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Alexander V. Prokhorov

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Verified email at mdanderson.org
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Youth tobacco use: a global perspective for child health care clinicians

AV Prokhorov, JP Winickoff, JS Ahluwalia… - …, 2006 - publications.aap.org
Tobacco dependence, responsible for∼ 4 million annual deaths worldwide, is considered to
be a “pediatric disease.” The smoking epidemic is spreading rapidly in developing countries …

Transitions out of high school: time of increased cancer risk?

T Baranowski, KW Cullen, K Basen-Engquist… - Preventive …, 1997 - Elsevier
Background. The effectiveness of lifestyle behavior interventions with children to reduce
chronic disease risks in adulthood assumes stability in the lifestyle behaviors across time …

Measuring nicotine dependence among high-risk adolescent smokers

AV Prokhorov, UE Pallonen, JL Fava, L Ding… - Addictive behaviors, 1996 - Elsevier
In the present study we tested our hypothesis that because of the higher prevalence and
greater intensity of cigarette smoking among vocational-technical students (N= 110; 51.8 …

The natural history and diagnosis of nicotine addiction

JR DiFranza, RJ Wellman… - Current pediatric …, 2011 - ingentaconnect.com
Addicted smokers experience nicotine withdrawal anytime they go too long without smoking.
Withdrawal presents as a continuum of symptoms of escalating severity described by …

Diabetes self-management: self-reported recommendations and patterns in a large population

L Ruggiero, R Glasgow, JM Dryfoos, JS Rossi… - Diabetes …, 1997 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE Diabetes self-management is the cornerstone of overall diabetes management.
Yet many questions concerning self-management remain unanswered. The current study …

Stages of acquisition and cessation for adolescent smoking: an empirical integration

UE Pallonen, JO Prochaska, WF Velicer… - Addictive …, 1998 - Elsevier
Adolescent cigarette smoking acquisition and cessation were integrated into a single nine-
stages-of-change continuum using the transtheoretical model of change framework …

Effects of nativity, age at migration, and acculturation on smoking among adult Houston residents of Mexican descent

AV Wilkinson, MR Spitz, SS Strom… - … journal of public …, 2005 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. We investigated differences in smoking behaviors between US-and Mexican-
born ever smokers and examined the influence of US culture on smoking initiation. Methods …

Validation of the modified Fagerström tolerance questionnaire with salivary cotinine among adolescents

AV Prokhorov, C De Moor, UE Pallonen, KS Hudmon… - Addictive …, 2000 - Elsevier
This study was conducted to gain evidence of validity for a nicotine dependence measure for
adolescent smokers. We hypothesized that the individual item responses and the total …

Predictors of susceptibility to smoking and ever smoking: a longitudinal study in a triethnic sample of adolescents

ER Gritz, AV Prokhorov, KS Hudmon… - Nicotine & Tobacco …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
This report describes a longitudinal study of the natural course of smoking initiation in a
school-based, ethnically diverse (42% White, 37% African American, 20% Hispanic) sample …

Affecting perceptions of harm and addiction among college waterpipe tobacco smokers

IM Lipkus, T Eissenberg… - Nicotine & Tobacco …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Introduction: The spread of waterpipe tobacco use among youth may be due in part to
perceptions that waterpipe tobacco use is safer than other tobacco products, such as …