Tobacco Prevention and Control Branch

Publications

Articles

The N.C. Tobacco Prevention and Control Branch staff has produced several articles on important tobacco-related issues in recent years.

National Cancer Institute Monograph 16: ASSIST
Shaping the Future of Tobacco Prevention and Control

Two TPCB Staff members were co-authors of chapters of this publication. This publication is located on the National Cancer Institute's Smoking and Tobacco Control Monographs page.

• Director of Public Education & Communication Ann Houston Staples, CHES, was co-author of Chapter 5: Media Interventions to Promote Tobacco Control Policies .
• Branch Head Sally Herndon Malek, MPH, was co-author of Chapter 6: Public and Private Policy Interventions .
• View the entire monograph .

Abstracts and Articles

• Lauren J. Tanz, Courtney Heck, Carolyn T.A. Herzig, Leah M. Ranney, Sally Herndon, Jim Martin, Marisa Hast, Eileen McGowan, Guido Baler, Mays Shamout, Brian A. King, PhD, Michael A. Tynan & Susan M. Kansagra. Assessment of School Staff Knowledge and Perceptions of Student E-cigarette Use and Resource Needs, and E-cigarettes Confiscated at 12 North Carolina High Schools — 2019. North Carolina Medical Journal. July 17, 2023. Vol. 84, Issue 6, 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18043/001c.83954
• Sally Herndon, Jim Martin, Joyce Swetlick, Stephanie Gans, Courtney Heck, Ann H. Staples, Karen Caldwell, Luanna McCraw, Ray Riordan and Juliana Wilson. Advancing Commercial Tobacco Control and Health Equity Through Policy, Systems, and Environmental Change. North Carolina Medical Journal July 2022, 83 (4) 270-274; DOI: https://doi.org/10.18043/ncm.83.4.270
• Karen Knight Caldwell, Ann Houston Staples, MA, MCHES®, Lindsey Bnadad, MBA, Joseph G. L. Lee, PhD, MPH; Promoting Smoking Cessation Among Lesbian and Bisexual Women: Lessons Learned From a Location-Based Media Campaign in Western North Carolina. Health Promotion Practice. April 7, 2022 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/15248399221083833
• Sally Herndon, Susan M. Kansagra, Courtney Heck, Jim Martin, Ann H. Staples, Joyce Swetlick, Jennifer Park, Stephanie Gans, Luanna McCraw and Alyssa Mouton. Partners: Keys to Success and Meeting Challenges in Tobacco Control in North Carolina . North Carolina Medical Journal May 2021, 82 (3) 198-202; DOI: https://doi.org/10.18043/ncm.82.3.198
• Baker, H.M.; Kowitt, S.D.; Meernik, C.; Heck, C.; Martin, J.; Goldstein, A.O.; and Ranney, L. Youth source of acquisition for E-Cigarettes . Preventive Medicine Reports 2019(16). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2019.101011.
• Kowitt, S.D.; Goldstein, A.O.; Sutfin, E.L.; Osman, A; Meernick, C.; Heck, C.; Ranney, L.M. Adolescents' first tobacco products: Associations with current multiple tobacco product use. PLoS One 2019;14(5):e217244. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0217244. eCollection 2019.
• Kowitt, S.D.; Osman, A.; Meernick, C.; Zarkin, G.A.; Ranney, L.M.; Martin, J.; Heck, C.; Goldstein, A.O. Vaping cannabis among adolescents: prevalence and associations with tobacco use from a cross-sectional study in the USA . BMJ Open 2019:9:e028535. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028535.
• Kegler, M.C.; Lebow-Skelley, E.; Lea, Jaimie; Lefevre, A.M.; Diggs, P.; Herndon, S. & Haardorfer, R. Developing Smoke-Free Policies in Public Housing: Perspectives from Early Adopters in 2 Southern States . Preventing Chronic Disease 2018;15:170427. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5888/pcd15.170427.
• Staples, A.H; Gallien, T.L.; Martin, R.; Lee, J; and Cremeens-Matthews, J. How restaurant and bar owners view clean indoor air legislation five years after implementation in North Carolina, 2015  Tob. Prev. Cessation  2017, 3(8), 1-7; doi: https://doi.org/10.18332/tpc/75914
