Raymond S Niaura
Raymond S Niaura
Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Professional overview
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Dr. Raymond Niaura is a psychologist and an expert on tobacco dependence and treatment, as well as substance use and addiction to alcohol. Dr. Niaura researches the biobehavioral substrates of tobacco dependence, including factors that influence adolescent and early adult tobacco use trajectories. He also evaluates behavioral and pharmacological treatments for tobacco cessation, with a particular interest in cessation in disadvantaged population to address public health disparities in tobacco-related burdens of illness and disability.
For eight year, Dr. Niaura was the Director of Science and Training at the Schroeder Institute (SI) for Tobacco Research and Policy Studies at the Truth Initiative, where he also supervised the pre- and post-doctoral training programs. Dr. Niaura has previously taught and conducted research at Brown University, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the Georgetown Medical Center, and the School of Public Health at University of Maryland. He was also a former President of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco and is a Deputy Editor of the Nicotine and Tobacco Research.
With grants from the National Institutes of Health, numerous foundations, and private industry, Dr. Niaura has published over 400 peer-reviewed articles, commentaries, and book chapters, including the book The Tobacco Dependence Treatment Handbook: A Guide to Best Practices.
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Education
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BA, Psychology (First Class Honors), McGill University, Montreal, CanadaMS, Psychology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJPhD, Psychology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
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Honors and awards
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Research Laureate, American Academy of Health Behavior (2009)University Scholar Award, McGill University (1979)
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Areas of research and study
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Alcohol, Tobacco and Driving PoliciesEvaluationsHealth DisparitiesSubstance AbuseTobacco Control
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Publications
Publications
Exposure to Nicotine and Toxicants among Dual Users of Tobacco Cigarettes and E-Cigarettes : Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study, 2013-2014
Failed retrieving data.High rates of menthol cigarette use among pregnant smokers : Preliminary findings and call for future research
Failed retrieving data.Intensive Longitudinal Study of the Relationship between Cigalike E-cigarette Use and Cigarette Smoking among Adult Cigarette Smokers without Immediate Plans to Quit Smoking
Failed retrieving data.Menthol and Mint Cigarettes and Cigars : Initiation and Progression in Youth, Young Adults and Adults in Waves 1-4 of the PATH Study, 2013-2017
Failed retrieving data.Patterns of E-cigarette use and subsequent cigarette smoking cessation over 2 Years (2013/2014-2015/2016) in the population assessment of tobacco and health study
Failed retrieving data.Predictors of attrition in a smoking cessation trial conducted in the lung cancer screening setting
Failed retrieving data.Smoking prevalence among hospitalized COVID-19 patients and its association with disease severity and mortality : an expanded re-analysis of a recent publication
Failed retrieving data.Speculation vs. evidence in the association between e-cigarette use and COVID-19 : A response to Soule et al
Failed retrieving data.Systematic review of the prevalence of current smoking among hospitalized COVID-19 patients in China : could nicotine be a therapeutic option? Reply
Failed retrieving data.Tobacco cessation in low- to middle-income countries : A scoping review of randomized controlled trials
Failed retrieving data.Urinary cotinine and cotinine + trans-30-hydroxycotinine (TNE-2) cut-points for distinguishing tobacco use from nonuse in the United States : PATH study (2013-2014)
Failed retrieving data.Validation of an Index for Functionally Important Respiratory Symptoms among Adults in the Nationally Representative Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study, 2014-2016
Failed retrieving data.Youth Vaping and Tobacco Use in Context in the United States : Results from the 2018 National Youth Tobacco Survey
Failed retrieving data.Biomarkers of exposure among adult smokeless tobacco users in the population assessment of Tobacco and health study (WAVE 1, 2013-2014)
Failed retrieving data.Can the Association Between Electronic-Cigarette Use and Stroke Be Interpreted as Risk of Stroke?
Failed retrieving data.Current smoking, former smoking, and adverse outcome among hospitalized COVID-19 patients : a systematic review and meta-analysis
Failed retrieving data.E-cigarettes and Smoking Cessation in the United States According to Frequency of E-cigarette Use and Quitting Duration : Analysis of the 2016 and 2017 National Health Interview Surveys
Failed retrieving data.Editorial : Nicotine and SARS-CoV-2: COVID-19 may be a disease of the nicotinic cholinergic system
Failed retrieving data.Predictive validity of the adult tobacco dependence index : Findings from waves 1 and 2 of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study
Failed retrieving data.Prospective associations between nicotine beliefs and tobacco-related susceptibility, curiosity, and use in U.S. adults
Failed retrieving data.Role of e-cigarettes and pharmacotherapy during attempts to quit cigarette smoking : The PATH Study 2013-16
Failed retrieving data.Systematic review of the prevalence of current smoking among hospitalized COVID-19 patients in China : could nicotine be a therapeutic option?
Failed retrieving data.The scope of tobacco cessation randomized controlled trials in low- to middle-income countries : Protocol for a scoping review
Failed retrieving data.Young adult correlates of iqos curiosity, interest, and likelihood of use
Failed retrieving data.Young Adult Tobacco and E-cigarette Use Transitions : Examining Stability Using Multistate Modeling
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