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March-April 2015

Interventions and Assessments

  • Reduce-to-Quit Approach in Smoking Cessation Using Varenicline Shows Promise
  • Brief Alcohol Intervention Shows Potential in Japanese Occupational Health Settings

Health Outcomes

  • A Drink a Day Keeps the Doctor Away?
  • More Evidence Raising Questions About Whether “Moderate” Drinking Has Any Benefit
  • Adolescent Cannabis and Tobacco Use are Associated with Poor Educational Outcomes
  • Increased Drinking Precedes Unsanctioned Stopping of Alcohol Pharmacotherapy
  • Among Adolescents, Combining Alcohol and Energy Drinks Is Associated With Other Risky Behaviors

HIV and HCV

  • Most Individuals with Injection Drug Use and Hepatitis C Virus Are Unaware of Their Infection
  • Hepatitis C Treatment in People Who Inject Drugs: Treatment As Prevention Based on Risk Level
  • Buprenorphine/Naloxone Treatment Decreases Opioid Use and HIV Risk Behaviors in China and Thailand

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