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Lubitz SF, Flitter A, Ashare RL, Thompson M, Leone F, Gross R, Schnoll R. Improved clinical outcomes among persons with HIV who quit smoking. AIDS Care. 2020 Oct;32(10):1217-1223. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2019.1703891. Epub 2019 Dec 17. PubMed PMID: 31847536; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7297654.
Lubitz SF, Flitter A, Wileyto EP, Ziedonis D, Stevens N, Leone F, Mandell D, Kimberly J, Beidas R, Schnoll RA. History and Correlates of Smoking Cessation Behaviors Among Smokers With Serious Mental Illness. Nicotine Tob Res. 2020 Aug 24;22(9):1492-1499. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntz229. PubMed PMID: 31816049; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7443595.
Thompson M, Schnoll R, Serrano K, Leone F, Gross R, Collman RG, Ashare RL. The effect of varenicline on mood and cognition in smokers with HIV. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2020 Apr;237(4):1223-1231. doi: 10.1007/s00213-020-05451-w. Epub 2020 Jan 14. PubMed PMID: 31938877; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7125016.
Quinn MH, Bauer AM, Flitter A, Lubitz SF, Ashare RL, Thompson M, Leone F, Gross R, Schnoll R. Correlates of varenicline adherence among smokers with HIV and its association with smoking cessation. Addict Behav. 2020 Mar;102:106151. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2019.106151. Epub 2019 Oct 22. PubMed PMID: 31783245; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6934914.
Carroll AJ, Mathew AR, Leone FT, Wileyto EP, Miele A, Schnoll RA, Hitsman B. Extended Nicotine Patch Treatment Among Smokers With and Without Comorbid Psychopathology. Nicotine Tob Res. 2020 Jan 27;22(1):24-31. doi: 10.1093/ntr/nty191. PubMed PMID: 30215785; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7297011.
Scheeres A, Xhezo R, Julius R, Coffman R, Frisby J, Weber L, Streeter J, Leone F, Bettigole C, Lawman H. Changes in voluntary admission and restraint use after a comprehensive tobacco-free policy in inpatient psychiatric health facilities. Subst Abus. 2020;41(2):252-258. doi: 10.1080/08897077.2019.1635556. Epub 2019 Jul 11. PubMed PMID: 31295085.
Carroll AJ, Kim K, Miele A, Olonoff M, Leone FT, Schnoll RA, Hitsman B. Longitudinal associations between smoking and affect among cancer patients using varenicline to quit smoking. Addict Behav. 2019 Aug;95:206-210. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2019.04.003. Epub 2019 Apr 3. PubMed PMID: 30978583; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6545135.
Crawford G, Weisbrot J, Bastian J, Flitter A, Jao NC, Carroll A, Kalhan R, Leone F, Hitsman B, Schnoll R. Predictors of Varenicline Adherence Among Cancer Patients Treated for Tobacco Dependence and its Association With Smoking Cessation. Nicotine Tob Res. 2019 Jul 17;21(8):1135-1139. doi: 10.1093/ntr/nty133. PubMed PMID: 29955828; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7182717.
Ashare RL, Thompson M, Serrano K, Leone F, Metzger D, Frank I, Gross R, Hole A, Mounzer K, Collman RG, Wileyto EP, Schnoll R. Placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial testing the efficacy and safety of varenicline for smokers with HIV. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2019 Jul 1;200:26-33. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.03.011. Epub 2019 May 7. PubMed PMID: 31082665; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6588414.
Jenssen BP, Leone F, Evers-Casey S, Beidas R, Schnoll R. Building Systems to Address Tobacco Use in Oncology: Early Benefits and Opportunities From the Cancer Center Cessation Initiative. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2019 Jun 1;17(6):638-643. doi: 10.6004/jnccn.2019.7312. PubMed PMID: 31200354; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7357719.
