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| Deirdre LawrenceSummaryAffiliation: National Institutes of Health Country: USA Publications
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Smoking cessation interventions in U.S. racial/ethnic minority populations: an assessment of the literatureDeirdre Lawrence
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, 6130 Executive Boulevard, EPN Suite 4005, MSC 7344, Bethesda, MD 20892 7344, USA
Prev Med 36:204-16. 2003..Thus, identifying cessation interventions that are effective for these groups is important. This article reviews published studies that examine effects of smoking cessation interventions relevant to racial ethnic minority populations...- Cigarette smoking patterns among young adults aged 18-24 years in the United StatesDeirdre Lawrence
Applied Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 9:687-97. 2007..Differential cigarette smoking patterns by race/ethnicity, occupation, employment status, household income, and school enrollment status should be considered when developing interventions to reduce smoking among young adults... 
Nicotine dependence and quitting behaviors among menthol and non-menthol smokers with similar consumptive patternsPebbles Fagan
National Cancer Institute, Tobacco Control Research Branch, Behavioral Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 7337, USA
Addiction 105:55-74. 2010..This study examines the associations between usual cigarette brand (i.e. menthol, non-menthol) and markers for nicotine dependence and quitting behaviors...- Employment characteristics and socioeconomic factors associated with disparities in smoking abstinence and former smoking among U.S. workersPebbles Fagan
Tobacco Control Research Branch, Behavioral Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 7337, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 18:52-72. 2007..This study examines the associations among employment and socioeconomic factors and the outcomes, current smoking, cigarette abstinence and former smoking among adult U.S. workers ages 18-64 (n=288,813)... 
Use of other tobacco products among U.S. adult cigarette smokers: prevalence, trends and correlatesCathy L Backinger
National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Addict Behav 33:472-89. 2008..In addition, surveillance efforts should continue to monitor changes in concurrent use and further investigate the increased risk of cancer among smokers who also use other forms of tobacco...- National patterns and correlates of mentholated cigarette use in the United StatesDeirdre Lawrence
National Cancer Institute, Tobacco Control Research Branch, Behavioral Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
Addiction 105:13-31. 2010..To examine the patterns and correlates of mentholated cigarette smoking among adult smokers in the United States... - Cigarette smoking and quitting behaviors among unemployed adults in the United StatesPebbles Fagan
National Cancer Institute, Tobacco Control Research Branch, Behavioral Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 9:241-8. 2007..17-2.87). Smoking rates were high among the unemployed, and quitting behaviors varied by sociodemographic factors and length of unemployment. Studies are needed to examine the feasibility of cessation interventions for the unemployed... - Translation of a tobacco survey into Spanish and Asian languages: the Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population SurveyGordon Willis
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 7344, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 10:1075-84. 2008..We also provide recommendations concerning the further development of questionnaire translations... - Identifying health disparities across the tobacco continuumPebbles Fagan
National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 7337, USA
Addiction 102:5-29. 2007..The paper also discusses how work-force diversity, inequities in research practice and knowledge allocation and inequalities in access to and quality of health care are fundamental to addressing disparities in health... - Racial/ethnic variation in cigarette smoking among the civilian US population by occupation and industry, TUS-CPS 1998-1999Vickie L Shavers
National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Control and Population Science, Applied Research Program, Health Service and Economics Branch, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Prev Med 41:597-606. 2005..This study examined racial/ethnic variation in the prevalence of current smoking and cigarette consumption patterns by occupation, industry and workplace smoking policy... - Eliminating tobacco-related health disparities: directions for future researchPebbles Fagan
Tobacco Control Research Branch, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 7337, USA
Am J Public Health 94:211-7. 2004..These recommendations will ultimately help guide the field in reducing and eliminating tobacco-related disparities in the United States... - Barriers to racial/ethnic minority application and competition for NIH research fundingVickie L Shavers
National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, Applied Research Program HSEB, 6130 Executive Blvd EPN 4005 MSC 7344, Bethesda, MD 20892 7344, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 97:1063-77. 2005.... - Methods to assess potential reduced exposure productsDorothy K Hatsukami
University of Minnesota Cancer Center, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 7:827-44. 2005..Although no currently available set of measures was thought to be sufficient for determining the relative health risk of potential reduced exposure products, this paper provides a blueprint for future research toward this end...