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Yael Bar-Zeev

@yaelbarzeev.bsky.social
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Public Health Physician, A/Professor, Hebrew University. Interested in health promotion, tobacco control, and smoking cessation in socially disadvantaged populations

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SRNT Treatment Network @treatmentsrnt.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
‼️Check out this new treatment research published in @ntrjournal.bsky.social using community involvement and engagement to tailor smoking interventions for Muslims doi.org/10.1093/ntr/...
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Title: Designing Religiously Informed and Culturally Acceptable Tobacco Cessation Interventions for UK-Based Muslims
AbstractIntroduction. Globally, tobacco use rates in Muslim communities, particularly among men, are significantly higher than in non-Muslim communities. I
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Yael Bar-Zeev @yaelbarzeev.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
🔬 Shape the Future of Tobacco Regulation – Apply for a Post-Doc Fellowship!” Position available for Israeli residents or international applicants Full details here: bit.ly/4oWs47i
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Health Promotion International @healthpromint.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
NEW 🔔 An analysis of social media strategies used to promote the e-cigarette brand Vuse ✍️ Lucy Hardie, Christina Watts, Becky Freeman, Judith McCool OPEN ACCESS doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daaf114
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Becky Freeman @drbfreeman.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Vape brands bypass regulations on marketing to young people by using global social media accounts theconversation.com/vape-brands-...
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Vape brands bypass regulations on marketing to young people by using global social media accounts
Vape manufacturers mirror traditional tobacco marketing, including stylish branding, flavours and sponsorships, to reach young people through social media.
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Health Promotion International @healthpromint.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
NEW 🔔 Interactions between registered dietitians and the food industry in Canada: results from a cross-sectional survey  ✍️ Virginie Hamel, Mélissa Mialon, Jean-Claude Moubarac OPEN ACCESS doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daaf118
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Yale Cancer Center @yalecancer.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
A new study led by @lisafucito.bsky.social explored oral #nicotine pouches for #smokingcessation + found prelim support for their use as a cigarette substitute. Higher-nicotine pouches may have a stronger impact on smoking behavior. tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/earl... @bmj.com #tobacco
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Effects of oral nicotine pouches on cigarette smoking behaviour and tobacco harm exposure: a randomised pilot trial in adults
Oral nicotine pouches may have potential for smoking cessation, but scientific evidence on the effects of pouches and their constituents on smoking behaviour is limited. Design This study was a 4-wee...
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Health Promotion International @healthpromint.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
NEW 🔔 Health literacy as a public health goal: 25 years on ✍️ Don Nutbeam FREE doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daaf119
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Croakey Health Media @croakeynews.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Step in the right direction on vaping and tobacco control, but there's more to do www.croakey.org/step-in-the-... #publichealth
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Step in the right direction on vaping and tobacco control, but there's more to do
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Yael Bar-Zeev @yaelbarzeev.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Israel parliament finance committee discussion today on a flavor ban for all tobacco and nicotine products Many industry representatives argued against #CDOH talking also directly to MKs BUT MOH, Academia, and NGOs fought back💪 Watch this space for updates
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Yael Bar-Zeev @yaelbarzeev.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Israeli parliament finance committee #flavorban #Tobacco #ecig Lots of industry and lobby here
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Marita Hennessy @maritahennessy.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
🔥 The Effectiveness of Partnerships With Commercial Actors to Improve Food Environments: A Systematic Review Laurence Blanchard, Gemma Bridge, Julia Bidonde, Matt Egan, @harryrutter.bsky.social, @markpetticrew.bsky.social, Patricia Lucas, et al onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #COI #CDoH
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The Effectiveness of Partnerships With Commercial Actors to Improve Food Environments: A Systematic Review
Partnerships with commercial actors have been proposed as a policy approach to create healthier food environments. We conducted a systematic review to assess their effectiveness for improving food en...
