Copy
Here's a test for alt text
Between 2017 and 2018 e-cigarette use surged by 78% among high schoolers and by 48% among middle school students.
32.5% of all Texas high school students, and 11.3% of Texas middle school students, have tried e-cigarettes. Nearly 1 in 20 middle schoolers said they had vaped in the past 30 days.
27% of e-cigarette smokers ages 12-21 do not even know that the products they are using contain nicotine. They do. They may also contain heavy metals like nickel, tin and lead.
Even cancer patients and survivors, particularly young ones, are increasing their use of e-cigarettes.
Over 80% of adult smokers start smoking by age 18, and nearly 100% of adult smokers began tobacco use by age 26.
On September 1, Texas will raise the legal smoking age from 18-21 (except for military personnel). The policy includes e-cigarettes and other nicotine delivery systems.
Highlights from Around the System
 UTHealth | MD Anderson | UTRGV | UTHSC Tyler 
$37 million in NIH funding spurs expansion of clinical and translational research in Texas

 UT Health San Antonio
New program to distribute Narcan to released inmates.

 UT Southwestern
Study proves hepatitis C drugs reduce liver-related deaths by nearly half.

 UTMB
Ben Raimer, longtime physician-leader and administrator, named interim president of UT Medical Branch.

 UT System
John Zerwas, M.D., named new executive vice chancellor for health affairs at the UT System.

UTEP
A peek inside UTEP's doctoral pipeline.

 UTHealth
Transport by mobile stroke units get patients quicker treatment than traditional ambulance.

 UTMB
Newly developed approach shows promise in silencing HIV infection.
 UT Arlington
Researcher finds evidence of blood vessels turning into bone-like particles.

 UTRGV
Study finds blood pressure over 24 hours is best predictor of heart, vascular disease.

 UT Dallas
Preclinical work suggests keto diet has anti-cancer effect.

MD Anderson
Moon Shot helps corner aggressive-variant prostate cancer.

 UTHSC Tyler 
NIH grant supports research into how lung scarring occurs in the space around the lung between the lung and chest wall.

 UT Southwestern
Largest Texas high schools to report all concussions to statewide registry.

 UT Austin
Experimental vaccine against RSV elicits strong immune response.

 UT Austin
Greater blood pressure control linked to better brain health.
The Texas Health Journal is an ongoing digital effort to tell the story of how the 14 institutions that make up The University of Texas System are improving the health of Texans and people all over the world through education, research, and healthcare.

Have a story to share? Email Daniel Oppenheimer at doppenheimer@utsystem.edu.
Subscribe to the Texas Health Journal or unsubscribe from this list.
 






This email was sent to <<Email Address>>
why did I get this?    unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences
UT System Office of Health Affairs · 210 W. 7th St. · Austin, TX 78701 · USA