The Brief Addiction Science Information Source (BASIS)

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

ASHES, Vol.14(3) - Double trouble: Smoking, gambling, and impulsivity

This week, as part of our Special Series on Gambling Disorder, ASHES reviews a study by Célina Boothby and her colleagues that looks at whether levels of impulsivity distinguish people with comorbid smoking and gambling problems from people with only one, or neither, of those problems. Read more →

ASHES, Vol. 14(2) - Smoking: Is just one cigarette a day dangerous?

This week, ASHES reviews a study by Allan Hackshaw and colleagues that explores whether smoking one cigarette each day relates to stroke and coronary heart disease. Read more →

ASHES, Vol. 14(1) - Housing status and tobacco cessation among high-risk US veterans

As part of our Special Series on Addiction and Homelessness, ASHES reviews a study examining the relationship between housing status and use of tobacco cessation counseling services among US veterans with PTSD. Read more →

ASHES, Vol. 13(13) - Smoking for two? Quit intentions and attempts during pregnancy

In 2014, over eight percent of women who gave birth in the United States smoked cigarettes during pregnancy. In addition to the harm that smoking does to a person’s body in general, smoking during pregnancy is also associated with a number of negative health outcomes and even death for the infant. Not surprisingly, many women who smoke consider quitting when they become pregnant. However, we need to learn more about how women’s intentions and attempts to quit smoking evolve throughout the course of pregnancy. This week, ASHES reviews a British study by Dr. Sue Cooper and her colleagues that investigates... Read more →