Researchers find potential merit in targeting smoking-related memories for smoking cessation.
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What we know about e-cigarettes?
Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are a device that delivers nicotine or other chemicals to people via an aerosol vapour, but are they harmful and do they help smokers give up smoking?
Do cigarettes increase the risk of psychosis?
We know that smoking increases the risk of most chronic diseases and substantially shortens lifespan, but can it effect our mental health?
Emphysema
In people with emphysema, the walls of the tiny air sacs in the lungs (alveoli) become gradually damaged, causing breathing difficulties. Smoking is the main cause of this condition.
Video: Ice addiction – Jack’s story
Jack first tried ice at 18 and quickly fell into the grip of ice addiction. Being left to die in an alleyway was the turning point for Jack to get help.
Moderate alcohol consumption reduces brain function
Even moderate consumption of alcohol can have negative effects on the brain.
Benzodiazepines: what are the effects?
How benzodiazepines affect a person depends on many things, but there is no safe level of benzodiazepine use.
Pregnancy, alcohol and other drugs
If you are pregnant, or thinking about having a baby, it is important to consider the types of drugs you might be taking and how they might affect you and your pregnancy.
Benzodiazepines: what are they?
Benzodiazepines, benzos, are also known as minor tranquillisers.
Amphetamines: what are they?
Amphetamines (speed) belong to a group of drugs called psychostimulants.
