Tobacco Research in Youth

The Tobacco Research in Youth (TRY) group is a team of researchers, led by Dr. Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin, in Yale School of Medicine dedicated to developing, testing, and disseminating the optimal behavioral and medication interventions to help adolescents to stop using tobacco productst. . We have actively worked with over 40 middle/high schools in CT, where we have successfully provided tobacco cessation (cigarette, e-cigarette) interventions, and recruited for epidemiological, experimental and interventional studies. Additionally, we have provided e-cigarette educational sessions to parents, students, and teachers in over 100 local middle and high schools (since Fall 2018).

Our current intervention is called “ Kick-Nic!^©”- it is a smartphone app that teaches behavioral skills to high school students to help them quit e-cigarette use. For more information about Kick-Nic!^©, click here. Our work also focuses on developing a comprehensive understanding of changes in tobacco and other substance use behaviors among high school youth. We conduct school-wide tobacco surveys in Connecticut schools to assess perceptions, rates of use, and risk factors for initiation. For more information about our School-wide Tobacco surveys, click here. We also provide up-to-date evidence-based educational presentations to local schools/communities in an effort to educate students, parents, faculty, administrators, and community members about youth and vaping. For more information on our E-Cigarette Education and Prevention program, click here.