Natarajan, Loki, Pu, Minya, Parker, Barbara A., Thomson, Cynthia A., Caan, Bette J., Flatt, Shirley W., ...
Early detection and effective treatments have dramatically improved breast cancer survivorship, yet the risk of relapse persists even 15 years after the initial diagnosis. It is important to identify...
Pierce, John P., White, Martha M., Messer, Karen
Introduction: During the 1990s, both prevalence and average cigarette consumption declined in the United States, but age-specific changes have not been reported. Method: All four of the nationally...
The effect of smoke-free homes on adult smoking behavior: A review (2009)
Mills, Alice L., Messer, Karen, Gilpin, Elizabeth A., Pierce, John P.
IntroductionSmoke-free homes are known to reduce exposure to harmful secondhand smoke. Recent studies suggest that they may also positively affect smoking behavior among smokers themselves. MethodsWe...
2005 California Tobacco Survey (CTS) (2008)
Lin Li, Karen Messer, Richard Sigman, John P. Pierce, Marianne Winglee, ...
The 2005 California Tobacco Study was the seventh in a series of cross-sectional studies to collect information about tobacco use and behaviors among California adults and teenagers. It was sponsored...
Saquib, Namus, Natarajan, Loki, Rock, Cheryl L., Flatt, Shirley W., Madlensky, Lisa, Kealey, Sheila, ...
We examined the effect of dietary energy density change on body weight in participants of a randomized trial. Intervention participants markedly increased fruit and vegetable intake while reducing...
Tobacco industry marketing, population-based tobacco control, and smoking behavior (2007)
Two of the major influences of cigarette smoking behavior are tobacco industry marketing and public health tobacco-control activities. These vie with each other to influence the proportion of each...
Pierce, John P., Natarajan, Loki, Caan, Bette J., Parker, Barbara A., Greenberg, E. Robert, Flatt, Shirley W., ...
Context Evidence is lacking that a dietary pattern high in vegetables, fruit, and fiber and low in total fat can influence breast cancer recurrence or survival. Objective To assess whether a major...
The California tobacco control program's effect on adult smokers: (1) smoking cessation (2007)
Messer, Karen, Pierce, John P, Zhu, Shu-Hong, Hartman, Anne M, Al-Delaimy, Wael K, Trinidad, Dennis R, ...
Objectives: To estimate national population trends in long-term smoking cessation by age group and to compare cessation rates in California (CA) with those of two comparison groups of states....
Trinidad, Dennis R., Messer, Karen, Gilpin, Elizabeth A., Al-Delaimy, Wael K., White, Martha M., Pierce, John P.
Objective: To compare trends in African-American (AA) and non-Hispanic white (NHW) smoking between states categorised as having three different levels of tobacco control practice in the 1990s....
Green, Lawrence W, Orleans, C Tracy, Ottoson, Judith M, Cameron, Roy, Pierce, John P, Bettinghaus, Erwin P
Efforts at reducing tobacco use in the United States and Canada over the last half century have been amazingly successful. This article examines those efforts in order to identify policies, programs,...
Caan, Bette J, Emond, Jennifer A, Natarajan, Loki, Castillo, Adrienne, Gunderson, Erica P, Habel, Laurel, ...
To examine whether weight gain after diagnosis of breast cancer affects the risk of breast cancer recurrence. Patients included 3215 women diagnosed with early stage breast cancer (Stage I > 1 cm.,...
Trends in smoking among Hispanic women in California - Relationship to English language use (2006)
Trinidad, Dennis R, Gilpin, Elizabeth A, Messer, Karen, White, Martha M, Pierce, John P
Background: Research has shown that Hispanic women who speak mostly English have higher smoking rates than those who speak mostly another language. It is unknown how differences in smoking by English...
Gilpin, Elizabeth A, Messer, Karen, White, Martha M, Pierce, John P
Objectives: California experienced a notable decline in per capita cigarette consumption during its comprehensive tobacco control programme. This study examines what proportion of the decline...
Bardwell, Wayne A, Natarajan, Loki, Dimsdale, Joel E, Rock, Cheryl L, Mortimer, Joanne E, Hollenbach, Kathy, ...
Purpose Women with breast cancer are thought to be vulnerable to depression for reasons associated with impact of diagnosis, treatment, and metabolic/endocrine changes. While the literature shows...
