New U-M Research on Teen Vaping Curiosity, stress relief, and boredom top the list of reasons why U.S. teens turn to vaping, according to University of Michigan’s latest study in AAP. The #MonitoringTheFuture study reveals that nearly half of teens who vape do so to relax, with

Study: Boredom, relaxation, experimentation drive teen vaping bit.ly/MTFteenvaping #URecord #MonitoringtheFuture

Are you bored? Boredom, relaxation & experimentation are among the top reasons teens vape. "Vaping has become the primary way that adolescents use nicotine," said U-M ISR researcher Megan Patrick. HERE: news.umich.edu/boredom-relaxa…

🆕 #NIDA-supported research using #MonitoringTheFuture data in 𝘗𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘴 reports reasons for vaping among U.S. adolescents. University of Michigan @aap_peds #MTF loom.ly/HFlGVB8

Overall binge drinking rates are now equivalent among young adults & those in midlife. That’s because young people are bingeing less - while middle-aged adults are drinking more alcohol in a single session than they previously did. #MonitoringtheFuture nytimes.com/2024/11/26/wel…

In honor of our U-M ISR UM SRC & #MonitoringtheFuture colleague John Schulenberg, from Society for Research on Adolescence - Celebrating the Legacy and Work of John Schulenberg: Taking the Long View of Adolescence bit.ly/SRAschulenberg

Are you a @Umich social science grad student, postdoc/jr faculty interested in using #MonitoringtheFuture data? U-M ISR has a fellowship for you! The Bachman Fellowship provides support to analyze MTF data on a wide variety of social issues. Apply by 2/11 bit.ly/MTFbach

Michael Parks, Brooke Arterberry & Megan Patrick, Ph.D. used daily data from the #MonitoringTheFuture Vaping Supplement to examine vaping-specific nicotine dependence across days among a national sample of US young adults who vape myumi.ch/mZQA4

🆕 Results from the latest #NIDA-funded #MonitoringtheFuture survey: Reported use of most drugs among adolescents remained low in 2024. #MTF University of Michigan go.nih.gov/9FSpHkQ (1/2)

.NIH-funded data show lower use of most substances continues following the COVID-19 pandemic. (2/2)

Is daily use of alcohol or cannabis more prevalent in the US? It varies by age. Daily (or near-daily) cannabis use is more prevalent than daily alcohol use among young adults, but the opposite is true among late midlife adults. Monitoring the Future Study UM SRC U-M ISR onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

"Miech noted that a lot of teens who experiment with e-cigarettes or drugs start in the 9th grade, sometimes because older children are doing it. But the children who were 9th graders during the lockdowns never picked up the activity." Via Voice of America : bit.ly/3BZmRb3

New #data alert! The NIDAnews 1976-2021 Monitoring the Future base year (12th grade) & follow-up core panel data (ages 18-30) are now available through the ICPSR NAHDAP at ICPSR data portal: bit.ly/MTFcore #MonitoringtheFuture

The latest #MonitoringtheFuture report on HIV-related risk and protective factors among young adults in the U.S., 2004-2023 is now available for download: bit.ly/MTFHIV

Research: #MonitoringtheFuture survey finds continual decline in drug usage in adolescents via The Michigan Daily bit.ly/40ydIyi

Reminder: Applications for the Bachman Fellowship are due 2/11!

Richard Miech, Adam Leventhal, Megan Patrick, Ph.D., Nicolás Rodríguez report on trends in cigarette & Ecigarette use among young adults who smoked as teens, finding a drop in cigarette use coinciding w/a rise in use of Ecigarettes to quit combustibles myumi.ch/zX7j2 Monitoring the Future Study

Patterns of daily or near-daily use of alcohol and cannabis among adults in the United States have been changing. Megan Patrick, Ph.D. used Monitoring the Future Study to measure how these shifts have occurred across developmental periods of adulthood myumi.ch/G4X74

#NIDA-supported research using #MonitoringTheFuture data in 𝘗𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘴 reports reasons for vaping among U.S. adolescents. More information in the publication: loom.ly/k_1A9jI University of Michigan @aap_peds #MTF