Helping New Brunswickers Live Healthier Lives – New Brunswick Medical Society

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As the old saying goes, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. The New Brunswick Medical Society believe strongly in being [...]

Improving the Health System – New Brunswick Medical Society

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The New Brunswick Medical Society advocates for better health care for New Brunswick patients. This includes offering our suggestions for improvements, as well as [...]

Know the Risks for Heart Disease and Stroke, by Community – New Brunswick Health Council – 2018

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Prevention is the key to reducing heart disease and stroke, and it starts with knowing the risks. The following indicators are all linked to [...]

“Why You Don’t Want to Become a Drug Addict by Smoking Cigarettes or Vaping Nicotine” (PowerPoint Presentation) – NB Lung Association

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Topics covered in this presentation include: nicotine addiction, cancer/COPD/ other conditions, chemicals in tobacco and e-cigarettes/vape juice, history of cigarettes and the role big [...]

Webinar: “We Do Not Smoke But Some of Us Are More Susceptible than Others: A Multilevel Analysis of a Sample of Canadian Youth in Grades 9 to 12.” – New Brunswick Anti-Tobacco Coalition – 2015

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With Dr. Susan Kaai. Smoking susceptibility has been found to be a strong predictor of experimental smoking. This paper examined which student- and school-level [...]

Webinar: “Electronic Cigarette Use Among Quebec High School Students”- New Brunswick Anti-Tobacco Coalition -2015

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With Annie Montreuil, PhD, public health researcher at Institut national de santé publique du Québec.  This study is one of the first allowing an [...]

Tobacco Use and Cessation with Youth and Young Adults in Canada – Registered Nurses Association of Ontario

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Discusses key concepts regarding tobacco use by youth and young adults, such as prevalence rates, motivations for tobacco use and cessation, and specific tobacco [...]

Youth Exposure to Tobacco in Movies in Ontario: 2002-2018 – Ontario Tobacco Research Unit – 2019

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This report by the Ontario Tobacco Research Unit (OTRU) examines onscreen tobacco exposure among Ontario youth over the period 2012 to 2018. Over half [...]

Preventing Problematic Substance Abuse in Youth – Chief Public Health Officer, Government of Canada – 2018

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Learn what you can do to raise awareness about prevention, harm reduction, treatment and recovery related to substance abuse, including tobacco, among youth. [...]

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