Ashare RL, Thompson M, Leone F, Metzger D, Gross R, Mounzer K, Tyndale RF, Lerman C, Mahoney MC, Cinciripini P, George TP, Collman RG, Schnoll R. Differences in the rate of nicotine metabolism among smokers with and without HIV. AIDS. 2019 May 1;33(6):1083-1088. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000002127. PubMed PMID: 30946162; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6457129.
Flitter AS, Lubitz SF, Ziedonis D, Stevens N, Leone FT, Mandell D, Kimberly J, Lopez O, Beidas RS, Schnoll RA. A Cluster-Randomized Clinical Trial Testing the Effectiveness of the Addressing Tobacco Through Organizational Change Model for Improving the Treatment of Tobacco Use in Community Mental Health Care: Preliminary Study Feasibility and Baseline Findings. Nicotine Tob Res. 2019 Apr 17;21(5):559-567. doi: 10.1093/ntr/nty239. PubMed PMID: 30388273; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6468132.
Schnoll R, Leone F, Veluz-Wilkins A, Miele A, Hole A, Jao NC, Paul Wileyto E, Carroll AJ, Kalhan R, Patel J, Langer C, Lubitz SF, Hitsman B. A randomized controlled trial of 24 weeks of varenicline for tobacco use among cancer patients: Efficacy, safety, and adherence. Psychooncology. 2019 Mar;28(3):561-569. doi: 10.1002/pon.4978. Epub 2019 Jan 24. PubMed PMID: 30680852; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6936106.
Schnoll RA, Thompson M, Serrano K, Leone F, Metzger D, Frank I, Gross R, Mounzer K, Tyndale RF, Weisbrot J, Meline M, Collman RG, Ashare RL. Brief Report: Rate of Nicotine Metabolism and Tobacco Use Among Persons With HIV: Implications for Treatment and Research. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2019 Feb 1;80(2):e36-e40. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000001895. PubMed PMID: 30399039; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6331237.
Crawford G, Jao N, Peng AR, Leone F, Kalhan R, Tyndale RF, Weisbrot J, Hitsman B, Schnoll R. The association between self-reported varenicline adherence and varenicline blood levels in a sample of cancer patients receiving treatment for tobacco dependence. Addict Behav Rep. 2018 Dec;8:46-50. doi: 10.1016/j.abrep.2018.06.006. eCollection 2018 Dec. PubMed PMID: 29998189; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6037908.
Leone FT, Carlsen KH, Chooljian D, Crotty Alexander LE, Detterbeck FC, Eakin MN, Evers-Casey S, Farber HJ, Folan P, Kathuria H, Latzka K, McDermott S, McGrath-Morrow S, Moazed F, Munzer A, Neptune E, Pakhale S, Sachs DPL, Samet J, Sufian B, Upson D. Recommendations for the Appropriate Structure, Communication, and Investigation of Tobacco Harm Reduction Claims. An Official American Thoracic Society Policy Statement. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2018 Oct 15;198(8):e90-e105. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201808-1443ST. PubMed PMID: 30320525; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6943880.
Leone FT, Baldassarri SR, Galiatsatos P, Schnoll R. Nicotine Dependence: Future Opportunities and Emerging Clinical Challenges. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2018 Oct;15(10):1127-1130. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201802-099PS. PubMed PMID: 30059632; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6321992.
Kathuria H, Leone FT, Neptune ER. Treatment of tobacco dependence: current state of the art. Curr Opin Pulm Med. 2018 Jul;24(4):327-334. doi: 10.1097/MCP.0000000000000491. Review. PubMed PMID: 29677028.
Baldassarri SR, Chupp GL, Leone FT, Warren GW, Toll BA. Practice Patterns and Perceptions of Chest Health Care Providers on Electronic Cigarette Use: An In-Depth Discussion and Report of Survey Results. J Smok Cessat. 2018 Jun;13(2):72-77. doi: 10.1017/jsc.2017.6. Epub 2017 Apr 9. PubMed PMID: 29881469; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5985665.
