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We’re an evidence-driven interdisciplinary research lab studying how laws, policies & economics shape the public's health. We build evidence, foster collaboration, and share insights. 🔗 linktr.ee/socialimpact.lab

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Social Impact Lab @socialimpactlab.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
@clowenstein.bsky.social Austin Landini & @mikepesko.bksy.social combined Google Maps listings with real visitor-count data to build a national database of specialty tobacco retailers — vape shops, smoke shops, cigar shops — and where people actually go. ~20,000 stores. ~50 million monthly visits.🧵
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Social Impact Lab @socialimpactlab.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
With nicotine pouches on the market, regulators are facing some of the same classification & oversight questions past novel nicotine products have raised. New insights from @laurentonti.bsky.social & @mikepesko.bsky.social dig into the regulatory uncertainty surrounding ONPs.Read on: buff.ly/fvJJi0J
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Novel product, familiar challenges: Navigating uncertainty in oral nicotine pouch regulation
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Social Impact Lab @socialimpactlab.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Cigar taxes are difficult to compare — different states, structures, products. SIL affiliates built a database that fixes that: quarterly state & local cigar tax rates, 2010–2024, standardized to per-unit rates by cigar type. 🔗 buff.ly/QBtXfel in @bmjtobacco-control.bsky.social
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Social Impact Lab @socialimpactlab.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Can an AI tool code law into structured data reliably? Scott Burris, Jon Larsen, and @casonschmit.bsky.social walked us through their pilot testing AI tools to code laws - what worked, what didn't and what other questions it raises. Testing AI tools on legal or policy coding? We want to know more.
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Social Impact Lab @socialimpactlab.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Coming up July 29 @ 12PM EST — Legal Epi in the Age of AI. Guest speaker Cason Schmit, JD (Texas A&M University) joins us to explore how AI is reshaping the way researchers turn law into structured data for public health research 🧵👇Register: buff.ly/lN5OHnJ
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Social Impact Lab @socialimpactlab.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Kicking off next week - a brown bag series from SIL's Law & Policy Core: Using AI in the Creation of Legal and Policy Variables. Two free virtual sessions this July exploring how AI is reshaping how researchers turn law into structured data for public health research. 🧵👇
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Social Impact Lab @socialimpactlab.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Policy windows open quickly. Evidence needs to be ready. We produce rigorous, reproducible research that helps answer the population health questions decision-makers face. #HealthPolicy #PolicyResearch #PopulationHealth #EvidenceBasedPolicy #SocialImpactLab
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Social Impact Lab @socialimpactlab.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
21 researchers. Four institutions. Three sessions of research speed dating. That was the Social Impact Lab's first IDEAS Workshop — cross-disciplinary feedback when it matters. 🔗 economics.missouri.edu/news/researc... @yalesph.bsky.social @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social @uky.bsky.social
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Social Impact Lab @socialimpactlab.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Most research papers start as half-formed questions muttered at water coolers, showerheads, or very patient cats. Your coffee mug can only do so much. Bounce your ideas off experts instead. #IDEASWorkshop space exists to let that happen —early and across disciplines.
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Social Impact Lab @socialimpactlab.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Have an idea you've been chewing on? Stuck on a part of your research design? Hammer out your next great research question with us. Introducing the Social Impact Lab's IDEAS Workshops. Bring early-stage research to an interdisciplinary team for honest feedback (long before Reviewer 1!). Link in bio
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Social Impact Lab @socialimpactlab.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Good research doesn't happen in silos. We built the Social Impact Lab around a simple premise: the most important questions in health and policy need economists, lawyers, and public health researchers in the same room. Open dialogue. Rigor. Ingenuity. That's the culture we're building.
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Social Impact Lab @socialimpactlab.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Bluesky Launch alert! The Social Impact Lab at the University of Missouri is here — studying how laws, policies, and systems shape population health, across economics, public health, and law & policy. New lab. Big questions. Much collaboration. Follow along. 🔗 buff.ly/sUeQfgZ
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Tobacco Online Policy Seminar (TOPS) @tobaccopolicy.org · 18/03/2026
🚨Next TOPS🚨 ➡️Friday, March 27 2pm ET (New York Time) ➡️"The impact of school closure during COVID-19 on substance use” ➡️ Ataur Rahaman from @mizzouecon.bsky.social 👉Register: bit.ly/TOPS-Winter2026
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Tobacco Online Policy Seminar (TOPS). After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
The Tobacco Online Policy Seminar (TOPS) is a free multidisciplinary, international forum for research with tobacco policy implications using experimental or quasi-experimental study designs. All 2-...
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Tobacco Online Policy Seminar (TOPS) @tobaccopolicy.org · 13/03/2026
Thank you 🌟Nita Mukand🌟 for a superb TOPS presentation today and to our audience of over 135!🥳 Here are key takeaways from her presentation on the "Effect of tobacco sales bans in Beverly Hills & Manhattan Beach, California".
