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Marc C. Willemsen is affiliated with Maastricht University in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on tobacco control, smoking behavior, and public health, with over 67 publications in the field of Medicine. The subfields of their work include Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, and Applied Psychology.

The main topics covered by Willemsen's research include:

  • Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention
  • Health disparities and outcomes

Willemsen has published notable papers along with various coauthors. Recent publications include:

  • "The double-edged relationship between COVID-19 stress and smoking: Implications for smoking cessation," 2020, Tobacco Induced Diseases
  • "Are smokers protected against SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19)? The origins of the myth," 2021, npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine
  • "Accelerating tobacco control at the national level with the Smoke-free Generation movement in the Netherlands," 2022, npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine
  • "Tobacco control in Europe: progress and key challenges," 2022, Tobacco Control
  • "Awareness and use of heated tobacco products among adult smokers in six European countries: findings from the EUREST-PLUS ITC Europe Surveys," 2020, European Journal of Public Health

The scientist frequently collaborates with others in the tobacco control and public health research community. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Geoffrey T. Fong
  • Constantine Vardavas
  • Pete Driezen
  • Ute Mons
  • Witold Zatoński

Willemsen often publishes in journals focusing on tobacco control and public health. The most common publication venues are:

  • Tobacco Prevention & Cessation
  • European Journal of Public Health
  • Nicotine & Tobacco Research
  • BMC Public Health
  • Tobacco Induced Diseases

Best Publications

  • Understanding the factors that promote employability orientation: The impact of employability culture, career satisfaction, and role breadth self-efficacy

    Aukje Nauta;Annelies van Vianen;Beatrice van der Heijden;Karen van Dam

  • Differential Beliefs, Perceived Social Influences, and Self-Efficacy Expectations among Smokers in Various Motivational Phases

    H De Vries;A N Mudde;A Dijkstra;M C Willemsen

  • Smoking cessation interventions for smokers with current or past depression

    Regina M van der Meer;Marc C Willemsen;Filip Smit;Pim Cuijpers

  • Lung cancer screening and smoking abstinence: 2 year follow-up data from the Dutch–Belgian randomised controlled lung cancer screening trial

    Carlijn Michelle van der Aalst;Karien Anna Margaretha van den Bergh;Marc Christiaan Willemsen;Henricus Johannes de Koning

  • The double-edged relationship between COVID-19 stress and smoking: Implications for smoking cessation

    Jeroen Bommelé;Petra Hopman;Bethany Hipple Walters;Cloé Geboers

  • Interpersonal Communication as an Indirect Pathway for the Effect of Antismoking Media Content on Smoking Cessation

    Bas Van Den Putte;Marco Yzer;Brian G. Southwell;Gert Jan De Bruijn

  • Awareness, Trial, and Current Use of Electronic Cigarettes in 10 Countries: Findings from the ITC Project

    Shannon Gravely;Geoffrey Fong;K. Cummings;Mi Yan

  • Lifetime parental smoking history and cessation and early adolescent smoking behavior.

    Endy A.W den Exter Blokland;Rutger C.M.E Engels;William W Hale;Wim Meeus

  • Impact of national smoke-free legislation on home smoking bans: findings from the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project Europe Surveys

    Ute Mons;Gera E Nagelhout;Shane Allwright;Romain Guignard

  • Prevention of smoking in adolescents with lower education: a school based intervention study

    M R Crone;S A Reijneveld;M C Willemsen;F J M van Leerdam

  • Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in smoking prevalence, consumption, initiation, and cessation between 2001 and 2008 in the Netherlands. Findings from a national population survey

    Gera E Nagelhout;Dianne de Korte-de Boer;Anton E Kunst;Regina M van der Meer

  • Socioeconomic inequalities in adolescent smoking across 35 countries: a multilevel analysis of the role of family, school and peers

    Irene Moor;Katharina Rathmann;Michela Lenzi;Timo-Kolja Pförtner

  • Reimbursement for smoking cessation treatment may double the abstinence rate : results of a randomized trial

    J Kaper;E J Wagena;M C Willemsen;C P van Schayck

  • The effects of smoking self-identity and quitting self-identity on attempts to quit smoking.

    Bas van den Putte;Marco Yzer;Marc C. Willemsen;Gert Jan de Bruijn

  • The new EU cigarette health warnings benefit smokers who want to quit the habit: results from the Dutch Continuous Survey of Smoking Habits.

    Marc C. Willemsen

  • Cessation assistance reported by smokers in 15 countries participating in the International Tobacco Control (ITC) policy evaluation surveys

    Ron Borland;Lin Li;Pete Driezen;Nick Wilson

  • The impact of a lung cancer computed tomography screening result on smoking abstinence

    C.M. van der Aalst;R.J. van Klaveren;K.A.M. van den Bergh;M.C. Willemsen

  • Communication about smoking in Dutch families: associations between anti‐smoking socialization and adolescent smoking‐related cognitions

    Rutger C. M. E Engels;Marc Willemsen

  • The effectiveness of policy and health education strategies for reducing adolescent smoking: a review of the evidence.

    Marc C Willemsen;Wil M De Zwart

  • The effect of tobacco control policies on smoking prevalence and smoking‐attributable deaths. Findings from the Netherlands SimSmoke Tobacco Control Policy Simulation Model

    Gera E. Nagelhout;David T. Levy;Kenneth Blackman;Laura Currie

  • Determinants of Intention to Quit Smoking among Dutch Employees: The Influence of the Social Environment

    Marc C. Willemsen;Hein de Vries;Gerard van Breukelen;Brian Oldenburg

Frequent Co-Authors

Hein de Vries
Hein de Vries Maastricht University
Anton E. Kunst
Anton E. Kunst University of Amsterdam
Arie Dijkstra
Arie Dijkstra University of Groningen
James F. Thrasher
James F. Thrasher University of South Carolina
Karien Stronks
Karien Stronks University of Amsterdam
Math J. J. M. Candel
Math J. J. M. Candel Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Sijmen A. Reijneveld
Sijmen A. Reijneveld University Medical Center Groningen
David Hammond
David Hammond University of Waterloo
Mohammad Siahpush
Mohammad Siahpush University of Nebraska Medical Center
Marco Yzer
Marco Yzer University of Minnesota

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