PhD student @jiaxinliresearch.bsky.social has published her first, first-author paper that looks at the types of messages used in Australian vaping campaigns! Read more: tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/earl...
Tianze Sun
@tianzesun.bsky.social
Research Fellow at the National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research. She/her
Non-Medical Use of Prescription Stimulants in Australia: Prevalence, Sociodemographic and Substance Use Correlates From the 2022–2023 NDSHS Benjamin Johnson, Gary C. K. Chan, Jason Connor, ... Tianze Sun https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.70168 NCYSUR - National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research
With ADHD medication prescribing rising across Australia, our new paper examines how often stimulants are being used without a prescription and who is more likely to report it? Read here: doi.org/10.1111/dar....
Are Gen Z going back to smoking? I spoke with Rebecca Smith at @kbianews.bsky.social about our paper on celeb's smoking and look at who benefits from online sentiment that rebrands smoking as the cooler alternative to vaping. Cigfluencers paper: doi.org/10.1136/tc-2... @carmenlim.bsky.social
In our new paper in The Lancet Public Health, we find that nicotine pouch use is rising in Britain, driven largely by increases among young adults, particularly young men. 🔗 Press release: ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/de... 📄 Paper: thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Nicotine pouch rise driven by young men
Use of nicotine pouches has risen substantially in Great Britain over the last five years, particularly among young men, with one in 13 (7.5%) men aged 16 to 24 now using them, according to a new study led by researchers at UCL.
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🙌 The DAR Editorial Board would like to thank everyone who reviewed in 2025, especially our top reviewers Llewellyn Mills, @samathasalim.bsky.social, Stephen Parkin, Darren M. Roberts & @tianzesun.bsky.social ⭐ The full list of reviewers is online: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
Drug and Alcohol Review
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Have you noticed more celebrities smoking lately? Dr Carmen Lim, Dr Joshua Trigg, and I explored how "cigfluencers" are making smoking cool again and its impact on public health in an Ad Watch for Tobacco Control. 🔗: tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/earl... @ncysur.bsky.social
