Spotlights

Health Gig Podcast

5/14/25

To Keep Kids Off: Dr. Halpern-Felsher’s Insight on Teen Substance Use

Huberman Lab

4/22/24

Vaping, Alcohol Use & Other Risky Youth Behaviors

KQED Podcast

1/30/25

Fake Pharmaceuticals Laced with Fentanyl Are a Global Health Crisis

Let's Talk Podcast

11/21/24

Preventing Youth Substance Use with Dr. Bonnie Halpern-Felsher

SciLine

1/22/25

Dr. Bonnie Halpern-Felsher: Teen Nicotine Use

The Addicted Mind

1/13/25

Addressing Adolescent Addiction: Insights on E-Cigs, Vaping, & Mental Health


NEWS ARTICLES & VIDEOS

KATV | 1/22/25

Dr. Bonnie Halpern-Felsher of Stanford University shares new data on teen nicotine use

The study of nicotine use in teens has kept researchers engaged in identifying trends, as well as putting together tools and resources to assist others who aren't properly equipped...

American Psychological Association | 3/1/24

More teens than ever are overdosing. Psychologists are leading new approaches to combat youth substance misuse

“Just Say No” didn’t work, but experts are employing new holistic programs to help steer kids away—or at least keep them from dying—from illicit substances....

The Wall Street Journal | 2/17/23

Teens’ Mental-Health Distress Could Be Worse Than CDC Data Suggest

America’s teenagers are distressed coming out of the pandemic, reporting record levels of sadness and suicide risk, according to a report released this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....

North American Precis Syndicate, Inc. | 11/08/22

California’s New Flavored Tobacco Law Will Save Kids’ Lives - North American Precis Syndicate, Inc.

by Dr. Bonnie Halpern-Felsher   (NAPSI)—As a parent, researcher, and professor of adolescent medicine at Stanford University, I know first-hand how important it is to keep vapes out of the …

NBC News | 8/11/20

Teen vapers up to 7 times more likely to get COVID-19, says new Stanford study

Before coronavirus, pulmonologists, pediatricians and parents were busy battling a different nationwide health crisis: the “epidemic” of teen vaping. Last year...

Idaho News | 2/5/20

Idaho lawmakers hear about youth vaping 'epidemic'

Sixty people have died nationwide as of Jan. 21 this year from vaping, and more than 2,700 have been hospitalized for severe lung damage linked to vaping, a national expert told members of...

The Stanford Daily | 9/26/19

2 Stanford grads stoked a billion-dollar industry with Juul. Now their vaping company is under fire

Even though e-cigarette manufacturers often describe their products as intended to help long-term cigarette smokers quit the habit — and push back on allegations that they’ve marketed to teenagers...

TODAY | 9/17/19

How Teens Are Hiding Their Vaping Habits in Plain Sight

The CDC has activated its Emergency Operations Center to investigate illnesses linked to vaping that claimed the lives of seven people. NBC’s Vicky Nguyen takes a closer look at the vaping devices and why their many forms make them easy to mask the habit...

Los Angeles Times | 8/15/19

Contributor: Let's call this youth vaping crisis what it is: A Juuling epidemic

No matter what Juul says, it has created the vaping epidemic among teens and adolescents by marketing to them and downplaying the risk of nicotine addiction...

CNN | 3/18/19

To help fight vaping, schools look to their own students | CNN

Teen vaping is on the rise, and schools are searching for solutions, with some taking disciplinary action or installing vape detectors in bathrooms...

Stanford Medicine: News Center | 10/19/18

Juul e-cigarettes pose addiction risk for young users

Teens are struggling to recognize the addictive potential of Juul e-cigarettes, a product that appeals to youth, according to a team of Stanford researchers...

PODCASTS

NPR | 12/19/23

'Just say no' didn't actually protect students from drugs. Here's what could.

College sophomore Elias Myers thinks his friends are lucky to be alive. The 19-year-old recounts a recent incident in which his friends got ahold of a drug that test strips showed was laced with fentanyl, a potent, often deadly, synthetic opioid...

Boise State Public Radio | 9/23/19

Stanford Researcher Joined By Two Teenagers To Talk The Reality Of Vaping In Idaho Schools

According to the most unpdated numbers, there has been an uptick in vaping-related illnesses impacting 530 people across 38 states and one U.S. territory...

NY Times | 12/18/18

How to Help Teenagers Quit Vaping

Though options are limited for now, they exist. For starters, parents should recognize that they are confronting an addiction to nicotine, which is hard to break...

BLOGS 

San José Spotlight | 6/29/22

Say goodbye to flavored tobacco in San Jose

San Jose has put the kibosh on flavored tobacco to reduce teen vaping. Starting Friday, San Jose’s 600-plus smoke shops can no longer sell flavored...

SCOPE | 5/25/22

Yuck! Don't vape that

Americans are vaping substances never meant to be inhaled, including melatonin, essential oils, tea, vitamins, caffeine and other non-nicotine substances...

SCOPE | 11/16/21

New online game teaches teens about vaping dangers

A Stanford adolescent medicine expert helped develop an educational game to reduce tobacco use in middle school and high school students...

SOCIAL MEDIA

American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network | 8/30/19

Teen Anti-Vaping Campaign

American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network - California ACS CAN is hosting a forum at the Oakland Coliseum Tues. Sept. 3rd at 5pm called The Tobacco...