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Nicotine & Tobacco Research Journal @ntrjournal.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
“Dual Use” of e-cigarettes alongside cigarettes encompasses varied behavior patterns and motives that have different implications for health and smoking cessation. Editorial by Sarah Jackson. academic.oup.com/ntr/advance-... @drsarahejackson.bsky.social
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“Dual Use” of e-cigarettes alongside cigarettes encompasses varied behavior patterns and motives that have different implications for health and smoking cessation
Sarah E Jackson; “Dual Use” of e-cigarettes alongside cigarettes encompasses varied behavior patterns and motives that have different implications for heal
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Nicotine & Tobacco Research Journal @ntrjournal.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Middle-aged and older adult smokers are just as, if not more successful at quitting smoking than their younger counterparts using a combined intervention of counseling and cessation medications, finds scoping review by Adrienne Johnson et al. academic.oup.com/ntr/advance-...
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Smoking Cessation Treatment Efficacy and Impact on Health Outcomes among Middle-Aged and Older Adults: A Scoping Review
AbstractIntroduction. Middle-aged and older adults (ages 45+) have historically been overlooked in tobacco research and policy despite a quit rate half tha
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Nicotine & Tobacco Research Journal @ntrjournal.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
A variety of sociodemographic, health, and antenatal care factors are associated with smoke-free pregnancies among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, find Jamie Bryant et al. academic.oup.com/ntr/advance-...
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Factors associated with not smoking and ceasing smoking during pregnancy among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women
AbstractIntroduction. Smoking during pregnancy has been linked to serious adverse health outcomes for mother and baby. This study aims to examine the indiv
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Nicotine & Tobacco Research Journal @ntrjournal.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
During pregnancy, former smokers who are established exclusive vapers, but not dual users, have VOC levels substantially lower than exclusive-smokers and comparable with those who have never used nicotine/tobacco products, find Michael Ussher et al. academic.oup.com/ntr/advance-...
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Toxicant and Nicotine Exposure in Pregnant Smokers, Vapers, and Nicotine-Replacement Users: Cross-Sectional Study
AbstractIntroduction. Given the increasing usage of vaping during pregnancy and limited longitudinal health-related data, there is an urgent need to assess
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Marita Hennessy @maritahennessy.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
The marketing of commercial foods for infants & toddlers in Australian supermarket catalogues Alexandra Chung, Sophia Torkel, Helen Dixon, Jennifer McCann, Andrea Schmidtke, Catharine Fleming @healthpromint.bsky.social academic.oup.com/heapro/artic... #CDoH #IYCF #InfantFeeding #ChildFeeding
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The marketing of commercial foods for infants and toddlers in Australian supermarket catalogues
Abstract. Commercial foods for infants and young children are prominent on supermarket shelves in Australia, with parents commonly believing they are a hea
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Yael Bar-Zeev @yaelbarzeev.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
ראיון שנעשה איתי לכבוד היום הבינלאומי ללא עישון (מ- 04:15 דקות) עם דגשים לגבי המניפולציות של חברות הטבק, אמצעים לגמילה מעישון שהם מבוססי מדע ואפקטיביים, ונמצאים בסל הבריאות, איזה כלים קיימים לרופאי משפחה לעזור למטופלים שלהם להגמל מעישון, ומה ידוע על סיגריה אלקטרונית vimeo.com/1091648728/b...
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MDnews 04.06.25 תקציר
This is "MDnews 04.06.25 תקציר" by Medical Media Digital on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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Yael Bar-Zeev @yaelbarzeev.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Spend today at the Israeli Parliament for #WNTD focusing on: 1. Ban all print media advertising - research shows UOJ targeting bit.ly/3Fx6B2Q 2. License & POS reduction - research shows high numbers of POS around schools bit.ly/4kLb6We
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Yael Bar-Zeev @yaelbarzeev.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
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Ahead of World No Tobacco Day, Knesset votes to require graphic images on smoking products
Israel is the 2nd country to mandate such warnings on e-cigarettes, as survey finds 31% of Israeli smokers have started or resumed lighting up due to stress since start of the war
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Yael Bar-Zeev @yaelbarzeev.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Final approval for graphic warnings on ALL tobacco and nicotine products (excluding cigars) was just approved in Israel, despite Big Tobacco trying to interfere. Implementation - 13 months from now Israel will be the second country to implement graphic warnings for ecig
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SRNT Treatment Network @treatmentsrnt.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
We are excited to launch the SRNT Treatment Research Network Bluesky account! Follow for the latest treatment research and professional activities from @ntrjournal.bsky.social and the field of nicotine and tobacco science🎉🎉🎉
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Behavioural Research UK (BR-UK) @behaviourresuk.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Missed our May webinar?The recording is now available! Our speakers tackled the ethical challenges of using #AI in behavioural research,exploring key concerns & practical strategies to mitigate risks while maximising the benefits of AI. Watch the webinar here: usher.ed.ac.uk/behavioural-...
