Western University study shows vaping education left students out – London | globalnews.ca

a new study from Western University in London, Ontario, shows university students who were regularly vaping After knowing about the danger to his health from this habit, he wanted to reduce it.

The study was conducted by PhD candidate Babak Salmani and Professor of Health Sciences Harry Prapavesis.

This involved showing undergraduate students, most of whom were regular vapers, an eight-minute video featuring health professionals and people who talked about the research and the risks.

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The study’s control group watched a video about nutrition instead.

“Immediately after seeing the interference, they say ‘I want to stop’,” Salmani said. “It’s really important to us that there is consistency in intent. It kept that level of strength in terms of people wanting to stop vaping.

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Vaping is popular among youth, with 29 per cent of Canadians between the ages of 15 and 19 and nearly half of those between 20 and 24 having tried it in Statistics Canada.

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