Addiction News

Residential addiction treatment centers serving adolescents are scarce and expensive in the United States, new study findings suggest, despite increasing overdose rates among young people in recent years.

An analysis of syringe residue from discarded drug use equipment used by people who inject showed both chemical and biological contaminants in the syringes.

Although rates of smoking have steadily declined in recent decades, 34 million Americans still use cigarettes, according to the American Cancer Society, with many of those millions being patients with autoimmune and rheumatic diseases.

Quitting smoking or other tobacco products can be difficult under the best circumstances. Cardiologists can help patients who want to quit, but data show more training is needed on optimal strategies and available therapies.

TikTok videos that feature e-juice flavor names and e-cigarette brand names increased in prevalence from 2019 to 2022, according to results published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research.

A rheumatologist’s decision to ask about tobacco use may potentially be the leading factor in whether a patient with ankylosing spondylitis quits smoking, according to data published in Cureus.

The date for the FDA’s finalized rule to prohibit menthol in cigarettes and flavors in cigars is now listed as March 2024.

Infants who were exposed to cannabis in utero have increased risks for being born prematurely, having a low birth weight and requiring NICU care compared with nonexposed infants, researchers reported in Addiction.

PHILADELPHIA — Two observational studies presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions linked regular marijuana use to elevated risk for HF and elevated risk for major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events.

DENVER — Addiction expert Anna Lembke, MD, invited the Lifestyle Medicine 2023 health care audience to do a 24-hour fast from their smartphones and other digital devices.