Gary A. Giovino
PhD, MS
SUNY Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Research Topics
Population research on patterns, determinants and control of tobacco use in adolescents and adults using state, national and international surveys; suboptimal nutrition as a risk factor for the development and maintenance of nicotine addiction; adverse childhood experiences, and nicotine dependence and smoking cessation; lifestyle and environmental factors in health and disease.
Selected Publications
- Smith P, Assefa B, Kainth S, Salas-Ramirez K, McKee S, Giovino GA. Use of mentholated cigarettes and likelihood of smoking cessation in the U.S.: a meta-analysis. Nicotine & Tobacco Research First published online June 17, 2019.
- Peacock A, Leung J, Larney S, Colledge S, Hickman M, Rehm J, Giovino GA, West R, Hall W, Ali R, Gowing L, Marsden J, Ferrari A, Grebely J, Farrell M, Griffiths P, Degenhardt. Global statistics on alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug use: 2017 status report. Addiction. 2018;113:1905-1926. First published May 10. doi: 10.1111/add.14234. PMID: 29749059.
- Gravely S, Giovino GA, Craig L, Commar A, Tursan D’Espaignet E, Schotte K, Fong GT. Implementation of key demand-reduction measures of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and change in smoking prevalence in 126 countries: an association study. Lancet Public Health April 2017;2(4):e166-e174.
- Giovino GA, Gardiner PS. Understanding tobacco use behaviors among African Americans: progress, critical gaps, and opportunities (Commentary). Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 2016;18(Suppl 1):S1-S6. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntv234.
- Giovino GA, Villanti AC, Mowery PD, Sevilimedu V, et al. Differential trends in cigarette smoking in the USA: is menthol slowing progress? Tobacco Control 2015;24(1):28-37.
- Jarvis M, Giovino GA, O'Connor RJ, Kozlowski LT, et al. Variation in nicotine intake in US cigarette smokers over the past 25 years: evidence from NHANES surveys. Nicotine & Tobacco Research 2014;16(12):1620-1628.
- Smith PH, Saddleson ML, Homish GG, McKee SA, Kozlowski LT, Giovino GA. The relationship between childhood physical and emotional abuse and smoking cessation among U.S. men and women. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors 2014;29(2):338-346.
- Giovino GA, Mirza SA, Samet JM, Gupta PC, et al. Tobacco use in 3 billion individuals from 16 countries: an analysis of nationally representative cross-sectional household surveys. Lancet 2012;380:668-679.
- Haibach JP, Homish GG, Giovino GA. A longitudinal evaluation of fruit and vegetable consumption and cigarette smoking. Nicotine & Tobacco Research 2013;15(2):355-363;2013. doi: 10.1093/ntr/nts130. Epub 2012 May 21. PMID: 22614546.
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults. A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Coordinating Center for Health Promotion, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2012. (Contributing Author).
- Giovino GA, Chaloupka FJ, Hartman AM, Gerlach Joyce K, Chriqui J, Orleans CT, Wende K, Tworek C, Barker D, Gibson JT, Yang J, Hinkel J, Cummings KM, Hyland A, Fix B, Paloma M, Larkin M. Cigarette smoking prevalence and policies in the 50 states: an era of change - the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ImpacTeen Tobacco Chart Book. Buffalo, NY: University at Buffalo, State University of New York, 2009.
- Caraballo RS, Giovino GA, Pechacek TF, Mowery PD. Agreement between self-reports of cigarette smoking and biochemical measurement of serum cotinine levels in the United States population aged 17 years old and older: NHANES III, 1988-1994. American Journal of Epidemiology 2001;153:8-7-814.
- Anda RF, Croft JB, Felitti VJ, Nordenberg D, Giles WH, Williamson DF, Giovino GA. Adverse childhood experiences and smoking during adolescence and adulthood. JAMA 1999;282:1652-1658.
- Giovino GA, Tomar SL, Reddy MN, Peddicord JP, Zhu BP, Escobedo LG, Eriksen MP. Attitudes, Knowledge, and Beliefs About Low-Yield Cigarettes Among Adolescents and Adults. In: Smoking and Tobacco Control Monograph no. 7. The FTC Cigarette Test Method for Determining Tar, Nicotine, and Carbon Monoxide Yields of U.S. Cigarettes. Report of the NCI Expert Committee. Bethesda, Maryland. National Cancer Institute, 1996. Pp. 39-57. NIH Publication No. 96-4028.
- Giovino GA, Henningfield J, Tomar SL, Escobedo LE, Slade J. Epidemiology of tobacco use and dependence. Epidemiologic Reviews 1995;17(1):48-65.