New research from the Prevention Research Center of the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation shows that, after 2008, the rate of alcohol-involved motor vehicle crashes (AMVCs) among whites declined. In comparison, after 2010, the rate of AMVCs among Hispanics increased. Using crash data from the California Highway patrol, the study findings also show that: […]
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Adolescent Alcohol Initiation: Close Friendships and the Role of Trust
New research from the Prevention Research Center of the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation focuses on adolescent alcohol initiation and finds that close peer relationships enhance feelings of safety among adolescents — even while engaging in risky behaviors. The study explored how close friendships are important to adolescents’ decisions to initiate drinking and heavy […]
Assessing The Effects of Alcohol Outlets on Crime
In an advanced application of social and economic geographic models of neighborhood conditions and crime, new research from the Prevention Research Center of the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation and the Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences of the University of Pittsburg has demonstrated that: New alcohol outlets open near to one another […]
California’s Tobacco 21 Minimum Sales Age Law & Tobacco Use among Sexual Minority Adolescents
New research from the Prevention Research Center of the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation investigates how California’s Tobacco 21 (T21) Minimum Age law, which became effective in June of 2016, affected tobacco use for sexual minority and non-sexual minority adolescents. The results demonstrate that California’s T21 law is generally associated with reductions in tobacco […]
Incorporating Intersectionality as a Framework for Equity-Minded Tobacco Control Research – A call for Collective Action toward a Paradigm Shift
A new commentary published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research, with co-authors who include the Chair of the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE) Board of Directors, Dr. Pebbles Fagan and Prevention Research Center (PRC) Senior Research Scientist and Study Director Dr. Juliet Lee, urges the research field to work to eliminate tobacco-related health disparities […]
Daily Patterns + Characteristics of Adolescent Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) Use
A new study from the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation finds that, among adolescents who use ENDS, use is heavier on weekends than weekdays, flavored tobacco products are prevalent, and marijuana accompanied more than 1/4 of ENDS use episodes. To learn more about adolescent use of ENDS, scientists conducted a study with 50 adolescent […]
Drinking in Mexico by Whites and Hispanics on California’s Border
A new study from the Prevention Research Center of the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation finds that those who: live near the border, are Hispanic, and regularly drink alcohol are more likely than their counterparts to engage in heavier drinking in Mexico. The study compares drinking patterns of Whites and Hispanics who, after crossing […]
New Research finds that Youth Exposure to Tobacco Marketing is Associated with Tobacco and Cannabis Co-Use
December 2021 New research from the Prevention Research Center of the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation finds that reported exposure by youth to tobacco marketing was associated with co-use of tobacco and cannabis on a given day. To reach this result, researchers examined daily locations of youth, their travel patterns, and their exposure to […]
Recreational Marijuana Legalization and Co-use With Alcohol Among Adolescents
August 2021 A new study from the Prevention Research Center of the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation finds that recreational marijuana legalization may increase the risk of alcohol and marijuana co-use among adolescents. The study examined the association between recreational marijuana legalization in California in November 2016 and alcohol and marijuana co-use among underage […]
Adolescents’ Tobacco and Nicotine Use: Associations Among Racial and Ethnic Groups
New Research from the Prevention Research Center of the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation investigated the effects of California’s 2016 law that raised the minimum tobacco sales age to from 18 to 21 (T21) and found evidence that the new law has had positive public health effects on 7th, 9th, and 11th grade students […]