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Caitlin Notley @addictionuea.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
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Reducing smoking in pregnancy in England—a public health success story
In recent years rates of smoking in pregnancy in England have declined, from 11.7% of pregnant women in 2014/15, to 5.9% in quarter 3 2024/25, according to the latest smoking at the time of delivery (...
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Yael Bar-Zeev @yaelbarzeev.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
The Acedemy of Hebrew Language has decided to change the name of a butterfly to include 'Ariel' in memory of Ariel Bibas who loved butterflies
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Dr. Sven-Eric Jordt #TobRegSky @sejordt.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
#TobRegSky #PedSky #MedSky #EpiSky #addictionsci #policysky #polisky #PCCM 🛟 French parliament votes to ban disposable e-cigarettes www.lemonde.fr/en/france/ar...
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French parliament votes to ban disposable e-cigarettes
The measure banning single-use electronic cigarettes, popular among young people in France, is part of a wider government anti-smoking campaign.
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Sairam Jabba @sairamjabba.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
#TobRegSci #TobSciSky #TobRegSci A special issue in Addiction Journal on "Emerging Research on Disposable E‐Cigarettes" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/13600443...
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Emerging Research on Disposable E‐Cigarettes: A special issue: Addiction: Vol 120, No 3
<em>Addiction</em> is an SSA journal publishing peer-reviewed research reports on pharmalogical and behavioural addictions spanning many different disciplines.
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Nicotine & Tobacco Research Journal @ntrjournal.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Digital smoking cessation support, as both a stand-alone and adjunct to standard interpersonal cessation support in pregnancy, could increase the proportion of pregnant smokers who make a supported quit attempt, find Pippa Belderson et al. academic.oup.com/ntr/article/...
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Sairam Jabba @sairamjabba.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
#TobSciSky #TobRegSci #TobRegSky New study finds adolescents (12-18yr) who use e-cigs & dual use of e-cigs+cigs have significantly more insufficient sleep. Dual use exhibited ⬆️sleep latency. Sleep disturbances were associated with initiation or ⬆️in vaping nicotine pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39935668/
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Exploring the Interplay of Sleep and Nicotine Vaping in Adolescents: An Evidence-Based Narrative Review - PubMed
Many survey studies indicate vaping nicotine is associated with sleep disturbances in adolescents. Other studies determined sleep disturbances were associated with an initiation or increase in vaping ...
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Sairam Jabba @sairamjabba.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
#TobRegSci #TobSciSky #TobRegSci A new study in @jama.com shows that ADHD symptoms among US-Youth were associated with an higher odds for onset of nicotine and tobacco use. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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ADHD Symptoms and Later E-Cigarette and Tobacco Use in US Youths
This cohort study of data over a 9-year period evaluates whether diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, symptom severity, and pharmacotherapy are associated with incident e-cigarette a...
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Nicotine & Tobacco Research Journal @ntrjournal.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Menthol cigarette bans promote smoking cessation, finds systematic review and meta-analysis by Sarah Mills et al. academic.oup.com/ntr/article-...
