Tobacco & Nicotine
Beliefs and Experimentation with Electronic Cigarettes: A Prospective Analysis Among Young Adults
Previous cross-sectional studies found that positive beliefs about electronic nicotine delivery systems (commonly known as electronic cigarettes or e-cigarettes) were associated with use of these products. However, the prospective association between these beliefs and subsequent use of e-cigarettes is unclear.Minnesota's Comprehensive Statewide Smokefree Law: Short-Term Effects on Young Adults
Young adults have the highest rate of smoking among any age group.Influencing Taft–Hartley Funds to Provide Tobacco Cessation Benefits
Taft–Hartley Health and Welfare Funds (“funds”) administer health insurance plans that cover approximately nine million U.S. adults. Unionized workers covered by funds work primarily in blue- and pink-collar occupations and smoke at a rate almost twice that of workers in other occupations. Most funds do not provide comprehensive coverage for tobacco cessation treatment for fund participants (workers, family members, and retirees).Circles of Tobacco Wisdom: Learning About Traditional and Commercial Tobacco with Native Elders
Circles of Tobacco Wisdom (CTW) was an elder-led, community-based project that aimed to enhance tobacco control in the American Indian community. Its goal was to provide elders with the knowledge, opportunities, and support to enable them to assume leadership of a tobacco control movement that was grounded in the ceremonial traditions of tobacco use.Prevalence of Smoking in Movies As Perceived by Teenagers: Longitudinal Trends and Predictors
Smoking in movies is prevalent. However, use of content analysis to describe trends in smoking in movies has provided mixed results and has not tapped what adolescents actually perceive.
