August 6, 2020
Published survey results from Sarah Kowitt, PhD, MPH, and Adam Goldstein, MD, MPH, found that more than twice as many cigar smokers reported increased tobacco use since the pandemic’s onset.
June 30, 2020
Researchers led by Adam Goldstein, MD, MPH, and Kimberly Shoenbill, MD, PhD, will help assess whether smoking impacts COVID-19 symptoms, treatment and outcomes.
June 22, 2020
Seth Noar, PhD, received the grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to lead a national study to develop and test messages that discourage adolescents from using electronic cigarettes.
April 20, 2020
A study led by Sarah D. Mills, PhD, MPH, and Kurt Ribisl, PhD, found that only one state has reduced income-based disparities in tobacco use despite goals set by the federal government and most states.
April 9, 2020
Researchers led by Rebecca Williams, PhD, MHS, reported teens were able to buy little cigars and cigarillos online as part of an experiment testing vendors’ age verification practices.
August 15, 2019
August 15, 2019
September 25, 2017
In the journal Nicotine & Tobacco Research, UNC Lineberger researcher Adam Goldstein, MD, MPH, and Allison Lazard, PhD, compared how believable adults and adolescents found different warnings on addiction and tobacco.
May 6, 2015
A University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill analysis published today in the journal Tobacco Control synthesized the results of 37 different experiments comparing picture-based and text warnings, finding that picture-based warnings were more effective than text warnings on 20 of 25 different outcome measures.
March 2, 2015
A study led by a UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researcher has found that, despite a North Carolina law banning their purchase by minors and requiring online vendors to verify customer age, teens can easily buy electronic cigarettes online.
