Nicotine and Tobacco Use among College Students in Texas

When & Where

December 9, 2025
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Virtual - Microsoft Teams ( View in Google Map)

Contact

• Mirella Jabbour
• [email protected]

Event Description

Tobacco and nicotine use among young adults is a significant public health concern. Using data from large annually repeated cross-sectional samples of Texas college students, Dr. Caroline North will discuss the prevalence and trends in nicotine/tobacco use among Texas college students. Then, using data from the Vaping, Acculturation, and Media Study (Project VAMoS), a longitudinal cohort study of Mexican American college students in Texas, Dr. Bara S. Bataineh will discuss the role of social media in Mexican American young adults’ tobacco/nicotine use.

Speakers

Bara S Bataineh, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health

Caroline North, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Kinesiology & Health Education
Tobacco Research & Evaluation Team
The University of Texas at Austin

Moderators

Alexandra Loukas, PhD
Associate Dean for Research & Graduate Studies,
Teresa Lozano Long Endowed Chair in Kinesiology & Health Education
The University of Texas at Austin

Anna V Wilkinson, PhD
Associate Professor
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health

Event Site Link

https://go.uth.edu/VAMoS_Texas