News and Notes.

The article presents 2014 news on addiction. In October Moscow, Russia was the host location for the sixth session of the Conference of the Parties to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. An article in "The Guardian" reported that Chief Executive of the UK Civil Service, John Manzoni, has closed financial links with SABMiller, one of Britain’s major drink companies. An article in "The Huffington Post" reported that U.S. Assistant Secretary of State William Brownfield called for flexible interpretations of international drug control treaties at a United Nations meeting in October.