Addictive behaviors
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Addictive behaviors · Mar 2013
Randomized Controlled TrialProject reduce: reducing alcohol and marijuana misuse: effects of a brief intervention in the emergency department.
Brief interventions (BI) for alcohol misuse and recently for marijuana use for emergency department patients have demonstrated effectiveness. We report a 12-month outcome data of a randomized controlled trial of emergency department (ED) patients using a novel model of BI that addresses both alcohol and marijuana use. ⋯ BI for alcohol and marijuana decreased binge drinking and conjoint use in our treatment group. BI appears to offer a mechanism to reduce risky alcohol and marijuana use among ED patients but expected reductions in consequences of use such as injury were not found 12months after the ED visit.
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Addictive behaviors · Mar 2013
Randomized Controlled TrialPredictors of cessation in African American light smokers enrolled in a bupropion clinical trial.
This is the first study to examine predictors of successful cessation in African American (AA) light smokers treated within a placebo-controlled trial of bupropion. ⋯ Baseline cotinine levels, number of years smoked and study session attendance are associated with both short- and long-term smoking cessation, while bupropion and the type of cigarette smoked were associated with quitting on short term only.