Eric Leas

Title(s)Assistant Adjunct Professor, Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health & Human Longevity Science
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Address9500 Gilman Drive #
La Jolla CA 92093
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    Stanford University, Stanford, CAFellowship11/2018Preventive Medicine
    University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CAPhD06/2017Public Health
    University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CAMPH06/2013Epidemiology

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    Eric C. Leas, PhD MPH, is an assistant professor at the University of California, San Diego and was previously a fellow at Stanford University. Dr. Leas is among the first generation of scientist to come of age in the "Big Data" era. His research explores how modern analytical methods and data streams can improve our understanding of public health and inform health policy, with primary applications in substance use research.
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    1. Need for improved regulation of tobacco e-commerce. Tob Control. 2024 Jan 08. Leas EC. PMID: 38191235.
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    2. Place-based inequities in cigarette smoking across the USA. Tob Control. 2023 12 13; 33(1):135-136. Leas EC, Pierce JP, Satybaldiyeva N. PMID: 35584902; PMCID: PMC9672136.
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    3. Declines in cigarette smoking among US adolescents and young adults: indications of independence from e-cigarette vaping surge. Tob Control. 2023 Nov 08. Pierce JP, Luo M, McMenamin SB, Stone MD, Leas EC, Strong D, Shi Y, Kealey S, Benmarhnia T, Messer K. PMID: 37940404.
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    4. E-commerce licensing loopholes: a case study of online shopping for tobacco products following a statewide sales restriction on flavoured tobacco in California. Tob Control. 2023 Nov 07. Leas EC, Mejorado T, Harati R, Ellis S, Satybaldiyeva N, Morales N, Poliak A. PMID: 37935483.
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    5. Kratom availability in California vape shops. Prev Med Rep. 2023 Oct; 35:102380. Bowdring MA, Leas EC, Vishwakarma M, Schleicher NC, Prochaska JJ, Henriksen L. PMID: 37680858; PMCID: PMC10481347.
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    6. Indicators of Tobacco Dependence Among Youth: Findings From Wave 1 (2013-2014) of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study. Nicotine Tob Res. 2023 08 19; 25(9):1565-1574. Strong DR, Glasser AM, Leas EC, Pierce JP, Abrams DB, Hrywna M, Hyland A, Cummings KM, Hatsukami DK, Fong GT, Elton-Marshall T, Sharma E, Edwards KC, Stanton CA, Sawdey MD, Ramôa CP, Silveira ML, Kimmel HL, Niaura RS. PMID: 37156636; PMCID: PMC10439486.
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    7. Comparing Physician and Artificial Intelligence Chatbot Responses to Patient Questions Posted to a Public Social Media Forum. JAMA Intern Med. 2023 06 01; 183(6):589-596. Ayers JW, Poliak A, Dredze M, Leas EC, Zhu Z, Kelley JB, Faix DJ, Goodman AM, Longhurst CA, Hogarth M, Smith DM. PMID: 37115527; PMCID: PMC10148230.
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    8. Evaluating Artificial Intelligence Responses to Public Health Questions. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 06 01; 6(6):e2317517. Ayers JW, Zhu Z, Poliak A, Leas EC, Dredze M, Hogarth M, Smith DM. PMID: 37285160; PMCID: PMC10248742.
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    9. Self-reported adverse events associated with ∆8-Tetrahydrocannabinol (Delta-8-THC) Use. J Cannabis Res. 2023 May 23; 5(1):15. Leas EC, Harati RM, Satybaldiyeva N, Morales NE, Huffaker SL, Mejorado T, Grant I. PMID: 37217977; PMCID: PMC10204335.
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    10. Biochemical Validation of Dependence on JUUL and Other E-Cigarettes Among Youth. Pediatrics. 2023 04 01; 151(4). Pierce JP, Leas EC, Strong DR. PMID: 36942497.
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    11. Trends in cigarette consumption across the United States, with projections to 2035. PLoS One. 2023; 18(3):e0282893. Leas EC, Trinidad DR, Pierce JP, McMenamin SB, Messer K. PMID: 36913367; PMCID: PMC10010542.