Ferkol TW, Farber HJ, La Grutta S, Leone FT, Marshall HM, Neptune E, Pisinger C, Vanker A, Wisotzky M, Zabert GE, Schraufnagel DE. Electronic cigarette use in youths: a position statement of the Forum of International Respiratory Societies. Eur Respir J. 2018 May;51(5). doi: 10.1183/13993003.00278-2018. Print 2018 May. PubMed PMID: 29848575.
Miele A, Thompson M, Jao NC, Kalhan R, Leone F, Hogarth L, Hitsman B, Schnoll R. Cancer Patients Enrolled in a Smoking Cessation Clinical Trial: Characteristics and Correlates of Smoking Rate and Nicotine Dependence. J Addict. 2018;2018:2438161. doi: 10.1155/2018/2438161. eCollection 2018. PubMed PMID: 29682394; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5846375.
Carroll AJ, Veluz-Wilkins AK, Blazekovic S, Kalhan R, Leone FT, Wileyto EP, Schnoll RA, Hitsman B. Cancer-related disease factors and smoking cessation treatment: Analysis of an ongoing clinical trial. Psychooncology. 2018 Feb;27(2):471-476. doi: 10.1002/pon.4483. Epub 2017 Aug 4. PubMed PMID: 28636795; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5958302.
Price S, Hitsman B, Veluz-Wilkins A, Blazekovic S, Brubaker TR, Leone F, Hole A, Wileyto EP, Langer C, Kalhan R, Patel J, Schnoll R. The use of varenicline to treat nicotine dependence among patients with cancer. Psychooncology. 2017 Oct;26(10):1526-1534. doi: 10.1002/pon.4166. Epub 2016 May 24. PubMed PMID: 27218657; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5127776.
Baron MD, DeFrancesco CJ, Liu TC, Leone FT, Ahn J. A Teachable Moment After Orthopaedic Fracture in the Smoking Patient: A Randomized, Controlled Trial. J Orthop Trauma. 2017 Aug;31(8):e252-e254. doi: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000000841. PubMed PMID: 28737593.
Harrison JD, Dochney JA, Blazekovic S, Leone F, Metzger D, Frank I, Gross R, Hole A, Mounzer K, Siegel S, Schnoll RA, Ashare RL. The nature and consequences of cognitive deficits among tobacco smokers with HIV: a comparison to tobacco smokers without HIV. J Neurovirol. 2017 Aug;23(4):550-557. doi: 10.1007/s13365-017-0526-z. Epub 2017 Apr 20. PubMed PMID: 28429289; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5623102.
Jao NC, Veluz-Wilkins AK, Smith MJ, Carroll AJ, Blazekovic S, Leone FT, Tyndale RF, Schnoll RA, Hitsman B. Does menthol cigarette use moderate the effect of nicotine metabolism on short-term smoking cessation?. Exp Clin Psychopharmacol. 2017 Jun;25(3):216-222. doi: 10.1037/pha0000124. PubMed PMID: 28493744; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5454571.
Patterson F, Zaslav DS, Kolman-Taddeo D, Cuesta H, Morrison M, Leone FT, Satti A. Smoking Cessation in Pulmonary Care Subjects: A Mixed Methods Analysis of Treatment-Seeking Participation and Preferences. Respir Care. 2017 Feb;62(2):179-192. doi: 10.4187/respcare.04958. Epub 2016 Oct 11. PubMed PMID: 27729398; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6373846.
Powers JM, Carroll AJ, Veluz-Wilkins AK, Blazekovic S, Gariti P, Leone FT, Schnoll RA, Hitsman B. Is the Effect of Anhedonia on Smoking Cessation Greater for Women Versus Men?. Nicotine Tob Res. 2017 Jan;19(1):119-123. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntw148. Epub 2016 Jun 9. PubMed PMID: 27287389; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5157712.
