Objective:This study aimed to identify distinct profiles of the level of stigma held toward individuals with opioid use disorder and those with criminal legal involvement (CLI) and to examine the demo...

Background: Youth e-cigarette use rose sharply between 2013 and 2024 in the United States, prompting widespread prevention campaigns at national, state, and local levels. However, many campaigns encou...

An analysis of users’ data from TikTok, Facebook, and Instagram finds 10 percent of users saw about 50 percent of all gambling content.

The strong yet asymmetric relationship suggests that smokeless tobacco users may be a crucial target for alcohol prevention. The distinct risk patterns for concurrent use-particularly among males and other tobacco users-indicate that prevention strategies should likely differ between concurrent and …

Research suggests associations between public understanding and support for evidence-based responses to the ongoing opioid crisis, yet communication inequality theory indicates that social position may systematically influence access to health information. This study examines demographic correlates …

To examine individual, interpersonal, community/societal, and policy-level risk and protective factors associated with firearm violence victimization …

First study to examine the content, sources, and patterns of diffusion of E-cigarette prevention campaigns

Background: There is a lot of misinformation about a potential protective role of nicotine against COVID-19 spread on Twitter despite significant evidence to the contrary. We need to examine the role ...

Little cigars or cigarillos (LCCs) are frequently modified to smoke cannabis (“blunts”) by youth and young adults. This study investigated whether young blunt users who are otherwise nicotine-naïve ar...

The American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) holds its 80th Annual Conference on May 14-16, 2025, in St. Louis, Missouri.

Chandler is a mixed-methods researcher specializing in the analysis of social media and survey data.

Mapping how social media content shapes American public opinion through data science analysis

This study examined how substance use patterns influence gambling behaviors across racial/ethnic groups, amid expanding legalization of both substance…

Social media users’ donated data reveals how targeted advertising may affect people.

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Frequent social media use was associated with flavored CTP initiation among youth who used CTPs. Youth who had ever vaped and Black youth were less likely to initiate with flavored CTPs.