Tag: Smoking
Tobacco killed 500,000 Americans in 2020 – is it time to...
Joshua M. Pearce, Michigan Technological University
Tobacco use killed an estimated 500,000 Americans in 2020, about the same number...
Seat belts and smoking rates show people eventually adopt healthy behaviors...
Randy P. Juhl, University of Pittsburgh
Why do we do things that are bad for us – or not do things that are good for...
Brexit is an opportunity to stop Britons smoking
J. Robert Branston, University of Bath; Allen Gallagher, University of Bath, and Deborah Arnott, University of Nottingham
While the daily death toll of COVID-19 understandably...
Big Tobacco’s decisive defeat on plain packaging laws won’t stop its...
Genevieve Wilkinson, University of Technology Sydney
After a decade of legal challenges by the tobacco lobby, Australia’s pioneering push to eliminate all tobacco advertising finally...
The secondhand smoke you’re breathing may have come from another state
Sebastian Eastham, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Steven Barrett, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Scientists estimate that each year in the U.S., outdoor air pollution shortens...
How social media is helping Big Tobacco hook a new generation...
Robert Kozinets, University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
Big Tobacco is increasingly using social media to find new ways to hook...
Who’s smoking now, and why it matters
Kenneth E. Warner, University of Michigan
Suppose you were told that there is something responsible for nearly 1 of every 5 deaths of Americans, and...
Is Juul making it easy for kids to vape in school?...
Jon-Patrick Allem, University of Southern California
The Juul vaporizer is the latest advancement in electronic cigarette technology, delivering nicotine to the user from a device...
EXPLORING NATURE
Nearly a third of Pennsylvania gamblers are at risk of problem...
Gillian Russell, Penn State and Glenn Sterner, University of Kentucky
Nearly three times as many Pennsylvania adults gamble online...
