Stout Joins Cal State Long Beach Advisory Board

Cal State Fullerton lecturer Dallas Stout will serve on an eight-member board developing a three-year study of adolescent tobacco and cannabis co-use.

Updated on Nov. 7, 2026 in Asthma

Low beige concrete campus building with palm trees beside a bare walkway under soft overcast coastal daylight. — Cal State Fullerton lecturer Dallas Stout joined an eight-member advisory board at Cal State Long Beach overseeing a three-year study of adolescent tobacco and cannabis co-use. AI Illustration. Upload story photo >

Dallas Stout, a lecturer in child and adolescent studies at Cal State Fullerton, has joined the inaugural eight-member Community Advisory Board at Cal State Long Beach. The board supports a grant-funded, three-year project examining when, where, why and how adolescents use tobacco and cannabis together.

Why it matters

Tobacco and cannabis use are common among adolescents, and co-use is associated with addiction, respiratory problems, anxiety, depression and effects on adolescent brain development. The study aims to address a gap in research, which has often examined the two substances separately or relied on broad surveys.

The inaugural board has eight members and oversees a three-year, grant-funded project. The extraction does not report study results, sample sizes, or a timeline for the prevention program's release.

The players

Dallas Stout

Dallas Stout is a lecturer in child and adolescent studies at Cal State Fullerton who teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in psychology, human services and child development.

Cal State Long Beach

California State University, Long Beach is a public university in Long Beach, California, where the advisory board and research are based.

The details

Researchers will examine the situations and motivations surrounding different patterns of adolescent tobacco and cannabis co-use, drawing on adolescents' real-world experiences. The goal is to create a prevention program based on those circumstances rather than on broad survey data alone.

November 7, 2026: Stout's board appointment was announced.

Health Landscape

Earlier research on adolescent tobacco and cannabis examined each substance separately or relied on broad national surveys. This project shifts the focus to combined use and the real-world circumstances behind it.

Adolescents who use tobacco and cannabis together face potential risks to respiratory health, mental health and brain development. Families and clinicians may find the study's prevention approach useful as it develops.

The takeaway

Combined tobacco and cannabis use among teens carries risks that single-substance research may miss. Parents and educators can start conversations that address both substances together.