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ADDICTION publishes peer-reviewed research reports on alcohol, illicit drugs, tobacco and behavioural addictions, bringing together research conducted within many different disciplines.
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Editors Message
One of the core services that a scientific journal provides is making sure that research findings from contributors are disseminated and used to the full. One barrier to this is often that the key messages are buried in a mass of detail. Addiction has instigated a new service to help overcome this: the 'Key Findings' page on our website. For every issue, the page will show the key advances in knowledge that are contained within that issue - article by article in bite sized chunks. We hope this will be of interest to researchers, policy makers and the press. Try it and see what you think - then let us know.
Most Recent Press Releases
New research shows peer drug use may increase an individual’s genetic tendency to use drugs — 21 June 2010
The nature-nurture debate is usually about how much of something is due to our genes and how much is caused by our environment. New research just published in the academic journal Addiction shows that the case is more interesting for young women who smoke, drink, or use drugs, for two related reasons. First, a young woman with a genetic predisposition to substance use is also predisposed to choose friends who smoke, drink, or use drugs, thereby altering her environment in a way that encourages substance use. Second, a young woman’s exposure to substance-using friends not only changes her environment but also increases her genetic inclination to use these drugs regularly, thereby raising even higher her already increased likelihood of substance use.
People who suppress anger are more likely to become violent when drunk — 21 June 2010
A study published today in the journal Addiction reveals that drunkenness increases the risk for violent behaviour, but only for individuals with a strong inclination to suppress anger.
Smoking cessation treatments work and are safe for people with severe mental illness — 11 May 2010
In a study published today in the journal Addiction, researchers have determined that treatment for smoking dependence is as effective among people with severe mental illnesses as it is for the general population. Importantly, they also found that offering such treatments does not appear to cause deterioration in mental health.
