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Children living near the Salton Sea in Southern California show slower lung function growth

11+ hour, 22+ min ago  (581+ words) Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC monitored 369 children for an average of two years in one of the first long-term studies of rural air pollution in Southern California. The Salton Sea, a saline lake near the United…...

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E-cigarette and cannabis social media posts pose risks for teens, study finds

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (507+ words) Two large-scale surveys of California high school students found that teens who saw cannabis and e-cigarette content were more likely to start using those substances or to have used them in the past month The findings come amid a decline…...

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Use of nicotine pouches increases significantly among U.S. teens

11+ mon, 3+ day ago  (773+ words) Related News More than 11% of U.S. 12th graders used psychoactive delta-8-THC last year, study finds March 12, 2024 Few U.S. adults use nicotine pouches, study finds July 10, 2024 [] Use of nicotine pouches increases significantly among U.S. teens In a nationally representative survey of more than 10,000 high…...