Methods: A total of 1379 young adults (mean age1⁄424.1 years) from the Minnesota Adolescent Community Cohort who reported never using e-cigarettes at baseline (collected Oct 2010–Mar 2011) and completed follow-up data collection (during Oct 2011–Mar 2012) were included in this analysis. Participants’ beliefs about e-cigarettes (potential as quit aids, harmfulness and addictiveness relative to c...

Commentaries on Caulkins et al NUTT ET AL.'S HARM SCALES FOR DRUGS—ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT BUT BETTER POLICY BASED ON SCIENCE WITH LIMITATIONS THAN NO SCIENCE AT ALL FISCHER, BENEDIKT KENDALL, PERRY Pages: 1891 LET NOT THE BEST BE THE ENEMY OF THE GOOD NUTT, DAVID Pages: 1892 CAN HARM RATINGS BE USEFUL? ROSSOW, INGEBORG Pages: 1893 IMPROVED RANKING OF DRUGS ON HARMFULNESS CAN BRING SENSE AND ORDER...

This article sets out to investigate three issues central to the study of the public perception of crime seriousness, based on empirical data arisingfrom a survey of a representative sample of Irish (Dublin) citizens. Thefirstissue is that of the 'meaning' of seriousness and some evidence is found for the notion that seriousness may be a complex variable reflecting the relative weights given to...

Nitric oxide (NO) plays important roles in diverse physiological processes in plants. NO can provoke both beneficial and harmful effects, which depend on the concentration and location of NO in plant cells. This review is focused on NO synthesis and the functions of NO in plant responses to abiotic environmental stresses. Abiotic stresses mostly induce NO production in plants. NO alleviates the...

What motivates individuals to pursue conversion therapy and ex-gay groups? How do they perceive its harmfulness and helpfulness? In this study, 202 consumers of sexual orientation conversion interventions were interviewed to answer these questions. The results indicated that a majority failed to change sexual orientation, and many reported that they associated harm with conversion interventions...