About 1% to 2% of birthing people experience a postpartum hospital readmission in the US.1 In some situations, postpartum readmissions may not be entirely preventable, such as when patients experience...

Purpose Engaging in COVID-19 preventive behaviors (e.g., wearing masks) can be particularly important for cancer survivors to avoid infectious disease. This cross-sectional study aimed to examine prev...

Living in a neighborhood with a high count of tobacco retailers (i.e., tobacco retailer availability, TRA) is associated with youth and adult tobacco …

Little research exists on simultaneous use of multiple substances that pose additive risk for negative health outcomes. We examine rates and sociodemo…

Introduction: The availability of recreational cannabis in the United States has increased dramatically. Neighborhood cannabis dispensary availability may increase problematic use. State and local stu...

Objective: People who use both alcohol and combustible tobacco have an increased risk of developing cancer. Few interventions have been developed to inform people about the risks of co-use. This study developed and tested messages about the risks of alcohol and combustible tobacco co-use among adults. Method: In June to July 2021, we surveyed 1,300 U.S. adults who had used both alcohol and combustible tobacco products within the past 30 days. After reporting their awareness of diseases caused by tobacco and alcohol co-use, participants were randomly assigned to four between-subjects experiments that manipulated specific cancer health effects versus the word cancer; cancer health effects versus noncancer health effects; different descriptions of co-use (e.g., using alcohol and tobacco…, drinking alcohol and smoking tobacco…); and co-use versus single-use messages. Participants saw one message for each experiment and rated each message using a validated perceived message effectiveness (PME) scale. Results: Awareness of health effects caused by alcohol and tobacco co-use ranged from moderately high for throat cancer (65.4%) to moderately low for colorectal cancer (23.1%). Messages about cancer health effects increased PME more than messages about noncancer health effects (B = 0.18, p = .01). Messages about some specific cancers, including oral cancer (B = -0.20, p = .04) and colorectal cancer (B = -0.22, p = .02), decreased PME more than messages with only the word cancer. No significant differences were identified for descriptions of co-use or co-use versus single-use messages. Conclusions: Messages about some cancer health effects of co-using alcohol and tobacco may be effective when communicating the harms of both drinking alcohol and using tobacco.