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Motivation To Reduce Smoking May Be Weakened By Taking Vitamin Pills

Monday, August 1, 2011

A recent study revealed that smokers who take multivitamins actually make up for their healthy habit by smoking more. Psychologists call this the licensing effect, which happens when someone makes a good choice which later enables them to make a bad choice such as, when a person feels ‘entitled’ to a weekend binge drinking by avoiding alcohol all week…

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FDA looks to regulate tobacco products — but not electronic cigarettes

Friday, January 7, 2011

By late March, tobacco companies will have to reveal to the Food and Drug Administration what sorts of new additives they’ve recently put in their products. But the ruling doesn’t apply to electronic cigarettes, whose makers are locked in legal battle with the FDA

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The importance of family management, closeness with father and family structure in early adolescent alcohol use

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Aims To examine the importance of family management, family structure and father[ndash]adolescent relationships on early adolescent alcohol use.Design Cross-sectional data was collected across 30 randomly selected Australian communities stratified to represent a range of socio-economic and regional variation.Setting Data were collected during school time from adolescents attending a broad range of schools.Participants The sample consisted of a combined 8256 students (aged 10[ndash]14 years).Measurements Students completed a web-based survey as part of the Healthy Neighbourhoods project.Findings Family management[mdash]which included practices such as parental monitoring and family rules about alcohol use[mdash]had the strongest and most consistent relationship with alcohol use in early adolescence.

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Assessment of a hepatitis educational group for veterans with substance use disorders.

Thursday, December 31, 2009

Conclusions: The results of this survey show an increase in basic knowledge of hepatitis, high levels of patient satisfaction, and strong acceptance of vaccinations for hepatitis A and B. Overall, the survey indicates that the Healthy Liver Group is providing an important service and is generally well accepted by patients

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