Tobacco Archives

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

08.24.2020 a broken cigarette with brown tobacco

Smoking While Pregnant

From a public health perspective, reducing neighborhood tobacco store density may curb smoking during pregnancy.

Guest Author Panagis Galiatsatos

05.05.2020 a graph of the number of years

Philadelphia Reduces Tobacco Use

Tobacco use has declined over the past 50 years in the United States, but not at the same speed for minorities and people with low incomes.

Fellow Edward Alexander

04.14.2020 a graph with arrows pointing to a red line

Smoking Sticks in the Sticks

Rural youth have 50 percent higher odds of smoking than their urban peers. Without intervention, rural adolescents will bear more of smoking's consequences.

Fellow Gray Babbs

04.09.2020 a person wearing a hoodie with smoke coming out of their face

Education and e-Cigs

The higher density of vape shops close to schools in school districts with racial/ethnic minority communities exacerbates environmental health injustices.

Guest Authors Dilip Venugopal, Aura Lee Morse

11.05.2019 a close up of a brain

Talk About a Killer Buzz

What we show and how we show it will determine whether or not teens pay attention to tobacco prevention and control messages.

Guest Author Allison Lazard

07.11.2019 a graph of a number of people

Don’t Be Fooled: Cigs Are Worse

If adult smokers view e-cigarettes as more harmful than traditional cigarettes, they may ignore a far less lethal alternative.

Fellow Greg Kantor

02.22.2019 Adolescent in hoodie smoking on steps

Tool to Identify Adolescent Cigarette Smoking Risk

Cigarette smoking typically begins in adolescence. Sylvestre and colleagues designed a new tool that identifies adolescents at risk of starting to smoke in the next year.

Guest Author Marie-Pierre Sylvestre

02.01.2019 Hookah pipe

What Do College Students Know About Hookah?

Hookah smoking is rising among college students who report it helps deal with stress. However, they may be less knowledgeable about the health risks of hookah.

Fellow Chrissy Packtor

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