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| Jean L ForsterSummaryAffiliation: University of Minnesota Country: USA Publications
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Policy interventions and surveillance as strategies to prevent tobacco use in adolescents and young adultsJean L Forster
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454, USA
Am J Prev Med 33:S335-9. 2007..Ongoing surveillance of tobacco-use behaviors in adolescents and young adults is essential for monitoring smoking patterns and evaluating tobacco policies...
The Minnesota Adolescent Community Cohort Study: design and baseline resultsJean Forster
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 South Second Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Prev Sci 12:201-10. 2011..This paper describes variability in smoking prevalence and demographic characteristics for local units, and compares MACC participants to the state as a whole...- Cigarette smoking among American Indian youth in Minneapolis-St. PaulJean L Forster
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454, USA
Am J Prev Med 35:S449-56. 2008.... 
Longitudinal patterns of youth access to cigarettes and smoking progression: Minnesota Adolescent Community Cohort (MACC) study (2000-2003)Rachel Widome
Healthy Youth Development Prevention Research Center, Division of Adolescent Health and Medicine, University of Minnesota, MN 55455 200, USA
Prev Med 45:442-6. 2007..To measure community-level changes in the methods youth use to obtain cigarettes over time and to relate these methods to the progression of smoking...- Smokeless tobacco advertising at the point of sale: prevalence, placement, and demographic correlatesRachel Widome
Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research, Minneapolis VA Medical Center, One Veterans Drive 152 2E, Minneapolis, MN 55417, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 14:217-23. 2012..We aimed to describe the prevalence, in-store location, and neighborhood predictors of point-of-sale smokeless tobacco advertising... - Adolescent smoking trajectories: results from a population-based cohort studyDebra H Bernat
School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
J Adolesc Health 43:334-40. 2008..To identify distinct smoking trajectories during adolescence and assess how smoking-related factors relate to trajectory membership... - Awareness and reported consequences of a cigarette tax increase among older adolescents and young adultsT C Kelvin Choi
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454 USA
Am J Health Promot 25:379-86. 2011.... - Smoke-free laws in bars and restaurants: does support among teens and young adults change after a statewide smoke-free law?Lindsey E A Fabian
University of Minnesota, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Public Health Rep 126:669-76. 2011..We assessed changes in levels of support for smoke-free bars and restaurants among teens and young adults before and after implementation of a statewide smoke-free law... - The relationship of point-of-sale tobacco advertising and neighborhood characteristics to underage sales of tobaccoRachel Widome
VA HSR and D Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research, Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN 55417, USA
Eval Health Prof 35:331-45. 2012..Though our findings were null, the relationship between advertising and real youth sales may be more nuanced as compliance checks do not perfectly simulate the way youth attempt to purchase cigarettes... - Characterizing and comparing young adult intermittent and daily smokersKathleen M Lenk
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Subst Use Misuse 44:2128-40. 2009..Daily smokers were more likely to feel addicted and have trouble quitting smoking than high intermittent smokers. Implications, limitations, and ideas for future studies will be discussed... - Area-level variation in adolescent smokingDebra H Bernat
School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 6:A42. 2009.... - Patterns of tobacco use in a sample of American Indians in Minneapolis-St. PaulJean L Forster
University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 9:S29-37. 2007..Our results show a level of current smoking and low cessation rates among American Indians in the Twin Cities area that reflect a crisis for public health and for the Indian community... - Prevalence of smoking in movies as perceived by teenagers longitudinal trends and predictorsKelvin Choi
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55454, USA
Am J Prev Med 41:167-73. 2011..Smoking in movies is prevalent. However, use of content analysis to describe trends in smoking in movies has provided mixed results and has not tapped what adolescents actually perceive... - Smoking policies in small worksites in MinnesotaKate Uslan
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 S Second Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454 1015, USA
Am J Health Promot 21:416-21. 2007.... - The long-term effect of local policies to restrict retail sale of tobacco to youthVincent Chen
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 8:371-7. 2006..Longer-term results are still inconclusive, because control communities adopted ordinances similar to those in the intervention communities... - Adolescent smoking behavior: measures of social normsMarla E Eisenberg
Divivision of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health, University of Minnesota, 200 Oak Street, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Am J Prev Med 25:122-8. 2003..Relatively little research has focused on the social norms of teen smoking. This study examined social norms regarding adolescent smoking and their relationship with smoking behavior... - Effects of clean indoor air laws on bar and restaurant revenue in Minnesota citiesNatalie M Collins
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454, USA
Am J Prev Med 39:S10-5. 2010..Because of concerns that clean indoor air policies could have negative economic effects on some hospitality businesses, some cities have adopted partial clean indoor air policies (e.g., exempting bars)... - Do cigarette prices vary by brand, neighborhood, and store characteristics?Traci L Toomey
University of Minnesota, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Public Health Rep 124:535-40. 2009..We assessed the price variability of cigarettes by brand, neighborhood characteristics (racial/ethnic and youth composition, number of schools, and number of stores), and store type... - Did youth smoking behaviors change before and after the shutdown of Minnesota Youth Tobacco Prevention Initiative?Nina L Alesci