Al-Delaimy, Wael K, White, Martha M, Pierce, John P
We collected data from 5,857 adolescent (12-17 y) respondents in California to assess their perception about quitting smoking and nicotine replacement therapy use. In multivariate models, never...
Comparative validation of the IPAQ and the 7-Day PAR among women diagnosed with breast cancer (2006)
Johnson-Kozlow, Marilyn, Sallis, James F, Gilpin, Elizabeth A, Rock, Cheryl L, Pierce, John P
Abstract Background The criterion-related validity and measurement bias of the long form of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) was compared to the 7-Day Physical Activity Recall...
Cigarette promotional offers - Who takes advantage? (2006)
White, Victoria M, White, Martha M, Freeman, Karen, Gilpin, Elizabeth A, Pierce, John P
Background: Promotional offers on cigarettes (e.g., dollar-off, multipack discounts) composed the largest share of tobacco industry marketing expenditures, totaling $8.9 billion, or 72% of the total...
McEligot, Archana Jaiswal, Rock, Cheryl L, Gilpin, Elizabeth A, Pierce, John P
We investigated circulating homocysteine concentrations in relation to smoking, folate intake (from food and supplements), serum folate concentrations, and other dietary variables. The present study...
Natarajan, Loki, Flatt, Shirley W., Sun, Xiaoying, Gamst, Anthony C., Major, Jacqueline M., Rock, Cheryl L., ...
Vegetables and fruits are rich in carotenoids, a group of compounds thought to protect against cancer. Studies of diet-disease associations need valid and reliable instruments for measuring dietary...
What fraction of young adults are at risk for future smoking, and who are they? (2005)
Gilpin, Elizabeth A, White, Victoria M, Pierce, John P
Recent evidence indicates that higher smoking rates among young adults in the United States may be related in part to increased initiation during young adulthood. The tobacco industry, restricted...
How do smokers control their cigarette expenditures? (2005)
White, Victoria M, Gilpin, Elizabeth A, White, Martha M, Pierce, John P
When faced with high cigarette prices, smokers can potentially control cigarette expenditures by limiting consumption or seeking cheaper cigarettes. The present study examined both these options and...
The impact of a second breast cancer diagnosis on health related quality of life (2005)
Thornton, Andrea A, Madlensky, Lisa, Flatt, Shirley W, Kaplan, Robert M, Pierce, John P
A growing of research documents the negative impact of recurrent breast cancer on quality of life (QOL), however few prospective investigations are available that compare QOL outcomes across...
The role of curiosity in smoking initiation (2005)
Pierce, John P, Distefan, Janet M, Kaplan, Robert M, Gilpin, Elizabeth A
Context: Although advertising theories have long viewed curiosity as an intermediate goal to encouraging consumption of a product among previous nonusers, this variable is rarely discussed in...
How have smoking risk factors changed with recent declines in California adolescent smoking? (2005)
Gilpin, Elizabeth A, Lee, Lora, Pierce, John P
Aim To compare predictors of smoking initiation in two longitudinal studies in California conducted during periods when adolescent smoking prevalence was increasing (1993-96) and decreasing...
Has there been a delay in the age of regular smoking onset among African Americans? (2004)
Trinidad, Dennis R, Gilpin, Elizabeth A, Lee, Lora, Pierce, John P
Background: It is not clear whether the decline in African American adolescent smoking in the 1980s reflected a delay in age of onset of regular smoking initiation rather than success in preventing...
Health-related Quality of Life in women previously treated for early-stage breast cancer (2004)
Bardwell, Wayne A, Major, Jacqueline M, Rock, Cheryl L, Newman, Vicky A, Thomson, Cynthia A, Chilton, Janice A, ...
This study describes health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in women previously treated for early stage breast cancer relative to general population and breast cancer norms. It also identifies...
Biglan, Michael, Gilpin, Elizabeth A, Rohrbach, Louise A, Pierce, John P
School surveys conducted to monitor the prevalence of adolescent smoking generally yield higher estimates than home-based surveys. Our goal was to examine the consistency of this mode effect over age...
