Over the past few years, vaping and e-cigarette use has grown dramatically, especially among youth. Along with prevention strategies, there is a need for effective e-cigarette cessation strategies for teens and young adults. This New England PTTC webinar will explore the latest in e-cigarette cessation research, including what works, what doesn’t, and what we need to know.

About the Presenter:

Grace Kong, PhD is Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine.  Dr. Kong received her PhD in Clinical Psychology with specialization in Child and Adolescent Psychology from St. John’s University in Queens, New York. She then completed a National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)-funded postdoctoral fellowship at Yale School of Medicine focused on adolescent addiction. Currently, Dr. Kong’s research focuses on understanding substance use health disparities among youth, the use of social media for tobacco marketing, novel tobacco use behaviors among youth, and developing innovative adolescent tobacco/cessation interventions for youth.