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Nicotine & Tobacco Research Journal @ntrjournal.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Addressing tobacco-related disparities through tobacco treatment research: a roadmap with worked examples Editorial by Jamie Hartmann-Boyce academic.oup.com/ntr/advance-... @jhb19.bsky.social
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Addressing tobacco-related disparities through tobacco treatment research: a roadmap with worked examples
Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, DPhil; Addressing tobacco-related disparities through tobacco treatment research: a roadmap with worked examples, Nicotine & Tobacco
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Sarah Jackson @drsarahejackson.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
New systematic review in @addictionjournal.bsky.social evaluates evidence for a gateway effect from vaping to smoking among young people. Results show little evidence that vaping is causally linked to smoking uptake. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Electronic cigarettes and subsequent cigarette smoking in young people: A systematic review
Aims To assess the evidence for a relationship between the use of e-cigarettes and subsequent smoking in young people (≤29 years), and whether this differs by demographic characteristics. Methods ...
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Caitlin Notley @addictionuea.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
New update of the Cochrane e-cigarettes for smoking cessation review published today www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10....
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Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation - Lindson, N - 2025 | Cochrane Library
Select your preferred language for Cochrane reviews and other content. Sections without translation will be in English.
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Tobacco Control Research Group @tcrgbath.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
✨ #TIMRA2025 runs from 30 June to 4 July. Apply today to develop your skills to support with #tobaccocontrol policies globally. Watch our 2024 attendee Yodhim speak about how our network of TIMRA graduates can help you in that work. Apply here by Sunday 23 February: bath.ac.uk/events/tobac...
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Dr Nina Rogers @ninarogers.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
📣New Paper:19 months after the UK soft drinks industry levy (SDIL; sugar tax) was enforced we find a 7.5g weekly household sugar reduction from soft drinks. Weekly sugar reductions were highest in houses with lowest incomes(70g/week) / with children(56g/week). 📄: nutrition.bmj.com/content/earl...
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Changes in household purchasing of soft drinks following the UK soft drinks industry levy by household income and composition: controlled interrupted time series analysis, March 2014 to November 2019
Background The WHO recommends taxes on sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs) to improve population health. We examined changes in volume of and amount of sugar in purchases of soft drinks according to hous...
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Imposter participants in online research. Nice lay summary of the issues. #academicsky theconversation.com/imposter-par...
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Imposter participants challenge research integrity in the digital age
Researchers can address potential fraud among research participants with careful planning, ethical consideration plus a commitment to protect data integrity and participant dignity.
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Scott Gottlieb, MD @scottgottliebmd.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
👏👏 This is a good decision by the FDA. This is first and only nicotine pouch product authorized by the FDA, providing an important opportunity to help currently addicted adult smokers transition to alternative nicotine products that don’t have all the harmful effects of combustible cigarettes.
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FDA Authorizes Marketing of 20 ZYN Nicotine Pouch Products after Extensive Scientific Review
FDA authorized the marketing of 20 ZYN nicotine pouch products through the PMTA pathway following an extensive scientific review.
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Gareth Hollands @gjhollands.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
🔊 Published today, our new Cochrane review on the impact of calorie labelling on people’s selection and consumption of food (including non-alcoholic drinks) and alcohol: www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.... Short thread below 👇
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Calorie (energy) labelling for changing selection and consumption of food or alcohol - Clarke, N - 2025 | Cochrane Library
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Lion Shahab @lionshahab.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
After NZ, US becomes 2nd country to propose very low nicotine standard for combustibles (www.fda.gov/news-events/...). Whether this survives an incoming Trump administration is dubitable, but - alongside incoming smokefree generation legislation in UK - may be a sign of things to come #endgame.
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FDA Proposes Significant Step Toward Reducing Nicotine to Minimally or Nonaddictive Level in Cigarettes and Certain Other Combusted Tobacco Products
FDA issued a proposed rule that, if finalized, would limit the level of nicotine in certain combusted tobacco products.
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Tobacco Control Research Group @tcrgbath.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
The #tobaccosupplychain includes companies from a range of industries such as machinery, chemicals, paper and finance. Our original #research suggests they are often not transparent with stakeholders and customers about this #tobaccoindustry involvement. Read more: doi.org/10.1136/tc-2...
