Steven Sussman
An expert on addictions, drug use, and stop-smoking programs
Professor of Preventive Medicine and Psychology, Keck School of Medicine of USC
Expertise
- addiction
- smoking and tobacco use
- drug use among adolescents and adults
- predictors of drug abuse
- substance addictions like alcoholism and food-related disorders
- process addictions like addiction to exercise or compulsive spending
- the prevalence of addictions in the United States
- smoking cessation programs
- health behavior
- physical attractiveness and interpersonal attraction
Additional Information
- Co-author, Drug Abuse: Concepts, Prevention, and Cessation (2008)
- Primary developer: Project EX, a successful adolescent tobacco-use cessation program; Project Towards No Drug Abuse, a drug abuse prevention project for older teens, particularly those at risk
- Editor, Evaluation & the Health Professions
- Fellow, Division 50 (Addictions), American Psychological Association
- Contributing editor, 2012 Surgeon General’s Report on Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults
- Member, American Psychological Association (1980-present)