Vaping is popular among adolescents, but has negative health consequences including increased chance of future smoking and substance use. While experimentation and flavoring seem to be the most popular reasons for vaping in this population, we still don’t know very much about adolescents’ reasons for vaping. This week, ASHES reviews a study by Rebecca Evans-Polce and colleagues that explored why adolescents vape. What was the research question? Among U.S. adolescents, what are common reasons for vaping? What did the researchers do? The researchers used data from Monitoring the Future, an annual cross-sectional health survey of U.S. 12th graders. The sample... Read more →
Addiction Smoking Health Education Service (ASHES)
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
Tuesday, November 20, 2018
ASHES, Vol. 14(12) - Bad moods and anxious feelings: Factors influencing self-guided quit attempts
This week, as part of our Special Series on Self-Directed Recovery, ASHES covers a study by Kirsten Langdon and colleagues that investigated the influence of anxiety sensitivity and negative affect on people who are attempting to quit smoking on their own. Read more →
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Tuesday, October 23, 2018
ASHES, Vol.14(11) - Reviewing the evidence: Can meditation reduce smoking?
This week, ASHES reviews a study that looks at how effective mindfulness meditation practices are at helping people reduce or quit tobacco. Read more →
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Tuesday, September 25, 2018
ASHES, Vol. 14(10) - E-cigarettes, cigarettes, and dual use: Which behavior predicts marijuana use among high school students?
This week, ASHES reviews a study by Sunday Azagba that explores e-cigarette, cigarette, and marijuana use among Canadian high school students. Read more →
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Tuesday, August 28, 2018
ASHES, Vol.14(9) - What’s in that vape? Sending health warning messages by text.
This week, ASHES reviews a study that evaluates how teenagers respond to e-cigarette harm warning messages sent by text. Read more →
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Tuesday, July 31, 2018
ASHES, Vol.14(8) – Just scratching the surface: Potential psychiatric morbidities underlying tobacco dependence
This week, ASHES reviews a study that observes trends in a sample of tobacco users and non-tobacco users to determine if there is also a connection between tobacco usage and mental illnesses. Read more →
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Tuesday, July 03, 2018
ASHES, Vol.14(7) - Perceptions about smoking consequences and their relation to cigarette cravings
This week, ASHES reviews a study which examined the relationship between cigarette cravings and perceptions of the negative consequences of smoking. Read more →
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Tuesday, June 05, 2018
ASHES, Vol.14(6) - Invisibility within invisibility: Tobacco interventions for LGBTI communities
As part of our Special Series on Addiction and the LGBTQ Community, ASHES reviews a study that examines smoking interventions that have been tested with LGBTI communities. Read more →
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Tuesday, May 08, 2018
ASHES, Vol.14(5) - Do people with mental health disorders want cigarettes more?
This week ASHES reviews a study that looked for differences in level of desire to smoke among individuals with and without mental health disorders, across a range of cigarette prices. Read more →
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Tuesday, April 10, 2018
ASHES, Vol.14(4) - The magic of marketing: Brand identity and smoking behavior
This week, ASHES reviews a study that tested whether standardizing tobacco packaging is related to reduced smoking and brand identification. Read more →
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Getting soberEditor's Note: Today's op-ed comes from a woman who describes her experiences with addiction, trauma, coming out, and a supportive same-sex relationship. We thank her for generously sharing her story with our readers. We hope that readers with the same kinds of experiences will feel less alone after reading this piece. This piece includes explicit descriptions of sexual violence, as well as drug use and its psychoactive effects, and readers who might struggle with cravings, especially for opioids or stimulants, should use their best judgement in reading this story. The 2018 Special Series on Addiction in the LGBTQ Community is...
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Gloria's StoryEditor’s Note: Today’s op-ed comes from a woman named Gloria who describes her experiences with gambling disorder. We thank Gloria for sharing her story with BASIS readers, because we believe that stories such as hers help raise awareness, reduce stigma, and, ultimately, improve lives. This op-ed is part of our Special Series on Gambling Disorder. My name is Gloria. I am 71 years old, a wife, a mother, a grandmother and I have a major gambling problem. Nine years ago my life fell apart. I got in trouble because of my gambling. When it all came out, my family was...
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Challenging addiction treatment: The intersection of policy, practice, & scienceEditor’s Note: Anjali Talcherkar authored this op-ed while completing the Division on Addiction’s Summer Research Mentorship. Anjali is working on a PhD in Mind Body Medicine and Integrative Mental Health from Saybrook University. You can learn more about her here. For more on Anjali Talcherkar's story, look for her soon-to-be-published book. Every year, about 27 million people worldwide misuse illicit drugs in a manner that puts them at risk for adverse health problems and even death. Too often we hear reports of famous people who suffer and die from substance misuse. On the local level, addiction can rip apart communities...