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Professor of addiction research and clinical epidemiology at University Medical Centre Düsseldorf. Senior Editor of Addiction.

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•️ Master Politische Soziologie (ehemals Sozialwissenschaften – Gesellschaftliche Strukturen und demokratisches Regieren)
Außerdem neu:
• Romanistik nur noch als Ergänzungsfach mit Französisch und Spanisch
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14.07.2025 07:54 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Es ist ein Poetry Slam

13.07.2025 18:45 — 👍 45    🔁 12    💬 0    📌 1

Was ich gerne korrigieren möchte:

"Der Cannabiskonusm bei Jugendlichen [...] steige beispielsweise schon seit Jahren."

Das entspricht nicht den mir bekannten Erkenntnissen aus unterschiedlichen bundesweiten und regionalen Umfragen.
Nach Daten des BIÖG ist er zuletzt sogar zurückgegangen.

16.06.2025 13:29 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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„Ziemlicher Unsinn“ – Streecks Cannabis-Plan Hendrik Streeck will im Herbst evidenzbasiert entscheiden, wie es mit der Cannabislegalisierung weitergeht. Doch die Ergebnisse der Evaluation werden kaum ausreichen, um ein Urteil zu stützen, wie Exp...

Warum eine abschließende Bewertung des KCanG im Herbst kaum möglich sein wird, beschreibt dieser Artikel.

www.focusplus.de/politik/ziem...

16.06.2025 13:29 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
Synthetic cannabinoids in e‐cigarettes seized from English schools You have to enable JavaScript in your browser's settings in order to use the eReader.

E-cigarettes containing synthetic cannabinoids were identified in 77.8% of all participating schools in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 and were detected in 17.4% of all samples seized. These were almost entirely in refillable devices and liquid bottles.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/JIPNIS...

02.07.2025 07:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

#KinderOhneAlkoholUndNikotin
Einfache Empfehlungen für die BuReg:
*Tabaksteuern erhöhen
*umfassendes Werbeverbot
*einheitliche Verpackungen
*Mindestalter 18 durchsetzen
*Schutz vor Tabakrauch verbessern

30.06.2025 13:57 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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E-Zigaretten: Forscher weisen hohe Konzentration von Blei im Dampf von Einmalgeräten nach Der Wert war so hoch, dass sie dachten, ihr Messgerät sei kaputt: US-Forscher haben im Dampf von Einweg-Vapes beliebter Hersteller Blei nachgewiesen. Das Problem liegt wohl nicht nur in der Flüssigkeit.

Der Wert war so hoch, dass sie dachten, ihr Messgerät sei kaputt: US-Forscher haben im Dampf von Einweg-Vapes beliebter Hersteller Blei nachgewiesen. Das Problem liegt wohl nicht nur in der Flüssigkeit.

26.06.2025 10:08 — 👍 45    🔁 19    💬 2    📌 1
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Elevated Toxic Element Emissions from Popular Disposable E-Cigarettes: Sources, Life Cycle, and Health Risks The rapidly evolving market of disposable e-cigarettes poses unknown health risks to adolescents and young adults. We report excessive emissions of toxic metallic elements in aerosols from flavored an...

#TobRegSky #PedSky #MedSky #EpiSky #addictionsci #policysky #polisky #neuroskyence #neurosci 🧪🛟

Lead, nickel and antimony at toxic levels in vapor from disposable e-cigarettes

pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

26.06.2025 10:15 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Prevalence of Artificial Sweetener Neotame in US-Marketed Disposable E-Cigarettes This study analyzes current US-marketed disposable e-cigarettes, US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)–approved products, and nicotine-free products for presence of the high-intensity artificial sweet...

#TobRegSky #PedSky #MedSky #EpiSky #addictionsci #policysky #polisky #neuroskyence 🧪🛟
In our new paper in @jama.com we report that almost all of the currently marketed disposable e-cigarettes (ElfBar, GeekBar, Mr. Fog etc.) contain the artificial sweetener neotame.

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

02.06.2025 15:10 — 👍 12    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 1
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Why Australia's illegal tobacco trade continues to flourish and what should be done about it. My new blog simonchapman6.com/2025/06/22/w...

22.06.2025 02:39 — 👍 8    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 2
Screenshot of the first page of a NIHR synopsis report titled "Evaluating the effectiveness of the Drink Less smartphone app for reducing alcohol consumption compared with usual digital care: a comprehensive synopsis from a 6-month follow-up RCT"

Screenshot of the first page of a NIHR synopsis report titled "Evaluating the effectiveness of the Drink Less smartphone app for reducing alcohol consumption compared with usual digital care: a comprehensive synopsis from a 6-month follow-up RCT"

Image showing project flowchart of seven components. RA=research article.

Image showing project flowchart of seven components. RA=research article.

🚨📄 The final synopsis from our evaluation of the effectiveness of the Drink Less app has now been published on the NIHR Journals Library website, available here: www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/phr/LNNB8060 - this draws together all seven of the published scientific papers relating to the award...

