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Overview

K. Michael Cummings is affiliated with the Medical University of South Carolina in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within medicine, focusing extensively on smoking behavior and cessation, public health, and related fields.

The scientist has contributed to the fields of Medicine, with significant work in subfields such as Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Applied Psychology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management.

The main research topics explored by Cummings include:

  • Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
  • Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet

They have a substantial publication record in various academic journals. Frequent publication venues for Cummings include:

  • Nicotine & Tobacco Research
  • Tobacco Control
  • Addiction
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Addictive Behaviors

Cummings has collaborated extensively with several coauthors, including:

  • Geoffrey T. Fong
  • Andrew Hyland
  • Ron Borland
  • Shannon Gravely
  • Richard J. O'Connor

Among their recent published papers are:

  • Global evolution of inflammatory bowel disease across epidemiologic stages, 2025, Nature
  • Smokers' cognitive and behavioural reactions during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic: Findings from the 2020 ITC Four Country Smoking and Vaping Survey, 2021, PLoS ONE
  • Association of e-Cigarette Use With Discontinuation of Cigarette Smoking Among Adult Smokers Who Were Initially Never Planning to Quit, 2021, JAMA Network Open
  • Role of e-cigarettes and pharmacotherapy during attempts to quit cigarette smoking: The PATH Study 2013-16, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Evaluating the impact of menthol cigarette bans on cessation and smoking behaviours in Canada: longitudinal findings from the Canadian arm of the 2016-2018 ITC Four Country Smoking and Vaping Surveys, 2021, Tobacco Control

Best Publications

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

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

  • Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems: International Tobacco Control Four-Country Survey

    Sarah E. Adkison;Richard J. O'Connor;Maansi Bansal-Travers;Andrew Hyland

  • Predictors of smoking cessation in a cohort of adult smokers followed for five years.

    N. Hymowitz;K Cummings;Andrew Hyland;W. Lynn

  • Effectiveness of cigarette warning labels in informing smokers about the risks of smoking: findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Four Country Survey

    D Hammond;G T Fong;A McNeill;R Borland

  • Tobacco-Product Use by Adults and Youths in the United States in 2013 and 2014

    Karin A. Kasza;Bridget K. Ambrose;Kevin P. Conway;Nicolette Borek

  • Individual-level predictors of cessation behaviours among participants in the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Four Country Survey.

    A Hyland;R Borland;Q Li;HH Yong

  • Reductions in tobacco smoke pollution and increases in support for smoke-free public places following the implementation of comprehensive smoke-free workplace legislation in the Republic of Ireland: findings from the ITC Ireland/UK Survey

    G T Fong;A Hyland;R Borland;D Hammond

  • Debunking myths about self-quitting: Evidence from 10 prospective studies of persons who attempt to quit smoking by themselves.

    Sheldon Cohen;Edward Lichtenstein;James O. Prochaska;Joseph S. Rossi

  • Text and graphic warnings on cigarette packages: findings from the international tobacco control four country study.

    David Hammond;Geoffrey T. Fong;Ron Borland;K. Michael Cummings

  • The conceptual framework of the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Policy Evaluation Project

    G T Fong;K M Cummings;R Borland;G Hastings

  • Predictors of cessation in a cohort of current and former smokers followed over 13 years

    Andrew Hyland;Qiang Li;Joseph E. Bauer;Gary A. Giovino

  • Impact of graphic and text warnings on cigarette packs: findings from four countries over five years

    R Borland;N Wilson;G T Fong;D Hammond

  • Determinants and consequences of smoke‐free homes: findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Four Country Survey

    Borland R;Yong Hh;Cummings Km;Hyland A

  • Bringing the models together: An empirical approach to combining variables used to explain health actions

    K. Michael Cummings;Marshall H. Becker;Maria C. Maile

  • Methods of the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Four Country Survey

    Mary E. Thompson;G. T. Fong;D. Hammond;C. Boudreau

  • How reactions to cigarette packet health warnings influence quitting: findings from the ITC Four-Country survey.

    Ron Borland;Hua-Hie Yong;Nick Wilson;Geoffrey T. Fong;Geoffrey T. Fong

  • Flavored Tobacco Product Use in Youth and Adults: Findings From the First Wave of the PATH Study (2013-2014).

    Andrea C. Villanti;Amanda L. Johnson;Bridget K. Ambrose;K. Michael Cummings

  • Stop-smoking medications: who uses them, who misuses them, and who is misinformed about them?

    Maansi A. Bansal;K. Michael Cummings;Andrew Hyland;Gary A. Giovino

  • Epidemiology of menthol cigarette use.

    Gary A. Giovino;Stephen Sidney;Joseph C. Gfroerer;Patrick M. O'Malley

  • The 2014 Surgeon General's report: “The Health Consequences of Smoking–50 Years of Progress”: A paradigm shift in cancer care

    Graham W. Warren;Anthony J. Alberg;Andrew S. Kraft;K. Michael Cummings

Frequent Co-Authors

Geoffrey T. Fong
Geoffrey T. Fong University of Waterloo
Andrew Hyland
Andrew Hyland Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Ron Borland
Ron Borland University of Melbourne
Ann McNeill
Ann McNeill University of Adelaide
David Hammond
David Hammond University of Waterloo
James F. Thrasher
James F. Thrasher University of South Carolina
Matthew J. Carpenter
Matthew J. Carpenter Medical University of South Carolina
David B. Abrams
David B. Abrams New York University
Raymond Niaura
Raymond Niaura New York University
Cassandra A. Stanton
Cassandra A. Stanton Westat (United States)

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