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    12. Characterizing Help-Seeking Searches for Substance Use Treatment From Google Trends and Assessing Their Use for Infoveillance: Longitudinal Descriptive and Validation Statistical Analysis. J Med Internet Res. 2022 12 01; 24(12):e41527. Patton T, Abramovitz D, Johnson D, Leas E, Nobles A, Caputi T, Ayers J, Strathdee S, Bórquez A. PMID: 36454620; PMCID: PMC9756118.
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    13. Longitudinal analysis of tobacco and vape retail density in California. Tob Induc Dis. 2022; 20:87. Purushothaman V, Cuomo RE, Leas E, Li J, Strong D, Mackey TK. PMID: 36317059; PMCID: PMC9574848.
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    14. Internet Searches for Abortion Medications Following the Leaked Supreme Court of the United States Draft Ruling. JAMA Intern Med. 2022 09 01; 182(9):1002-1004. Poliak A, Satybaldiyeva N, Strathdee SA, Leas EC, Rao R, Smith D, Ayers JW. PMID: 35767270; PMCID: PMC9244771.
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    15. Daily E-cigarette Use and the Surge in JUUL Sales: 2017-2019. Pediatrics. 2022 Jun 01; 149(6). Pierce JP, Zhang J, Crotty Alexander LE, Leas EC, Kealey S, White MM, Strong DR, Trinidad DR, McMenamin SB, Chen R, Benmarhnia T, Messer K. PMID: 35634883; PMCID: PMC9647987.
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    16. Effect of Graphic Warning Labels on Cigarette Pack-Hiding Behavior Among Smokers: The CASA Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 06 01; 5(6):e2214242. Pierce JP, Kealey S, Leas EC, Pulvers K, Stone MD, Oratowski J, Brighton E, Villaseñor A, Strong DR. PMID: 35653155; PMCID: PMC9164006.
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    17. Use of Menthol Cigarettes, Smoking Frequency, and Nicotine Dependence Among US Youth. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 06 01; 5(6):e2217144. Leas EC, Benmarhnia T, Strong DR, Pierce JP. PMID: 35666498; PMCID: PMC9171563.
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    18. Through our own eyes and voices: The experiences of those "left-behind" in rural, indigenous migrant-sending communities in western Guatemala. J Migr Health. 2022; 5:100096. Ciborowski HM, Hurst S, Perez RL, Swanson K, Leas E, Brouwer KC, Shakya HB. PMID: 35519077; PMCID: PMC9062241.
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    19. Evaluating US smokers' willingness to pay for different cigarette packaging designs before and after real-world exposure in a randomised trial. Tob Control. 2023 11; 32(6):689-695. Stone M, Dimofte C, Strong D, Pulvers K, Crespo NC, Leas EC, Pierce JP. PMID: 35232793.
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    20. Effectiveness of e-cigarettes as aids for smoking cessation: evidence from the PATH Study cohort, 2017-2019. Tob Control. 2023 08; 32(e2):e145-e152. Chen R, Pierce JP, Leas EC, Benmarhnia T, Strong DR, White MM, Stone M, Trinidad DR, McMenamin SB, Messer K. PMID: 35131948; PMCID: PMC10423520.
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    21. Validation of the Wave 1 and Wave 2 Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study Indicators of Tobacco Dependence Using Biomarkers of Nicotine Exposure Across Tobacco Products. Nicotine Tob Res. 2022 01 01; 24(1):10-19. Strong DR, Leas E, Noble M, White M, Glasser A, Taylor K, Edwards KC, Frissell KC, Compton WM, Conway KP, Lambert E, Kimmel HL, Silveira ML, Hull LC, van Bemmel D, Schroeder MJ, Cummings KM, Hyland A, Feng J, Blount B, Wang L, Niaura R. PMID: 34383052; PMCID: PMC8666120.
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    22. Public interest in ∆8-Tetrahydrocannabinol (delta-8-THC) increased in US states that restricted ∆9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (delta-9-THC) use. Int J Drug Policy. 2022 03; 101:103557. Leas EC, Nobles AL, Shi Y, Hendrickson E. PMID: 34952279; PMCID: PMC9126323.