• Kowitt, S.D.; Patel, T.; Ranney, L.M.; Huang, L; Sutfin, E.L.; and Goldstein, A.O. Poly-Tobacco Use among High School Students, Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2015, 12(11), 14477-14489; doi:10.3390/ijerph121114477
• Wilbur, RE, Stein, Anna H, Pinzon, EM, Ahmet, OS, McNair, O.S., Ribisl, K. Smoke-Free Multiunit Housing Policy: Caretakers’ Perspectives on Economic and Personal Impacts , 2015, Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health; doi:10.3390/ijerph120708092
• Stein A, Suttie J, Baker L, Agans R, Xue W, Bowling JM. Predictors of Smoke-Free Policies in Affordable Multiunit Housing , North Carolina, 2013. Prev Chronic Dis 2015;12:140506.
• Sally Herndon, Jim Martin, Tanha Patel, Ann Houston Staples, Joyce Swetlick (2014). The Impact of Smoke-Free Legislation on Population Health in North Carolina. N C Med J. 2014;75(6):422-428 .
• Kandra, K.L., Godstein, A.O., & Proescholdbell, S.K. (2011). Variables associated with cigarette use and susceptibility in N.C. adolescents: Results from the 2007 statewide survey of high school students. North Carolina Medical Journal, 72(1), 13-19 .
• Plescia, Marcus, D. Wansink, H.R. Waters, S. Herndon. Medical Costs of Secondhand-Smoke Exposure in North Carolina . NC Med J. 2011;72(1):7-12.
• Mage, C., Goldstein, A.O., Colgan, S., Kramer, K.D., Steiner, J., Staples, A.H. Secondhand Smoke Policies at State and County Fairs . NC Med J. 2010;71(5):409-412.
• Foley, K.L., Proescholdbell, S., Malek, S.H., Johnson, J.  Implementation and Enforcement of Tobacco Bans in Two Prisons in North Carolina: A Qualitative Inquiry (Abstract). Journal of Correctional Health Care. 2010, 16; 98-105.
• Proescholdbell, S.K., Steiner, J., Goldstein, AO & Malek, S.H.  Indoor Air Quality Monitoring in Six Counties in North Carolina . Preventing Chronic Disease. 2009 Jul; 6(3):A88.
• Staples, A.H. Media Advocacy: A Powerful Tool for Policy Change . North Carolina Medical Journal. 2009 Mar-Apr; 70:2:175-178.
• Scott, S., Proescholdbell, S.K. Informing Best Practice with Community Practice: The Community Change Chronicle Method for Program Documentation and Evaluation (Abstract). Health Promotion Practice. 2009 Jan; 10(1):102-10.
• Proescholdbell, S.K., Steiner, J., & Goldstein, A.O. (2009). Declining tobacco use among N.C. middle and high school students: 1999-2007 . North Carolina Medical Journal, 70(3) , 205-12 .
• Proescholdbell, S.K., Foley, K.L., Johnson, J., Malek, S.  Indoor air quality in prisons before and after implementation of a smoking ban law (Abstract). Tobacco Control. 2008 Apr; 17(2):123-7.
• Colgan, S.E., Skinner, B., Mage, C., Goldstein, A.O., Kramer, K., Steiner, J. and Staples, A.H. Business Policies Affecting Secondhand Smoke Exposure . North Carolina Medical Journal. Sept/Oct 2008; 69(5):355-361.
• Kandra K.L., Goldstein A.O., Gizlice Z., Woldman R.L., Proescholdbell S.K. Attitudes about Tobacco Policies among North Carolina Parents (PDF, 160 kb). North Carolina Medical Journal. Jan-Feb 2007; 68(1):17-22.
• Conlisk E., Proescholdbell S.K., Pan W.K. Support for Tobacco Control Policies among Youth in North Carolina . North Carolina Medical Journal. May-Jun 2006; 67(3):175-179.
• Malek S.H., Johnson, J.  Putting Research and Best Practices into Action to Prevent and Control Tobacco Use in North Carolina (PDF, 652 kb). Popular Government. Fall 2005.
• Plescia M., Malek S.H., Shopland D.R., Anderson C.M., Burns D.M. Protecting Workers from Secondhand Smoke in North Carolina . North Carolina Medical Journal. May-Jun 2005; 66(3):186-191.
• Proescholdbell, S.K. (2004). Running the numbers: Youth tobacco use in North Carolina. North Carolina Medical Journal, 65(1) .
• Malek S.H., Hopkins D.P., Molloy M., McGloin T. The Public Health Challenge of Youth Smoking in North Carolina: Putting What We Know into Practice . North Carolina Medical Journal. May-Jun 2002; 63(3):153-161.

The Forum Section of the June 2002 issue of the North Carolina Medical Journal was entirely devoted to the Teen Tobacco Issue.