A new US study published by the scientific journal Addiction has found that a high proportion of smokers enrolled in stop-smoking programs during a hospital stay report having quit when in fact they have not. The findings mean that in these kinds of study it is vital to check claims of having…
One in four teen e-cigarette users have tried ‘dripping’
Yale researchers found in a study that one in four high schoolers who use electronic cigarettes are inhaling vapors produced by dripping e-liquids directly onto heating coils, instead of inhaling from the e-cigarette mouthpiece, possibly increasing exposure to toxins and nicotine. This form of e-cigarette use, known as “dripping,” is…
Commentary: Why Does One of the Hottest Teen Video Games Feature a Character Who Smokes?
Summer’s here and school is out, giving young people everywhere newfound freedom for their favorite pastimes. At the top of the list for many youth? Video games. What these young people see when playing their favorite video games might surprise you: characters smoking tobacco. Enter Overwatch, a multi-player game from…
NIDA Will Award Money to Researchers Who Build Apps for Addiction Research
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) will award $100,000 to researchers who develop apps for addiction research, according to Fortune. The apps must be built using Apple’s medical research framework. NIDA’s challenge, called “Addiction Research: There’s an App for that,” is requiring that app developers use Apple’s ResearchKit, an…