Category: Regimen – Edition 6

BY LAURA KALITSIS — PUBLICATIONS OFFICER Climate change is posing a serious threat to both the physical and mental health of humans worldwide. The repercussions of climate change such as increased intensity and frequency of dangerous weather events, rising temperatures and sea levels, as well as loss of land and biodiversity, have cascading effects on…

BY AMIN ABEDINI — PUBLICATIONS OFFICER E-cigarettes or electronic nicotine dispensing systems (ENDS) are “devices that deliver an aerosol by heating a solution” upon user inhalation. This is an act referred to as “vaping”. E-cigarettes are also known under alternative names including “vapes”, “vape pens”, “e-cigs” and “personal vaporisers”1. These devices, as well as vaping,…

BY BRIANNA HEINKEN — DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT The impact of climate change and global warming is well known: melting glaciers, more severe storms, increased droughts, and loss of species. However, the impacts of global warming on human health are only now beginning to be understood. Not only is climate change increasing the spread of…