Bousquet J, Bachert C, Alexander LC, Leone FT. Hypothesis: may e-cigarette smoking boost the allergic epidemic?. Clin Transl Allergy. 2016;6:40. doi: 10.1186/s13601-016-0130-y. eCollection 2016. PubMed PMID: 27891215; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5111212.
Strasser AA, Souprountchouk V, Kaufmann A, Blazekovic S, Leone F, Benowitz NL, Schnoll RA. Nicotine Replacement, Topography, and Smoking Phenotypes of E-cigarettes. Tob Regul Sci. 2016 Oct;2(4):352-362. doi: 10.18001/TRS.2.4.7. PubMed PMID: 27942543; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5142626.
Schnoll RA, Hitsman B, Blazekovic S, Veluz-Wilkins A, Wileyto EP, Leone FT, Audrain-McGovern JE. Longitudinal changes in smoking abstinence symptoms and alternative reinforcers predict long-term smoking cessation outcomes. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2016 Aug 1;165:245-52. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.06.017. Epub 2016 Jun 25. PubMed PMID: 27372219; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4943211.
Rojewski AM, Baldassarri S, Cooperman NA, Gritz ER, Leone FT, Piper ME, Toll BA, Warren GW. Exploring Issues of Comorbid Conditions in People Who Smoke. Nicotine Tob Res. 2016 Aug;18(8):1684-96. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntw016. Epub 2016 Jan 17. Review. PubMed PMID: 26783291; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4941598.
Jenssen BP, Bryant-Stephens T, Leone FT, Grundmeier RW, Fiks AG. Clinical Decision Support Tool for Parental Tobacco Treatment in Primary Care. Pediatrics. 2016 May;137(5). doi: 10.1542/peds.2015-4185. Epub 2016 Apr 14. PubMed PMID: 27244817.
Pakhale S, Samet J, Folan P, Leone F, White A. The Case for Requiring Graphic Warning Labels on Smokeless Tobacco Product Packages. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2016 Mar;13(3):329-33. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201512-814PS. PubMed PMID: 26784741.
Leone FT, Evers-Casey S, Mulholland MA, Sachs DPL. Integrating Tobacco Use Treatment Into Practice: Billing and Documentation. Chest. 2016 Feb;149(2):568-575. doi: 10.1378/chest.15-0441. Epub 2016 Jan 12. Review. PubMed PMID: 26426215; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5831568.
Ockene JK, Hayes RB, Churchill LC, Crawford SL, Jolicoeur DG, Murray DM, Shoben AB, David SP, Ferguson KJ, Huggett KN, Adams M, Okuliar CA, Gross RL, Bass PF 3rd, Greenberg RB, Leone FT, Okuyemi KS, Rudy DW, Waugh JB, Geller AC. Teaching Medical Students to Help Patients Quit Smoking: Outcomes of a 10-School Randomized Controlled Trial. J Gen Intern Med. 2016 Feb;31(2):172-181. doi: 10.1007/s11606-015-3508-y. PubMed PMID: 26391030; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4720645.
Kaufmann A, Hitsman B, Goelz PM, Veluz-Wilkins A, Blazekovic S, Powers L, Leone FT, Gariti P, Tyndale RF, Schnoll RA. Rate of nicotine metabolism and smoking cessation outcomes in a community-based sample of treatment-seeking smokers. Addict Behav. 2015 Dec;51:93-9. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2015.07.019. Epub 2015 Jul 26. PubMed PMID: 26240944; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4558221.
Douglas IS, Albertson TE, Folan P, Hanania NA, Tashkin DP, Upson DJ, Leone FT. Implications of Marijuana Decriminalization on the Practice of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine. A Report of the American Thoracic Society Marijuana Workgroup. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2015 Nov;12(11):1700-10. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201504-195AR. PubMed PMID: 26540421.
Leone FT, Schnoll R. Reframing the varenicline question: have anecdotes and emotional filters clouded our decision making?. Lancet Respir Med. 2015 Oct;3(10):736-7. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(15)00379-3. PubMed PMID: 26477552.
