Girl smokes an e-cigarette Photo: Marijan Murat/dpa (Photo by Marijan Murat/picture alliance via Getty Images)
The use of e-cigarettes, also known as vaping, is on the rise among teens and adolescents. According to the most recent data, the current use of any tobacco product was reported by 11.3% of all students, including 16.5% of high school students and 4.5% of middle schoolers.
The American Academy of Pediatrics has just released its new Tobacco Policy Statement and Clinical Report, this is the First Update in Recommendations Since 2015. The author of the policy is Dr. Susan C. Walley.
Susan Walley, MD, MHCM, NCTTP, FAAP is the Chief of the Hospital Medicine Division at Children’s National Hospital and Professor of Pediatrics at the George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Dr. Walley is a national expert in the prevention and treatment of youth tobacco use and tobacco smoke exposure. She is the immediate past Chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Section on Nicotine and Tobacco Prevention and Treatment and co-author of the 2023 AAP Tobacco Policy Statements and Clinical Report.
In our interview, Dr. Walley shares steps for parents and policymakers to protect children and their families from tobacco and nicotine. She discusses the growing epidemic and the need for heightened prevention efforts, early intervention, and federal regulations to reduce tobacco and nicotine use and tobacco smoke exposure in children and adolescents.
Regarding this public health crisis, Dr. Walley gives recommendations for parents or guardians that have children who may be addicted to nicotine and tobacco products.
Listen to the interview here…
The American Academy of Pediatrics has an amazing resource for parents and caregivers at HealthyChildren.org
Dr. Walley completed her pediatric residency at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and a Masters of Health Care Management from the Harvard University School of Public Health. Her research and advocacy interests include the development and implementation of clinical and school-based interventions to eliminate adolescent and parental tobacco use in clinical and school settings.
Some Of The Worst Ways To End Work Emails
We send and receive a lot of emails throughout our lifetime, mainly while at work. How many times have you wondered about the best way to respond to a work email? In general, emails tend to have their own language or dialect. Sometimes there’s an underlying tone behind the professional jargon of your email. Like any other form of communication, the language of email has unwritten rules that change over time.
Most people don’t think about their email closing lines or what kind of vibe they may give off. According to Preply, nearly half (46%) of people say they can tell a coworker’s mood based on their greetings and sign-offs. Meanwhile, only 37% of people admitted to tweaking their own closing lines to show frustration. They also mentioned that younger workers may more often express their feelings through email.
Looking closer at the study’s data on salutations, they mention corporate communication “faux pas.” Sixty-five percent of people want everyone to do away with using “sent from my phone, please excuse typos.” The results also show that Forty-two percent say emojis are never appropriate, while more than 50% think they are “sometimes okay.”
The most common sign-offs shown in the study include “thank you,” “thanks,” just your name, and “sincerely.” The surveyors considered those to be the “most uptight” sign-offs. When it comes to the “most savage” sign-offs or worst ways to end an email they found these phrases to be the worst ways to do it.
If you want to end a work email in the best way possible, the study found has some helpful tips. You may want to use phrases like “thanks,” “talk soon,” and “take care.”
These are some of the worst ways to end work emails.
Cheers
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It’s a fun sign-off to use in a friendly email. Most people say to avoid it because it’s not a way to say “thank you.”
Respectfully
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Surprisingly, this sign-off can come across to some as “too formal.”
Thanks in advance
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Ending your email with “thanks in advance” can seem like you’re assuming the person you’re sending the email to is going to do whatever you requested.
Just your name
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Many people use this sign-off in informal emails. However, it can come across as cold or detached. Especially if you’re emailing someone for the first time.
No sign-off
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This action could come across to some as not taking the email seriously or a lack of gratitude. Some say that this makes an e-mail come off as “impersonal.”
Joel Katz is the Morning Show Personality, Assistant Program Director, Podcast Host, Voiceover artist, audio producer, and Digital Content Writer for Magic 98.3. Joel has been working in New Jersey radio since college and started at Magic in 2002 as the Morning Show Host, “I can’t think of another place where I’d fit more perfectly; it’s just a great company with awesome people.” Joel is married to Kathleen, his elementary school sweetheart (they were each other’s first dates at age 9), shares a birthday with his oldest son, Ty, and has twins, Kiera and Liam. Joel runs at least 3.1 miles every day and enjoys playing basketball, doing laundry, saving his turn signal for when he really needs it, kissing dogs through a fence, using coasters, making that cool noise by rubbing his fingers on balloons, and chasing after ping pong balls on a windy cruise ship.
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