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Addiction Smoking Health Education Service (ASHES)
This week, as part of our Special Series on Pathways to Addiction, ASHES reviews a study by Jennifer Bailey and colleagues that examines the relationship between parental e-cigarette use and their children’s use.
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This week, ASHES reviews a study by Lauren Gorfinkel and colleagues that examined the relationship between depression and adolescent nicotine use.
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This week, ASHES reviews a study by Joanne G. Patterson and colleagues that examined how stress and opportunities to smoke contribute to smoking relapse in youth experiencing homelessness.
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This week, ASHES reviews a study by Md Shariful Islam and colleagues that examined factors associated with cigarette smoking among men in five South Asian countries.
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This week, ASHES reviews a study by Krysten Bold and colleagues that examined what youth want in a school-based e-cigarette cessation program.
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This week, ASHES reviews a study by Eline Meijer and Niels H. Chavannes that examined healthcare providers’ perceptions of smokers’ responsibility for smoking and how it relates to provider views on barriers to and the implementation of smoking cessation care.
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This week, ASHES reviews a study by Oluwakemi Odukoya and colleagues that examined satisfaction and outcomes of the “Power to Quit” smoking cessation program among people experiencing homelessness.
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This week, ASHES reviews a study by Lili Yang and colleagues that closely examined birth congenital anomalies and cigarette smoking during pregnancy.
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This week, ASHES reviews a study by Caravella McCuistian and colleagues that examined changes in smoking prevalence, tobacco use behaviors, and receipt of tobacco-related services by clients of residential substance use disorder treatment programs participating in California’s Tobacco-Free for Recovery Initiative.
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Video games often contain ‘adult’ content that may not be appropriate for younger players, such as gambling and alcohol, tobacco, and other substance use. Addiction & the Humanities explores the pervasiveness and portrayal of these themes within video games and discusses the implications they may have on stakeholders and consumers – including children and adolescents.
This week, Addiction & the Humanities looks at a portrayal of Gambling Disorder in Uncut Gems, a film that depicts the story of a New York City jewelry dealer who continues to gamble despite his increasing debt.
Depictions of tobacco use are on the rise in programming found on streaming platforms. This week, Addiction & the Humanities investigates smoking imagery in popular shows that attract young viewers, such as Netflix’s Stranger Things.