Ending the display and promotion of cigarettes and tobacco in retail shops helps prevent young people taking up smoking and keeps quitters on track, according to new University of Otago research.
Sep 2, 2014
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Annual rates of emergency department visits for cannabis-involved traffic injury increased by 475% over 11 years, according to a new study from The Ottawa Hospital, Bruyère Research Institute, and ICES.
Sep 6, 2023
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(Medical Xpress) -- A new report published last week, by independent auditors of underage sales Serve Legal and Plymouth University, warns that online alcohol sales and purchasing by friends and family are creating a significant ...
Jun 18, 2012
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California neighborhoods where cannabis retailers are located tend to have higher proportions of Hispanic and Black residents, and lower proportions of whites, while also being poorer than those areas without such retailers. ...
Aug 25, 2020
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Tobacco use imposes a significant health and economic burden on countries. Research estimates that the cost of smoking in South Africa amounted to 0.97% of the country's GDP in 2016. These costs are likely to have increased ...
Dec 6, 2022
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Deaths from using synthetic marijuana, or spice, have tripled so far this year and the number of emergency calls to US poison centers have soared, officials said Thursday.
Jun 11, 2015
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Supersized alcopops are ready-to-drink flavored alcoholic beverages with high alcohol content. Drinking just one of the 23.5 oz. cans constitutes binge drinking. Drinking multiple cans can lead to alcohol poisoning and death. ...
Jun 12, 2019
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Shipping pallets—often used as display platforms in retail settings or seen as raw material for household projects—were responsible for sending more than 30,000 people to the emergency rooms of U.S. hospitals over a recent ...
Dec 2, 2020
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Millions of Americans will be able to buy hearing aids without a prescription later this fall, under a long-awaited rule finalized Tuesday.
Aug 16, 2022
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Juul Labs stopped selling fruit and dessert flavors Thursday, acknowledging the public's "lack of trust" in the vaping industry.
Oct 17, 2019
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