Journal
ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS
Volume 115, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2020.106795
Keywords
Adverse childhood experiences; Electronic cigarettes; E-cigarette prevention; Trauma-informed; Adolescent substance use; Adolescence
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- Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth
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Exposure to childhood trauma increases the risk of tobacco and e-cigarette use among adolescents. While empirical evidence supporting this relationship is emerging, effective preventive interventions to curb e-cigarette use among adolescent victims of childhood trauma are lacking. This article reviews current evidence and describes the development of a trauma-informed, e-cigarette preventive intervention.
Exposure to childhood trauma increases the risk of tobacco use during adolescence. Recent studies have also reported potentially increased vulnerabilities to electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use among youth with a history of childhood trauma. While empirical evidence supporting the relationship between childhood trauma and adolescent e-cigarette use is emerging, few effective preventive interventions are available to curb e-cigarette use among adolescent victims of childhood trauma. This article reviews current evidence with respect to how childhood trauma could increase risk for nicotine dependence and e-cigarette use in adolescent populations. Furthermore, this paper describes the development, design, and implementation of Rise Above (RA), a randomized, controlled trial of a trauma-informed, e-cigarette preventive intervention. Lessons learned are also discussed, including the challenges of implementing evidence-informed prevention work within communities vulnerable to traumatic events.
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