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Harm reduction and cessation efforts and interest in cessation resources among survivors of smoking-related cancersCarla J Berg
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
J Cancer Surviv 7:44-54. 2013..Thus, we examined quitting and reduction efforts and interest in cessation resources among cancer survivors who self-identified as current smokers at the time of diagnosis...- Smoking frequency among current college student smokers: distinguishing characteristics and factors related to readiness to quit smokingCarla J Berg
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Road NE, Fifth Floor, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Health Educ Res 27:141-50. 2012..04), smoking more for boredom (P = 0.03) and less frequent smoking (P = 0.001). Specific motives for smoking and potential barriers to cessation particularly may be relevant to different groups of college student smokers... 
College student smokers: former versus current and nonsmokersCarla J Berg
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
Am J Prev Med 43:S229-36. 2012..Little is known about how former smokers are different from nonsmokers and current smokers in the young adult population...- Results of a feasibility and acceptability trial of an online smoking cessation program targeting young adult nondaily smokersCarla J Berg
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
J Environ Public Health 2012:248541. 2012..Additional research is needed to understand how nondaily smokers define cessation, improve measures for cessation, and examine theoretical constructs related to smoking among this population... - Smoking as a risk factor for STI diagnosis among African American femalesCarla J Berg
Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Atlanta, GA, USA
Am J Health Behav 36:505-12. 2012..To examine the relationship of smoking to sexual risk outcomes among African American adolescent females... - Ethnic group differences in the relationship between depressive symptoms and smokingCarla J Berg
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30318, USA
Ethn Health 17:55-69. 2012..Thus, we examined the interaction between ethnicity and significant depressive symptoms on smoking status... - Use of and interest in smoking cessation strategies among daily and nondaily college student smokersCarla J Berg
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
J Am Coll Health 60:194-202. 2012..To examine use of and interest in cessation strategies among nondaily and daily college student smokers... - College student reactions to health warning labels: sociodemographic and psychosocial factors related to perceived effectiveness of different approachesCarla J Berg
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University School of Public Health, 1518 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Prev Med 53:427-30. 2011..To examine factors associated with perceiving different types of pictorial cigarette health warning labels as most effective in motivating smokers to quit or preventing smoking initiation among college students... - Assessment of depression among African American light smokersCarla J Berg
Emory University School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
J Health Psychol 17:197-206. 2012..Cessation treatment should assess depression and address these symptoms... - Smoke-free policies at home, church, and work: smoking levels and recent quit attempts among a southeastern rural population, 2007Carla J Berg
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Rd NE, 5th Fl, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 9:E27. 2012.... - Defining "smoker": college student attitudes and related smoking characteristicsCarla J Berg
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, 1518 Clifton Road NE, 5th Floor, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 12:963-9. 2010..Thus, we examined (a) how college students define the term "smoker" and (b) how this definition impacts smoking behavior and attitudes... - Failure to report attempts to quit smokingCarla J Berg
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Addict Behav 35:900-4. 2010..Thus, the current study investigated failure to report quit attempts as a function of length of quit attempt by time since quit attempt over the past year... 
The role of hope in engaging in healthy behaviors among college studentsCarla J Berg
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
Am J Health Behav 35:402-15. 2011..To examine hope in relation to alcohol use, binge drinking, smoking, exercise, and limiting of dietary fat among college students...- The development and validation of a scale assessing individual schemas used in classifying a smoker: implications for research and practiceCarla J Berg
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University School of Public Health, 1518 Clifton Road, Northeast, Room 524, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 13:1257-65. 2011..Understanding one's schema of smokers is important, as it might relate to smoking behavior. Thus, we aimed to develop a scale assessing how young adults classify smokers and establish reliability and validity of the scale... - Physical activity and fruit and vegetable intake among American IndiansCarla J Berg
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
J Community Health 37:65-71. 2012..001). These findings highlight the importance of education in enhancing engagement in positive weight control behaviors and the importance of addressing both physical activity and nutrition among the American Indian population... - Smoking patterns, attitudes and motives: unique characteristics among 2-year versus 4-year college studentsC J Berg
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Health Educ Res 26:614-23. 2011..Two- and 4-year college students report different smoking patterns, attitudes and motives. These distinctions might inform tobacco control messages and interventions targeting these groups of young adults... - College student reactions to smoking bans in public, on campus and at homeCarla J Berg
Department of Behavioral Sciences ealth Education, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, 1518 Clifton Road NE, 5th Floor, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Health Educ Res 26:106-18. 2011..Participants reported concern about smokers' and bar/restaurant owners' rights, while acknowledging several benefits. Overall, 2-year college students and smokers (non-daily and daily) were less supportive of smoke-free policies... - Predictors of smoking reduction among BlacksCarla J Berg
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 12:423-31. 2010..Blacks who smoke have increased tobacco-related health risks. Cessation decreases the likelihood of many health problems. Smoking reduction may be important in the cessation process and potentially reduce health risks... - Pilot study results from a brief intervention to create smoke-free homesMichelle C Kegler
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory Prevention Research Center, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
J Environ Public Health 2012:951426. 2012..Additionally, smokers reported smoking fewer cigarettes per day. Results suggest that the intervention is promising and warrants a rigorous efficacy trial... - Predicting young adulthood smoking among adolescent smokers and nonsmokersJennifer R Mendel
Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA, USA
Am J Health Behav 36:542-54. 2012..To examine predictors of smoking in young adulthood among (1) adolescent nonsmokers and (2) adolescent smokers... - Correlates of continued smoking versus cessation among survivors of smoking-related cancersCarla J Berg
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA, USA
Psychooncology 22:799-806. 2013..We examined correlates of continued smoking versus cessation among a sample of survivors of smoking-related cancers who were actively smoking at the time of cancer diagnosis... - Differences in head and neck cancer risk perception between smoking and nonsmoking NASCAR attendeesLaura J White
Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30308, USA
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 147:63-8. 2012..The aim of this study was to determine differences in risk perception for head and neck cancer between smokers and nonsmokers in an at-risk population... - Prevalence and correlates of tobacco use among a sample of MSM in Shanghai, ChinaCarla J Berg
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University s Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 13:22-8. 2011..Thus, we examined the prevalence and correlates of smoking among MSM in China... - Smoking and ethics: what are the duties of oncologists?Rebecca D Pentz
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
Oncologist 15:987-93. 2010..Further, oncologists should work to ratify the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in their own country...