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The most likely demographic to use e-cigarettes and other non-cannabis vaping products is people aged 15 to 24. The majority of these young people use products containing nicotine.
While long-term health effects still aren’t known, information is mounting about short-term health risks of vaping. New research suggests that providing young people who vape with information about these harms can help steer them away from the habit.
Today in The Conversation Canada, Babac Salmani and Harry Prapavessis of Western University discuss their research on behaviour change. Their study shows how providing university students with health information can change their intentions about use of vaping products.
“As the literature on the short-term health consequences of vaping behaviour continues to mount, and as the vaping market continues to grow, research identifying effective health behaviour change strategies to curb intentions to vape and vaping use are paramount.”
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More than one-third of teenagers between the ages of 15 and 19 have tried vaping.
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Babac Salmani, Western University; Harry Prapavessis, Western University
How providing information on the health risks of vaping through expert advice and personal testimonies can help steer students away from using e-cigarettes.
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The Monument to the Ghetto Heroes in Warsaw, Poland, commemorating the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. History surrounding the Holocaust has become increasingly controversial in Poland in recent years.
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Jan Grabowski, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
The Holocaust has become a contentious issue in Poland in recent years. And those challenging the government’s historical narrative have faced condemnation and lawsuits.
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Despite calls for action, the Canadian government has been slow to address allegations of sexual abuse in sporting bodies.
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Laura Misener, Western University; Angela Schneider, Western University
The lack of government action in response to allegations of sexual abuse in Canadian sport contrasts with the response to previous scandals and highlights the racial and gender inequalities at play.
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But if students misrepresent or omit sources, including generative AI, that’s a problem.
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Terri L. Griffith, Simon Fraser University
Research about both social and technical aspects of work can guide critical thinking about when and how business leaders and MBA students might use generative AI.
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Ontario Liberal Leader Steven Del Duca on the campaign trail during the June 2022 election in which he failed to stop Doug Ford. The Liberals only won eight seats and Del Duca stepped down, but the party still has a future in the province.
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Sam Routley, Western University
While Ontario’s Liberals failed to recapture what they lost in 2018 in the 2022 election, the bigger picture shows this isn’t particularly noteworthy nor damning for the party.
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Comment un endroit où vous n’êtes jamais allé peut-il vous sembler si familier ?
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Anne Cleary, Colorado State University
Les gens s’interrogent depuis longtemps sur le déjà-vu, mais ce n’est que récemment que les scientifiques ont commencé à mener des études expérimentales sur ce qui pourrait le déclencher.
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Culture + Society
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David Riedman, University of Central Florida; James Densley, Metropolitan State University
A gunman at Michigan State University shot dead three people before taking his own life. Two criminologists explain how the incident fits a pattern of campus attacks.
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Politics
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Adekeye Adebajo, University of Pretoria
If a new non-alignment is to be achieved in Africa, the foreign military bases of the US, France, and China - and the Russian military presence - must be dismantled.
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Science + Tech
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David Stupples, City, University of London
Balloons can still be useful for gathering intelligence when used alongside satellites and aircraft.
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