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Cigarette consumption down among smokers working at site of work-family intervention

June 17, 2016

As part of the Work, Family & Health Network study of the impacts of a work-family intervention, nursing home workers who smoke were followed six months after a workplace intervention aimed at reducing work-family conflict was implemented. The WFHN…

What is role of school context in rapid rise of adolescent e-cigarette use?

February 02, 2016

Harvard Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society program alum Adam Lippert, PhD, and former Harvard Bell Fellow Daniel Corsi, PhD, have authored a study published in the journal Health & Place that examines the influence that particular…

Early childhood social disadvantage linked to risky health behaviors in adulthood

January 27, 2016

A new study by former Harvard RWJF Health & Society Scholar Amy Non, and Pop Center faculty member Laura Kubzansky published in the Annals of Human Biology finds that children who experienced early social disadvantage were, as adults, almost four…

Stressful life events may have a healthy impact on smoking prevalence

March 18, 2015

Harvard Pop Center faculty member Cassandra Okechukwu, ScD, MSN, has co-authored a study published in The European Journal of Public Health that examines the effects of stressful life events on changes in smoking among the French.