April 21, 2021
Tag: Tobacco
February 24, 2021
Daily emails about chemicals in tobacco lead some smokers to consider quitting
Adam O. Goldstein, MD, MPH, and Leah M. Ranney, PhD, have published a study that found that smokers who saw messages about tobacco chemicals with associated health risks expressed greater desire to quit smoking.
February 24, 2021
United Press International: Study: Daily emails on smoking danger encourages people to quit
December 16, 2020
UNC Lineberger partners with Fort Bragg to tackle tobacco use
A strategic partnership with Kurt Ribisl, PhD, and colleagues is helping the nation’s largest Army base rework its tobacco policies and take steps to improve the health of its soldiers and their families.
November 16, 2020
NCI awards supplemental grant to UNC Tobacco Treatment Team
The award, a supplement to a two-year NCI grant, will expand tobacco cessation treatment services for N.C. Cancer Hospital patients who use tobacco products and extend these services to their support persons who also use tobacco.
August 7, 2020
RT: Though Concerned About COVID-19, Cigar Smokers are Smoking More, Survey Finds
August 6, 2020
Though concerned about COVID-19, cigar smokers are smoking more, survey finds
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
UNC part of national collaboration studying potential link between smoking and COVID-19 outcomes
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
Noar awarded 5-year, $3.35 million grant to develop, test e-cigarette prevention messaging
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
New York is only state to reduce income-based disparities in smoking, study finds
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.