“We know from a trauma- informed perspective that substance use is widely used as a coping mechanism, and our efforts to understand tobacco and nicotine use have uncovered that prevention and control efforts could take note from this perspective in finding ways to allow teens and young adults that use tobacco to gain access to mental and behavioral healthcare. This opens up the underlying root of the “why” in substance/ tobacco use, and helps us all to live in a happier and healthier state!”