Does adolescent perception of difficulty in getting cigarettes deter experimentation? (2004)
Gilpin, Elizabeth A, Lee, Lora, Pierce, John P
Background. Considerable controversy surrounds tobacco control emphasis on youth-access-to-tobacco laws, as there is limited evidence that such enforcement reduces youth smoking. In California,...
Do the majority of Asian-American and African-American smokers start as adults? (2004)
Trinidad, Dennis R, Gilpin, Elizabeth A, Lee, Lora, Pierce, John P
Background: Identifying ethnic differences in the age of smoking onset from nationally representative data can lead to improved targeted prevention programs and policies to combat smoking in ethnic...
Do the Majority of Asian-American and African-American Smokers Start as Adults? (2004)
Trinidad, Dennis R, Gilpin, Elizabeth A, Lee, Lora, Pierce, John P
Background: Identifying ethnic differences in the age of smoking onset from nationally representative data can lead to improved targeted prevention programs and policies to combat smoking in ethnic...
Changes in youth smoking participation in California in the 1990s. (2003)
Gilpin, Elizabeth A, Emery, Sherry, White, Martha M, Pierce, John P
Objective: To identify which key transitions in the adolescent smoking uptake process changed during periods of increasing and decreasing adolescent smoking participation in California. Methods: Age...
Concurrent use of tobacco products by California adolescents (2003)
Gilpin, Elizabeth A, Pierce, John P
Background. To describe patterns and correlates of tobacco product use other than cigarettes in adolescents 12-17 years of age. Methods. Adolescent respondents (N = 6090) to the 1999 California...
Thomson, Cynthia A., Giuliano, Anna, Rock, Cheryl L., Ritenbaugh, Cheryl K., Flatt, Shirley W., Faerber, Susan, ...
Measurement of dietary change was assessed in a systematic quota subsample (n = 397) of women recruited into the Women’s Healthy Eating and Living Study between 1996 and 1998, a multicenter,...
2002 California Tobacco Survey (CTS) (2002)
John P. Pierce, Martha M. White, Elizabeth A. Gilpin
The California Department of Health Services conducts surveys of attitudes, behaviors, and media exposure regarding smoking and tobacco use as components of the smoking cessation evaluation effort...
Gilpin, Elizabeth A, Pierce, John P, Berry, Charles C, White, Martha M, Maklan, David M, Croos, Joe, ...
For the 1999 California Tobacco Surveys (CTS), Westat performed statistical tasks that included sample selection, weighting, and data collection. This volume of the report contains a description of...
Index for US State Tobacco Control Initial Outcomes (2000)
Gilpin, Elizabeth A., Stillman, Frances A., Hartman, Anne M., Gibson, James T., Pierce, John P.
Public health tobacco control efforts have increasingly targeted communities in addition to individuals. Before population smoking decreases, effectiveness might be detected from initial outcomes...
1999 California Tobacco Survey (CTS) (1999)
John P. Pierce, Martha M. White, Elizabeth A. Gilpin, Charles C. Berry, David M. Maklan, Joe Croos, ...
The California Department of Health Services conducts surveys of attitudes, behaviors, and media exposure regarding smoking and tobacco use as components of the smoking cessation evaluation effort...
1993-1996-1999 Teen Longitudinal Surveys, California Tobacco Survey (CTS) (1999)
The California Department of Health Services conducts surveys of attitudes, behaviors, and media exposure regarding smoking and tobacco use as components of the smoking cessation evaluation effort...
1996 California Tobacco Survey (CTS) (1996)
The California Department of Health Services conducts surveys of attitudes, behaviors, and media exposure regarding smoking and tobacco use as components of the smoking cessation evaluation effort...
Evans, Nicola, Farkas, Arthur, Gilpin, Elizabeth, Berry, Charles, Pierce, John P.
Background: Today the uptake of smoking is primarily an adolescent pursuit. Awareness of tobacco advertising and promotion is high, and evidence suggests that it plays a role in adolescent smoking...
Nicotine Patch Use in the General Population: Results From the 1993 California Tobacco Survey (1995)
PROKHOROV, ALEXANDER V., FARKAS, ARTHUR, GILPIN, ELIZABETH, JOHNSON, MICHAEL, BAL, DILEEP, PIERCE, JOHN P.
The objective of the study was to describe a group of adolescents who have no smokers in their social environment and to examine their beliefs regarding the benefits of smoking. The design was a...
