By By Mary Elizabeth Elliott | March 30, 2015
Preventing Prescription Drug Abuse Is Possible
One of my favorite poems is Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening." In it Frost talks of “promises to keep” and gives us that oft quoted line of “miles to go before I sleep." The words of this iconic poem come to mind when I think of our nation’s response to the prescription drug abuse epidemic.
By Christine Cheng, Smoking Cessation Leadership Center at UCSF | March 19, 2015
Why E-cigarettes Have Some People All Choked Up
If you follow the news at all, you’ve probably noticed a lot of talk about whether e-cigarettes are safe. Do they help people quit smoking traditional cigarettes? Can they lead people, especially young people, to other substances? So let’s explore why these newbies to the nicotine world have some folks all choked up.