Dr. Elisa Trucco, ReACH Lab director and ACE Project Co-PI, presented “Inhaling More Than Air: Juuling & Inhalants” earlier this week as part of her partnership with Campus Outreach Services (COS). Dr. Trucco presented alongside Dr. Matthew Sutherland, NBC Lab director and ACE Project Co-PI, after they were both made faculty presenters of COS. Ian Wong, Director of Health Promotion and Prevention at Tufts University, and Dr. Peter Doyle, MD, Associate Medical Director of Health Service at Tufts University, joined Drs. Trucco and Sutherland to present. COS provides a variety of programs intended to educate and enlighten students and adults of all ages, with this recent presentation provided for faculty, peers, and parents. The presentation focused on how “misleading advertising permeated the screens of teens via social media, often cloaked within social justice messaging and stress-relief promises.” Additionally, the presenters discussed the effects of nicotine on the adolescent body and brain and reviewed “current legislative initiatives to curb use and how each of us can make positive change in our communities.”
Thank you to both our ACE Project PIs for continuing to engage in community outreach in the hopes of educating the public on the facts of vaping and e-cigarettes!