This episode features a discussion with Jeffrey Hardesty, a public health researcher at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health who studies vaping and patterns of e-cigarette use, and medical students Thomas Le and Allie Berges. 

Jeffrey Hardesty is a Research Associate in the Department of Health, Behavior and Society. He received his Master of Public Health degree with a concentration in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. His work at the Institute focuses on the potential benefits and unintended consequences of domestic and international e-cigarette and tobacco policies. His current projects include the Vaping and Patterns of E-cigarette use Research Study (VAPER Study), a prospective cohort study of e-cigarette users in the U.S. He has authored state of the evidence reports on raising the minimum age of purchase of tobacco products from 18 to 21 and banning or restricting flavored tobacco products. His past work focused on pictorial health warning labels in China and Indonesia.

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Original music composed by Ved Tanavde (adapted from composition by Thomas Le, Alina Spiegel, and Antonio Salas)

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