Dr Lavender Otieno

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Dr Lavender Otieno

Research Assistant and Behavioural Scientist, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University

Dr Lavender Otieno (PhD) is an Early Career Researcher behavioural scientist whose work focuses on the growing concern of nicotine use among young adults in Australia. Dr Otieno came to Flinders University from the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute where she focused on investigating the motivating factors behind the growing use of nicotine vapes among adolescents in South Australia for translational implementation. Her current research interests Include: Tobacco control and smoking cessation Vaping product and e-cigarette use

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Vaping and mental health are closely linked. That can make quitting even harder

With growing awareness of the effects of vaping on health plus recent reforms to limit availability of vapes to pharmacies in Australia, many people will be thinking about quitting. They will also need support to do so.

Vaping and mental health are closely linked. That can make quitting even harder

With growing awareness of the effects of vaping on health plus recent reforms to limit availability of vapes to pharmacies in Australia, many people will be thinking about quitting. They will also need support to do so.

By Dr Joshua Trigg, A/Prof Anthony Venning, Dr Lavender Otieno