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Tech companies force employee nicotine addiction for unproven productivity gains.
Tech companies force employee nicotine addiction for unproven productivity gains.
Tech Startups Are Handing Out Free Nicotine Pouches to Boost Productivity
A nicotine replacement for smokers has started popping up in offices in the tech industry, despite health hazards.
www.wsj.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Tech companies force employee nicotine addiction for unproven productivity gains.
Tech companies force employee nicotine addiction for unproven productivity gains.
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In the UK, there are no age restrictions for selling nicotine pouches. A new survey reveals that one in eight UK teenagers aged 14 to 17 have used these products.
In the UK, there are no age restrictions for selling nicotine pouches. A new survey reveals that one in eight UK teenagers aged 14 to 17 have used these products.
One in eight of 14- to 17-year-olds in Great Britain say they have used nicotine pouches
Survey adds to experts’ concern about addiction risk and highlights support for plan to ban sales to under-18s
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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In the UK, there are no age restrictions for selling nicotine pouches. A new survey reveals that one in eight UK teenagers aged 14 to 17 have used these products.
In the UK, there are no age restrictions for selling nicotine pouches. A new survey reveals that one in eight UK teenagers aged 14 to 17 have used these products.
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"A higher proportion of current smokers (65%) and e-cigarette users (66%) than nonsmokers (43%) had vitamin C levels that are considered inadequate"
"A higher proportion of current smokers (65%) and e-cigarette users (66%) than nonsmokers (43%) had vitamin C levels that are considered inadequate"
Serum Vitamin C Levels in Users of Electronic Cigarettes, Cigarette Smokers and Nonsmokers
AbstractIntroduction. The health effects from vaping electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) aerosols relative to smoking cigarettes is an area of active study.
academic.oup.com
December 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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"A higher proportion of current smokers (65%) and e-cigarette users (66%) than nonsmokers (43%) had vitamin C levels that are considered inadequate"
"A higher proportion of current smokers (65%) and e-cigarette users (66%) than nonsmokers (43%) had vitamin C levels that are considered inadequate"
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Nicotine pouch use (last 30 days) in 12th graders has tripled in the last two years, from 1.1% to 4.4%, according to new Monitoring The Future data.
monitoringthefuture.org/data/bx-by/d...
Nicotine pouch use (last 30 days) in 12th graders has tripled in the last two years, from 1.1% to 4.4%, according to new Monitoring The Future data.
monitoringthefuture.org/data/bx-by/d...
Prevalence/Trends
Substance Use Prevalence and Trends among 8th, 10th, and 12th Graders
monitoringthefuture.org
December 17, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Nicotine pouch use (last 30 days) in 12th graders has tripled in the last two years, from 1.1% to 4.4%, according to new Monitoring The Future data.
monitoringthefuture.org/data/bx-by/d...
Nicotine pouch use (last 30 days) in 12th graders has tripled in the last two years, from 1.1% to 4.4%, according to new Monitoring The Future data.
monitoringthefuture.org/data/bx-by/d...
NIEHS's only journal, Environmental Health Perspectives, has been removed from the web. EHP is one of just a few federally supported journals. While still findable on PubMed Central, the future of the over 18,000 items published by EHP is unclear. envirodatagov.org/niehss-only-...
NIEHS’s Only Journal – Environmental Health Perspectives – Is Suddenly Removed – Environmental Data and Governance Initiative
The NIEHS Environmental Health Perspectives home page on November 5, 2025 (left), and December 1, 2025 (right), after it was taken down. […]
envirodatagov.org
December 17, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Twice as many impurities in synthetic nicotine vs. tobacco-derivered nicotine, including NNK carcinogen.
Twice as many impurities in synthetic nicotine vs. tobacco-derivered nicotine, including NNK carcinogen.
Identification and quantitative analysis of impurities in tobacco-derived and synthetic nicotine: Is synthetic nicotine really safe and pure?
Synthetic nicotine (SN) is often advertised as safe and pure, in contrast to tobacco-derived nicotine (TDN). In this study, various impurities in both…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Twice as many impurities in synthetic nicotine vs. tobacco-derivered nicotine, including NNK carcinogen.
Twice as many impurities in synthetic nicotine vs. tobacco-derivered nicotine, including NNK carcinogen.
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Patients using oral nicotine products report higher pain scores after appendectomy.
Patients using oral nicotine products report higher pain scores after appendectomy.
Consumption of Oral Nicotine Products in Relation to Postanesthesia Care Unit Recovery After Laparoscopic Appendectomy. A Prospective Study
Background
Oral nicotine product (ONP) consumption is constantly increasing while combustible cigar smoking is becoming rare. Possible effects of ONP consumption for early recovery after general ane.....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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Patients using oral nicotine products report higher pain scores after appendectomy.
Patients using oral nicotine products report higher pain scores after appendectomy.
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Along the same lines:
Canada launches $1.2bn fund to poach academic talent from US
Along the same lines:
Canada launches $1.2bn fund to poach academic talent from US
December 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Along the same lines:
Canada launches $1.2bn fund to poach academic talent from US
Along the same lines:
Canada launches $1.2bn fund to poach academic talent from US
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As three immigrants claim Nobel Prizes in science for the United States this year, experts warn that immigration crackdowns could undo American innovation.
