Smoking Archives

11.19.2024 small pile of used cigarette butts in the dirt and grass

Cigarette Butt Litter

Billions of cigarette butts are littered across U.S. streets and sidewalks. Marginalized communities bear the brunt of this pollution.

Fellow Lia Musumeci

11.04.2024 A classic hookah with colorful rays of light and smoke in background

Hooked on Hookah

Hookah use is rising among high school and college students, but few of these young people are aware of the health risks associated with it.

Fellow Heather Sherr

09.18.2024 young woman smoking cigarette

Smoke Signals: Biological Sex and Sexuality

While smoking has consistently declined, the number of gay, lesbian, and bisexual females who smoke is higher than their straight counterparts.

Fellow Heather Sherr

09.12.2024 Close up image of hands grabbing a pouch of smokeless tobacco out of a container

Harms of Smokeless Tobacco

With appealing flavors and discrete methods of use, smokeless tobacco use is on the rise, particularly among young people.

Fellow Lia Musumeci

06.28.2024 A hand-drawn illustration of five young, diverse, queer individuals in front of a brick wall with a purple haze of smoke surrounding them

The Lavender Haze: Enabling a Healthy Queer Future

PHPod sits down with Kim Nelson, associate professor of community health sciences at Boston University School of Public Health, and Joanne Patterson, a behavioral scientist at Ohio State University, to discuss the current health landscape that queer youth and young adults are facing in the United States.

Fellow Abby Varker

04.19.2024 Wildland firefighter observing fire

Wildland Firefighters: Seasonal Trends in Substance Use

The seasonal stressors faced by wildland firefighters lead to increased rates of binge drinking and tobacco use throughout the year.

Fellow Lia Musumeci

04.02.2024 graph depicting proportion of U.S. military veteran participants with biochemically verified prolonged smoking abstinence (with lapses) by treatment group (standard care vs telehealth intervention)

graph depicting proportion of U.S. military veteran participants with biochemically verified prolonged smoking abstinence (with lapses) by treatment group (standard care vs telehealth intervention)

The Case for Incentivized Telehealth for Smoking Cessation

Thirty percent of those enrolled in a mobile smoking cessation program remained smoke-free after three months compared to 16% of those who attended standard in-person sessions.

Fellow Lia Musumeci

01.24.2024 young man with smoke in front of his face, implying youth vaping

The Secret World of Youth Vaping

Vaping is a growing trend among youth, and kids are going to great lengths to hide their vaping behaviors from their parents, teachers, and other adults in their lives.

Guest Author Lori Crane

09.19.2023 close up of man breaking cigarette in half, symbolizing smoking cessation

Social Media and Smoking Cessation

In the first large-scale study examining anti-tobacco campaigns on social media, people responded more positively to messaging about the negative affects of smoking on the lives of those they care about most.

Guest Author Hong Xue

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