19.06.2025 10:09 — 👍 10    🔁 7    💬 2    📌 2
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Donald #Trump, 11/4/2024 #IranWar

22.06.2025 00:55 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Lungenkrebsfrüherkennung bei starken Rauchern soll Kassenleistung werden – Deutsches Ärzteblatt

Lungenkrebsfrüherkennung bei starken Rauchern soll Kassenleistung werden. Wichtig hierbei: „Um die Sterblichkeit der Erkrankten zu reduzieren, ist ein Rauchstopp die beste Medizin“ www.aerzteblatt.de/news/lungenk...

18.06.2025 20:11 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Heated tobacco product use prevalence and temporal trends among the German population: a series of representative cross-sectional household surveys, 2018–2023 Objectives Heated tobacco products (HTPs) are electronic devices that heat tobacco instead of burning it to produce an inhalable aerosol. This study aimed to investigate usage patterns, sociodemograph...

Just published: our new study on the use of heated tobacco products #HTP in Germany 🇩🇪 using #DEBRA data. Interestingly: more than half of people use HTP with aroma technologies. bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/6...

17.06.2025 19:22 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Warum Cannabis bei Senioren beliebter wird Ein wachsender Anteil älterer Menschen nutzt regelmäßig Cannabis - oft, um Beschwerden zu lindern. Klare medizinische Daten fehlen meist, trotzdem wagen Senioren den Selbstversuch. Von Clemens Haug.

Über den medizinischen Einsatz von #Cannabis - bei älteren und jüngeren:

www.tagesschau.de/wissen/gesun...

12.06.2025 17:09 — 👍 8    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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Wie alt können wir werden? Warum leben Frauen länger als Männer? Das wollen Dr. Detlef Maurer & Dr. Eva Maria Holly herausfinden: Sie sprechen mit Prof. Oliver Kuss @hhu.de über Lebenserwartung & welche Rolle Themen wie soziale Ungleichheit und Lebenszufriedenheit dabei spielen.

👉 spoti.fi/3FfMiH9

30.05.2025 10:25 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
Michael Marmot

Michael Marmot

One million excess deaths were linked to deprivation between 2009 and 2020, Michael Marmot told a Royal College of Physicians conference.

Marmot calculated 148 000 can be directly linked to austerity measures introduced by the coalition government in 2010
www.bmj.com/content/389/...

04.06.2025 08:43 — 👍 44    🔁 35    💬 0    📌 5
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Heute ist #Hitzeaktionstag - und definitiv ein Thema für die Hausarztpraxis! #Hitzeschutz ist insbesondere für vulnerable Gruppen hochrelevant. Mit dem Aktionstag wollen wir das Wissen um Hitzeschutz und Prävention ausbauen, auch die #DEGAM ist dabei. Mehr Infos online: hitzeaktionstag.de

04.06.2025 13:37 — 👍 2    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
UKE - EKOCAN EKOCAN untersucht die Auswirkungen des Konsumcannabisgesetzes auf Kinder- und Jugendschutz, allgemeinen Gesundheitsschutz und Kriminalität

Für das Forschungsprojekt 'Evaluation des Konsumcannabisgesetzes' (EKOCAN) gibt es eine Website.

Wir informieren hier u.a. über den aktuellen Stand der Forschung, berichten über unsere Ergebnisse und geben einen Überblick über aktuelle Termine:

uke.de/ekocan

14.05.2025 05:14 — 👍 21    🔁 7    💬 3    📌 0
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Is #cannabis bad for mental health?

A new study finds strong evidence for a *bidirectional, causal link* between cannabis use disorder and psychiatric disorders.

However, occasional cannabis use was *not* causally linked to most pychiatric disorders (except ADHD).

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

03.06.2025 06:53 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Ich hoffe, Sie setzen sich auch für eine bessere Tabakkontrolle in 🇩🇪 ein! Alles Gute und viel Erfolg im neuen Job!

04.06.2025 19:08 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Poster showing a young man holding an ice cream cone, with smoke in the background forming the shape of a skull and a person smoking. The text reads: “FLAVOURS HIDE THE TRUTH. Don’t be fooled by the lies.” The slogan “Unmask the appeal” and the hashtag #TobaccoExposed appear below.

Poster showing a young man holding an ice cream cone, with smoke in the background forming the shape of a skull and a person smoking. The text reads: “FLAVOURS HIDE THE TRUTH. Don’t be fooled by the lies.” The slogan “Unmask the appeal” and the hashtag #TobaccoExposed appear below.

It’s #WorldNoTobaccoDay🚭

Tobacco causes over 20 types of cancer and kills up to half of its users who don’t quit.

Tobacco & nicotine industries use devious tactics to hook users into a cycle of addiction. #TobaccoExposed

Don’t let them fool you. Learn more 👉 bit.ly/NoTobacco2025

31.05.2025 08:52 — 👍 213    🔁 54    💬 6    📌 3
A hand holds a pink-and-white cigarette pack with several cigarettes sticking out. Thick black tar-like liquid drips from the hand and the pack. Behind it is a smoky purple and blue background. The image reads: “Unmask the appeal. #TobaccoExposed” at the top, and “FILTERED BUT STILL FATAL.” in bold text at the center and bottom.

