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Are vaporizers a lower-risk alternative to smoking cannabis?
Cannabis use is associated with various adverse physical and mental health outcomes as well as increased risk of motor vehicle collision. Many organizations and the “Lower-Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines” have re...
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A Literature Review on International E-cigarette Regulatory Policies
Jurisdictions around the world have adopted different policies in order to regulate e-cigarette products, to allow for the use of e-cigarettes by cigarette smokers for cessation or harm reduction and to reduce...
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Open AccessTargeting mailed nicotine patch distribution interventions to rural regions of Canada: protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Quitting smoking is the most effective way of reducing the risk of cancer among smokers. One way of hel** people stop smoking is to provide them with free Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT), such as when NRT...
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Open AccessDevelopment of measures assessing attitudes toward contraband tobacco among a web-based sample of smokers
As regulation of tobacco products tightens, there are concerns that illicit markets may develop to supply restricted products. However, there are few validated measures to assess attitudes or purchase intentio...
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Open AccessTobacco retail availability and smoking behaviours among patients seeking treatment at a nicotine dependence treatment clinic
Availability of tobacco may be associated with increased smoking. Little is known about how proximity to a retail outlet is associated with smoking behaviours among smokers seeking treatment.
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Open AccessReducing the burden of tobacco: what’s the endgame?
Tobacco use causes a tremendous amount of morbidity and mortality globally, with a staggering level of financial costs. In many countries, public health interventions have been able to reduce the prevalence of...
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Open AccessMeasurement invariance of the depressive symptoms scale during adolescence
This study examined (1) the factor structure of a depressive symptoms scale (DSS), (2) the sex and longitudinal invariance of the DSS, and (3) the predictive validity of the DSS scale during adolescence in ter...
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Open AccessCommon stressful life events and difficulties are associated with mental health symptoms and substance use in young adolescents
Stressful life events are associated with mood disorders in adults in clinical settings. Less described in the literature is the association between common life stressors and a wide range of psychopathology in...
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Depressive Symptoms and C-Reactive Protein Are Not Associated in a Population-Based Sample of Adolescents
One potential mechanism to explain the association of depression and cardiovascular mortality is through increased inflammation. Adolescents typically have high levels of depressive symptoms, but the associati...
