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"If I could try it, I'd try it": Qualitative study of the illegal vaping culture in Singapore.
Addict Behav Rep
December 2024
Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and National University Health System, Singapore.
Aims And Background: Singapore has one the world's strictest e-cigarette (vaping) regulations, with bans on e-cigarette import, sale, purchase, use and possession. Nevertheless, Singapore is seeing a growing vaping trend. Beyond estimates of vaping prevalence, little is known about vaping in countries where it is banned or the features and drivers of such illegal vaping cultures.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe hidden cost of illicit trade: Evaluating the physiological health of smuggled European glass eels (Anguilla anguilla).
Sci Total Environ
January 2025
Aquaculture Program, Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology (IRTA), La Ràpita, Spain.
European eel is considered a "critically endangered" species due to its population decline (c.a. 98 %) in all European waters, primarily because human activities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEstimation of the size, density, and demographic distribution of the UK pet dog population in 2019.
Sci Rep
December 2024
Dogs Trust, London, UK.
There is limited knowledge about the size of the UK dog population. This makes it difficult to reliably monitor population dynamics and management. A repeatable method of measuring the UK dog population, including owned and unowned dogs i.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe pharmaceutical suitcase trade and the need for multisectoral regulation-unproven COVID-19 (Ivermectin and HCQ remedies unmask an insidious health danger in a Caribbean Island).
Front Public Health
December 2024
Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies St. Augustine, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.
This article seeks to highlight an aspect of the illegal pharmaceutical trade in the Caribbean. With the advent of COVID-19 there has been a shortage of a number of drugs in the formal sector. This is largely due to restrictions on foreign exchange, importation delays and sensationalized reporting of unrecommended drugs having a curative effect on COVID-19 patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHepatitis Secondary to an Over-the-Counter Appetite Stimulant: A Case Report.
Cureus
November 2024
Pediatric Gastroenterology, Columbia University, New York, USA.
We present the case of a previously healthy 11-year-old boy who developed hepatitis in the setting of regular intake of Apetamin. Apetamin is an appetite stimulant not approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration that contains cyproheptadine, lysine, and multiple B vitamins. It is illegally imported into the United States and can be purchased online.
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