Statistician CStat, NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow @ncysur+ @cretobacco. Interested in #youthsubstanceuse, #vaping, #tobacco, #socialmedia research
Brisbane, Queensland
Joined September 2012
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Carmen Lim retweeted
What are Australians actually being told about vaping?
My team and I reviewed 24 publicly available anti-vaping campaigns in Australia to build a baseline picture of how public health has responded so far.
Read our new paper in Tobacco Control: tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/conte…
@NCYSUR
Carmen Lim retweeted
Cannabis Vaping in Youth: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Risk Factors in Adolescents and Young Adults (new #openaccess in @JSADjournal 87/2)
by Jack Chung, Carmen Lim, Janni Leung, et al.
@JackChungJC @Cwernlim @jannileung @GaryCKChan @NCYSUR
jsad.com/doi/full/10.15288/j…
Aust data reveal diff pathways into vaping, from quitting smoking to curiosity-driven use, with higher psychological distress and substance use in some groups. Evidence like this is critical for developing more targeted and effective vaping policies.
🔗onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
Understanding substance use in CALD populations is essential for equitable prevention and harm reduction in Australia.
What does the evidence say and what are we missing?
Well done Yan Yee for getting this important work out in
@ijdrugpolicy
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Carmen Lim retweeted
The latest announcement doesn't tighten existing prescribing or marketing rules for medicinal cannabis. It just reminds health professionals what the rules are. @Cwernlim @UQ_News theconversation.com/medicina…
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Dr Carmen Lim shares her research on how Australians are talking about vaping on online forums at CPDD conference #NCYSUR
🚨 New study 🚨
Drs @JoshLTrigg , @TianzeSun and I wrote about the rise of #Cigfluencers in @TC_BMJ
Our study shows how social media is fuelling a subtle yet powerful resurgence of smoking as cool, aesthetic, and nostalgic.
🔗 tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/conte…
Carmen Lim retweeted
New systematic review in @AddictionJrnl evaluates evidence for a gateway effect from vaping to smoking among young people.
Results show little evidence that vaping is causally linked to smoking uptake.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
Aggressive and misleading marketing practices is driving demand for medicinal cannabis.
Wayne and I wrote an article in @ConversationEDU on how private clinics may skirt TGA regulations. 👉 tinyurl.com/3v5z8f3b
Carmen Lim retweeted
Aggressive and misleading marketing is fuelling demand for medicinal cannabis. Here are some of the ways clinics bend the rules. @Cwernlim @UQ_News theconversation.com/we-looke…
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Clearly written article underscores the need to get the balance right when it comes to regulating vaping. theguardian.com/commentisfre…
Carmen Lim retweeted
postdoc @TianzeSun presenting on work led by @Cwernlim on the influence of celebrities and influencers on youth susceptibility to tobacco & vaping @ #APSAD24 in canberra.
Carmen Lim retweeted
✮ exciting research at #ISBRA2024! stop by posters 08, 12, 13 & 22 to see @Tesfa_MY's work on cannabis/tobacco use and dealcoholised wine and
@benjohnsonGT's studies on prescription stimulants on TikTok! ｡°
Carmen Lim retweeted
Commentary - Australia needs to better regulate alcohol marketing in films
Emmanuel Kuntsche @obrienpl1 @AndersonLuxford @MareePatsouras @BenCRiordan
@CAPRAustralia @latrobe @MelbLawSchool #alcohol
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
Carmen Lim retweeted
#UQ research has found young people exposed to social media posts by celebrities & influencers who endorse nicotine products are more susceptible to smoking or vaping.
🔗https://thttps://brnw.ch/21wMtaM
@UQHealth @Cwernlim
ALT A young woman sits on a couch taking a selfie while blowing out vape smoke.
🚨 New Study Alert 🚨
⚠️ Seeing tobacco (incl. vaping) content on social media from influencers & celebrities can increase the risk of trying it😳🚬
📳If you're seeing these content on a near-daily basis, it increases your vulnerability to tobacco use
🔗sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Carmen Lim retweeted
3 RCTs: Decreases in cigarettes smoked daily, resulting from smoking cigarettes with reduced nicotine content, were larger when adults from at-risk populations had access to e-cigarettes in their preferred flavors ja.ma/3XelRXg
Carmen Lim retweeted
Our new commentary in @NTR_Journal highlights the multichannel marketing of oral nicotine pouches. While less harmful than cigarettes, addiction risks for youth remain. @TattanBirch
✮⋆˙ doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntae188
Carmen Lim retweeted
New study on the impact of #tobacco tax increases on 💰cost-minimising behaviours and subsequent #SmokingCessation 🚭 in Australia: tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/conte…
@Ara_JCho @CoralGartner @GaryCKChan
