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Stephen T. Tiffany is affiliated with the University at Buffalo, State University of New York in the United States. Their research contributions focus primarily on psychology and medicine, with particular emphasis on physiology, applied psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, biomedical engineering, and molecular biology.

The main areas of study encompass topics related to smoking behavior and cessation, behavioral health and interventions, mental health research topics, nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, advanced chemical sensor technologies, air quality monitoring and forecasting, and digital mental health interventions.

Stephen T. Tiffany has published extensively in several notable venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Nicotine & Tobacco Research
  • Circulation
  • Biomedical Engineering Letters
  • Journal of Medical Internet Research
  • Psychopharmacology

Their recent papers illustrate a range of research interests and methodologies:

  • A Meta-Analysis of Cue Reactivity in Tobacco Cigarette Smokers, 2020, Nicotine & Tobacco Research
  • A CNN-LSTM neural network for recognition of puffing in smoking episodes using wearable sensors, 2020, Biomedical Engineering Letters
  • Evaluating Declines in Compliance With Ecological Momentary Assessment in Longitudinal Health Behavior Research: Analyses From a Clinical Trial, 2023, Journal of Medical Internet Research
  • The impact of three weeks of pre-quit varenicline on reinforcing value and craving for cigarettes in a laboratory choice procedure, 2020, Psychopharmacology
  • Effect of Extending the Duration of Prequit Treatment With Varenicline on Smoking Abstinence, 2022, JAMA Network Open

Collaborative work is a significant part of Tiffany's research output. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Martin C. Mahoney
  • Craig R. Colder
  • Larry W. Hawk
  • Sarah Tonkin
  • Eugene Maguin

The scientist's research integrates experimental and clinical approaches, addressing topics such as smoking cessation techniques and the neural and behavioral mechanisms underlying tobacco use. Their work often intersects with mental health interventions and the development of biomedical technologies, as reflected in studies involving wearable sensors and ecological momentary assessment.

Best Publications

  • A cognitive model of drug urges and drug-use behavior: role of automatic and nonautomatic processes.

    Stephen T. Tiffany

  • Meta-analysis of cue-reactivity in addiction research

    Brian L. Carter;Stephen T. Tiffany

  • Evaluation of the brief questionnaire of smoking urges (QSU-brief) in laboratory and clinical settings.

    Lisa Sanderson Cox;Stephen T. Tiffany;Arden G. Christen

  • The development and initial validation of a questionnaire on smoking urges.

    Stephen T. Tiffany;David J. Drobes

  • Applying extinction research and theory to cue-exposure addiction treatments

    Cynthia A. Conklin;Stephen T. Tiffany

  • The measurement of drug craving.

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

  • A multiple motives approach to tobacco dependence: the Wisconsin Inventory of Smoking Dependence Motives (WISDM-68).

    Megan E. Piper;Thomas M. Piasecki;E. Belle Federman;Daniel M. Bolt

  • The clinical significance of drug craving

    Stephen T. Tiffany;Jennifer M. Wray

  • A cognitive processing model of alcohol craving and compulsive alcohol use.

    Stephen T. Tiffany;Cynthia A. Conklin

  • The development of a cocaine craving questionnaire

    Stephen T. Tiffany;Edward Singleton;Charles A. Haertzen;Jack E. Henningfield

  • Are adolescent smokers dependent on nicotine? A review of the evidence

    Suzanne M Colby;Stephen T Tiffany;Saul Shiffman;Raymond S Niaura

  • Imagery and smoking urges: the manipulation of affective content.

    Stephen T. Tiffany;David J. Drobes

  • Neural substrates of resisting craving during cigarette cue exposure.

    Arthur L. Brody;Mark A. Mandelkern;Richard E. Olmstead;Jennifer Jou

  • Induction of smoking urge through imaginal and in vivo procedures: physiological and self-report manifestations.

    David J. Drobes;Stephen T. Tiffany

  • Morphine tolerance as habituation.

    Timothy B. Baker;Stephen T. Tiffany

  • The cue-availability paradigm: The effects of cigarette availability on cue reactivity in smokers.

    Brian L. Carter;Stephen T. Tiffany

  • Is craving the source of compulsive drug use

    Stephen T. Tiffany;Brian L. Carter

  • Challenges in the manipulation, assessment and interpretation of craving relevant variables.

    Stephen T. Tiffany;Brian L. Carter;Edward G. Singleton

  • Cognitive concepts of craving.

    Stephen T. Tiffany

  • Beyond drug use: a systematic consideration of other outcomes in evaluations of treatments for substance use disorders

    Stephen T. Tiffany;Lawrence Friedman;Shelly F. Greenfield;Deborah S. Hasin

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonio Cepeda-Benito
Antonio Cepeda-Benito University of Vermont
David J. Drobes
David J. Drobes University of South Florida
Saul Shiffman
Saul Shiffman University of Pittsburgh
Larry W. Hawk
Larry W. Hawk University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Michael E. Saladin
Michael E. Saladin Medical University of South Carolina
Suzanne M. Colby
Suzanne M. Colby Brown University
Brian R. Flay
Brian R. Flay Boise State University
Michael A. Sayette
Michael A. Sayette University of Pittsburgh
Linda M. Collins
Linda M. Collins New York University
Deborah S. Hasin
Deborah S. Hasin Columbia University

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