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Nigar Nargis

Senior Scientific Director, Tobacco, Control Research, American Cancer Society
Verified email at cancer.org
Cited by 3271

Smokeless tobacco control in 180 countries across the globe: call to action for full implementation of WHO FCTC measures

R Mehrotra, A Yadav, DN Sinha… - The lancet …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Smokeless tobacco is consumed by 356 million people globally and is a leading cause of
head and neck cancers. However, global efforts to control smokeless tobacco use trail …

[HTML][HTML] Global economic cost of smoking-attributable diseases

M Goodchild, N Nargis, ET d'Espaignet - Tobacco control, 2018 - tobaccocontrol.bmj.com
Background The detrimental impact of smoking on health has been widely documented
since the 1960s. Numerous studies have also quantified the economic cost that smoking …

American Cancer Society's report on the status of cancer disparities in the United States, 2021

F Islami, CE Guerra, A Minihan… - CA: a cancer journal …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In this report, the authors provide comprehensive and up‐to‐date US data on disparities in
cancer occurrence, major risk factors, and access to and utilization of preventive measures …

Updated review of major cancer risk factors and screening test use in the United States in 2018 and 2019, with a focus on smoking cessation

P Bandi, AK Minihan, RL Siegel, F Islami… - … Biomarkers & Prevention, 2021 - AACR
Cancer prevention and early detection efforts are central to reducing cancer burden. Herein,
we present estimates of cancer risk factors and screening tests in 2018 and 2019 among US …

Self-reported work-limitation data: What they can and cannot tell us

RV Burkhauser, MC Daly, AJ Houtenville, N Nargis - Demography, 2002 - Springer
Despite their widespread use in the literature, the Current Population Survey (CPS) and
similar surveys have come under attack of late. We put the criticisms in perspective by …

[HTML][HTML] Modelling the impact of raising tobacco taxes on public health and finance

M Goodchild, AM Perucic, N Nargis - Bulletin of the World Health …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective To investigate the potential for tobacco tax to contribute to the 2030 agenda for
sustainable development by reducing tobacco use, saving lives and generating tax …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence and patterns of tobacco use in Bangladesh from 2009 to 2012: evidence from International Tobacco Control (ITC) Study

N Nargis, ME Thompson, GT Fong, P Driezen… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Smoking and passive smoking are collectively the biggest preventable cause of
death in Bangladesh, with major public health burden of morbidity, disability, mortality and …

Prevalence of awareness, ever‐use and current use of nicotine vaping products (NVPs) among adult current smokers and ex‐smokers in 14 countries with differing …

S Gravely, P Driezen, J Ouimet, ACK Quah… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Aims This paper presents updated prevalence estimates of awareness, ever‐use, and
current use of nicotine vaping products (NVPs) from 14 International Tobacco Control Policy …

[HTML][HTML] Socio-economic variation in price minimizing behaviors: findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Four Country Survey

AS Licht, AJ Hyland, RJ O'Connor… - International journal of …, 2011 - mdpi.com
This paper examines how socio-economic status (SES) modifies how smokers adjust to
changes in the price of tobacco products through utilization of multiple price minimizing …

Updated review of major cancer risk factors and screening test use in the United States, with a focus on changes during the COVID-19 pandemic

J Star, P Bandi, N Nargis, F Islami, KR Yabroff… - … Biomarkers & Prevention, 2023 - AACR
We present national and state representative prevalence estimates of modifiable cancer risk
factors, preventive behaviors and services, and screening, with a focus on changes during …