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Gary Chan Ka-wai has worked as a special effects make-up artist on more than 30 films, but the artist explains why he now uses his skills at Sugar Street Studio to bring a new form of entertainment to the city.
Choosing the 2021 CNBC Disruptor 50 All private, independently owned start-up companies founded after Jan. 1, 2006, were eligible to be nominated for the Disruptor 50 list. Companies nominated were required to submit a detailed analysis, including key quantitative and qualitative information. Quantitative metrics included company-submitted data on workforce size and diversity, scalability, and sales and user growth. Some of this information has been kept off the record and was used for scoring purposes only. CNBC also brought in data from a pair of outside partners — PitchBook, which provid...
channel for the latest stories and updates. A new study from the University of Queensland, Australia, has found that e-cigarettes are even more effective at helping smokers quit smoking than either nicotine replacement therapy or placebo therapy. According to the study’s lead author, Dr Gary Chan, e-cigarettes are 50% more effective than nicotine replacement therapy, and more than 100% more effective than placebo therapy. Approved nicotine replacement therapies include nicotine patches, gum, lozenges, mouth spray, inhalators, and intranasal sprays. All these different methods are aimed at...
Researchers compared people who began regularly using marijuana as teenager and as adults to non-users People who began using pot as adolescents were 20.4 times more likely to be illicit drug users and 3.7 times more likely to be a high-risk alcohol drinkers They were also 7.2 times more likely to smoke cigarettes daily and 0.4 times less likely to be in a relationship Weed users who began as adults were 36.8 times more likely to use illicit drugs, 3.2 times more likely to be heavy drinkers These people were 7.3 times more likely to smoke cigarettes daily and 0.3 times less likely to be i...
Regular cannabis use has harmful effects regardless of the age a person starts using, according to a new study. The study examined people who began regular cannabis use in high school or in their early 20s, and compared both with non-users. The results linked regular cannabis use with negative life outcomes by age 35, says lead author Gary Chan from the University of Queensland’s National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research. “Compared to non-users, regular cannabis users were more likely to engage in high-risk alcohol consumption, smoke tobacco, use other illicit drugs, and not be in ...