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St. Michael's Prof Nets Grant To Study E-Cigarettes

A researcher at St. Michael's College in Colchester has been awarded more than $365,865 by the National Institutes of Health to conduct research into young people and e-cigarettes.

Electronic cigarettes have not been on the market for very long, but they've certainly taken hold. They've been marketed as smoking cessation tools, but critics say they're not effective in helping people stop smoking and instead are encouraging use and addiction by young people.

Ari Kirshenbaum is an associate professor of psychology at Saint Michael's, where he runs a psychopharmacology lab. Professor Kirshenbaum spoke on Vermont Edition about the NIH grant and some of the details of his planned research.

Jane Lindholm is the host, executive producer and creator of But Why: A Podcast For Curious Kids. In addition to her work on our international kids show, she produces special projects for Vermont Public. Until March 2021, she was host and editor of the award-winning Vermont Public program Vermont Edition.
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