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    23. Further Considerations on the Association Between Flavored Tobacco Legislation and High School Student Smoking Rates. JAMA Pediatr. 2021 12 01; 175(12):1290-1291. Leas EC. PMID: 34515745.
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    24. Tobacco price and use following California Proposition 56 tobacco tax increase. PLoS One. 2021; 16(10):e0257553. Gunadi C, Benmarhnia T, White M, Pierce JP, McMenamin SB, Leas EC, Shi Y. PMID: 34644338; PMCID: PMC8513910.
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    25. The Hemp Loophole: A Need to Clarify the Legality of Delta-8-THC and Other Hemp-Derived Tetrahydrocannabinol Compounds. Am J Public Health. 2021 11; 111(11):1927-1931. Leas EC. PMID: 34618542; PMCID: PMC8630489.
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    26. Incidence of Cigarette Smoking Relapse Among Individuals Who Switched to e-Cigarettes or Other Tobacco Products. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 10 01; 4(10):e2128810. Pierce JP, Chen R, Kealey S, Leas EC, White MM, Stone MD, McMenamin SB, Trinidad DR, Strong DR, Benmarhnia T, Messer K. PMID: 34665239; PMCID: PMC8527352.
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    27. Role of affective reactivity induced by cigarette packaging including graphic warning labels: the CASA Study. Tob Control. 2023 05; 32(3):315-322. Stone M, Strong D, Dimofte C, Brighton E, Oratowski J, Yang T, Alkuzweny M, Asslani A, Velasco K, Skipworth M, Crespo NC, Hurst S, Leas EC, Pulvers K, Pierce JP. PMID: 34511408; PMCID: PMC8917242.
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    28. Characterizing Self-Reports of Self-Identified Patient Experiences with Methadone Maintenance Treatment on an Online Community during COVID-19. Subst Use Misuse. 2021; 56(14):2134-2140. Nobles AL, Johnson DC, Leas EC, Goodman-Meza D, Zúñiga ML, Ziedonis D, Strathdee SA, Ayers JW. PMID: 34486471; PMCID: PMC8820092.
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    29. Spread of Misinformation About Face Masks and COVID-19 by Automated Software on Facebook. JAMA Intern Med. 2021 09 01; 181(9):1251-1253. Ayers JW, Chu B, Zhu Z, Leas EC, Smith DM, Dredze M, Broniatowski DA. PMID: 34096988; PMCID: PMC8185625.
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    30. Effect of Graphic Warning Labels on Cigarette Packs on US Smokers' Cognitions and Smoking Behavior After 3 Months: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 08 02; 4(8):e2121387. Strong DR, Pierce JP, Pulvers K, Stone MD, Villaseñor A, Pu M, Dimofte CV, Leas EC, Oratowski J, Brighton E, Hurst S, Kealey S, Chen R, Messer K. PMID: 34347057; PMCID: PMC8339936.
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    31. Effects of menthol use and transitions in use on short-term and long-term cessation from cigarettes among US smokers. Tob Control. 2023 04; 32(e1):e31-e36. Leas EC, Benmarhnia T, Strong DR, Pierce JP. PMID: 34230056; PMCID: PMC8733048.
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    32. Availability and Promotion of Cannabidiol (CBD) Products in Online Vape Shops. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 06 22; 18(13). Leas EC, Moy N, McMenamin SB, Shi Y, Benmarhnia T, Stone MD, Trinidad DR, White M. PMID: 34206501; PMCID: PMC8295837.
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    33. Racial/Ethnic Disparities Across Indicators of Cigarette Smoking in the Era of Increased Tobacco Control, 1992-2019. Nicotine Tob Res. 2021 05 24; 23(6):909-919. Sakuma KK, Pierce JP, Fagan P, Nguyen-Grozavu FT, Leas EC, Messer K, White MM, Tieu AS, Trinidad DR. PMID: 33196799; PMCID: PMC8522466.
