Objectives Female smoking is predicted to double between 2005 and 2025. There have
been numerous calls for action on women's tobacco use over the past two decades. In the …

Currently, 8.5% of the US population meets criteria for alcohol use disorders, with a total cost
to the US economy estimated at $234 billion per year. Alcohol and tobacco use share a high …

BACKGROUND: This paper reports on qualitative research on smoking in contexts
associated with drinking among college students. Although a plethora of survey research …

Considerations of how gender-related factors influence smoking first appeared over 20
years ago in the work of critical and feminist scholars. This scholarship highlighted the need …

Background: Nondaily smoking and heavy alcohol use are prevalent behaviors among
young adults, with nondaily smoking occurring primarily in the context of alcohol use …

This article supports the call for the sensorially engaged anthropological study of healing
modalities, popular health culture, dietary practices, drug foods and pharmaceuticals, and …

Women who use drugs are stigmatized for their drug use behavior, which marginalizes them
from mainstream society. Stigmatization can be viewed as an attempt by social services to …

Background: Although it is widely acknowledged among adult smokers that increases in
smoking are often precipitated by stressful events, far less attention has been given to …

INTRODUCTION: Stress and negative affect (NA) figure prominently in theoretical models of
smoking initiation, maintenance and relapse, yet few studies have examined these …

Background Although social smoking has increased among young adults, it remains a
poorly understood behaviour. The authors explored how young adult social smokers viewed …