http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Although numerous studies have shown a strong link between drinking and smoking behaviors, few telephone smoking-cessation "quitlines" routinely screen and counsel callers about their alcohol use. A first-of-its-kind study of drinking and smoking-cessation rates among callers to the New York State Smokers' Quitline (NYSSQL) has found that a high proportion of the smokers calling also drank at hazardous levels, and these high-level drinking smokers had more difficulty quitting smoking than moderate drinking smokers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-smoking-cessation-quitlines-hazardous-drinkers.html Addiction Fri, 15 Jun 2012 18:42:32 EST news259004546 A study suggests a lower risk of coronary heart disease from alcohol, even with hazardous drinking. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-coronary-heart-disease-alcohol-hazardous.html Addiction Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:52:22 EST news223120326