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As three immigrants claim Nobel Prizes in science for the United States this year, experts warn that immigration crackdowns could undo American innovation.
A Scientific Pipeline to the Nobel Prize Fueled by Immigrants
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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As three immigrants claim Nobel Prizes in science for the United States this year, experts warn that immigration crackdowns could undo American innovation.
Gift link below:
As three immigrants claim Nobel Prizes in science for the United States this year, experts warn that immigration crackdowns could undo American innovation.
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More information from Le Monde on undeclared Juul payments to academic.
More information from Le Monde on undeclared Juul payments to academic.
November 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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More information from Le Monde on undeclared Juul payments to academic.
More information from Le Monde on undeclared Juul payments to academic.
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‘Independent’ expert who helped shape global vaping debate was paid thousands by Juul.
‘Independent’ expert who helped shape global vaping debate was paid thousands by Juul.
A researcher has called an investigation into his links with the vaping industry a “witch hunt.” But records show he was paid €7,000 by Juul to oppose Israel’s ban on high-nicotine vapes. Read our latest investigation with @lemonde.fr and @reportersunited.gr 👉 bit.ly/43nAzit
‘Independent’ expert who helped shape global vaping debate was paid thousands by Juul
A Greek physician who has extensively studied nicotine was paid by Juul to lobby against Israeli vaping regulations. He didn’t disclose the payment in his research.
www.theexamination.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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‘Independent’ expert who helped shape global vaping debate was paid thousands by Juul.
‘Independent’ expert who helped shape global vaping debate was paid thousands by Juul.
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Tiburon, CA, bans sales of all tobacco and nicotine products.
www.sfgate.com/local/articl...
Tiburon, CA, bans sales of all tobacco and nicotine products.
www.sfgate.com/local/articl...
Bay Area town enacts total and complete tobacco ban
An anti-smoking and anti-vaping youth group pushed for the change.
www.sfgate.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Tiburon, CA, bans sales of all tobacco and nicotine products.
www.sfgate.com/local/articl...
Tiburon, CA, bans sales of all tobacco and nicotine products.
www.sfgate.com/local/articl...
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❤️🇲🇻 Maldives enact tobacco-free generation law. 🇲🇻 ❤️
www.bbc.com/news/article...
❤️🇲🇻 Maldives enact tobacco-free generation law. 🇲🇻 ❤️
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Maldives bans smoking for younger generations
Anyone born on or after 1 January 2007 will be banned from using, buying or selling tobacco products in the archipelago.
www.bbc.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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❤️🇲🇻 Maldives enact tobacco-free generation law. 🇲🇻 ❤️
www.bbc.com/news/article...
❤️🇲🇻 Maldives enact tobacco-free generation law. 🇲🇻 ❤️
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Multi-Year funding analysis, a 🧵
I have been trying to find a robust way of quantifying and understanding multi-year (forward funding).
First, some background:
Most NIH grants are for multiple years (2 to 5, typically).
However, the are usually funded on an annual basis.
1/18
I have been trying to find a robust way of quantifying and understanding multi-year (forward funding).
First, some background:
Most NIH grants are for multiple years (2 to 5, typically).
However, the are usually funded on an annual basis.
1/18
November 3, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Researchers at the Yale School of Medicine investigated the therapeutic potential of IgG- and IgM-specific proteases against the acetylcholine receptor antibodies found in myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune disorder.
#MyastheniaGravis #Autoimmune #Immunology
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
November 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Excellent reporting by @bruceylee.bsky.social in @forbes.com about the new NIH multi year funding policy decimating US biomedical research.
www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...
Excellent reporting by @bruceylee.bsky.social in @forbes.com about the new NIH multi year funding policy decimating US biomedical research.
www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...
How New Trump Multiyear Policy Makes NIH Grants Even Harder To Get
The new Trump administration multiyear funding policy for NIH grants has dropped National Cancer Institute grant funding rates from one in 10 applicants to one in 25.
www.forbes.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Excellent reporting by @bruceylee.bsky.social in @forbes.com about the new NIH multi year funding policy decimating US biomedical research.
www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...
Excellent reporting by @bruceylee.bsky.social in @forbes.com about the new NIH multi year funding policy decimating US biomedical research.
www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...
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VERY TROUBLING NEWS REGARDING NIH INSTITUTE DIRECTORS
A new appointment for NIEHS
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A new appointment for NIEHS
1/3
October 18, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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This is big, @fda.gov acknowledging that vaping addiction has become such a big problem that a treatment needs to be fast-tracked:
FDA prioritizes cytisinicline for nicotine vaping addiction
This is big, @fda.gov acknowledging that vaping addiction has become such a big problem that a treatment needs to be fast-tracked:
FDA prioritizes cytisinicline for nicotine vaping addiction
FDA Awards First-Ever National Priority Vouchers to Nine Sponsors
FDA Awards First-Ever National Priority Vouchers to Nine Sponsors
www.fda.gov
October 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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This is big, @fda.gov acknowledging that vaping addiction has become such a big problem that a treatment needs to be fast-tracked:
FDA prioritizes cytisinicline for nicotine vaping addiction
This is big, @fda.gov acknowledging that vaping addiction has become such a big problem that a treatment needs to be fast-tracked:
FDA prioritizes cytisinicline for nicotine vaping addiction
I wrote a commentary on a new study comparing US and German mortality trends among “early adults” (age 25-44).
