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BBC News - Coronavirus: Dealing with addiction while in lockdown https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52139895
Please feel free to review this Article on @qeios: The case for development of an E-cigarette Ontology (E-CigO) to improve quality, efficiency and clarity in the conduct and interpretation of research https://www.qeios.com/read/article/545
Weekly media round up from @SHAAPAlcohol https://buff.ly/3437uZI
Image-and-text health warning labels on alcohol and food: potential effectiveness and acceptability |BMC Public Health - open access https://buff.ly/34d5Btx
PRT: SSA Post-Doctoral Transitional Development funding - salary support for up to 12 months towards post-doctoral development of research applications
Guidance notes and online application at https://buff.ly/3bLd1qG