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Saul Shiffman is a researcher affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. Their work primarily focuses on topics related to smoking behavior, cessation, and behavioral health, with notable contributions in the fields of medicine, physiology, public health, environmental and occupational health, and applied psychology.

The scientist's research addresses various aspects of tobacco use and nicotine delivery systems, including smoking cessation and the behavioral effects of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS). Their key areas of study include smoking behavior and cessation, behavioral health and interventions, obesity, physical activity and diet, nutritional studies, risk perception and management, nicotinic acetylcholine receptor studies, as well as cannabis and cannabinoid research.

Saul Shiffman has published extensively in several peer-reviewed journals, with recent publications spanning the years 2020 to 2022. Notable papers include:

  • "US adult smokers' perceived relative risk on ENDS and its effects on their transitions between cigarettes and ENDS" (2022, BMC Public Health)
  • "Pharmacokinetic and subjective assessment of prototype JUUL2 electronic nicotine delivery system in two nicotine concentrations, JUUL system, IQOS, and combustible cigarette" (2022, Psychopharmacology)
  • "Differences in Switching Away From Smoking Among Adult Smokers Using JUUL Products in Regions With Different Maximum Nicotine Concentrations: North America and the United Kingdom" (2021, Nicotine & Tobacco Research)
  • "Changes in Dependence as Smokers Switch from Cigarettes to JUUL in Two Nicotine Concentrations" (2021, American Journal of Health Behavior)
  • "Assessing comprehension and perceptions of modified-risk information for snus among adult current cigarette smokers, former tobacco users, and never tobacco users" (2020, Addictive Behaviors Reports)

Among the frequent publication venues for Saul Shiffman are:

  • American Journal of Health Behavior
  • BMC Public Health
  • Psychopharmacology
  • Nicotine & Tobacco Research
  • Addictive Behaviors Reports

Frequent collaborators in their work include:

  • Erik Augustson
  • Nicholas I. Goldenson
  • Mark A. Sembower
  • Cameron Hatcher
  • Arielle Selya

Shiffman's contributions emphasize the intersection of tobacco use patterns, nicotine dependence, and risk perception, with broader implications for public health interventions and regulatory science concerning tobacco products and alternatives.

Best Publications

  • Ecological Momentary Assessment

    Saul Shiffman;Arthur A. Stone;Michael R. Hufford

  • Ecological Momentary Assessment (Ema) in Behavioral Medicine

    Arthur A. Stone;Saul Shiffman

  • Patient compliance with paper and electronic diaries

    Arthur A Stone;Saul Shiffman;Joseph E Schwartz;Joan E Broderick

  • Patient non-compliance with paper diaries

    Arthur A Stone;Saul Shiffman;Joseph E Schwartz;Joan E Broderick

  • Relapse following smoking cessation: A situational analysis.

    Saul Shiffman

  • First lapses to smoking: within-subjects analysis of real-time reports

    Saul Shiffman;Jean A. Paty;Maryann Gnys;Jon A. Kassel

  • Capturing momentary, self-report data: a proposal for reporting guidelines.

    Arthur A. Stone;Saul Shiffman

  • Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) in studies of substance use.

    Saul Shiffman

  • Coping and Substance Use

    Saul Shiffman;Thomas Ashby Wills

  • The measurement of drug craving.

    Michael A. Sayette;Saul Shiffman;Stephen T. Tiffany;Raymond S. Niaura

  • Equivalence of electronic and paper-and-pencil administration of patient-reported outcome measures: A meta-analytic review.

    Chad J. Gwaltney;Alan L. Shields;Saul Shiffman

  • The nicotine dependence syndrome scale: a multidimensional measure of nicotine dependence.

    Saul Shiffman;Andrew J. Waters;Mary Hickcox

  • Microrandomized trials: An experimental design for developing just-in-time adaptive interventions.

    Predrag Klasnja;Eric B. Hekler;Saul Shiffman;Audrey Boruvka

  • Smoking withdrawal symptoms in two weeks of abstinence

    Saul M. Shiffman;Murray E. Jarvik

  • A comparison of coping assessed by ecological momentary assessment and retrospective recall.

    Arthur A. Stone;Joseph E. Schwartz;John M. Neale;Saul Shiffman

  • Immediate antecedents of cigarette smoking: An analysis from ecological momentary assessment.

    Saul Shiffman;Chad J. Gwaltney;Mark H. Balabanis;Kenneth S. Liu

  • Use of smoking-cessation treatments in the United States.

    Saul Shiffman;Sarah E. Brockwell;Janine L. Pillitteri;Joseph G. Gitchell

  • Negative affect and smoking lapses: A prospective analysis

    Saul Shiffman;Andrew J. Waters

  • Self-efficacy and smoking cessation: a meta-analysis.

    Chad J. Gwaltney;Jane Metrik;Christopher W. Kahler;Saul Shiffman

  • Remember that? A comparison of real-time versus retrospective recall of smoking lapses.

    Saul Shiffman;Michael Hufford;Mary Hickcox;Jean A. Paty

  • A day at a time: Predicting smoking lapse from daily urge

    Saul Shiffman;John B. Engberg;Jean A. Paty;Walter G. Perz

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean Paty
Jean Paty IQVIA (United Kingdom)
Chad J. Gwaltney
Chad J. Gwaltney Brown University
Arthur A. Stone
Arthur A. Stone University of Southern California
Jon D. Kassel
Jon D. Kassel University of Illinois at Chicago
Thomas W. Kamarck
Thomas W. Kamarck University of Pittsburgh
John R. Hughes
John R. Hughes University of Vermont
Thomas M. Piasecki
Thomas M. Piasecki University of Wisconsin–Madison
Michael A. Sayette
Michael A. Sayette University of Pittsburgh
Andrew J. Waters
Andrew J. Waters Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Andrew C. Heath
Andrew C. Heath Washington University in St. Louis

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