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Already, the food industry finds it necessary to adapt to shifting consumer behaviors as GLP-1s take hold. Alcohol, too. Is the $100-billion cannabis industry next?
conscienhealth.org/2026/04/21/a...

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The Kids Are Alright About Vaping, So Let’s Fix the Grown-Ups Flavored vapes could help more adult smokers quit, saving lives. If only we could stop obsessing about teenagers, writes Joe Nocera.

Flavored Vapes Can Save Lives
www.thefp.com/p/the-kids-a...

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“Embarrassing”—Experts Slam EU's Self-Congratulatory Smoking Report The report, likely to influence future policy, is attacked for anti-scientific opposition to tobacco harm reduction and biased authorship.

"The report, likely to influence future policy, is attacked for anti-scientific opposition to tobacco harm reduction and biased authorship."

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#ATNF starts in a few hours!
I'm looking forward to seeing friends old and new!
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GLP-1 agonists have taken the world by storm – bringing a radical reconsideration of thinking about the role of medicines in obesity treatment. Richard DiMarchi and Matthias Tschöp suggest in a new paper that this is only a start.
conscienhealth.org/2026/04/20/g...

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Events April 19, 2026

What's new in things to do if you're interested in nicotine, tobacco, smoking, harm reduction, etc? Click the link to see the list.
skipscorner.substack.com/p/events-51f

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A new systematic review of body composition in obesity medicine RCTs is out. In 65% of studies more than 25% of weight loss came from muscle. Perspective is essential. Attention, not reflexive recoil, is warranted.
HT: @annalsofim.bsky.social
conscienhealth.org/2026/04/19/a...

10 years ago, Elisabeth Bik published a preprint heard around the world Elisabeth Bik If you are at all familiar with scientific sleuthing, you’re familiar with Elisabeth Bik. She is quoted so often in the mainstream media it is probably difficult to imagine a time bef…

10 years ago today, @elisabethbik.bsky.social published a preprint heard around the world.

My hotel in DC is in a nice location. Nice and quiet here. Bonus, there are trees outside my window. Trees with LEAVES! No leaves on the trees back home yet.
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No two ways about it. Orforglipron delivering a 16% reduction in heart attacks, strokes, CV deaths, and hospitalizations in persons with obesity and diabetes is impressive. Topline results from @elilillyandcompany.bsky.social.
conscienhealth.org/2026/04/18/f...

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Good morning!
Today is my "leaving on a jet plane" day!
#ATNF
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12 hours from now I will be half way between BRD and MSP grinning from ear to ear as I look at the clouds. By lunchtime I’ll be landing at IAD.
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#HealthComm #SciComm Nerds!!

Please, please, do not read this if you're concerned that your instinct to help people may collide with some uncomfortable implications and you prefer binary, uncomplicated situations.

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In 48 hours, I'll be out east. It will be good to nourish my soul with laughter, conversation, and a mega amount of hugs.
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