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 South Second Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 11:1196-204. 2009..This study tests the effect of the youth-focused Minnesota Youth Tobacco Prevention Initiative (MYTPI) and its shutdown on youth smoking and determines whether these effects differed by age... - Adolescents' use of indoor tanning: a large-scale evaluation of psychosocial, environmental, and policy-level correlatesJoni A Mayer
School of Public Health, San Diego State University, CA, USA
Am J Public Health 101:930-8. 2011..We evaluated psychosocial, built-environmental, and policy-related correlates of adolescents' indoor tanning use... - Young adult support for clean indoor air laws in restaurants and barsDebra H Bernat
Center for Adolescent Nursing, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, 5 140 Weaver Densford Hall, 308 Harvard Street, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
J Adolesc Health 45:102-4. 2009..Nonsmokers, college students, those with nonsmoking friends, and those living with home smoking bans were consistently more supportive of both CIA laws... - Minnesota tobacco-free park policies: attitudes of the general public and park officialsElizabeth G Klein
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 9:S49-55. 2007..Fears of policy difficulties among park and recreation directors who work in parks without a tobacco-free policy are much greater than actual problems experienced in Minnesota tobacco-free park areas... - Compliance with restrictions on sale of indoor tanning sessions to youth in Minnesota and MassachusettsJean L Forster
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
J Am Acad Dermatol 55:962-7. 2006..Minnesota and Massachusetts require parental permission, for persons younger than 16 or 18 years of age, respectively, for indoor tanning... - Parental, family, and home characteristics associated with cigarette smoking among adolescentsKelli A Komro
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 South Second Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Am J Health Promot 17:291-9. 2003..It is important that smoking prevention strategies target and include the entire family. Limitations of the study are its cross-sectional design and that the sample was primarily white... - School functioning and violent behavior among young adolescents: a contextual analysisAmanda S Birnbaum
Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Health Educ Res 18:389-403. 2003.... - An evaluation of health benefit modification in Taft-Hartley health and welfare funds: implications for encouraging tobacco-cessation coverageCaroline M Au-Yeung
Division of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Am J Prev Med 39:S30-6. 2010..Most funds do not offer comprehensive tobacco-cessation services to fund participants despite evidence that doing so would be cost effective and save lives... - Project Northland: long-term outcomes of community action to reduce adolescent alcohol useCheryl L Perry
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55454, USA
Health Educ Res 17:117-32. 2002..There was no impact in Phase 2 on other student-level behavioral and psychosocial factors. Developmentally appropriate, multi-component, community-wide programs throughout adolescence appear to be needed to reduce alcohol use... - Individual and neighborhood socioeconomic status effects on adolescent smoking: a multilevel cohort-sequential latent growth analysisCharu Mathur
Charu Mathur, Darin J Erickson, Jean L Forster, and John R Finnegan Jr are with the Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis At the time of the study, Melissa H Stigler was with the Division of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health, Austin
Am J Public Health 103:543-8. 2013..The group differences underscore social conditions as fundamental causes of disease and development of interventions and policies to address inequality in the resources... - The relationships among socioeconomic status, fruit and vegetable intake, and alcohol consumptionScott T Shimotsu
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415, USA
Am J Health Promot 27:21-8. 2012..We hypothesized that fruit and vegetable consumption would be inversely associated with alcohol consumption and the relationship would differ by SES... - Circles of Tobacco Wisdom: learning about traditional and commercial tobacco with Native eldersMelanie Nadeau
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Am J Prev Med 43:S222-8. 2012..Its goal was to provide elders with the knowledge, opportunities, and support to enable them to assume leadership of a tobacco control movement that was grounded in the ceremonial traditions of tobacco use... - Maternal/female caregiver influences on adolescent indoor tanningJo Ellen Stryker
Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Adolesc Health 35:528.e1-9. 2004.... - Smoking visibility, perceived acceptability, and frequency in various locations among youth and adultsNina L Alesci
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota, 1305 Corporate Center, E333, Eagan, MN 55121, USA
Prev Med 36:272-81. 2003..This study tests whether there is an association between high visibility of smoking, perceived acceptability of smoking, and where youth smoke... - Measuring the stringency of states' indoor tanning regulations: instrument development and outcomesSusan I Woodruff
Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, CA 92123, USA
J Am Acad Dermatol 56:774-80. 2007..The instrument was then used to rate the stringency of state laws...
Research Grants
- The Effects of Minnesota State and Local Programs on Young Adult Tobacco UseJean Forster; Fiscal Year: 2010..By collecting additional information about alcohol use and alcohol policies, we will be able to study the complex interplay between tobacco and alcohol use and the crossover effects of tobacco and alcohol policies in young adults. ..
- MN State & Local Programs Effects on Youth Tobacco UseJean Forster; Fiscal Year: 2007..We are also proposing to add a one-time cross-sectional survey of a parent of each MN cohort member to add valuable information about family influences on smoking uptake in the multilevel analyses. ..
- EFFECTS OF MN STATE & LOCAL PROGRAMS ON YOUTH TOBACCO USJean Forster; Fiscal Year: 2003..abstract_text> ..
- The Effects of Minnesota State and Local Programs on Young Adult Tobacco UseJean Forster; Fiscal Year: 2010..By collecting additional information about alcohol use and alcohol policies, we will be able to study the complex interplay between tobacco and alcohol use and the crossover effects of tobacco and alcohol policies in young adults. ..