A new Ottawa study suggests that cutting the rate of smoking among the poor and homeless can also reduce their use of street drugs, including opioids such as heroin and fentanyl…
Press Source: Ottawa Citizen
A new clinical trial in Ottawa asks: Can e-cigarettes help the homeless quit smoking?
An Ottawa doctor is about to launch a clinical trial aimed at finding out whether e-cigarettes can help homeless people quit smoking. Dr. Smita Pakhalé, a research scientist and…
Pakhalé: COVID-19 challenges us to decide which is more important – community or self
Testing, tracking, and isolation: These make up the hallmark package to control the spread of COVID-19. In countries where this package was implemented comprehensively…
Egan: How to get street people off drug? Get them off smokes, study suggests
In 2013, a study of 858 HIV at-risk drug users in Ottawa uncovered a startling, off-hand statistic: 96 per cent were smokers. It hardly surprised Dr. Smite Pakhalé, a staff…