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Those who are dependent on nicotine may experience withdrawal when they quit. They can feel anxious, nauseated, and shaky, said Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin, PhD, Albert E. Kent Professor of Psychiatry and co-principal investigator of the Yale Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science, in a recent interview with The New York Times.

Adolescents and young adults (AYAs) are aware of and engage in modifications of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), according to a study published online June 17 in Pediatrics.

As many as four out of every 10 teenagers and young adults who vape are modifying their e-cigarettes in ways that could expose them to burns, lung injury, and covert use of marijuana, a team of Yale Department of Psychiatry scientists found.

In the latest Yale Child Study Center “On Leadership” blog post and newsletter column, Daryn David, PhD reflects on a recent YCSC Grand Rounds session she hosted with Nii Addy, PhD, who serves as the Albert E. Kent Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Associate Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology at Yale.

Patients who suffer from the severe skin disorder autoimmune blistering disease (AIBD) are much more likely to experience depression, anxiety, and eating disorders, according to a new study led by Yale researchers Marney White, PhD, MS, professor of public health and psychiatry, and Mary Tomayko, MD, PhD, associate professor of dermatology and of pathology.

“We had a 15 percent difference in quit rates, with those in the medication group having a quit rate of 45 percent,” said lead researcher Lisa Fucito, director of the Tobacco Treatment Service at the Yale Cancer Center in New Haven, Conn.

The first U.S. trial of varenicline for e-cigarette cessation shows promising results and warrants larger-scale trials, the researchers say.

Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin, PhD, Albert E. Kent Professor of Psychiatry, and Lisa Fucito, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry, are co-authors of a commentary in JAMA Internal Medicine that proposes health care professionals and policy makers focus on developing targeted and tailored interventions to address e-cigarette use.

Using multiple nicotine products can be associated with higher levels of nicotine dependence among youth and increased mortality in adults, compared with the use of one product alone, according to a recent study in Preventive Medicine. Patricia Simon, PhD, assistant professor adjunct of psychiatry, is lead author.