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Palau banned e-cigarettes in 2023. Now it is asking a bigger global health question: why has nicotine itself never been reviewed under international drug control systems?

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🚭 Palau banned e-cigarettes in 2023. Now it is asking a bigger question: why has nicotine itself never been reviewed under international drug control systems?

First Lady Valerie R. Whipps argues that governments are stuck chasing new nicotine products — vapes, pouches and

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The @WHO is urging countries to dramatically expand newborn screening as birth defects account for a growing share of under-five deaths worldwide.

An estimated 8 million infants are born each year with congenital anomalies.

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