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Matthew C. Farrelly

Matthew C. Farrelly

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
58
Citations
10645
World Ranking
1678
National Ranking
799

Overview

Matthew C. Farrelly is affiliated with RTI International in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, focusing primarily on medicine and psychology. Within these broader fields, their work covers subfields including physiology, applied psychology, sociology and political science, human-computer interaction, and social psychology.

Their main research topics encompass smoking behavior and cessation, behavioral health and interventions, virtual reality applications and impacts, media influence and health, simulation-based education in healthcare, sexuality, behavior, and technology, as well as cannabis and cannabinoid research.

Farrelly has contributed to academic publications across several frequent venues. These include:

  • Nicotine & Tobacco Research
  • Health Education & Behavior
  • Frontiers in Virtual Reality
  • Preventive Medicine Reports
  • Health Education Research

Some of the recent publications include:

  • Investigating the process of mine rescuers' safety training with immersive virtual reality: A structural equation modelling approach, 2020, Computers & Education
  • Cost-benefit analysis of virtual reality-based training for emergency rescue workers: a socio-technical systems approach, 2021, Virtual Reality
  • LGBT young adults' awareness of and receptivity to the This Free Life tobacco public education campaign, 2020, Tobacco Control
  • Final Evaluation Findings for This Free Life, a 3-Year, Multi-Market Tobacco Public Education Campaign for Gender and Sexual Minority Young Adults in the United States, 2021, Nicotine & Tobacco Research
  • Impact of Local Flavored Tobacco Sales Restrictions on Policy-Related Attitudes and Tobacco Product Access, 2021, Health Education & Behavior

Farrelly frequently collaborates with several researchers. Their notable coauthors include:

  • James Nonnemaker
  • Shiva Pedram
  • Stephen Palmisano
  • Pascal Perez
  • Jamie Guillory

Best Publications

  • Getting to the Truth: Evaluating National Tobacco Countermarketing Campaigns

    Matthew C. Farrelly;Cheryl G. Healton;Kevin C. Davis;Peter Messeri

  • Evidence of a dose-response relationship between "truth" antismoking ads and youth smoking prevalence

    Matthew C. Farrelly;Kevin C. Davis;M. Lyndon Haviland;Peter Messeri

  • The impact of workplace smoking bans: results from a national survey

    Matthew C Farrelly;William N Evans;Andrew E S Sfekas

  • Do Workplace Smoking Bans Reduce Smoking

    William N Evans;Matthew C Farrelly;Edward Montgomery

  • The compensating behavior of smokers: taxes, tar, and nicotine.

    William N. Evans;Matthew C. Farrelly

  • Declines in Hospital Admissions for Acute Myocardial Infarction in New York State After Implementation of a Comprehensive Smoking Ban

    Harlan R. Juster;Brett R. Loomis;Theresa M. Hinman;Matthew C. Farrelly

  • Youth tobacco prevention mass media campaigns: past, present, and future directions

    Matthew Farrelly;Jeffrey Niederdeppe;Jared Yarsevich

  • Changes in hospitality workers’ exposure to secondhand smoke following the implementation of New York’s smoke-free law

    Matthew Farrelly;James Nonnemaker;R Chou;A Hyland

  • The Influence of the National truth® Campaign on Smoking Initiation

    Matthew C. Farrelly;James Nonnemaker;Kevin C. Davis;Altijani Hussin

  • The Impact of Tobacco Control Programs on Adult Smoking

    Matthew C. Farrelly;Terry F Pechacek;Kristin Y Thomas;David E. Nelson

  • Response by adults to increases in cigarette prices by sociodemographic characteristics

    Matthew C. Farrelly;Jeremy W. Bray;Terry Pechacek;Trevor Woollery

  • The impact of tobacco control program expenditures on aggregate cigarette sales: 1981–2000

    Matthew C. Farrelly;Terry F. Pechacek;Frank J. Chaloupka

  • State tobacco control spending and youth smoking.

    John A. Tauras;Frank J. Chaloupka;Matthew C. Farrelly;Gary A. Giovino

  • Recruiting Hard-to-Reach Populations for Survey Research: Using Facebook and Instagram Advertisements and In-Person Intercept in LGBT Bars and Nightclubs to Recruit LGBT Young Adults.

    Jamie Guillory;Kristine F Wiant;Matthew Farrelly;Leah Fiacco

  • A Randomized Trial of the Effect of E-cigarette TV Advertisements on Intentions to Use E-cigarettes

    Matthew C. Farrelly;Jennifer C. Duke;Erik C. Crankshaw;Matthew E. Eggers

  • Confirming “truth”: More Evidence of a Successful Tobacco Countermarketing Campaign in Florida

    Jeff Niederdeppe;Matthew C. Farrelly;M. Lyndon Haviland

  • The joint demand for cigarettes and marijuana: evidence from the National Household Surveys on Drug Abuse.

    Matthew C. Farrelly;Jeremy W. Bray;Gary A. Zarkin;Brett W. Wendling

  • Perceived Effectiveness of Cessation Advertisements: The Importance of Audience Reactions and Practical Implications for Media Campaign Planning

    Kevin C Davis;James Nonnemaker;Jennifer Duke;Matthew C Farrelly

  • Association Between The Real Cost Media Campaign and Smoking Initiation Among Youths - United States, 2014-2016.

    Matthew C Farrelly;Jennifer C Duke;James Nonnemaker;Anna J MacMonegle

  • Progression to Established Smoking Among US Youths

    Paul D. Mowery;Matthew C. Farrelly;M. Lyndon Haviland;Julia M. Gable

  • Sustaining ‘truth’: changes in youth tobacco attitudes and smoking intentions after 3 years of a national antismoking campaign

    Matthew C. Farrelly;Kevin C. Davis;Jennifer Duke;Peter Messeri

Frequent Co-Authors

James M. Nonnemaker
James M. Nonnemaker Research Triangle Park Foundation
Jeff Niederdeppe
Jeff Niederdeppe Cornell University
Rosalie Liccardo Pacula
Rosalie Liccardo Pacula University of Southern California
Patrick M. O'Malley
Patrick M. O'Malley University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Lloyd D. Johnston
Lloyd D. Johnston University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Gary A. Zarkin
Gary A. Zarkin Research Triangle Park Foundation
Donna Vallone
Donna Vallone Johns Hopkins University
James F. Thrasher
James F. Thrasher University of South Carolina
Douglas A. Luke
Douglas A. Luke Washington University in St. Louis
Elizabeth C. Hair
Elizabeth C. Hair Johns Hopkins University

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