American journal of preventive medicine
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Federal firearm licensee density is associated with interpersonal firearm violence. Yet the role of Federal firearm licensees in firearm suicide remains understudied, even though firearms are the method used in more than half of suicides. This study tested associations between the spatial distribution of federal firearm licensees and firearm suicides in Maryland. ⋯ The federal firearm licensee rate and clusters were associated with firearm suicides and unrelated to the spatial distribution of non-firearm suicides. Prevention approaches that limit the number of these federal firearm licensees or alter their sales practices, such as federal firearm licensee zoning and land use provisions, advertising restrictions, or gun shop projects, may prevent firearm suicides.
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There is much concern that substance use treatment programs are rarely integrated with smoking cessation programs. Here, the first national statistics are presented on the connection between heavy vs. light smoking and the opioid epidemic. ⋯ As nations deal with the opioid epidemic, integrating smoking cessation programs into substance abuse treatment programs appears prudent.