Leone FT, Carlsen KH, Folan P, Latzka K, Munzer A, Neptune E, Pakhale S, Sachs DP, Samet J, Upson D, White A. An Official American Thoracic Society Research Statement: Current Understanding and Future Research Needs in Tobacco Control and Treatment. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2015 Aug 1;192(3):e22-41. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201506-1081ST. PubMed PMID: 26230245.
Baldassarri SR, Toll BA, Leone FT. A Comprehensive Approach to Tobacco Dependence Interventions. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2015 Jul-Aug;3(4):481-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2015.04.007. Epub 2015 May 13. Review. PubMed PMID: 25982231.
Leone FT, Evers-Casey S, Graden S, Schnoll R, Mallya G. Academic Detailing Interventions Improve Tobacco Use Treatment among Physicians Working in Underserved Communities. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2015 Jun;12(6):854-8. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201410-466BC. PubMed PMID: 25867533; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4590019.
Leone FT, Ferkol TW. Such Are the Impositions of Quackery: E-Cigarettes. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2015 Jun;12(6):787-8. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201504-252ED. PubMed PMID: 26075549.
Schnoll RA, Goelz PM, Veluz-Wilkins A, Blazekovic S, Powers L, Leone FT, Gariti P, Wileyto EP, Hitsman B. Long-term nicotine replacement therapy: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2015 Apr;175(4):504-11. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.8313. PubMed PMID: 25705872; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4410859.
Leone FT, Evers-Casey S, Graden S, Schnoll R. Behavioral economic insights into physician tobacco treatment decision-making. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2015 Mar;12(3):364-9. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201410-467BC. PubMed PMID: 25664676; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4418315.
Hayes RB, Geller AC, Crawford SL, Jolicoeur DG, Churchill LC, Okuyemi KS, David SP, Adams M, Waugh J, Allen SS, Leone FT, Fauver R, Leung K, Liu Q, Ockene JK. Medical school curriculum characteristics associated with intentions and frequency of tobacco dependence treatment among 3rd year U.S. medical students. Prev Med. 2015 Mar;72:56-63. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.12.035. Epub 2015 Jan 5. PubMed PMID: 25572623; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4562320.
Lerman C, Schnoll RA, Hawk LW Jr, Cinciripini P, George TP, Wileyto EP, Swan GE, Benowitz NL, Heitjan DF, Tyndale RF. Use of the nicotine metabolite ratio as a genetically informed biomarker of response to nicotine patch or varenicline for smoking cessation: a randomised, double-blind placebo-controlled trial. Lancet Respir Med. 2015 Feb;3(2):131-138. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(14)70294-2. Epub 2015 Jan 12. PubMed PMID: 25588294; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4480925.
Goelz PM, Audrain-McGovern JE, Hitsman B, Leone FT, Veluz-Wilkins A, Jepson C, Wileyto EP, D'Avanzo PA, Rivera JG, Schnoll RA. The association between changes in alternative reinforcers and short-term smoking cessation. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2014 May 1;138:67-74. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.02.007. Epub 2014 Feb 15. PubMed PMID: 24598122; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4030632.
Hayes RB, Geller A, Churchill L, Jolicoeur D, Murray DM, Shoben A, David SP, Adams M, Okuyemi K, Fauver R, Gross R, Leone F, Xiao R, Waugh J, Crawford S, Ockene JK. Teaching tobacco dependence treatment and counseling skills during medical school: rationale and design of the Medical Students helping patients Quit tobacco (MSQuit) group randomized controlled trial. Contemp Clin Trials. 2014 Mar;37(2):284-93. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2014.01.008. Epub 2014 Jan 31. PubMed PMID: 24486635; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4048818.
Leone FT, Douglas IS. The emergence of e-cigarettes: a triumph of wishful thinking over science. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2014 Feb;11(2):216-9. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201312-428ED. PubMed PMID: 24575986.
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