Smoking Archives

04.21.2023 a graph of different types of cigarettes

A Cig Is A Cig

Electronic cigarettes were introduced as a promising tool for smoking cessation. But their growing use among adolescents is cause for concern.

Fellow Adna Jaganjac

08.22.2022 2 menthol cigarettes

Unintended Consequences of a Well-Intentioned Menthol Ban

A ban is a top-down, paternalistic approach that may lead to an illicit market for menthol tobacco products, and potentially exacerbate racial disparities in policing.

Guest Authors Richard Silbert, Amirala Pasha

07.26.2022 a graph of different types of graphs

Not Mint to Be

A simulation study measured the potential impact a ban on menthol cigarettes and vaping products would have on smoking rates.

Fellow Bethany Hallenborg

06.10.2022 a graph of different colored and gray bars

Vanishing Vapes

Restricting sales of flavored e-cigarette products reduces overall e-cigarette sales.

Fellow Barbara Espinosa

01.24.2022 pack of cigarettes

Mental & Behavioral Health
Substance Use

The Cost of Low Prices

A research team investigated how cigarette prices differed by neighborhood racial and economic characteristics in urban and rural areas.

Fellow Sara Mar

11.23.2021 man smoking

Tobacco Marketing Exposure Linked to Community Vulnerability

Young adults from vulnerable communities are more likely to be exposed to tobacco marketing in their daily lives than are young adults living elsewhere.

Guest Authors Shyanika Rose, Julia Chen-Sankey

09.07.2021 tobacco

Tastes of Tobacco

San Francisco's flavor ban policy may have inadvertently encouraged traditional cigarette use as a substitution for vape pens and e-cigarettes.

Fellow Maya Thirkill

01.21.2021 a graph of a number of buildings

Suffering from Secondhand Smoke

People receiving federal housing assistance are among those with the greatest risk of inhaling secondhand smoke.

Fellow Pat Williams

09.25.2020 a white smoke in the shape of a lungs

Smoking in San Francisco

In the past three years, youths have been increasingly using tobacco products, erasing 50 years of public health work to reduce tobacco use.

Fellow Edward Alexander

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