Prianka Padmanathan
drprianka.bsky.social
Prianka Padmanathan
@drprianka.bsky.social
Academic Clinical Lecturer in Psychiatry at University of Bristol. Research interests include suicide prevention & substance use problems.
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I'm delighted to say our highly secure and productive OpenSAFELY platform has received a further £17 million in funding from Wellcome, including for a new mental health data project. More here, and clips from Today on Radio4 this morning too!

www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2025/02...
Game-changing new funding from Wellcome for OpenSAFELY and mental health data | Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science
This morning the Today programme on Radio 4 did two great spots on OpenSAFELY.
www.bennett.ox.ac.uk
February 20, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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At individual level those who vape more likely to go on to smoke (but causality not proven) but at population level higher levels of youth vaping could mean lower levels of youth smoking - really important work from @jhb19.bsky.social showing how carefully we need to keep the evidence under review
New expansive CRUK-funded systematic review led by the brilliant @jhb19.bsky.social on youth transitions between vaping & smoking doi.org/10.1111/add..... It’s complex: there’s potential inverse associations between vaping & smoking at population level but positive association at individual level.
Electronic cigarettes and subsequent cigarette smoking in young people: A systematic review
Aims To assess the evidence for a relationship between the use of e-cigarettes and subsequent smoking in young people (≤29 years), and whether this differs by demographic characteristics. Methods ...
doi.org
January 31, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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New editorial in @AddictionJrnl argues England's disposable vape ban is 'an inadequate solution to youth vaping with potential unintended consequences'

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @tattanbirch.bsky.social @katieeast.bsky.social @ucl-targ.bsky.social
England's disposable vape ban: An inadequate solution to youth vaping with potential unintended consequences
Click on the article title to read more.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 20, 2025 at 2:09 PM