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smokers,”
Cherng
said.
“Any
potential effects that e-cigarettes
have on smoking initiation or
the overall smoking prevalence
in the United States is going to
have a much smaller effect than
if e-cigarettes have an effect on
smoking cessation or an increased
smoking cessation because we have
so many more current smokers
using e-cigarettes.”
Consistent
with
the
team’s
finding,
statistics
from
the
American Lung Association show
that 76.8 percent of people who
recently used e-cigarettes in 2013
also were traditional cigarette
smokers.
Cherng said further research is
imperative for future debates and
policymaking about e-cigarettes.
“Because the evidence is so scant
right now about whether or not
they actually do increase smoking
initiation among never-smokers
versus their effect on cessation, in
terms of the policy implications,
it’s important to contextualize
that in e-cigarette regulation,”
Cherng said, adding: “if we can
start focusing people towards the
potential benefits of e-cigarettes
and also enact legislation that helps
prevent young kids from using
them, then what we expect is that
there is a potential of a huge benefit
resulting from e-cigarette use if
they increase cessation.”
Paula Lantz, associate dean for
research and policy engagement,
echoed Cherng’s statements and
said in an email interview that there
is merit to the argument that too
much regulation for e-cigarettes
could be detrimental.
“(Many) are concerned that
the FDA might “over-regulate”
e-cigarettes, in that it will make it
harder for e-cigarettes to be used
as a harm reduction approach or
smoking cessation tool for current
smokers,”
Lantz
said.
“While
much more research is needed...
the
Cherng
simulation
model
forecasts demonstrate quite clearly
that, under any reasonable set of
assumptions, the harm reduction
and
smoking
cessation
gains
will significantly outweigh any
increase in youth smoking due to
e-cigarettes. This supports the
concerns
that
over-regulating
e-cigarettes will be bad for public
health.”
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professor
at
the
Institute
for
Social Research and professor of
psychiatry at the Medical School.
Murphy
was
unavailable
to
comment for this article.
Sanford, the Moses Gomberg
Collegiate Professor of Chemistry
and an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor,
was youngest of the four inductees,
and the only professor in the
group to have started working
at the University after the new
millennium.
She
was
elected
for
her
130
published
papers
on
the
development
of
new
chemical
reactions that enable the production
of pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals,
positron
emission
tomography
(PET) imaging reagents, battery
components and fuels in a more
efficient
and
environmentally
friendly manner.
Standford said none of this
would have been possible without
the support of her department
colleagues and undergraduate and
graduate students of her research
group. She also expressed her
gratitude to fellow NAS member
Robert Grubbs, her Ph.D. advisor
and Noble Prize winning chemist at
Calinforia Institute of Technology.
“(Grubbs) has been an amazing
advisor, mentor and advocate for
me throughout my career,” Sanford
said. “He is a terrific scientist and
person, and I am constantly inspired
by his enthusiasm and approach to
both science and his students.”
depressive symptoms over time
unless they are Black men.”
However, these findings do
not suggest Black men do not
know how to use their education,
Assari said. On the contrary,
for Black men, each year of
education increasingly protects
the population from engaging
in risky behavioral patterns.
Rather, it is the persistent
societal segregation and social
barriers present an increase in
the risk of depressive symptoms
for Black men, according to
Assari.
He
explained
that
negative social barriers lead to a
restricted access to jobs and an
unequal pay, both of which lead
to the potential development of
depressive symptoms.
“There is this intersection of
gender and race which works as
a huge barrier in this country,
not only just race,” Assari said.
Assari said these findings
raise the question as to whether
this research is something new,
or whether society has known
and allowed this to occur.
“We knew discrimination and
racism exist, and we knew that
education doesn’t benefit to the
same level to the Blacks but, to
my understanding, that we never
knew— that it may increase risk
of depression,” Assari said.
Ultimately,
Assari
hopes
public policy can be altered
to eliminate social barriers.
In the mean time, he hopes
that clinicians, while treating
Black males, keep in mind the
correlation between depressive
symptoms and an elevation in
education level.
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Ford, a University alum — although
it is housed in Joan and Sanford
Weill Hall.
“It’s still the Ford School, named
after one of our most cherished
alumni, but the building is named
after two donors who helped us
realize the vision for the new
facility,” Schlissel wrote. “In both
the Ford and Trotter cases, the
donors shared U-M’s vision for what
their gifts could do for our campus.”
Schlissel also referenced an April
29 meeting between himself, E.
Royster Harper, the University’s
vice president for student life, and
representatives from the Black
Student
Union,
which
initially
called for the relocation of Trotter
two years ago with the #BBUM
campaign — a viral public discussion
on the experiences of Black students
— and has been at the forefront
of advocating for the center’s
new central campus location and
therefore increased accessibility.
BSU programming chair Jamie
Thompson, an LSA junior, voiced
disapproval of the new building’s
name in an e-mail interview with the
Daily last week. Thompson wrote
that, although she understands
the
Multicultural
Center
itself
will retain Trotter’s name, she still
disagrees with it being housed in a
facility named after Bernstein and
his wife.
“Black students have fought for
the last 40 plus years to provide a
space on our campus for ourselves
and for the promotion of diversity
on our campus,” Thompson wrote.
“What will it mean for students, and
students to come, to see building
after building all named after white
men? At the end of the day, the
University will operate as a business
— caring more about monetary gifts
than the feelings of its students and
alumni.”
Thompson
also
criticized
Schlissel’s Ford School/Weill Hall
analogy, pointing out the inherent
differences
between
the
two
buildings in a public Facebook post.
“Unlike the Ford School of Public
Policy, Trotter is not a college,”
Thompson wrote. “Trotter stands
outside of the academic realm and
serves as a social setting for students
... It serves as an environment for
students of color to have a space of
their own.”
The
University
emphasized
Bernstein and Bendit’s history of
civil rights advocacy, highlighting
the couple’s work with groups
including
the
American
Civil
Liberties
Union,
the
Michigan
Civil Rights Commission as well
as a number of Jewish community
service organizations at the April 21
Board of Regents meeting.
Regent Bernstein applauded the
role of student activists in securing
the multicultural center’s relocation
in a press release.
“Rachel and I are honored
to support the legacy of all who
have advanced the enriching and
empowering mission of Trotter
since its founding — the generations
of U-M students who have been
activists for diversity, and the
current
U-M
students
whose
advocacy helped guide the vision for
this new building,” Bernstein said
in the statement. “Their movement
inspires our gift.”
Simpson
additionally
underscored the importance of
student involvement with “A New
Trotter” — the student committee
responsible
for
planning
and
designing the new center. She also
previewed events hosted by the
Trotter Center aimed at educating
the student body on the history of
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