Swipe to Inhale: Tobacco-Related Content on Social Media and Susceptibility to Tobacco Use, in American Journal of Preventive Medicine
key takeaway: "Regular exposure to tobacco-related content on social media, particularly content shared by celebrities and social media influencers, was associated with susceptibility to tobacco use."
Examining the use of telehealth to initiate buprenorphine for opioid use disorder treatment, in Health Affairs Scholar
key takeaway: "Our findings highlight increases in the use of telehealth for buprenorphine initiation beginning in 2020. Building on prior work showing a pandemic-era increase in tele-initiation of MOUD for Medicaid beneficiaries,1 our results demonstrate consistent increases in tele-initiation across insured groups. Primary care physicians prescribe most buprenorphine in the United States7 but were less likely to initiate buprenorphine via telehealth compared with behavioral health physicians."