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Predictors of Pod-Type E-cigarette Device Use Among Canadian Youth and Young Adults

January 15, 2022
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Abstract Introduction Changes to federal legislation allowed nicotine-based e-cigarettes legal entry into the Canadian market in 2018. This included pod-type e-cigarettes (pods), such as JUUL, that were later found to be associated with steeply incre
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Co-Use and Mixing Tobacco With Cannabis Among Ontario Adults

December 27, 2019
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Abstract Introduction The legalization of nonmedical cannabis in 2018 may have important implications for tobacco use in Canada. There is a risk of renormalizing tobacco use with co-use of tobacco and cannabis introducing nontobacco users to tobacco.
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Prevalence of Involuntary Environmental Cannabis and Tobacco Smoke Exposure in Multi-Unit Housing

September 10, 2019
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Abstract No research has examined the prevalence of involuntary cannabis exposure in the home within the context of multi-unit housing (MUH). The 2017 cycle of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Monitor population RDD survey included measures
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2017 Smoke-Free Ontario Strategy Monitoring Report

March 25, 2018
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Includes Full Report, Executive Summary, chapter downloads and mini infographic posters Key Findings: In 2015, 20% of Ontarians aged 12 years or older used tobacco products in the past 30 days including cigarettes, cigars, pipes, smokeless tobacco an
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Legalize Marijuana Without the Smoke

January 21, 2017
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Abstract Smoking cigarettes is, without question, bad for your health. But can we say for certain that smoking marijuana is as harmful? Perhaps not for certain, but it is a safe bet according to the available evidence. Studies have shown that smoking
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A Common Public Health Oriented Policy Framework for Cannabis, Alcohol and Tobacco in Canada?

November 08, 2015
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Abstract Support for a public health approach to cannabis policy as an alternative to prohibition and criminalization is gaining momentum. Recent drug policy changes in the United States suggest growing political feasibility for legal regulation of c
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Patterns of Cigarillo Use Among Canadian Young Adults in Two Urban Settings

January 07, 2014
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Abstract Objectives: Current estimates indicate that cigarillo use has become commonplace among young adults in Canada despite the established risks to health. However, little else is known about patterns of cigarillo use in this subpopulation. The i
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Thirty Year Trends in Tobacco and Cannabis Use Among Ontario Youth

September 11, 2011
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This update presents data on the use and co-use of tobacco and cannabis among students over the past three decades using the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health’s Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey (OSDUHS). OSDUHS is the longest ongoing s
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