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UC San Francisco
Researcher at UC San Francisco's Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education
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Lauren Dutra
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FROM Lauren Dutra
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The Health Science of Vaping It looks like the California Assembly might vote on a Senate bill that would regulate e-cigarettes just like tobacco. If the law passes, it will mean that if you can’t smoke a cigarette somewhere, you won’t be able to vape there, either. But is vaping as bad as smoking? The research has struggled to catch up to the huge popularity of e-cigs, which has quickly become a billion dollar business.
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Why reading on a page is different from reading on a screen Reading literature not only stirs up empathy, it changes our brains. So what happens to our brains when we no longer deep-read, but skim through pages in between digital disruptions, or read only short blurbs on our phones and other devices?