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A COMPONENT OF POPULATION SCIENCES IN THE PACIFIC PROGRAM
Left to right ( back row ): Mark Willingham , Simone Schmid , Leslie Welsh , Tony Lam , Kevin Cassel , Randall Holcombe , Thomas Wills , Ian Pagano ( front row ): Crissy Terawaki Kawamoto , Gabriela Layi , Lana Sue Ka ‘ opua , Erin Bantum , Angela Sy , Stephanie Rania , Hazvinei Murasiranwa , Srue Wakuk , Carol Thompson , Maria Sgro

CANCER PREVENTION IN THE PACIFIC

A COMPONENT OF POPULATION SCIENCES IN THE PACIFIC PROGRAM

Cancer Prevention in the Pacifc studies intervention strategies to prevent cancer and improve the survival and life quality of cancer patients in Hawai ‘ i and the Pacifc .
E-CIGS DRIVE TOBACCO USE
Published in JAMA Pediatrics
IAN PAGANO | REBECCA SCHWEITZER | THOMAS WILLS
A comprehensive review of nine e-cigarette studies conducted across the United States indicated that teenagers and young adults who used e-cigarettes , but had never smoked tobacco cigarettes before , were more likely to smoke the “ real ” thing a year later .
• Teens were more than three times more likely to smoke tobacco cigarettes , and young adults were more than four times more likely .
The research was conducted by Thomas Wills , PhD , co-leader of the Population Sciences in the Pacifc Program and six other collaborators . The study showed that the same fnding has been confrmed in studies of adolescents and young adults in California , Pennsylvania and Virginia , as well as in representative national samples of respondents all over the U . S .
THE LEADING CAUSE OF CANCER DEATH IN MEN AND WOMEN IS
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