Tobacco Archives

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

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

05.10.2023 Lisa Bero, chief scientist at the Center for Bioethics and Humanities at the University of Colorado Anschutz, and professor of medicine and public health

Health Equity

Lisa Bero

Lisa Bero is chief scientist at the Center for Bioethics and Humanities at the University of Colorado Anschutz, as well as a professor of medicine and public health. She is internationally recognized for studying commercial determinants of health, focusing on tobacco control, pharmaceutical policy, and public health.

Fellow Caroline Dignard

01.24.2022 pack of cigarettes

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

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