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Everything you need to know about the FDA’s nicotine reduction plan.
- July 19, 2022Source: Yale News
In an attempt to curb the use of increasingly popular electronic nicotine delivery systems, such as e-cigarettes, 30 U.S. states and Washington, D.C. have implemented taxes on these products. But a growing body of evidence suggests that, among adults, these taxes can increase cigarette smoking, a habit whose health effects are likely to be more harmful than vaping nicotine according to the National Academy of Science and Medicine.
- June 30, 2022Source: Yale Medicine
Yale Medicine experts review latest information on vaping.
- June 09, 2022Source: Vaping Post
On June 1st, the Los Angeles City Council voted in favour of a ban on non-tobacco flavoured vaping products, flavoured cigars and menthol cigarettes,
- June 08, 2022
Krysten Bold, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry, has received an R01 grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to study the impact of a menthol flavor ban in cigarettes and e-cigarettes to inform tobacco policy.
- May 20, 2022Source: Science News for Students
Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin, PhD, Albert E. Kent Professor of Psychiatry, spoke to Science News for Students about her research into teen vaping and the impact nicotine has on young people.
- May 19, 2022Source: Yale Medicine
What you need to know to keep these vital organs healthy and functional.
- May 05, 2022
United for Ukraine has been creative with getting supplies to hospitals in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Lviv, and Dnipro. They connected with local organizations, such as St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church in New Haven, for advice. After trying a few different routes to get materials sent, they determined it was quickest to buy supplies in Poland or Ukraine and hire someone to deliver the materials to Ukrainian physicians.
- April 19, 2022Source: Yale Ventures
New Haven, CT - Yale University announces its largest ever round of Blavatnik awards: a total of 12 new projects have received over $3 million in accelerator funding. The Blavatnik Fund for Innovation at Yale, made possible by a generous grant from the Blavatnik Family Foundation, supports Yale faculty in the commercialization of applied research and technology in the life sciences, mainly advancing promising medical breakthroughs in therapeutics.
- April 17, 2022Source: The New York Times
The coronavirus remains new enough and its long-term effects unpredictable enough that measuring the threat posed by an infection is a thorny problem.