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Open Access: Co-Designing AI-Generated Vaping Awareness Materials With Adolescents & Young Adults: A Qualitative Study

@tianzesun.bsky.social @garyckchan.bsky.social Daniel Stjepanović, @y-tm.bsky.social Giang Thu Vu et al

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@ncysur.bsky.social @uwaterloo.ca @griffith.edu.au

20.08.2025 04:14 — 👍 0    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Drug decriminalization in British Columbia reduced police-reported drug possession incidents without affecting drug-related hospitalizations or deaths.

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06.06.2025 14:19 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1

FDA Aims to End Use of Synthetic Food Dyes This Medical News article discusses the federal government’s goal of eliminating artificial dyes from foods and drinks such as breakfast cereals, candy, and sodas.

The US Food and Drug Administration is aiming to eliminate synthetic food dyes from foods sold in the US by 2026 due to concerns about their impact on children's behavior, seeking voluntary cooperation from the industry instead of legislation.

#MedSky

07.06.2025 22:18 — 👍 9    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 1

Cannabis retail expansion in Canada came with only a small uptick in the number of consumers Increased usage among women and older adults during 2019-2023 seemed related more to falling prices than to the expanding number of stores.

Cannabis retail expansion in Canada came with only a small uptick in the number of consumers

theconversation.com/cannabis-ret...

@profmjarmstrong.bsky.social

03.04.2025 01:34 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Heatmap showing aid sanction intensity between 1990 and 2019

Just out: Ruth Gibson and colleagues use econometric analysis to estimate that ODA reductions as a result of aid sanctions imposed between 1990 and 2019 increased infant, under-5, and maternal mortality rates by 3·1%, 3·6%, and 6·4%, respectively, on an annual basis www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

25.03.2025 16:05 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

What is the short-term remission rate for people with untreated depression? A systematic review and meta-analysis - PubMed Short-term remission from depression without treatment is uncommon. Across studies, 8 - 18% of people remitted without treatment within 12 weeks. Waitlist control groups may not represent all persons ...

Short term remission in untreated #Depression is rare
Key insight: depression warrants treatment when sufficiently severe and or disabling

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34583099/

16.02.2025 14:42 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

🔓Tobacco smoking in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Habte Belete, Tesfa Mekonen, Jason P. Connor, @garyckchan.bsky.social, Leanne Hides, Janni Leung

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28.03.2025 00:30 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1

The adverse public health effects of non-medical cannabis legalisation in Canada and the USA Cannabis consumption is legally prohibited in most countries in the world. Several countries are legalising cannabis for adult consumption. It is important to monitor the public health effects of thes...

The adverse public health effects of non-medical cannabis legalisation in Canada and the USA - doi.org/10.1016/S246...

@thelancetph.bsky.social

07.02.2025 18:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

In New Zealand, parental hazardous drinking appears to be associated with child maltreatment. Read the full study by Jose Romeo and colleagues https://buff.ly/3OLM1wH

12.12.2024 15:00 — 👍 2    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

"Although the evidence for associations between cannabis use and tobacco use is mixed, a majority of studies to date have found that cannabis use is associated with prior nicotine use and vice versa."

10.12.2024 16:02 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

The relationship between cannabis and nicotine use.
Full text: doi.org/10.1111/add....

10.12.2024 05:41 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1