Smoking, Advertising and Stress, Addiction to Technology, Online Treatment
New rules on cigarette packaging are making cigarettes taste not as good, smokers are saying. And the related issue of the rise in smoking right after 9/11, and other effects of stress in America. Also, a recent editorial suggested the recent San Francisco airliner crash may have been partly over-dependence on technology. And the idea of offering vets addiction treatment via the internet is being weighed. PODCAST.
Harm Reduction and E-Cigarettes
We consider the growing popularity of e-cigarettes from the perspective of harm reduction – the nicotine addiction continues, but the e-cig doesnt have all the tars, resins and carbon monoxide of smoking tobacco. Also some thoughts on harm reduction through substitutions – like excessive exercise, obsessive 12-Step meetings, etc. PODCAST.
More on DSM-5, Med MJ, E-Cigs
A further look at the DSM-5 and how it addresses addictions, as well as the likelihood of many new pharmaceutics meds being prescribed for 1500 new disorders. Also major tobacco companies enter e-cigarette market, and a success story of medical marijuana used for lung cancer. PODCAST.
Viewing Resolutions through Lens of Recovery
New Years resolutions often fail because of incomplete planning and understanding of the recovery/change process. Dr Inaba gives us a clear perspective, including the sequence of habit change.
Smoking in the news
Smoking in public is facing ever-greater restrictions; individuals, and the tobacco industries are pushing back in court. Meanwhile varenicline (Chantix) has been found to have serious cardiovascular side effects. And the state of Oregon mandating no smoking or be disqualified from state-supported treatment programs.
Addiction and Aging Baby-Boomers
An addiction “boom” is happening to people in 50s and 60s – too young to be old, often caring for parents, or under-employed adult children often with their own families, and still working to try to make ends meet – is causing many baby-boomers to have more issues with addiction and substance abuse then perhaps earlier in their life.