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John P. Pierce is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, with significant contributions in subfields including Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Oncology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics connected to health and behavior, such as:

  • Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Diet and Metabolism Studies
  • Health Disparities and Outcomes
  • Noise Effects and Management

John P. Pierce has contributed to numerous publications, with research articles appearing in journals where they are frequently published. Notable venues include:

  • Tobacco Control
  • Nicotine & Tobacco Research
  • JAMA Network Open
  • PEDIATRICS
  • PLoS ONE

Significant recent papers authored by John P. Pierce include:

  • Use of E-cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products and Progression to Daily Cigarette Smoking, 2021, PEDIATRICS
  • Role of e-cigarettes and pharmacotherapy during attempts to quit cigarette smoking: The PATH Study 2013-16, 2020, PLoS ONE

Other impactful papers associated with their research area are:

  • Widening disparities in cigarette smoking by race/ethnicity across education level in the United States, 2020, Preventive Medicine
  • Effectiveness of e-cigarettes as aids for smoking cessation: evidence from the PATH Study cohort, 2017-2019, 2022, Tobacco Control
  • Effect of a Behavioral Intervention to Increase Vegetable Consumption on Cancer Progression Among Men With Early-Stage Prostate Cancer, 2020, JAMA

The scientific collaborations of John P. Pierce frequently include colleagues such as:

  • David R. Strong
  • Eric C. Leas
  • Karen Messer
  • Matthew D. Stone
  • Dennis R. Trinidad

Best Publications

  • Validation of susceptibility as a predictor of which adolescents take up smoking in the United States.

    John P. Pierce;Won S. Choi;Elizabeth A. Gilpin;Arthur J. Farkas

  • Methods used to quit smoking in the United States. Do cessation programs help

    Michael C. Fiore;Thomas E. Novotny;John P. Pierce;Gary A. Giovino

  • Influence of a diet very high in vegetables, fruit, and fiber and low in fat on prognosis following treatment for breast cancer: the Women's Healthy Eating and Living (WHEL) randomized trial.

    John P. Pierce;Loki Natarajan;Bette J. Caan;Barbara A. Parker

  • Design and methods of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study.

    Andrew Hyland;Bridget K. Ambrose;Kevin P. Conway;Nicolette Borek

  • Tobacco Industry Promotion of Cigarettes and Adolescent Smoking

    John P. Pierce;Won S. Choi;Elizabeth A. Gilpin;Arthur J. Farkas

  • Trends in cigarette smoking in the United States. Educational differences are increasing.

    John P. Pierce;Michael C. Fiore;Thomas E. Novotny;Evridiki J. Hatziandreu

  • Distribution of smokers by stage in three representative samples.

    Wayne F. Velicer;Joseph L. Fava;James O. Prochaska;David B. Abrams

  • Trends in cigarette smoking in the United States. The changing influence of gender and race.

    Michael C. Fiore;Thomas E. Novotny;John P. Pierce;Evridiki J. Hatziandreu

  • Greater Survival After Breast Cancer in Physically Active Women With High Vegetable-Fruit Intake Regardless of Obesity

    John P. Pierce;Marcia L. Stefanick;Shirley W. Flatt;Loki Natarajan

  • Smoking cessation with and without assistance

    Shu-Hong Zhu;Ted Melcer;Jichao Sun;Bradley Rosbrook

  • Trends in cigarette smoking in the United States. Projections to the year 2000.

    John P. Pierce;Michael C. Fiore;Thomas E. Novotny;Evridiki J. Hatziandreu

  • Influence of Tobacco Marketing and Exposure to Smokers on Adolescent Susceptibility to Smoking

    Nicola Evans;Arthur Farkas;Elizabeth Gilpin;Charles Berry

  • Telephone Counseling for Smoking Cessation: Effects of Single-Session and Multiple-Session Interventions

    Shu-Hong Zhu;Vincent Stretch;Mark Balabanis;Bradley Rosbrook

  • How long will today's new adolescent smoker be addicted to cigarettes?

    J P Pierce;E Gilpin

  • Association between household and workplace smoking restrictions and adolescent smoking.

    Arthur J. Farkas;Elizabeth A. Gilpin;Martha M. White;John P. Pierce

  • Does tobacco advertising target young people to start smoking? Evidence from California.

    John P. Pierce;Elizabeth Gilpin;David M. Burns;Elizabeth Whalen

  • HAS THE CALIFORNIA TOBACCO CONTROL PROGRAM REDUCED SMOKING

    John P. Pierce;Elizabeth A. Gilpin;Sherry L. Emery;Martha M. White

  • Tamoxifen Metabolite Concentrations, CYP2D6 Genotype, and Breast Cancer Outcomes

    L Madlensky;L Natarajan;S Tchu;M Pu

  • The effects of household and workplace smoking restrictions on quitting behaviours

    Arthur J Farkas;Elizabeth A Gilpin;Janet M Distefan;John P Pierce

  • Smoking initiation by adolescent girls, 1944 through 1988. An association with targeted advertising.

    John P. Pierce;Lora Lee;Elizabeth A. Gilpin

Frequent Co-Authors

Elizabeth A. Gilpin
Elizabeth A. Gilpin University of California, San Diego
Loki Natarajan
Loki Natarajan University of California, San Diego
Cheryl L. Rock
Cheryl L. Rock University of California, San Diego
Bette J. Caan
Bette J. Caan Kaiser Permanente
Cynthia A. Thomson
Cynthia A. Thomson University of Arizona
Ruth E. Patterson
Ruth E. Patterson University of California, San Diego
David R. Strong
David R. Strong University of California, San Diego
Ellen B. Gold
Ellen B. Gold University of California, Davis
Marcia L. Stefanick
Marcia L. Stefanick Stanford University
Xiao-Ou Shu
Xiao-Ou Shu Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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