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    34. E-cigarettes and Cessation: The Introduction of Substantial Bias in Analyses of PATH Study. Nicotine Tob Res. 2021 05 04; 23(5):876-877. Pierce JP, Leas EC, Benmarhnia T, McMenamin SB, Strong DR, Chen R, Messer K. PMID: 33188408; PMCID: PMC8522440.
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    35. Did Philip Morris International use the e-cigarette, or vaping, product use associated lung injury (EVALI) outbreak to market IQOS heated tobacco? Tob Control. 2023 01; 32(1):131-132. Ayers JW, Leas EC, Dredze M, Caputi TL, Zhu SH, Cohen JE. PMID: 33863833.
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    36. Monitoring HIV testing and pre-exposure prophylaxis information seeking by combining digital and traditional data. BMC Infect Dis. 2021 Feb 25; 21(1):215. Johnson DC, Nobles AL, Caputi TL, Liu M, Leas EC, Strathdee SA, Smith DM, Ayers JW. PMID: 33632140; PMCID: PMC7908754.
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    37. Google shopping queries for vaping products, JUUL and IQOS during the E-cigarette, or Vaping, product use Associated Lung Injury (EVALI) outbreak. Tob Control. 2022 08; 31(e1):e74-e77. Leas EC, Moy NH, Nobles AL, Ayers J, Zhu SH, Purushothaman V. PMID: 33608466; PMCID: PMC8373990.
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    38. Use of E-cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products and Progression to Daily Cigarette Smoking. Pediatrics. 2021 02; 147(2). Pierce JP, Chen R, Leas EC, White MM, Kealey S, Stone MD, Benmarhnia T, Trinidad DR, Strong DR, Messer K. PMID: 33431589; PMCID: PMC7849197.
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    39. Suicide-Related Internet Searches During the Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 01 04; 4(1):e2034261. Ayers JW, Poliak A, Johnson DC, Leas EC, Dredze M, Caputi T, Nobles AL. PMID: 33475749; PMCID: PMC7821025.
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    40. Effect size reporting among prominent health journals: a case study of odds ratios. BMJ Evid Based Med. 2020 Dec 10. Chu B, Liu M, Leas EC, Althouse BM, Ayers JW. PMID: 33303479; PMCID: PMC8311093.
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    41. Internet Searches for Acute Anxiety During the Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Intern Med. 2020 12 01; 180(12):1706-1707. Ayers JW, Leas EC, Johnson DC, Poliak A, Althouse BM, Dredze M, Nobles AL. PMID: 32832984; PMCID: PMC7445624.
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    42. Use of Electronic Cigarettes to Aid Long-Term Smoking Cessation in the United States: Prospective Evidence From the PATH Cohort Study. Am J Epidemiol. 2020 12 01; 189(12):1529-1537. Chen R, Pierce JP, Leas EC, White MM, Kealey S, Strong DR, Trinidad DR, Benmarhnia T, Messer K. PMID: 32715314; PMCID: PMC7705599.
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    43. Quantifying Public Interest in Police Reforms by Mining Internet Search Data Following George Floyd's Death. J Med Internet Res. 2020 10 21; 22(10):e22574. Ayers JW, Althouse BM, Poliak A, Leas EC, Nobles AL, Dredze M, Smith D. PMID: 33084578; PMCID: PMC7641778.
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    44. News coverage of the E-cigarette, or Vaping, product use Associated Lung Injury (EVALI) outbreak and internet searches for vaping cessation. Tob Control. 2021 09; 30(5):578-582. Leas EC, Nobles AL, Caputi TL, Dredze M, Zhu SH, Cohen JE, Ayers JW. PMID: 33051278; PMCID: PMC8041908.
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    45. Self-reported Cannabidiol (CBD) Use for Conditions With Proven Therapies. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 10 01; 3(10):e2020977. Leas EC, Hendrickson EM, Nobles AL, Todd R, Smith DM, Dredze M, Ayers JW. PMID: 33057645; PMCID: PMC7563067.
