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Report: Depictions of Smoking in Movies Influence Young People
Researchers are emphasizing the importance of a new government report that they say demonstrates for the first time a causal link between tobacco use in movies and smoking behaviors in the population. 08/22/2008

Controversial Anti-Smoking Medication Shows Success in England
Data from England's National Health Service are indicating that smokers seeking to quit in that nation are seeing comparatively good results with the medication Champix (known as Chantix in the United States). 08/22/2008

Beer Distributor Makes Nice, N.H. Youth Group Prevails
A meeting between leaders of a New Hampshire youth group and a beer distributor whose employees reacted angrily to youths' placement of warning labels stuck on its products has led to amicable words about the groups working toward the same goal of preventing underage drinking. 08/22/2008

Maine Wants to Extend Tobacco Reduction Successes to Other Drugs
Maine Gov. John Baldacci believes his state has the community-based program infrastructure needed to make the kind of progress in combating alcohol and drug abuse that it has seen in reducing tobacco use. 08/22/2008

Desire for Plastic Surgery Motivates Some Smokers to Quit
With all the smoking cessation tools available to those trying to quit, an unexpected motivator is coming from the increasingly popular world of cosmetic surgery. 08/21/2008

Mobile Phones Offer Vehicle for Alcohol Prevention Messages
A project run by a charity in the Cornwall region of England has determined that alcohol prevention efforts can successfully reach youths through messages sent to their mobile phones. 08/21/2008

Canadian Poll Reflects Uncertainty About Safe-Injection Site
An opinion survey in Canada indicates public uncertainty about a controversial safe-injection facility in Vancouver, with 39 percent of individuals saying they were undecided about whether to support it. 08/21/2008

Massachusetts Enacts Full Parity for Addiction Treatment
Capping years of effort by addiction policy advocates and their allies at the statehouse, Massachusetts has enacted legislation requiring health insurers to provide unlimited coverage for medically necessary treatment of substance use disorders.

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