Tobacco Tax Hike Curbs Smoking Among Those With Mental Disorders

Drug task force hasn’t tackled treatment
COLUMBUS — There was talk of criminal investigations, dangerous drug databases, unlawful pain clinics and more during the Ohio Prescription Drug Abuse Task Force’s inaugural meetings. But there was one cornerstone to the epidemic’s cure that Gov. Ted Strickland would have not seen in the task force’s initial report: drug rehab.

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Drug treatment not yet a focus of task force
COLUMBUS — There was talk of criminal investigations, dangerous drug databases, unlawful pain clinics and more during the Ohio Prescription Drug Abuse Task Force’s inaugural meetings. But there was one cornerstone to the epidemic’s cure that Gov. Ted Strickland would have not seen in the task force’s initial report: drug rehab.

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Tobacco Tax Hike Curbs Smoking Among Those with Mental Disorders
A new study suggests that increasing cigarette taxes could be an effective way to reduce smoking among individuals with alcohol, drug or mental disorders. The study, published online in the American Journal of Public Health, found that a 10 percent increase in cigarette pricing resulted in an 18.2 percent decline in smoking among people in these groups.

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