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    46. Real-world exposure to graphic warning labels on cigarette packages in US smokers: The CASA randomized trial protocol. Contemp Clin Trials. 2020 11; 98:106152. Pierce JP, Strong DR, Stone MD, Villaseñor A, Dimofte CV, Leas EC, Oratowski J, Brighton E, Hurst S, Pulvers K, Kealey S, Chen R, Messer K. PMID: 32966877; PMCID: PMC7502239.
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    47. Widening disparities in cigarette smoking by race/ethnicity across education level in the United States. Prev Med. 2020 10; 139:106220. Nguyen-Grozavu FT, Pierce JP, Sakuma KK, Leas EC, McMenamin SB, Kealey S, Benmarhnia T, Emery SL, White MM, Fagan P, Trinidad DR. PMID: 32693179; PMCID: PMC7494609.
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    48. #HIV: Alignment of HIV-Related Visual Content on Instagram with Public Health Priorities in the US. AIDS Behav. 2020 Jul; 24(7):2045-2053. Nobles AL, Leas EC, Latkin CA, Dredze M, Strathdee SA, Ayers JW. PMID: 31916098; PMCID: PMC10712936.
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    49. Predictive validity of the adult tobacco dependence index: Findings from waves 1 and 2 of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2020 09 01; 214:108134. Strong DR, Leas E, Noble M, White M, Frissell KC, Glasser A, Katz L, Taylor K, Compton WM, Conway KP, Lambert E, Kimmel HL, Silveira ML, Green V, Hull LC, Cummings KM, Hyland A, Niaura R. PMID: 32629146; PMCID: PMC7446939.
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    50. Examining Peer-to-Peer and Patient-Provider Interactions on a Social Media Community Facilitating Ask the Doctor Services. Proc Int AAAI Conf Weblogs Soc Media. 2020 Jun; 14:464-475. Nobles AL, Leas EC, Dredze M, Ayers JW. PMID: 32724726; PMCID: PMC7386284.
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    51. Automated image analysis of instagram posts: Implications for risk perception and communication in public health using a case study of #HIV. PLoS One. 2020; 15(5):e0231155. Nobles AL, Leas EC, Noar S, Dredze M, Latkin CA, Strathdee SA, Ayers JW. PMID: 32365124; PMCID: PMC7197791.
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    52. A Source of Bias in Studies of E-Cigarettes and Smoking Cessation. Nicotine Tob Res. 2020 04 21; 22(5):861-862. Pierce JP, Messer K, Leas EC, Kealey S, White MM, Benmarhnia T. PMID: 31398246; PMCID: PMC7171280.
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    53. A Philip Morris advertisement for its heated tobacco product IQOS sets a troubling precedent. Tob Control. 2020 12; 29(e1):e168-e170. Leas EC, Cohen JE, Ayers JW. PMID: 32019894.
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    54. Responses to addiction help-seeking from Alexa, Siri, Google Assistant, Cortana, and Bixby intelligent virtual assistants. NPJ Digit Med. 2020; 3:11. Nobles AL, Leas EC, Caputi TL, Zhu SH, Strathdee SA, Ayers JW. PMID: 32025572; PMCID: PMC6989668.
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    55. The effect of college attendance on young adult cigarette, e-cigarette, cigarillo, hookah and smokeless tobacco use and its potential for addressing tobacco-related health disparities. Prev Med. 2020 03; 132:105954. Leas EC, Trinidad DR, Pierce JP, Benmarhnia T. PMID: 31917304; PMCID: PMC7104572.
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    56. Ignoring Data Delays Our Reaction to Emerging Public Health Tragedies Like 13 Reasons Why. JAMA Psychiatry. 2020 01 01; 77(1):102-103. Leas EC, Dredze M, Ayers JW. PMID: 31553419.
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    57. Requests for Diagnoses of Sexually Transmitted Diseases on a Social Media Platform. JAMA. 2019 11 05; 322(17):1712-1713. Nobles AL, Leas EC, Althouse BM, Dredze M, Longhurst CA, Smith DM, Ayers JW. PMID: 31688875; PMCID: PMC6865226.
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    58. Trends in Internet Searches for Cannabidiol (CBD) in the United States. JAMA Netw Open. 2019 10 02; 2(10):e1913853. Leas EC, Nobles AL, Caputi TL, Dredze M, Smith DM, Ayers JW. PMID: 31642924; PMCID: PMC6820034.
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    59. What to do when tobacco advertisers exploit antitobacco social media campaigns to sell tobacco. Tob Control. 2020 03; 29(2):243-244. Leas EC, Prochaska JJ, Ayers J, Nobles AL, Henriksen L. PMID: 31249102.
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    60. The Need for Federal Regulation of Marijuana Marketing. JAMA. 2019 06 11; 321(22):2163-2164. Ayers JW, Caputi TL, Leas EC. PMID: 31095243.
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    61. State and regional gaps in coverage of 'Tobacco 21' policies. Tob Control. 2020 03; 29(2):226-227. Leas EC, Schliecher N, Recinos A, Mahoney M, Henriksen L. PMID: 31004006; PMCID: PMC7365022.
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    62. Harm perceptions and tobacco use initiation among youth in Wave 1 and 2 of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study. Prev Med. 2019 06; 123:185-191. Strong DR, Leas E, Elton-Marshall T, Wackowski OA, Travers M, Bansal-Travers M, Hyland A, White M, Noble M, Cummings KM, Taylor K, Kaufman AR, Choi K, Pierce JP. PMID: 30878572; PMCID: PMC7443099.
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    63. Place-Based Inequity in Smoking Prevalence in the Largest Cities in the United States. JAMA Intern Med. 2019 03 01; 179(3):442-444. Leas EC, Schleicher NC, Prochaska JJ, Henriksen L. PMID: 30615029; PMCID: PMC6439705.
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    64. Next generation media monitoring: Global coverage of electronic nicotine delivery systems (electronic cigarettes) on Bing, Google and Twitter, 2013-2018. PLoS One. 2018; 13(11):e0205822. Ayers JW, Dredze M, Leas EC, Caputi TL, Allem JP, Cohen JE. PMID: 30388126; PMCID: PMC6214510.
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    65. Can E-Cigarettes and Pharmaceutical Aids Increase Smoking Cessation and Reduce Cigarette Consumption? Findings From a Nationally Representative Cohort of American Smokers. Am J Epidemiol. 2018 11 01; 187(11):2397-2404. Benmarhnia T, Pierce JP, Leas E, White MM, Strong DR, Noble ML, Trinidad DR. PMID: 29955810; PMCID: PMC6211241.
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    66. US Food and Drug Administration Inspection of Tobacco Sales to Minors at Top Pharmacies, 2012-2017. JAMA Pediatr. 2018 11 01; 172(11):1089-1090. Lee JGL, Schleicher NC, Leas EC, Henriksen L. PMID: 30193340; PMCID: PMC6248162.
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    67. Response. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2018 10 01; 110(10):1144. Pierce JP, Leas EC, Benmarhnia T, Strong DR. PMID: 29506059; PMCID: PMC7446236.
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    68. Effectiveness of Pharmaceutical Smoking Cessation Aids in a Nationally Representative Cohort of American Smokers. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2018 06 01; 110(6):581-587. Leas EC, Pierce JP, Benmarhnia T, White MM, Noble ML, Trinidad DR, Strong DR. PMID: 29281040; PMCID: PMC6005055.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 15     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    69. Association Between Receptivity to Tobacco Advertising and Progression to Tobacco Use in Youth and Young Adults in the PATH Study. JAMA Pediatr. 2018 05 01; 172(5):444-451. Pierce JP, Sargent JD, Portnoy DB, White M, Noble M, Kealey S, Borek N, Carusi C, Choi K, Green VR, Kaufman AR, Leas E, Lewis MJ, Margolis KA, Messer K, Shi Y, Silveira ML, Snyder K, Stanton CA, Tanski SE, Bansal-Travers M, Trinidad D, Hyland A. PMID: 29582078; PMCID: PMC5875336.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 63     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    70. The Potential Influence of Regulatory Environment for E-Cigarettes on the Effectiveness of E-Cigarettes for Smoking Cessation: Different Reasons to Temper the Conclusions From Inadequate Data. Nicotine Tob Res. 2018 04 02; 20(5):659. Benmarhnia T, Leas E, Hendrickson E, Trinidad DR, Strong DR, Pierce JP. PMID: 28541517.
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    71. Online Sales of Marijuana: An Unrecognized Public Health Dilemma. Am J Prev Med. 2018 05; 54(5):719-721. Caputi TL, Leas EC, Dredze M, Ayers JW. PMID: 29576446.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 5     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsPHPublic Health
    72. Standardised cigarette packaging may reduce the implied safety of Natural American Spirit cigarettes. Tob Control. 2018 10; 27(e2):e118-e123. Leas EC, Pierce JP, Dimofte CV, Trinidad DR, Strong DR. PMID: 29255011; PMCID: PMC7392163.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 14     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    73. Can a selfie promote public engagement with skin cancer? Prev Med. 2018 06; 111:280-283. Noar SM, Leas E, Althouse BM, Dredze M, Kelley D, Ayers JW. PMID: 29109014.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 8     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    74. They're heating up: Internet search query trends reveal significant public interest in heat-not-burn tobacco products. PLoS One. 2017; 12(10):e0185735. Caputi TL, Leas E, Dredze M, Cohen JE, Ayers JW. PMID: 29020019; PMCID: PMC5636077.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 31     Fields:    
    75. Pre-adolescent Receptivity to Tobacco Marketing and Its Relationship to Acquiring Friends Who Smoke and Cigarette Smoking Initiation. Ann Behav Med. 2017 Oct; 51(5):730-740. Strong DR, Messer K, Hartman SJ, Nodora J, Vera L, White MM, Leas E, Pharris-Ciurej N, Borek N, Pierce JP. PMID: 28255935; PMCID: PMC5810372.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 4     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    76. Internet Searches for Suicide Following the Release of 13 Reasons Why. JAMA Intern Med. 2017 10 01; 177(10):1527-1529. Ayers JW, Althouse BM, Leas EC, Dredze M, Allem JP. PMID: 28759671; PMCID: PMC5820689.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 42     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    77. The Charlie Sheen Effect on Rapid In-home Human Immunodeficiency Virus Test Sales. Prev Sci. 2017 07; 18(5):541-544. Allem JP, Leas EC, Caputi TL, Dredze M, Althouse BM, Noar SM, Ayers JW. PMID: 28516308.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 12     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    78. Receptivity to Tobacco Advertising and Susceptibility to Tobacco Products. Pediatrics. 2017 Jun; 139(6). Pierce JP, Sargent JD, White MM, Borek N, Portnoy DB, Green VR, Kaufman AR, Stanton CA, Bansal-Travers M, Strong DR, Pearson JL, Coleman BN, Leas E, Noble ML, Trinidad DR, Moran MB, Carusi C, Hyland A, Messer K. PMID: 28562266; PMCID: PMC5470502.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 62     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    79. Susceptibility to tobacco product use among youth in wave 1 of the population Assessment of tobacco and health (PATH) study. Prev Med. 2017 Aug; 101:8-14. Trinidad DR, Pierce JP, Sargent JD, White MM, Strong DR, Portnoy DB, Green VR, Stanton CA, Choi K, Bansal-Travers M, Shi Y, Pearson JL, Kaufman AR, Borek N, Coleman BN, Hyland A, Carusi C, Kealey S, Leas E, Noble ML, Messer K. PMID: 28526392; PMCID: PMC5537073.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 50     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    80. Why do people use electronic nicotine delivery systems (electronic cigarettes)? A content analysis of Twitter, 2012-2015. PLoS One. 2017; 12(3):e0170702. Ayers JW, Leas EC, Allem JP, Benton A, Dredze M, Althouse BM, Cruz TB, Unger JB. PMID: 28248987; PMCID: PMC5331961.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 68     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    81. Postdiagnosis social networks and breast cancer mortality in the After Breast Cancer Pooling Project. Cancer. 2017 Apr 01; 123(7):1228-1237. Kroenke CH, Michael YL, Poole EM, Kwan ML, Nechuta S, Leas E, Caan BJ, Pierce J, Shu XO, Zheng Y, Chen WY. PMID: 27943274; PMCID: PMC5360517.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 48     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    82. Pokémon GO-A New Distraction for Drivers and Pedestrians. JAMA Intern Med. 2016 12 01; 176(12):1865-1866. Ayers JW, Leas EC, Dredze M, Allem JP, Grabowski JG, Hill L. PMID: 27635638.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 27     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    83. Which cigarettes do Americans think are safer? A population-based analysis with wave 1 of the PATH study. Tob Control. 2017 03; 26(e1):e59-e60. Leas EC, Ayers JW, Strong DR, Pierce JP. PMID: 27742918; PMCID: PMC5858197.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 15     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    84. Big Data Sensors of Organic Advocacy: The Case of Leonardo DiCaprio and Climate Change. PLoS One. 2016; 11(8):e0159885. Leas EC, Althouse BM, Dredze M, Obradovich N, Fowler JH, Noar SM, Allem JP, Ayers JW. PMID: 27482907; PMCID: PMC4970768.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 14     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    85. US adult smokers' perceptions' of Australia's cigarette warning labels: variance by warning content and consistency across sociodemographic subsegments. Tob Control. 2017 07; 26(4):485-486. Leas EC, Pierce JP, Dimofte CV, Villaseñor A, Strong DR. PMID: 27343227; PMCID: PMC5309205.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 8     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    86. News and Internet Searches About Human Immunodeficiency Virus After Charlie Sheen's Disclosure. JAMA Intern Med. 2016 Apr; 176(4):552-4. Ayers JW, Althouse BM, Dredze M, Leas EC, Noar SM. PMID: 26902971.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 20     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    87. Leveraging Big Data to Improve Health Awareness Campaigns: A Novel Evaluation of the Great American Smokeout. JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2016 Jan-Jun; 2(1):e16. Ayers JW, Westmaas JL, Leas EC, Benton A, Chen Y, Dredze M, Althouse BM. PMID: 27227151; PMCID: PMC4869240.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 34  
    88. Revisiting the Rise of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems Using Search Query Surveillance. Am J Prev Med. 2016 06; 50(6):e173-e181. Ayers JW, Althouse BM, Allem JP, Leas EC, Dredze M, Williams RS. PMID: 26876772; PMCID: PMC5422030.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 35     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    89. Gender differences influence overweight smokers' experimentation with electronic nicotine delivery systems. Addict Behav. 2015 Oct; 49:20-5. Strong DR, Myers M, Linke S, Leas E, Hofstetter R, Edland S, Al-Delaimy WK. PMID: 26036665; PMCID: PMC4478105.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 9     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    90. E-cigarette use in the past and quitting behavior in the future: a population-based study. Am J Public Health. 2015 Jun; 105(6):1213-9. Al-Delaimy WK, Myers MG, Leas EC, Strong DR, Hofstetter CR. PMID: 25880947; PMCID: PMC4431097.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 77     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    91. Recall of anti-tobacco advertisements and effects on quitting behavior: results from the California smokers cohort. Am J Public Health. 2015 Feb; 105(2):e90-7. Leas EC, Myers MG, Strong DR, Hofstetter CR, Al-Delaimy WK. PMID: 25521871; PMCID: PMC4318324.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 10     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    92. Smokers who report smoking but do not consider themselves smokers: a phenomenon in need of further attention. Tob Control. 2015 Jul; 24(4):400-3. Leas EC, Zablocki RW, Edland SD, Al-Delaimy WK. PMID: 24500273.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 8     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    93. Is gray water the key to unlocking water for resource-poor areas of the Middle East, North Africa, and other arid regions of the world? Ambio. 2014 Oct; 43(6):707-17. Leas EC, Dare A, Al-Delaimy WK. PMID: 24165868; PMCID: PMC4165838.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 2     Fields:    Translation:PHPublic Health
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