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Tobacco Online Policy Seminar (TOPS) @tobaccopolicy.org · 12/03/2026
🚨TOMORROW🚨 ➡️Friday, March 13 2pm ET (New York Time) ➡️"Effect of tobacco sales bans in Beverly Hills & Manhattan Beach, California” ➡️Nita Mukand from the University of California San Francisco Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics 👉Register: bit.ly/TOPS-Winter2026
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Tobacco Online Policy Seminar (TOPS). After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
The Tobacco Online Policy Seminar (TOPS) is a free multidisciplinary, international forum for research with tobacco policy implications using experimental or quasi-experimental study designs. All 2-...
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Tobacco Online Policy Seminar (TOPS) @tobaccopolicy.org · 04/03/2026
🚨Next TOPS🚨 ➡️Friday, March 13 2pm ET (New York Time) ➡️"Effect of tobacco sales bans on retail sales in Beverly Hills and Manhattan Beach, California” ➡️ Nita Mukand from the University of California San Francisco Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics 👉Register: bit.ly/TOPS-Winter2026
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Tobacco Online Policy Seminar (TOPS). After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
The Tobacco Online Policy Seminar (TOPS) is a free multidisciplinary, international forum for research with tobacco policy implications using experimental or quasi-experimental study designs. All 2-...
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Tobacco Online Policy Seminar (TOPS) @tobaccopolicy.org · 27/02/2026
Thank you 🌟Shiqi Zhang🌟 for a fantastic TOPS presentation today and to our audience of over 115!🥳 Here are key takeaways from his presentation on "A systematic review of stated preference experiments in tobacco research".
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Tobacco Online Policy Seminar (TOPS) @tobaccopolicy.org · 26/02/2026
🚨TOMORROW🚨 ➡️Friday, February 27 2pm ET (New York Time) ➡️"A systematic review of stated preference experiments in tobacco research" ➡️Shiqi Zhang from The Ohio State University 👉Register: bit.ly/TOPS-Winter2026
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Tobacco Online Policy Seminar (TOPS). After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
The Tobacco Online Policy Seminar (TOPS) is a free multidisciplinary, international forum for research with tobacco policy implications using experimental or quasi-experimental study designs. All 2-...
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Tobacco Online Policy Seminar (TOPS) @tobaccopolicy.org · 18/02/2026
🚨Next TOPS🚨 ➡️Friday, February 27 2pm ET (New York Time) ➡️"A systematic review of stated preference experiments in tobacco research" ➡️ Shiqi Zhang from The Ohio State University Department of Economics 👉Register: bit.ly/TOPS-Winter2026
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Tobacco Online Policy Seminar (TOPS). After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
The Tobacco Online Policy Seminar (TOPS) is a free multidisciplinary, international forum for research with tobacco policy implications using experimental or quasi-experimental study designs. All 2-...
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Tobacco Online Policy Seminar (TOPS) @tobaccopolicy.org · 05/02/2026
🚨TOMORROW🚨 ➡️Friday, February 6 2pm ET (New York Time) ➡️"Impact of E-cigarette Taxation on Retail Prices and Sales Volume" ➡️Norah Almulhem from @uconncahnr.bsky.social 👉Register: bit.ly/TOPS-Winter2026
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Tobacco Online Policy Seminar (TOPS). After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
The Tobacco Online Policy Seminar (TOPS) is a free multidisciplinary, international forum for research with tobacco policy implications using experimental or quasi-experimental study designs. All 2-...
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Tobacco Online Policy Seminar (TOPS) @tobaccopolicy.org · 03/11/2025
Check out the ❄️Winter❄️ lineup! TOPS will continue with more tobacco policy research on Friday 11/21 2pm ET, featuring Bingjin Xue. TOPS is: ➡️Free🥳 ➡️Open to all 🙂👋 👉Register: bit.ly/TOPS-Winter2... 👉Join our email list: tobaccopolicy.org/email
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Tobacco Online Policy Seminar (TOPS) @tobaccopolicy.org · 22/01/2026
Congratulations to Dr. Dana Mowls Carroll of @umnsph.bsky.social for winning the 2025 Best Presentation Award (Top of the TOPS!) for her presentation on the public health implications of very low nicotine cigarettes.🥳 Missed her presentation? It's available here: tobaccopolicy.org/seminars.htm...
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Tobacco Online Policy Seminar (TOPS) @tobaccopolicy.org · 24/01/2026
Thank you 🌟Guthrie Scoblic🌟 for an excellent TOPS presentation!🥳 Here are key takeaways from his presentation on "Standardizing the Measurement of Cigar Tax Rates in the United States".
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Tobacco Online Policy Seminar (TOPS) @tobaccopolicy.org · 28/01/2026
🚨Next TOPS🚨 ➡️Friday, February 6 2pm ET (New York Time) ➡️"Impact of E-cigarette Taxation on Retail Prices and Sales Volume" ➡️Norah Almulhem from @uconncahnr.bsky.social 👉Register: bit.ly/TOPS-Winter2026
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Tobacco Online Policy Seminar (TOPS). After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
The Tobacco Online Policy Seminar (TOPS) is a free multidisciplinary, international forum for research with tobacco policy implications using experimental or quasi-experimental study designs. All 2-...
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