Publications by authors named "Ava Jones"
Article Synopsis
- - Black individuals who smoke experience higher rates of tobacco-related health issues, which are influenced by stress related to their minority status and anxiety sensitivity (AS).
- - A study tested a smartphone app, the Mobile Anxiety Sensitivity Program for Smoking (MASP), designed to help Black smokers with high AS quit smoking and reduce their AS.
- - The trial with 24 participants showed high app usage, excellent retention, good participant feedback, and a significant reduction in anxiety sensitivity, with 25% of participants achieving short-term smoking abstinence.
Article Synopsis
- Many Latinx people in the US are affected by tobacco use, meaning they have a harder time quitting smoking.
- A study looked at how being anxious about physical feelings might make it harder for them to stop smoking.
- The results showed that those who were more anxious tended to smoke more, suggesting anxiety could be a big reason why they struggle with tobacco dependence.
Background: African American or Black (hereafter referred to as Black) adults who use cannabis use it more frequently and are more likely to meet criteria for cannabis use disorder (CUD) than both White and Hispanic or Latin individuals. Black adults may be more apt to use cannabis to cope with distress, which constitutes a false safety behavior (FSB; a behavior designed to reduce psychological distress in the short term). Although FSB engagement can perpetuate the cycle of high rates of CUD among Black individuals, limited work has applied an FSB elimination treatment approach to Black adults with CUD, and no previous work has evaluated FSB reduction or elimination in the context of a culturally tailored and highly accessible treatment developed for Black individuals.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF