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2020

Year
Publication
Link
2020Barrington-Trimis, J. L., Yang, Z., Schiff, S., Unger, J., Cruz, T. B., Urman, R., Cho, J., Samet, J. M., Leventhal, A. M., Berhane, K., & McConnell, R. (2020). E-cigarette Product Characteristics and Subsequent Frequency of Cigarette Smoking. Pediatrics, e20191652. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2019-1652
2020Begay, C., Soto, C., Baezconde-Garbanati, L., Unger, J.B., Barahona, R., Rodriguez, Y.L., & Smiley,  S.L. (2020). Cigarette and e-cigarette retail marketing on and near California Tribal lands. Health Promotion Practice. Special Supplement: Tobacco and Health Equity: Interventions, Research, and Strategies to Address Tobacco Use Among Diverse Populations. Health Promotion Practice. 21(Suppl 1):18S–26S.doi.org/10.1177/1524839919883254.
2020Chu, K.-H., Matheny, S. J., Sidani, J. E., Allem, J.-P., Unger, J. B., & Cruz, T. B. (2020). Instagram’s #JUUL: who’s posting what. Translational Behavioral Medicine, ibz169. https://doi.org/10.1093/tbm/ibz169
2020Cwalina, S. N., Leventhal, A. M., & Barrington-Trimis, J. L. (2020). E-cigarette flavour enhancers: Flavoured pod attachments compatible with JUUL and other pod-based devices. Tobacco Control, tobaccocontrol-2020-055618. https://doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-055618
2020Escobedo, P., Tsai, K.-Y., Majmundar, A., Allem, J.-P., Soto, D. W., Pattarroyo, M., Unger, J. B., & Cruz, T. B. (2020). Do tobacco industry websites target content to specific demographic groups? Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 107852. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.107852
2020Galimov, A., Galstyan, E., Yu, S., Smiley, S. L., Meza, L., Baezconde-Garbanati, Unger, J. B., Sussman, S. (In press). Predictors of Vape Shops Going out of Business in Southern California. Tobacco Regulatory Science, 6(3),187-195.
2020Kelleghan, A. R., Leventhal, A. M., Cruz, T. B., Bello, M. S., Liu, F., Unger, J. B., Riehm, K., Cho, J., Kirkpatrick, M. G., McConnell, R. S., & Barrington-Trimis, J. L. (2020). Digital media use and subsequent cannabis and tobacco product use initiation among adolescents. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 108017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108017
2020Leventhal, A. M., Mason, T. B., Kirkpatrick, M. G., Anderson, M. K., & Levine, M. D. (2020). E-cigarette device power moderates the effects of non-tobacco flavors and nicotine on product appeal in young adults. Addictive Behaviors, 107, 106403. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2020.106403
2020Majmundar, A., Allem, J.-P., Cruz, T. B., & Unger, J. B. (2020). Public health concerns and unsubstantiated claims at the intersection of vaping and COVID-19. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, ntaa064. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntaa064
2020Medel, D., Meza, L., Galimov, A., Baezconde-Garbanati, L., Sussman, S. (In press). Notes From the Field: Vape Shop Business Operations Compliance in the Wake of COVID-19. Evaluation & the Health Professions. https://doi.org/10.1177/0163278720923224
2020Pang, R. D., Goldenson, N. I., Kirkpatrick, M., Barrington-Trimis, J., Cho, J., & Leventhal, A. M. (2020). Sex differences in the appeal of flavored e-cigarettes among young adult e-cigarette users. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, doi:http://dx.doi.org.libproxy1.usc.edu/10.1037/adb0000548
2020Sargent, J. D., Unger, J. B., & Leventhal, A. M. (2020). Recommendations From the USPSTF for Prevention and Cessation of Tobacco Use in Children and Adolescents. JAMA, 323(16), 1563–1564.
2020Schiff, S., Liu, F., Cruz, T. B., Unger, J. B., Cwalina, S., Leventhal, A., McConnell, R., & Barrington-Trimis, J. (2020). E-cigarette and cigarette purchasing among young adults before and after implementation of California’s tobacco 21 policy. Tobacco Control, tobaccocontrol-2019-055417. https://doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2019-055417
2020Smiley, S. L., Cho, J., Cruz, T. B., Rodriguez, Y. L., Barahona, R., Pentz, M. A., Samet, J. M., & Baezconde-Garbanati, L. (in press). Menthol Cigarette Retail Marketing in Southern California: Evidence to Support Federal and Local Plans to Restrict Sales. Nicotine& Tobacco Research.
2020Smiley, S. L., Soto, C., Cruz, T. B., Kintz, N., Rodriguez, Y. L., Sussman, S., & Baezconde-Garbanati, L. (2020). Point-of-sale marketing of little cigars and cigarillos on and near California Tribal lands. Tobacco Control, 29(1), 122. https://doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2018-054558
2020Sussman, S., Galimov, A., & Delnevo, C. D. (2020). Vape-only versus vape-and-smoke shops: Sales to minors in four states. Tobacco Control, tobaccocontrol-2019-055567. https://doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2019-055567
2020Vogel, E. A., Cho, J., McConnell, R. S., Barrington-Trimis, J. L., & Leventhal, A. M. (2020). Prevalence of Electronic Cigarette Dependence Among Youth and Its Association With Future Use. JAMA Network Open, 3(2), e1921513-e1921513.
2020FDA finalizes enforcement policy on unauthorized flavored cartridge-based e-cigarettes that appeal to children, including fruit and mint

2019

Year
Publication
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2019Allem JP, Majmundar A, Dharmpuri L, Cruz TB, Unger JB. E-liquid-related posts to Twitter in 2018: thematic analysis. Addictive Behaviors Reports. 2019; 10:100196.
2019Allem J, Majmundar A, Dharmapuri L, Unger JB, Cruz TB. Insights on electronic cigarette products from reviews on the Reddit forum. Tobacco Prevention & Cessation. 2019;5(September):29. doi:10.18332/tpc/111533.
2019Allem JP, Uppu SP, Boley Cruz T, Unger JB. Characterizing Swisher Little Cigar–Related Posts on Twitter in 2018: Text Analysis. J Med Internet Res 2019;21(7):e14398 DOI: 10.2196/14398 PMID: 31325291
2019Barrington-Trimis, JL, Bello, MS, Liu, F, Leventhal, AM, Kong, G, Mayer, M, Cruz, TB, Krishnan-Sarin, S, McConnell, R. Ethnic Differences in Patterns of Cigarette and E-Cigarette Use Over Time Among Adolescents. J of Adol Heal. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2019.04.002
2019Barrington-Trimis, J. L., Liu, F., Unger, J. B., Alonzo, T., Cruz, T. B., Urman, R., … McConnell, R. (2019). Evaluating the predictive value of measures of susceptibility to tobacco and alternative tobacco products. Addictive Behaviors, 96, 50–55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2019.03.017
2019Basáñez T, Majmundar A, Cruz TB, Allem JP, Unger JB. “E-cigarettes Are Being Marketed as “Vitamin Delivery” Devices”, American Journal of Public Health 109, no. 2; 2019: pp. 194-196.
2019Basáñez, T., Sussman, S., Clark, J., Unger, JB. Intragroup xenophobic attitudes, ethnic identity, and substance use among Latinx adolescents. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse. 2019 DOI: 10.1080/15332640.2018.1540954
2019Berry KM, Fetterman JL, Benjamin EJ, et al. Association of Electronic Cigarette Use With Subsequent Initiation of Tobacco Cigarettes in US Youths. JAMA Netw Open. 2019;2(2):e187794. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.7794
2019Blackman, K. C., Smiley, S. L., Kintz, N. M., Rodriguez, Y. L., Bluthenthal, R. N., Chou, C. P., et.al. (2019). Retailers' Perceptions of FDA Tobacco Regulation Authority. Tobacco Regulatory Science, 5(3), 291-300.
2019Carroll, D. M., Soto, C., Baezconde-Garbanati, L., Huang, L.-L., Lienemann, B. A., Meissner, H. I., … Cruz, T. B. (2019). Tobacco Industry Marketing Exposure and Commercial Tobacco Product Use Disparities among American Indians and Alaska Natives. Substance Use & Misuse, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2019.1664589
2019Cho, J., Stone, M. D., & Leventhal, A. M. (2019). Anhedonia as a phenotypic marker of familial transmission of polysubstance use trajectories across midadolescence. Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors, 33(1), 15–25. doi:10.1037/adb0000427
2019Chu KH, Allem J-P, Soto DW, Majmundar A*, Cruz TB, Unger JB. Tobacco Use Behaviors, Attitudes, and Demographic Characteristics of Tobacco Opinion Leaders and Their Followers: Twitter Analysis. J Med Internet Res 2019;21(6):e12676. DOI: 10.2196/12676
2019Chu KH, Allem JP, Unger JB, Cruz TB, Akbarpour M, Kirkpatrick MG. Strategies to find audience segments on Twitter for e-cigarette education campaigns. Addict Behav. 2019;91:222–226. doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.11.015
2019Cwalina SN, Majmundar A, Unger JB, Barrington-Trimis JL, PentzMA, 2019. Adolescent menthol cigarette use and risk of nicotine dependence: Findings from thenational Population Assessment on Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study,Drug and AlcoholDependence, doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.107715
2019Cruz, T. B., Rose, S. W., Lienemann, B. A., Byron, M. J., Meissner, H. I., Baezconde-Garbanati, L., … Unger, J. B. (2019). Pro-tobacco marketing and anti-tobacco campaigns aimed at vulnerable populations: A review of the literature. Tobacco induced diseases, 17, 68. doi:10.18332/tid/111397
2019Dai, D, Leventhal, AM. Association of electronic cigarette vaping and subsequent smoking relapse among former smokers, Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2019; Volume 199, Pages 10-17, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.01.043.
2019Dai H, Leventhal AM. Prevalence of e-Cigarette Use Among Adults in the United States, 2014-2018. JAMA. Published online September 16, 2019. doi:10.1001/jama.2019.15331
2019Escobedo P, Garcia R, Soto C, et al Comparison of e-cigarette marketing and availability in tobacco retail outlets among diverse low-income communities in California. Tobacco Control Published Online First: 19 July 2019. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2019-054985
2019Galstyan E, Galimov A, Sussman S. Commentary: The Emergence of Pod Mods at Vape Shops. Evaluation & The Health Professions. 2019;42(1):118-124. doi:10.1177/0163278718812976
2019Goldenson, N. I., Leventhal, A. M., Simpson, K. A., & Barrington-Trimis, J. L. (2019). A Review of the Use and Appeal of Flavored Electronic Cigarettes. Current Addiction Reports, 6(2), 98–113. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40429-019-00244-4
2019Gotts, JE, Jordt, SE, McConnell, R, Tarran, R. What are the respiratory effects of e-cigarettes? BMJ 2019; 366 :l5275
2019Kintz N, Liu M, Chou C-Ping, Urman R, Berhane K, Unger JB, Boley Cruz T, McConnell R, Barrington-Trimis JL, Risk Factors Associated with Subsequent Initiation of Cigarettes and E-cigarettes in Adolescence: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach, Drug and Alcohol Dependence (2019), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.107676
2019Kirkpatrick MG, Cruz TB, Unger JB, Herrera J, Schiff S, Allem J-P. Cartoon-based e-cigarette marketing: associations with susceptibility to use and perceived expectations of use. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2019; 201:109-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.04.018.
2019Kong, G., Mayer, M. E., Barrington-Trimis, J. L., McConnell, R., Leventhal, A. M., & Krishnan-Sarin, S. (2019). Longitudinal associations between use and co-use of cigars and cigarettes: A pooled analysis of three adolescent cohorts. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 201, 45–48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.03.022
2019Kong, G., Simon, P., Mayer, M. E., Barrington-Trimis, J. L., Pacek, L. R., Cooper, M., Guy, MC, Stanton, C. A. (2019). Harm Perceptions of Alternative Tobacco Products among US Adolescents. Tobacco Regulatory Science, 5(3), 242-252.
2019Leventhal A, Bello M, Galstyan E, Higgins S, Barrington-Trimis J. Association of Cumulative Socioeconomic and Health-Related Disadvantage With Disparities in Smoking Prevalence in the United States, 2008 to 2017. JAMA Intern Med. 2019;179(6):777. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.0192
2019Leventhal A, Cho J, Barrington-Trimis J, et al. Sensory attributes of e-cigarette flavours and nicotine as mediators of interproduct differences in appeal among young adults. Tobacco Control. Published Online First: 18 December 2019. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2019-055172
2019Leventhal, AM., Goldenson, NI., Aguirre, CG., Huh, J.,Kirkpatrick, MG. Initial application of a human laboratory model for estimating the motivational substitutability of e-cigarettes for combustible cigarettes. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology. 2019; Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pha0000237
2019Leventhal, A.M., Goldenson, N.I., Barrington-Trimis, J., Pang, R., D., & Kirkpatrick, M.G. Non-Tobacco Flavors and Nicotine on e-Cigarette Product Appeal Among Young Adult Never, Former, and Current Smokers. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.05.020
2019Leventhal, A. M., Goldenson, N. I., Barrington-Trimis, J. L., Pang, R. D., & Kirkpatrick, M. G. (2019). Effects of non-tobacco flavors and nicotine on e-cigarette product appeal among young adult never, former, and current smokers. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 203, 99–106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.05.020
2019Leventhal AM, Goldenson NI, Cho J, et al. Flavored E-cigarette Use and Progression of Vaping in Adolescents. Pediatrics. 2019;144(5):e20190789
2019Leventhal AM, Miech R, Barrington-Trimis J, Johnston LD, O’Malley PM, Patrick ME. Flavors of e-Cigarettes Used by Youths in the United States. JAMA. 2019;322(21):2132–2134.doi:https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2019.17968
2019Lienemann BA, Rose SW, Unger JB, Meissner HI, Byron MJ, Baezconde-Garbanati L, Huang L, Cruz TB (2019). Vulnerability Factors, Tobacco Advertisement Liking, and Tobacco Use among Young Adults. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 20(3): 300-308, February 2019, https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/nty220
2019Majmundar, A.; Allem, J.-P.; Cruz, T.B.; Unger, J.B. Where Do People Vape? Insights from Twitter Data. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16, 3056.
2019Majmundar, A. Chou, CP. Cruz, T., Unger, JB. Relationship between social media engagement and e-cigarette policy support, Addictive Behaviors Reports. 2018;100155.ISSN 2352-8532;https://doi.org/10.1016/j.abrep.2018.100155.
2019Majmundar A, Kirkpatrick M, Cruz TB, et al Characterising KandyPens-related posts to Instagram: implications for nicotine and cannabis use Tobacco Control Published Online First: 30 May 2019. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2019-055006
2019Mayer, M. E., Kong, G., Barrington-Trimis, J. L., McConnell, R., Leventhal, A. M., & Krishnan-Sarin, S. (2019). Blunt and Non-Blunt Cannabis Use and Risk of Subsequent Combustible Tobacco Product Use Among Adolescents. Nicotine & Tobacco Research : Official Journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntz225
2019Nguyen N, Barrington-Trimis JL, Urman R, et.al. Past 30-day co-use of tobacco and marijuana products among adolescents and young adults in California, Addictive Behaviors. 2019; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2019.106053
2019Pang, R. D., Guillot, C. R., Liautaud, M. M., Bello, M. S., Kirkpatrick, M. G., Huh, J., & Leventhal, A. M. Subjective effects from the first cigarette of the day vary with precigarette affect in premenopausal female daily smokers. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology. 2019. Advance online. publication.http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pha0000316
2019Perry, C. L., Creamer, M. R., Chaffee, B. W., Unger, J. B., Sutfin, E. L., Kong, G.,Shang, C.,Clendennen, SL., Krishnan- Sarin, S,Pentz, M. A. (2019). Research on Youth and Young Adult Tobacco Use, 2013–2018, From the Food and Drug Administration–National Institutes of Health Tobacco Centers of Regulatory Science. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, (ntz059). https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntz059
2019Smiley SL, Kintz N, Baezconde-Garbanati L. Retail marketing for chewing tobacco in Los Angeles, California. Tobacco Prevention & Cessation. 2019;5(March):11. doi:10.18332/tpc/105109.
2019Smiley, SL., Kintz, N., Rodriguez, YL., Barahona, R., Sussman, S., Cruz, TB., Chou, CP.,Pentz, M., Samet, JM., Baezconde-Garbanati, Li. “Disparities in retail marketing for little cigars and cigarillos in Los Angeles, California.” Addictive Behaviors Reports. 2019; 9: 100149.
2019Sussman, S. Tobacco use topography and etiology: Similarities and differences among teens and emerging adults. Heart and Mind, 3(4), 133–139. 2019
2019Sussman, S., Kattari, S. K., Baezconde-Garbanati, L., & Glackin, S. N. Commentary: The Problems of Grouping All Adversity Into a Special Populations Label. Evaluation & the Health Professions. 2019. 163278719882738. https://doi.org/10.1177/0163278719882738

2018

Year
Publication
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2018Aladadyan, L, Samet, JM. Chapter 11 - Tobacco products. An Overview of FDA Regulated Products. E. Pacifici and S. Bain, Academic Press; 2018: 231-250.
2018Allem JP, Dharmapuri L, Unger JB, Cruz TB. Characterizing JUUL-related posts on Twitter. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2018;190:1-5. PMID: 29958115
2018Allem JP, Dharmapuri L, Leventhal AM, Unger JB, Cruz TB. Hookah-related posts to Twitter from 2017 to 2018: thematic analysis. J Med Internet Res. 2018;20(11):e11669. PMID: 30455162
2018Allem JP, Ferrara E. Could social bots pose a threat to public health? Am J Public Health. 2018;108(8):1005-1006. PMCID: PMC6050826
2018Allem JP, Cruz TB, Unger JB, Toruno R, Herrera J, Kirkpatrick M. Return of cartoon to market e-cigarette-related products. Tob Control. Epub ahead of print 26 July 2018. PMID: 30049688
2018Astor R, Urman R, Barrington-Trimis J, Steinberg J, Cousineau M, Leventhal A, Unger JB, Cruz TB, Samet J, Pentz M, McConnell R. Association of Tobacco Retail Licensing with Youth Tobacco Product Use Prevalence and Initiation. Pediatrics Jan 2019, e20173536; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2017-3536.
2018Ayers JW, Drezde M, Leas EC, Caputi TL, Allem JP, Cohen JE. Next generation media monitoring: global coverage of electronic nicotine delivery systems (electronic cigarettes) on Bing, Google and Twitter, 2013-2018. PLoS One. 2018;13(11):e0205822. PMCID: PMC6214510
2018Barrington-Trimis, JL., Leventhal, AM., Alonzo, T., Cruz, TB., Urman, R., Pentz, MA., Unger, JB., McConnell, R. "Performance of cigarette susceptibility index among e-cigarette and hookah users." Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2018;183: 43-50.
2018Basáñez, T., Majmundar, A., Cruz, TB., & Unger, JB. Vaping associated with healthy food words: A content analysis of Twitter. Addictive behaviors reports. 2018;8, 147-153. doi:10.1016/j.abrep.2018.09.007
2018Bold, KW., Sussman, S., O'Malley, SS., Grana, R., Foulds, J., Fishbein, H., Krishnan-Sarin, S. "Measuring E-cigarette dependence: Initial guidance." Addictive Behaviors. 2018; 79: 213-218.
2018Camenga, DR., Fiellin, LE., Pendergrass, T., Miller, E., Pentz, MA., Hieftje, K. "Adolescents' perceptions of flavored tobacco products, including E-cigarettes: A qualitative study to inform FDA tobacco education efforts through videogames." Addictive Behaviors. 2018; 82: 189-194.
2018Cho, J, Goldenson, NI, Stone, MD, McConnell, R, Barrington-Trimis, JL, Chou, CP, Sussman, SY, Riggs, NR, Leventhal, AM; Characterizing Polytobacco Use Trajectories and Their Associations With Substance Use and Mental Health Across Mid-Adolescence, Nicotine & Tobacco Research, Volume 20, Issue suppl_1, 14 August 2018, Pages S31–S38, https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntx270
2018Chu KH., Allem JP., Unger JB., Cruz TB., Akbarpour M., Kirkpatrick MG. Strategies to find audience segments on Twitter for e-cigarette education campaigns. Addict Behav. Epub ahead of print 15 November 2018. PMID: 30497815
2018Chu KH, Colditz JB, Primack BA, Shensa A, Allem JP, Miller E, Unger JB, Cruz TB. JUUL: Spreading online and offline. J Adolesc Health. 2018;63(15):582:586. PMCID: PMC6201306
2018Cruz, TB., McConnell, R, Low, BW., Unger, JB., Pentz, MA., Urman, R, Berhane,K., Chou, CP., Liu, F., Barrington-Trimis,J.; "Tobacco Marketing and Subsequent Use of Cigarettes, E-cigarettes and Hookah in Adolescents." Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 2018; nty107-nty107.
2018Escobedo, P, Cruz, TB, Tsai, KY, Allem, JP, Soto, DW., Kirkpatrick, MG., Pattarroyo, M, Unger, JB.; Monitoring Tobacco Brand Websites to Understand Marketing Strategies Aimed at Tobacco Product Users and Potential Users, Nicotine & Tobacco Research, Volume 20, Issue 11, 25 September 2018, Pages 1393–1400, https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntx200
2018Goldenson, NI., Khoddam, R., Stone, MD, Leventhal, AM. "Associations of ADHD Symptoms With Smoking and Alternative Tobacco Product Use Initiation During Adolescence." Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 2018; jsx153-jsx153.
2018Lienemann, BA., Rose, SW., Unger, JB., Meissner, HI., Byron, MJ., Baezconde-Garbanati, L., Huang, L., Cruz, TB."Tobacco Advertisement Liking, Vulnerability Factors, and Tobacco Use Among Young Adults." Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 2018; nty220-nty220.
2018Majmundar, A., Allem, JP., Cruz, TB., Unger, JB. The why we retweet scale. PLoS One. 2018;13(10):e0206076. PMCID: PMC6193720
2018Majmundar, A. Chou, CP. Cruz, T., Unger, JB. Relationship between social media engagement and e-cigarette policy support, Addictive Behaviors Reports.2018;100155.ISSN 2352-8532;https://doi.org/10.1016/j.abrep.2018.100155.
2018Morean, M., Krishnan-Sarin, S., Sussman, S., Foulds, J., Fishbein, H., Grana, R., O’Malley, SS. Psychometric Evaluation of the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Nicotine Dependence Item Bank for Use With Electronic Cigarettes, Nicotine & Tobacco Research.2018; ntx271, https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntx271
2018Pentz MA, Hieftje KD, Pendergrass TM, Brito SA, Liu M, Arora T, Tindle HA, Krishnan-Sarin S, Fiellin LE. A videogame intervention for tobacco product use prevention in adolescents. Addict Behav. 2018 Nov 14. pii: S0306-4603(18)31315-7. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.11.016. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30477819.
2018Rose, SR., Glasser, A., Yitong, ZZ., Cruz, T., Cohn, A., Lienemann, B., Byron, JM., Huang, L., Meissner, H., Baezconde-Garbanati, L., Unger, J. Adolescent tobacco coupon receipt, vulnerability characteristics, and subsequent tobacco use: Analysis of the PATH Study, Waves 1 and 2. Tobacco Control Published Online First: 22 February 2018. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2017-054141
2018Smiley, SL., Blackman, K., Bluthenthal, RN., Rodriguez, YL., Barahona, R., Sussman, S., Pentz, MA., Samet, J., Baezconde-Garbanati, L. “Who’s really regulating? Who’s benefiting?”: Exploring Black Stakeholders’ Awareness and Trust in the Food and Drug Administration’s Role as a Tobacco Regulator. Tobacco Regulatory Science, Volume 4, Number 4, 2018, pp. 41-49(9), https://doi.org/10.18001/TRS.4.4.5
2018Smiley, SL., Soto, C., Cruz, T., Kintz, N., Rodriguez, YL., Sussman, S. Baezconde-Garbanati, L. Point of sale marketing of little cigars and cigarillos on and near California Tribal Lands. Tobacco Control. Published online first: 01 November 2018. doi:10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2018-054558.
2018Smiley, SL., Kierstead, EC., Harvey, E., Abudayyeh, H., Pearson, JL. An exploratory analysis of adult daily smokers’ experiences using e-cigarettes in smoke-free places. Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018, 54. https://doi.org/10.18332/tid/98958
2018Sussman, S., Cruz, TB., Smiley, SL., Chou, C., Unger, JB., Kintz, N. Baezconde-Garbanati, L.Tobacco regulatory compliance with STAKE Act age-of-sale signage among licensed tobacco retailers across diverse neighborhoods in Southern California. Tobacco Induced Diseases. 2018;16(June):30. doi:10.18332/tid/91846.
2018Unger, J. B., et al. "Talking about tobacco on Twitter is associated with tobacco product use." Preventive Medicine. 2018; 114: 54-56.
2018Urman R, McConnell R, Unger JB, Cruz TB, Samet JM, Berhane K, Barrington-Trimis JL. Electronic Cigarette and Cigarette Social Environments and Ever Use of Each Product: A Prospective Study of Young Adults in Southern California. Nicotine Tob Res. 2018 May 8. doi: 10.1093/ntr/nty097. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29741713.
2018Weaver S, Kim H, Glasser AM, Sutfin EL, Barrington-Trimis JL, Payne TJ, Saddleson M, Loukas A. "Establishing consensus on survey measures for electronic nicotine and non-nicotine delivery system use: Current challenges and considerations for researchers." Addictive Behaviors. 2018; 79: 203-212.
2018Yu, S., Escobedo, P., Garcia, R., Cruz, TB., Unger, JB., Baezconde-Garbanati, L., Meza, L., Sussman, S. A Descriptive Longitudinal Study of Changes in Vape Shop Characteristics and Store Policies in Anticipation of the 2016 FDA Regulations of Tobacco Products, Including E-Cigarettes. International journal of environmental research and public health. 2018;15(2), 313. doi:10.3390/ijerph15020313
2018Zhang Y, Allem JP, Unger JB, Cruz TB. Automated identification of hookahs (waterpipes) on Instagram: an application in feature extraction using Convolutional Neural Network and Support Vector Machine classification. J Med Internet Res. 2018;20(11):e10513. PMID: 30452385talking

2017

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2017Allem JP, Chu KH, Cruz TB, Unger JB. Waterpipe Promotion and Use on Instagram: #Hookah. Nicotine Tob Res. 2017 Oct 1;19(10):1248-1252. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntw329. PubMed PMID: 28077449.
2017Allem JP, Escobedo P, Chu KH, Cruz TB, Unger JB. Images of little cigars and cigarillos on Instagram identified by the hashtag #swisher: thematic analysis. J Med Internet Res. 2017;19(7):e255. PMID: 28710057
2017Allem JP, Escobedo P, Cruz TB, Unger JB. Vape pen product placement in popular music videos. Addict Behav. Epub ahead of print 3 November 2017. PMID: 29128149
2017Allem JP, Ferrara E, Uppu SP, Cruz TB, Unger JB. E-Cigarette Surveillance With Social Media Data: Social Bots, Emerging Topics, and Trends. JMIR Public Health Surveill 2017;3(4):e98. DOI: 10.2196/publichealth.8641; PMID: 29263018; PMCID: 5752967
2017Allem JP, Ramanujam J, Lerman K, Chu KH, Cruz TB, Unger JB. Identifying sentiment of hookah-related posts on Twitter. JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2017;3(4)e:74. PMID: 29046267
2017Ayers JW, Leas EC, Allem JP, Benton A, Dredze M, Althouse BM, Cruz TB, Unger JB. Why do people use electronic nicotine delivery systems (electronic cigarettes)? A content analysis of Twitter, 2012-2015. PLoS One. 2017 Mar 1;12(3):e0170702. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0170702. eCollection 2017. PubMed PMID: 28248987; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5331961.
2017Baezconde-Garbanati L, Cruz TB, Sussman S, Unger JB, Pentz MA, Samet JM. Maximizing Compliance with Tobacco Policy in Vulnerable Community Retail Environments: A Multicultural Case Study in Community-Based Participatory Research. SAGE Research Methods Cases . 2017.
2017Barrington-Trimis JL, Gibson L, Halpern-Felsher B, et al. Type of E-cigarette Device Used Among Adolescents and Young Adults: Findings from a pooled analysis of 8 studies of 2,166 vapers. Nicotine Tob Res. 2017; Ntx069.
2017Goldenson NI, Leventhal AM, Stone MD, McConnell RS, Barrington-Trimis JL. Associations of Electronic Cigarette Nicotine Concentration With Subsequent Cigarette Smoking and Vaping Levels in Adolescents. JAMA Pediatr. Published online October 23, 2017. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2017.3209
2017Kirkpatrick MG, Cruz TB, Goldenson NI, Allem JP, Chu KH, Pentz MA, Unger JB. Electronic cigarette retailers use Pokémon Go to market products. Tob Control. 2017 Jan 2. pii: tobaccocontrol-2016-053369. doi:10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2016-053369. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28044010; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5501764.
2017Kong G, Unger JB, Baezconde-Garbanati L, & Sussman S. The associations between Yelp online reviews and vape shops closing or remaining open one year later. Tobacco Prevention and Cessation . 2017; 2(7).
2017Lechner, W, Janssen, T, Kahler, C, Audrain-McGovern, J, Leventhal, A.M. "Bi-directional associations of electronic and combustible cigarette use onset patterns with depressive symptoms in adolescents." Preventive Medicine 2017; 96: 73-78.
2017Leventhal AM, Urman R, Barrington-Trimis JL, Goldenson NI, Gallegos K, Chou CP, Wang K, Berhane K, Cruz TB, Pentz MA, Unger JB, McConnell R. Perceived stress and poly-tobacco product use across adolescence: Patterns of association and gender differences. Journal of Psychiatric Research 94 (Supplement C): 172-179.
2017Lienemann BA, Unger JB, Cruz TB, Chu KH. Methods for Coding Tobacco-Related Twitter Data: A Systematic Review. J Med Internet Res . 2017; 19(3):e91.
2017Rudy, A., Leventhal, A.M., Goldenson, N.I.,* & Eissenberg, T. "Assessing electronic cigarette effects and regulatory impact: Challenges with user self-reported device power." Drug and Alcohol Dependence 2017;179: 337-340.
2017Russo A, Collins L, Solis AC, Abudayyeh HS, Villanti AC, Chansky MC, Wipfli HL, Glantz SA, Kern TT, Samet JM, Lawley RK, Benjamin AJ. Mentoring for Success in Tobacco Regulatory Science: A Qualitative Study. Tobacco Regulatory Science . 2017;3(3):280-292
2017Samet JM, Aladadyan L. Should the FDA Ban Cigarette Filter Ventilation?. JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute . 2017;109(12).
2017Soneji S, Barrington-Trimis JL, Wills T, et al. E-Cigarette Use and Subsequent Cigarette Smoking Among Adolescents and Young Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. JAMA Pediatrics . 2017.
2017Sussman, S., & Barker, DC. Vape shops: The e-cigarette marketplace. Tobacco Prevention & Cessation, 2 (Supplement): 11, 2016/2017, 6 pages.
2017Walter, N., Demetriades, S. Z., & Murphy, S. T. Just a spoonful of sugar helps the messages go down: Using stories and vicarious self-affirmation to reduce e-cigarette use. Health communication, 2017; 1-9.

2016

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2016Allem J-P, Ayers JW, Althouse BM, Williams RS. When a ban really is not a ban: internet loopholes and Djarum flavoured cigarettes in the USA. Tob Control. 2016;25(4):489-490.
2016Allem J-P. Challenges to Mediation Analysis From Experimental Designs. Nicotine Tob Res. 2016:ntw318.
2016Allem JP, Escobedo P, Chu KH, Soto DW, Cruz TB, Unger JB. Campaigns and counter campaigns: reactions on Twitter to e-cigarette education. Tob Control. 2017 Mar;26(2):226-229. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2015-052757. Epub 2016 Mar 8. PubMed PMID: 26956467; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5018457.
2016Allem JP, Ferrara E. The importance of de-biasing social media data to better understand e-cigarette-related attitudes and behaviors. J Med Internet Res. 2016;18(8):e219. PMCID: PMC5037931
2016Allem J-P, Sussman S, Unger JB. The Revised Inventory of the Dimensions of Emerging Adulthood (IDEA-R) and Substance Use Among College Students. Eval Health Prof. 2016;1-8.
2016Allem J-P, Unger JB. Emerging adulthood themes and hookah use among college students in Southern California. Addict Behav.2016;61:16-19.
2016Barrington-Trimis JL, Berhane K, Unger JB, et al. The E-cigarette Social Environment, Ecigarette Use, and Susceptibility to Cigarette Smoking. J Adolesc Health. 2016;59(1):75-80.
2016Barrington-Trimis JL, Urman R, Berhane K, et al. E-cigarettes and Future Cigarette Use. 2016;138(1):1-8.
2016Barrington-Trimis JL, Urman R, Leventhal AM, et al. E-cigarettes, Cigarettes, and the Prevalence of Adolescent Tobacco Use. 2016; 138(2):1-10.
2016Chu K-H, Allem J-P, Cruz TB, Unger JB. Vaping on Instagram: cloud chasing, hand checks, and product placement. Tob Control. 2016;0:1–4.
2016Garcia R, Allem J-P, Baezconde-Garbanati L, Unger JB, Sussman S. Employee and customer handling of nicotine-containing e-liquids in vape shops. Tobacco Prevention and Cessation.2016;2(Suppl).
2016Garcia R., Sidhu A., Allem J. P., Baezconde-Garbanati L., Unger J. B., Sussman S. Marketing activities of vape shops across racial/ethnic communities. Tobacco Prevention & Cessation. 2016;2(Supplement):12. doi:10.18332/tpc/76398.
2016Gilreath TD, Leventhal A, Barrington-Trimis JL, et al. Patterns of Alternative Tobacco Product Use: Emergence of Hookah and E-cigarettes as Preferred Products Amongst Youth. J Adolesc Health. 2016;58(2):181–185.
2016Goldenson NI, Kirkpatrick MG, Barrington-Trimis JL, et al. Effects of sweet flavorings and nicotine on the appeal and sensory properties of e-cigarettes among young adult vapers: Application of a novel methodology. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2016;168:176-180.
2016Huh J , Leventhal AM. Intraindividual covariation between e-cigarette and combustible cigarette use in Korean American emerging adults. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. 2016;30(2):246-251.
2016Huh J , Leventhal AM. Progression of Poly-tobacco Product Use Patterns in Adolescents. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2016;51(4):513-517.
2016Jeon C, Jung KJ, Kimm HJ, et al. E-cigarettes, conventional cigarettes, and dual use in Korean adolescents and university students: a cross sectional study. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2016 Nov; 168:99-103. PubMed PMID: 27635996.
2016Leventhal AM, Stone MD, Andrabi N, et al. Association of E-Cigarette Vaping and Progression to Heavier Patterns of Cigarette Smoking. 2016;316(18):1918-1920.
2016Leventhal AM, Strong DR, Sussman S, et al. Psychiatric comorbidity in adolescent electronic and conventional cigarette use. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 2016;73:71-78.
2016McConnell R, Barrington-Trimis JL, Wang K, et al. Electronic Cigarette Use and Respiratory Symptoms in Adolescents. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2016;195(8):1043-1049.
2016Riggs NR, Pentz MA. Inhibitory control and the onset of combustible cigarette, e-cigarette, and hookah use in early adolescence: the moderating role of socioeconomic status. Child Neuropsychology. 2016;22(6):679-691.
2016Samet JM, Pentz MA, Unger, JB. Flavoured tobacco products and the public's health: lessons from the TPSAC menthol report. Tob Control. 2016;25(Suppl2):ii103-ii105.
2016Sussman S, Allem J-P, Garcia J, et al. Who walks into vape shops in Southern California?: A naturalistic observation of customers. Tob Induc Dis. 2016;14(1):18.
2016Sussman S, Baezconde-Garbanati L, Garcia R, et al. Commentary: Forces That Drive the Vape Shop Industry and Implications for the Health Professions. Eval Health Prof. 2016;39(3):379-388.
2016Tsai, Jennifer Y., Ricky Bluthenthal, Jon P. Allem, Robert Garcia, Jocelyn Garcia, Jennifer Unger, Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati, and Steve Y. Sussman. Vape shop retailers’ perceptions of their customers, products and services: A content analysis. Tobacco Prevention & Cessation. 2016;2(Supplement):3. doi:10.18332/tpc/70345.
2016Unger JB, Escobedo P, Allem J-P, Soto D, Chu K, Cruz T. Perceptions of secondhand e-cigarette aerosol among Twitter users. Tob Regul Sci. 2016;2(2):146-152.
2016Unger, J.B., Soto, D., Leventhal, A.M. (2016). E-cigarette use and subsequent cigarette and marijuana use among Hispanic young adults.  Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 163, 261-264.
2016Wipfli H, Berman M, Hanson K, et al. Defining tobacco regulatory science competencies. Nicotine Tob Res. 2016;19(2):222-230.

2015

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2015Allem J-P, Forster M, Neiberger A, Unger JB. Characteristics of emerging adulthood and ecigarette use: Findings from a pilot study. Addict Behav. 2015;50:40–44.
2015Allem J-P, Unger JB, Garcia R, Baezconde-Garbanati L, Sussman S. Tobacco Attitudes and Behaviors of Vape Shop Retailers in Los Angeles. Am J Health Behav. 2015;39(6):794–798.
2015Barrington-Trimis JL, Berhane K, Unger JB, et al. Psychosocial Factors Associated With Adolescent Electronic Cigarette and Cigarette Use. 2015;136(2):308-317.
2015Chu K-H, Sidhu AK, Valente TW. Electronic Cigarette Marketing Online: a Multi-Site, Multi-Product Comparison. JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2015;1(2).
2015Chu K-H, Unger JB, Allem J-P, et al. Diffusion of Messages from an Electronic Cigarette Brand to Potential Users through Twitter. PLoS One. 2015;10(12):e0145387.
2015Chu K-H, Unger JB, Cruz TB, Soto DW. Electronic Cigarettes on Twitter – Spreading the Appeal of Flavors. Tob Regul Sci. 2015;1(1):36–41.
2015Leventhal AM, Strong DR, Kirkpatrick MG, et al. Association of Electronic Cigarette Use With Initiation of Combustible Tobacco Product Smoking in Early Adolescence. 2015;314(7):700-707.
2015Pentz MA, Shin H, Riggs N, Unger JB, Collison KL, Chou C-P. Parent, Peer, and Executive Function Relationships to Early Adolescent E-Cigarette Use: A Substance Use Pathway? Addict Behav. 2015;42:73–78.

2014

Year
Publication
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2014Barrington-Trimis JL, Samet J, McConnell R. Flavorings in electronic cigarettes: An unrecognized Respiratory Health Hazard? JAMA. 2014;312(23):2493-2494.
2014Huang GC, Unger JB, Soto D, Fujimoto K, Pentz MA, Jordan-Marsh M, Valente TW. Peer influences: the impact of online and offline friendship networks on adolescent smoking and alcohol use. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2014;54(5):508-514.
2014Sussman S, Garcia R, Cruz TB, Baezconde-Garbanati L, Pentz MA, Unger JB. Consumers’ perceptions of vape shops in Southern California: an analysis of online Yelp reviews. Tob Induc Dis. 2014;12(1):22.

 

 



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