Smoking Initiation Rates in Adults and Minors: United States, 1944-1988 (1994)
Gilpin, Elizabeth A., Lee, Lora, Evans, Nicola, Pierce, John P.
To the authors' knowledge, calendar year trends in cigarette smoking initiation rates have not been examined on a population basis. National Health Interview Survey data (1970, 1978, 1979, 1980,...
1993 California Tobacco Survey (CTS) (1993)
John P. Pierce, Robert M. Kaplan
The California Department of Health Services conducts surveys of attitudes, behaviors, and media exposure regarding smoking and tobacco use as components of the smoking cessation evaluation effort...
A role for drug awareness and prevention programs external to the school? (1992)
Quine, Susan, Stephenson, John A., Macaskill, Petra, Pierce, John P.
This paper presents the results of a cross-sectional study, conducted in late 1986, which compared drug awareness between two groups of children enrolled in years 5 and 6 of primary schools in...
Pierce, John P., Anderson, D. Michael, Romano, Rose Mary, Meissner, Helen I., Odenkirchen, JoAnne C.
Background: Although many smokers report making attempts to quit, few seek help or are successful in their attempts. Some of the barriers to seeking help can be overcome by a telephone counseling and...
Smoking Initiation in the United States: A Role for Worksite and College Smoking Bans (1991)
Pierce, John P., Naquin, Millie, Gilpin, Elizabeth, Giovino, Gary, Mills, Sherry, Marcus, Steven
Data from four National Health Interview Surveys were Combined, and a birth-cohort analysis was undertaken to determine the age when regular smoking is initiated. By the age of 25 years, most smokers...
Quitting Smoking in the United States in 1986 (1990)
Hatziandreu, Evridiki J., Pierce, John P., Lefkopoulou, Myrto, Fiore, Michael C., Mills, Sherry L., Novotny, Thomas E., ...
In an analysis of recent behavior with regard to quitting smoking, detailed histories were obtained on a representative sample of 5,623 Americans who had smoked in the year preceding the 1986 Adult...
Comparative validation of the IPAQ and the 7-Day PAR among women diagnosed with breast cancer
Johnson-Kozlow, Marilyn, Sallis, James F, Gilpin, Elizabeth A, Rock, Cheryl L, Pierce, John P
Clean Indoor Air: Advances in California, 1990–1999
Gilpin, Elizabeth A., Farkas, Arthur J., Emery, Sherry L., Ake, Christopher F., Pierce, John P.
Objectives. This study assessed progress in achieving clean indoor air in California.
Do Favorite Movie Stars Influence Adolescent Smoking Initiation?
Distefan, Janet M., Pierce, John P., Gilpin, Elizabeth A.
Objectives. We sought to determine whether adolescents whose favorite movie stars smoke on-screen are at increased risk of tobacco use.
Clean Indoor Air: Advances in California, 1990–1999
Gilpin, Elizabeth A., Farkas, Arthur J., Emery, Sherry L., Ake, Christopher F., Pierce, John P.
Objectives. This study assessed progress in achieving clean indoor air in California.
Do Favorite Movie Stars Influence Adolescent Smoking Initiation?
Distefan, Janet M., Pierce, John P., Gilpin, Elizabeth A.
Objectives. We sought to determine whether adolescents whose favorite movie stars smoke on-screen are at increased risk of tobacco use.
Comparative validation of the IPAQ and the 7-Day PAR among women diagnosed with breast cancer
Johnson-Kozlow, Marilyn, Sallis, James F, Gilpin, Elizabeth A, Rock, Cheryl L, Pierce, John P
John P. Pierce, Todd P. Gilmer, Lora Lee, Elizabeth A. Gilpin, Joy De Beyer, Karen Messer
Real cigarette prices in the US increased from the early 1980s to early 1990s. Holding all else equal, adolescent initiation of regular smoking should have declined during this period. Using national...
A qualitative investigation of breast cancer survivors’ experiences with breastfeeding
Gorman, Jessica R., Usita, Paula M., Madlensky, Lisa, Pierce, John P.
Gilpin, Elizabeth A., White, Martha M., Messer, Karen, Pierce, John P.
Objectives. We investigated whether receptivity to tobacco advertising and promotions during young adolescence predicts young adult smoking 6 years later.