A hand holds a pink-and-white cigarette pack with several cigarettes sticking out. Thick black tar-like liquid drips from the hand and the pack. Behind it is a smoky purple and blue background. The image reads: “Unmask the appeal. #TobaccoExposed” at the top, and “FILTERED BUT STILL FATAL.” in bold text at the center and bottom.

Filters are a marketing trick to make cigarettes seem less dangerous. Smoking kills, with or without a filter.

They make it easier to start smoking & harder to quit.

Filters have even contributed to a rise in an aggressive type of lung cancer. #TobaccoExposed

#WorldNoTobaccoDay 🚭

31.05.2025 09:21 — 👍 352    🔁 88    💬 12    📌 6
A woman holds a colourful lollipop, which casts a shadow resembling a vape device. In the background, smoke reveals a ghostly skull. Text reads: "Flavours hide the truth. Don’t be fooled by the lies. Unmask the appeal. #TobaccoExposed."

A woman holds a colourful lollipop, which casts a shadow resembling a vape device. In the background, smoke reveals a ghostly skull. Text reads: "Flavours hide the truth. Don’t be fooled by the lies. Unmask the appeal. #TobaccoExposed."

Today is #WorldNoTobaccoDay 🚭

Tobacco and nicotine products look sweet BUT are harmful
#TobaccoExposed

That bubblegum, mango, or cotton candy flavour isn’t just for taste. It’s a trap to get young people hooked!

Don’t fall for the illusion. Unmask the appeal 👉 bit.ly/NoTobacco2025

30.05.2025 22:52 — 👍 163    🔁 59    💬 7    📌 5

Glückwunsch! 🍾

23.05.2025 13:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

#Weltnichtrauchertag
#WorldNoTobaccoDay

10.05.2025 08:26 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Panel
How to detect potential predatory journals?
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Signs of a predatory journal
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Lack of peer review (or an unrealistically fast review process)
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Aggressive email solicitations requesting manuscript submissions
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Editorial boards with unverified or fabricated affiliations
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Excessive (or very low) publication fees without transparency
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Duplicate, self-plagiarised, or low-quality content in previous issues
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Verify journal legitimacy using tools such as Beall's List, Kscien's list, Cabell's Blacklist, Directory of Open Access Journals, etc.
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Encourage publishing in reputable platforms with reference to the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) listing
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Action by institutions, including national and international respiratory societies
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Improve awareness and training on predatory publishing for young and senior researchers
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Strengthen institutional policies to discourage submissions to questionable journals

Panel How to detect potential predatory journals? • Signs of a predatory journal • Lack of peer review (or an unrealistically fast review process) • Aggressive email solicitations requesting manuscript submissions • Editorial boards with unverified or fabricated affiliations • Excessive (or very low) publication fees without transparency • Duplicate, self-plagiarised, or low-quality content in previous issues • Verify journal legitimacy using tools such as Beall's List, Kscien's list, Cabell's Blacklist, Directory of Open Access Journals, etc. • Encourage publishing in reputable platforms with reference to the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) listing • Action by institutions, including national and international respiratory societies • Improve awareness and training on predatory publishing for young and senior researchers • Strengthen institutional policies to discourage submissions to questionable journals

📜 Correspondence: The rising threat of predatory journals and paper mills in respiratory medicine and research

The letter includes an informative panel on how to detect potential predatory journals

🔗 Read in full here: tinyurl.com/3bc53us5

@albertoruanoravina.bsky.social

08.05.2025 07:58 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Sag`s mir! - mit Prof. Sabrina Kastaun Forscher Fliegen – euer Podcast über Gesundheit und Gesellschaft · Episode

Alkohol, Rauchen, Bewegung und Gewicht - warum fällt es Ärztinnen und Ärzten manchmal so schwer, mit ihren Patienten über diese Themen zu sprechen? Interessanter Podcast mit meiner Kollegin Prof. Kastaun 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/32ZD...

08.05.2025 05:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Important analysis, led by Dr Emma Beard, showing that absolute smoking rates in the UK are likely underestimated by more than 1% as surveys do not capture disadvantaged, hidden populations. doi.org/10.1111/add.... @jamiebrown.bsky.social @sharoncox.bsky.social

02.05.2025 09:20 — 👍 8    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0
Effectiveness and safety of psychosocial interventions for the treatment of cannabis use disorder: A systematic review and meta‐analysis You have to enable JavaScript in your browser's settings in order to use the eReader.

According to this recent review and meta-analysis cognitive-behavioural therapy with motivation enhancement and dialectical behavioural/acceptance and commitment therapy may increase abstinence among people with #cannabis use disorder. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/GRIX29...

05.05.2025 06:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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