In this episode, Dr Annika Theodoulou speaks to Dr James Buszkiewicz, a Research Assistant Professor and social epidemiologist at the University of Michigan, United States. The interview covers James’s research article covering the associations between county-level e-cigarette-inclusive Tobacco 21 law population coverage and e-cigarette use behaviors among United States adolescents.

Tobacco 21 laws and e-cigarette-inclusive Tobacco 21 laws [01:29]
The importance of exploring e-cigarette-inclusive T21 laws and e-cigarette use behaviors [03:30]
The use of the Monitoring the Future Study [04:25]
The key findings of the study [06:34]
The expectations and surprising findings from the study [09:02]
The implications of the findings internationally [10:54]

About Annika Theodoulou: Annika is a researcher at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford. Her work focuses on health behaviours, including smoking cessation and weight management, with an emphasis on evidence synthesis. Annika’s doctoral research, funded by the Society for the Study of Addiction (SSA) and The Rotary Foundation, examined socioeconomic inequalities in smoking cessation behaviours and outcomes using quantitative and qualitative methods. She is an Associate Editor of Nicotine & Tobacco Research. Annika holds a Bachelor of Health Sciences and a Master of Clinical Science from the University of Adelaide.

About James Buszkiewicz: James is a Research Assistant Professor and social epidemiologist at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. He applies epidemiologic and econometric methods to study how policies can address structural determinants of health. His research has explored the effects of state minimum wage laws, the built environment, economic shocks from the COVID-19 pandemic, and local, state, and federal tobacco control policies on cardiometabolic health, diet, food insecurity, and tobacco use. A key motivation in his work is a desire to reduce racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic health disparities through data-driven policy change.

Original article: Associations between county-level e-cigarette-inclusive Tobacco 21 law population coverage and e-cigarette use behaviors among United States adolescents in Monitoring the Future https://doi.org/10.1111/add.70266

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