In the Media: News Roundup (January 24, 2025)
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SPHHS researchers Rachel Volberg (Biostatistics and Epidemiology), Richard Peltier (Environmental Health Sciences), Jamie Hartmann-Boyce (Health Promotion and Policy), and Lorraine Cordeiro and Anna Maria Siega-Riz (Nutrition, and Dean of the School of Public Health and Health Sciences) comment in news stories on problem gambling; wildfires; best ways to stop smoking and vaping; and nutrition during and after pregnancy.
Updated January 24, 2025:
Food Insecurity and Health: CareTalk with Quick and Quack - Lorraine Cordeiro, Nutrition, and Anna Maria Siega-Riz, Dean of the School of Public Health and Health Sciences (Apple Podcasts)
Q&A: Assessing, addressing poor diet quality during pregnancy - Anna Maria Siega-Riz, Dean of the School of Public Health and Health Sciences (Healio, 1/24/25)
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mass. Foundation announces new chair, board members- Anna Maria Siega-Riz, Dean of the School of Public Health and Health Sciences (WWLP, 1/22/25)
Financial Incentives May Help People Quit Smoking, Including During Pregnancy, Reveals Research - Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Health Promotion and Policy (Medical Dialogues [India], 1/20/25)
Scientists Reveal the Most Effective Ways To Quit Vaping - Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Health Promotion and Policy (SciTechDaily, 1/18/25)
How to earn more money if you’re a smoker – quit, study says - Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Health Promotion and Policy (South China Morning Post, 1/17/25)
Study finds financial incentives help people quit smoking - Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Health Promotion and Policy (WWLP, 1/16/25)
Anti-casino groups in Fairfax County lobby against proposed bill in Richmond - Rachel Volberg, Biostatistics and Epidemiology (WUSA [Washington, D.C.], 1/15/25)
These Incentives Help People, Including Pregnant Smokers, Quit Smoking - Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Health Promotion and Policy (U.S. News & World Report, 1/15/25)
Incentives Aid Smoking Cessation Across Populations - Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Health Promotion and Policy (Physician's Weekly, 1/15/25)
Text message intervention, varenicline aid in vaping cessation - Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Health Promotion and Policy (Healio, 1/14/25)
Incentives help pregnant women quit smoking - Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Health Promotion and Policy (earth.com, 1/14/25)
Smokers earn less than others but can be bribed to quit, studies show - Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Health Promotion and Policy (Deutsche Presse-Agentur [Germany], 1/14/25)
Study finds cash rewards help smokers quit - Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Health Promotion and Policy (BBC, 1/13/25)
Smokers are more likely to give up their habit and remain smoke-free if given rewards for doing so, study reveals - Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Health Promotion and Policy (The Daily Mail, 1/12/25)
We Asked the Experts: How to Protect Yourself From Smoke During California Fires - Richard Peltier, Environmental Health Sciences (CNET, 1/11/25)
How text messages can help you stop vaping - Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Health Promotion and Policy (Jerusalem Post, 1/9/25)
Want to quit vaping this year? Here’s what the evidence shows so far about effective strategies - Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Health Promotion and Policy (The Conversation, 1/8/25)
Want to quit vaping? Here are some tools that can help - Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Health Promotion and Policy (Consumer Affairs, 1/8/25)
Study reveals ways to quit vaping - Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Health Promotion and Policy (India Today, 1/8/25)
Experts reveal the best way you can quit vaping if you want to improve your health this year - Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Health Promotion and Policy (LAD Bible, 1/8/25)
New study identifies effective strategies to help people quit vaping - Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Health Promotion and Policy (News Medical Life Sciences, 1/8/25)
UMass study reveals the safest way to quit nicotine - Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Health Promotion and Policy (Western Mass News, 1/8/25)
Smoking a single cigarette can decrease your life expectancy by 20 minutes - Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Health Promotion and Policy (Euronews, 1/8/25)
This is the most effective way to quit vaping, according to Oxford scientists - Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Health Promotion and Policy (BBC Science Focus, 1/7/25)
Ready to quit vaping in the new year? Study uncovers the best ways - Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Health Promotion and Policy (Medical Xpress, 1/7/25)
Ready to quit vaping in the new year? A new study uncovers the best ways - Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Health Promotion and Policy (Daily Mail, 1/7/25)
Nutrition Gaps Remain Among Pregnant & Postpartum Women - Anna Maria Siega-Riz, Dean of the School of Public Health and Health Sciences (Athletech News, 12/25/24)
Motherhood and meals: A wake-up call for better nutrition - Anna Maria Siega-Riz, Dean of the School of Public Health and Health Sciences (Emirati Times, 12/22/24)