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Joseph DiFranza

University of Massachusetts Medical School
Verified email at ummhc.org
Cited by 14875

Prenatal and postnatal environmental tobacco smoke exposure and children's health

JR DiFranza, CA Aligne, M Weitzman - Pediatrics, 2004 - publications.aap.org
Children's exposure to tobacco constituents during fetal development and via environmental
tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure is perhaps the most ubiquitous and hazardous of children's …

Tobacco promotion and the initiation of tobacco use: assessing the evidence for causality

JR DiFranza, RJ Wellman, JD Sargent… - …, 2006 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVE. We sought to determine whether there is evidence of a causal link between
exposure to tobacco promotion and the initiation of tobacco use by children. METHODS. We …

Morbidity and mortality in children associated with the use of tobacco products by other people

JR DiFranza, RA Lew - Pediatrics, 1996 - publications.aap.org
Objective. To evaluate the impact of adult tobacco use on the health of children. Design. A
literature review identified relevant research reports. Meta-analysis was used to compute a …

Initial symptoms of nicotine dependence in adolescents

JR DiFranza, NA Rigotti, AD McNeill… - Tobacco …, 2000 - tobaccocontrol.bmj.com
OBJECTIVES It has been assumed that nicotine dependence has a slow onset and occurs
only after prolonged daily use of tobacco. A cohort of young adolescents was followed to …

Development of symptoms of tobacco dependence in youths: 30 month follow up data from the DANDY study

JR DiFranza, JA Savageau, NA Rigotti… - Tobacco …, 2002 - tobaccocontrol.bmj.com
Objective: To determine if there is a minimum duration, frequency or quantity of tobacco use
required to develop symptoms of dependence. Design and setting: A retrospective …

Measuring the loss of autonomy over nicotine use in adolescents: the DANDY (Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youths) study

JR DiFranza, JA Savageau, K Fletcher… - … of pediatrics & …, 2002 - jamanetwork.com
Context There is no validated, theory-based tool for assessing the onset of nicotine
dependence. However, the use of all addictive substances can result in a loss of autonomy …

Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: The development and assessment of nicotine dependence in youth–2 study

JR DiFranza, JA Savageau, K Fletcher… - … of pediatrics & …, 2007 - jamanetwork.com
Objective To extend the findings of the first Development and Assessment of Nicotine
Dependence in Youth study by using diagnostic criteria for tobacco dependence and a …

Alcoholism and smoking.

JR DiFranza, MP Guerrera - Journal of studies on alcohol, 1990 - jsad.com
A case-control study compared the natural history of cigarette smoking in alcoholic and
nonalcoholic populations to determine why alcoholism and smoking are closely associated …

Effect of maternal cigarette smoking on pregnancy complications and sudden infant death syndrome

JR DiFranza, RA Lew - The European Journal of General Practice, 1995 - Taylor & Francis
Effect of Maternal Cigarette Smoking on Pregnancy Complications and Sudden Infant Death
Syndrome Page 1 ORIGINAL PAPER ReferCIlceS 1 Marshall J. Assessment during …

RJR Nabisco's cartoon camel promotes Camel cigarettes to children

JR DiFranza, JW Richards, PM Paulman… - Jama, 1991 - jamanetwork.com
Objectives.—To determine if RJR Nabisco's cartoon-theme advertising is more effective in
promoting Camel cigarettes to children or to adults. To determine if children see, remember …