Sentences with phrase «public use of cannabis»

The Task Force heard concern about public use of cannabis and the general nuisance of second - hand smoke.

Not exact matches

«Smoking» in public health debates is usually used as a by - word for tobacco consumption, with cannabis treated separately as part of the drugs debate.

Nevertheless, the ACMD emphasised that in their opinion the use of cannabis was «a significant public health issue» which could «unquestionably cause harm to individuals and society».

«While we found that daily cannabis use and cigarette smoking were strongly linked among all subgroups, the most finding striking disparity in daily cannabis use was among youths aged 12 to 17 years,» said Renee Goodwin, PhD, Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, and principal investigator.

«These guidelines are an important tool supporting a public health approach to cannabis use,» says Ian Culbert, Executive Director of the Canadian Public Health Associpublic health approach to cannabis use,» says Ian Culbert, Executive Director of the Canadian Public Health AssociPublic Health Association.

«Lowering health risks of cannabis use with new public health guidelines: Evidence - based recommendations endorsed by Canadian medical and public health organizations.»

«The public health message about the link between cannabis and psychosis has been a difficult one to communicate, but the evidence still points to the benefits of regulations that seek to advise on the greatest potential health risks, which currently arise due to tobacco use.»

A new study by researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and the City University of New York reports that cannabis use was associated with an increased initiation of cigarette smoking among non-cigarette smokers.

«Developing a better understanding of the relationship between marijuana use and cigarette use transitions is critical and timely as cigarette smoking remains the leading preventable cause of premature death and disease, and use of cannabis is on the rise in the U.S.,» said Renee Goodwin, PhD, in the Department of Epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health, and senior author.

Consumption will be restricted in places where tobacco consumption is prohibited although there will be some public places where the consumption of cannabis will be permitted (such as trails and parks when not otherwise being used for public events).

The legal age for cannabis use will be age 19; cannabis will be sold in dedicated government - owned retail locations; and, to prevent exposure to second - hand cannabis smoke and the normalization of cannabis smoking, public consumption of cannabis will be restricted to private residences, with potential for designated spaces.

Earlier this month, the provincial government launched an online cannabis survey in order to solicit feedback from Albertans on how Alberta should adopt the proposed Cannabis Act, including surveys on minimum age, distribution, and the use of cannabis in publiccannabis survey in order to solicit feedback from Albertans on how Alberta should adopt the proposed Cannabis Act, including surveys on minimum age, distribution, and the use of cannabis in publicCannabis Act, including surveys on minimum age, distribution, and the use of cannabis in publiccannabis in public spaces.

Innovative Industrial Properties Inc., a provider of creative real estate capital solutions to the medical - use cannabis industry, closed its initial public offering in December 2016 and has been snapping up facilities tenanted by licensed growers ever since.