workplaces, has not harmed businesses. In some cases, the law has had a positive effect on profits, the Orlando Sentinel reports. California Governor Jerry Brown this week signed a bill that bans the production and sale of beer with added caffeine.
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