“It is concerning that such contributions to the supply of tobacco products are not being openly reported. Ethical investment funds should reject firms which have any association with the tobacco supply chain even if it is under 5%.”
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Yael Bar-Zeev @yaelbarzeev.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
This is my cousin's family in the US who have lost their house in the fires. The insurance doesn't cover all the costs, so friends are helping raise funds for them. If you can donate, any amount would help, THANK YOU gofund.me/7e811473
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Donate to Rebuild Hope for the Maier Family, organized by John Pennington
Let's pool our resources and help the Maier Family rebuild their home after the deva… John Pennington needs your support for Rebuild Hope for the Maier Family
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NIHR PRU Behavioural and Social Sciences @nihr-pru-bass.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Our first 2025 publication is out 🔓 We explored whether presenting less attractive 'decoy' options for Covid-19 vaccination appointments increased people's intention to get the vaccine. We found that use of decoys could increase uptake in some people. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Using an inferior decoy alternative to nudge COVID-19 vaccination - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Using an inferior decoy alternative to nudge COVID-19 vaccination
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Jonathan Foulds PhD @jonathanfoulds.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Today, FDA issued a proposed rule that would make cigarettes minimally addictive by limiting the level of nicotine in those products. Here's a brief article describing the rationale and evidence for this: theconversation.com/the-us-gover...
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The US government’s call for deep nicotine reduction in cigarettes could save millions of lives – an expert who studies tobacco addiction explains
The proposed standard would lower the nicotine content in cigarettes and cigars by 95% – a public health proposal that could prevent millions from becoming smokers in the first place.
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
The US Primary care physician shortage (county level) and marked geographic variation in health outcomes www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... @nejm.org
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Tobacco Control Research Group @tcrgbath.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
🆕 #research suggests that companies supplying the tobacco industry are not transparent about their tobacco links. These companies use a range of strategies to downplay their #tobaccoindustry involvement. 👉 Find out more: doi.org/10.1136/tc-2... #tobaccosupplychain
“It should be easier for the public to know whether a company contributes to the supply of tobacco products... especially when that company is promoting itself as an ethical organisation.”
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Institute of Alcohol Studies @ias.org.uk · 15/01/2025
"The Surgeon General is right to lament the low public awareness of alcohol being a carcinogen. Reversing this would be arduous enough on its own without also having to combat the common belief that “a bit” of alcohol is good for the heart" -Dr Ranjana Srivastava www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The links between alcohol and cancer are clear, but most Australians are unaware of the risks | Ranjana Srivastava
I won’t tell anyone they should never touch alcohol, but many would do well to replace mindless drinking with mindful drinking
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Nicotine & Tobacco Research Journal @ntrjournal.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
A GLP-1 receptor agonist (extended-release exenatide) improves smoking abstinence in smokers with prediabetes and/or overweight, find Luba Yammine et al. academic.oup.com/ntr/advance-...
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Nicotine & Tobacco Research Journal @ntrjournal.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
New editorial from our Editor in Chief, Caitlin Notley, and Renee Goodwin Person-First Language in Nicotine and Tobacco Research academic.oup.com/ntr/advance-... @addictionuea.bsky.social
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Person-First Language in Nicotine and Tobacco Research
Caitlin Notley, PhD Professor; Person-First Language in Nicotine and Tobacco Research, Nicotine & Tobacco Research, , ntaf003, https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/
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Yael Bar-Zeev @yaelbarzeev.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Really excited to guest edit this special themed issue in @ntrjournal.bsky.social with @laurastroudphd.bsky.social and Dr. Natacha De Genna DM us if you want more information or have any questions
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Marita Hennessy @maritahennessy.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Using visual methods to further enhance qualitative evidence synthesis Mayara Silveira Bianchim, Emma France & Jane Noyes onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Using visual methods to further enhance qualitative evidence synthesis
Using visual methods in qualitative evidence synthesis (QES) enhances transparency in the process, helping to understand and create new knowledge. This paper gives an overview of accessible visual me...
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