Learning From LGBTQIA+ Young Adults
Over the summer we produced a science communication report for a study investigating tobacco use among LGBTQIA+ young adults that we’re currently wrapping up. The study, funded by the Tobacco-Related …
It’s Complicated: Harm Reduction Through Nicotine & Tobacco Use
Discussions among participants about the ways nicotine and tobacco (NT) products relate to the use of other substances has been a recurring topic in our recent tobacco harm reduction study. …
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Smoking in the wrong bathroom
Max told me a lot about smoking. And gender. And freedom. I wanted to talk with this participant all day, but Max is in a band and had to leave …
We’re all freaks here: Queer community, punk identity & cigarettes
Today I’m interviewing Tabatha, a young woman in her 20s with a cloud of curly red-tinted hair, who wears a jacket and skirt with combat boots and a septum ring. …
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Thank you for sharing that
I was just finishing up an in-depth individual interview for our LGBTQ Adults and Tobacco Stigma study. I announced that I had one last question. “Do you have any feedback …
Stories have weight
The past two years have been exciting for our team at the Center. Our first project interviewing Black youth about stigma and tobacco use has been eye opening, and we’re …
Getting to a place of stability
This respondent was a foster youth who recently transitioned to independent status in terms of the state. She had been on the streets in the past, but she currently lives …