The pre-pandemic trends were wildly different (US far worse), but there’s some sign of increased alcohol deaths persisting since the pandemic in both countries. Concerning stuff.
The pre-pandemic trends were wildly different (US far worse), but there’s some sign of increased alcohol deaths persisting since the pandemic in both countries. Concerning stuff.
Early Adult Mortality in a Cross-National Context
US mortality has long been considered exceptional. Since the mid-1980s, mortality in the US has been higher than in other wealthy nations, and over the last 15 years, that disadvantage has grown.1,2 M...
jamanetwork.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Smoking has long been known to negatively affect surgical outcomes. A new study demonstrates that non-tobacco nicotine products (e-cigarettes and nicotine pouches) do the same.
Smoking has long been known to negatively affect surgical outcomes. A new study demonstrates that non-tobacco nicotine products (e-cigarettes and nicotine pouches) do the same.
Non-tobacco nicotine dependence increases risk of complications following lumbar spine decompression and fusion
Non-tobacco nicotine products (eg, e-cigarettes, nicotine pouches) are increasingly used by cigarette smokers and prior nonsmokers. While the detrimen…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Smoking has long been known to negatively affect surgical outcomes. A new study demonstrates that non-tobacco nicotine products (e-cigarettes and nicotine pouches) do the same.
Smoking has long been known to negatively affect surgical outcomes. A new study demonstrates that non-tobacco nicotine products (e-cigarettes and nicotine pouches) do the same.
Our new PNAS paper "Enhanced PIEZO1 function contributes to the pathogenesis of sickle cell disease" is out: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 1/3
Enhanced PIEZO1 function contributes to the pathogenesis of sickle cell disease | PNAS
Sickle cell disease (SCD), an inherited blood disorder caused by a mutation in the
β-globin gene, is characterized by sickle erythrocytes that are ...
www.pnas.org
October 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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RIP Jane Goodall, Queen.
RIP Jane Goodall, Queen.
JUST IN: Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.
Jane Goodall, legendary primatologist, has died at age 91
Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.
n.pr
October 1, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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RIP Jane Goodall, Queen.
RIP Jane Goodall, Queen.
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An update on the Surgeon General's Report: Eliminating Tobacco-Related Disease and Death: Addressing Disparities
The report continues to be suppressed.
An update on the Surgeon General's Report: Eliminating Tobacco-Related Disease and Death: Addressing Disparities
The report continues to be suppressed.
September 25, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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An update on the Surgeon General's Report: Eliminating Tobacco-Related Disease and Death: Addressing Disparities
The report continues to be suppressed.
An update on the Surgeon General's Report: Eliminating Tobacco-Related Disease and Death: Addressing Disparities
The report continues to be suppressed.
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@nature.com used a machine learning tool to analyze what research would not have been done if Trump cuts had been implemented in 2014, illustrating the long-term impact of such cuts.
@nature.com used a machine learning tool to analyze what research would not have been done if Trump cuts had been implemented in 2014, illustrating the long-term impact of such cuts.
NEW: Nature trained AI to predict which NIH grants from 2014 would have been cut if the Trump admin had its way back then — and what science would have been lost to history.
"The results show the damage that cuts in funding can do to research, and the unpredictable nature of the research process."
"The results show the damage that cuts in funding can do to research, and the unpredictable nature of the research process."
We used machine-learning tools in an attempt to recreate the method for cutting funding, and then applied it to past US NIH grants to reveal the broad-reaching consequences
go.nature.com/4pBArFH
go.nature.com/4pBArFH
September 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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@nature.com used a machine learning tool to analyze what research would not have been done if Trump cuts had been implemented in 2014, illustrating the long-term impact of such cuts.
@nature.com used a machine learning tool to analyze what research would not have been done if Trump cuts had been implemented in 2014, illustrating the long-term impact of such cuts.
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Great reporting by Leslie Liang for @theexamination.org on the risk of nicotine analogues creeping into consumer products such as e-cigarettes and oral pouches. Thanks for the interview !
Great reporting by Leslie Liang for @theexamination.org on the risk of nicotine analogues creeping into consumer products such as e-cigarettes and oral pouches. Thanks for the interview !
‘Nicotine-free’ vapes and pouches promise a buzz without the downsides. Health concerns remain.
Outlaw Dip, Spree Bar and other nicotine alternatives aren’t regulated in many countries. Researchers warn about health risks and misleading marketing.
www.theexamination.org
September 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Great reporting by Leslie Liang for @theexamination.org on the risk of nicotine analogues creeping into consumer products such as e-cigarettes and oral pouches. Thanks for the interview !
Great reporting by Leslie Liang for @theexamination.org on the risk of nicotine analogues creeping into consumer products such as e-cigarettes and oral pouches. Thanks for the interview !