Nearly Two-Thirds of Deaths Among Women Smokers Attributable to Cigarette Smoking; Risk of Death 20 Years After Quitting Comparable to That of Nonsmoker

by Bogdan Lihanceanu | May 15, 2009

One-Fifth of College Freshmen at One University Report Smoking Tobacco in a Waterpipe in the Past Month

by Bogdan Lihanceanu | May 15, 2009

Parents Less Likely to Be Aware of Cigarette and Alcohol Use by Children Age 12 to 14 Than That of Older Children; Equally Likely to Be Unaware of Marijuana Use

by Bogdan Lihanceanu | May 15, 2009

Binge Drinking On College Campuses

by Bogdan Lihanceanu | May 15, 2009

As college students head back to school, many of them will be affected by a serious problem: binge drinking. Today, nearly half of all college students binge drink. This drinking leads to a number of problems on campuses, such as violence, rapes, sexually transmitted...

Alcohol Craving in Women, Not Men, More Likely to Be Linked to Depression

by Bogdan Lihanceanu | May 15, 2009

May 6, 2008 (Washington, DC) – Depressive symptoms in women, but not men, correlated with alcohol craving in an early retrospective study of over 300 patients who were self-referred for an alcohol addiction treatment program at the Mayo Clinic. The study was...