Jeffrey S Stein
Biographic Data
| ID | 5884235 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jeffrey S Stein |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jeffrey S |
| FAMILY NAME | Stein |
| SIGNATURE | STEIN J S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Biomedical Research Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5251-3447 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Effects of menthol cigarette and e-cigarette flavour restrictions on tobacco product purchasing
This study experimentally demonstrated that menthol cigarette bans reduce cigarette purchases. Additionally, flavour restrictions on cigarettes and e-cigarettes distinctly influence substitution patterns, with a menthol cigarette ban encouraging switching to e-cigarettes, while an e-cigarette flavour restriction increases NRT purchasing. As policymakers consider strategies to reduce tobacco-related harms, these findings highlight the need to care…
Impact of four tobacco tax policies on tobacco product purchasing patterns across socioeconomic groups
NCT06795997
The Experimental Beverage Marketplace
Perceived reward certainty in the assessment of delay discounting
Reward delays are often associated with reduced probability of reward, although standard assessments of delay discounting do not specify degree of reward certainty. Thus, the extent to which estimates of delay discounting are influenced by uncontrolled variance in perceived reward certainty remains unclear. Here we examine 370 participants who were randomly assigned to complete a delay discounting task when reward certainty was either unspecified…
Does e‐cigarette nicotine strength influence substitution for combustible cigarettes
Using the Experimental Tobacco Marketplace, we examined the effects of e‐liquid freebase nicotine strength (3–24 mg/mL) and e‐liquid price (US$0.25–$1.00/mL) on behavioral economic substitution for cigarettes in dual cigarette/e‐cigarette ( n = 41) and exclusive cigarette ( n = 40) users. Subjective effects of nicotine strength were also examined. All nicotine strengths served as a substitute for combustible cigarettes, with greater substitution …
Putting prospection into practice
In recent years, episodic future thinking (EFT) has emerged as a promising behavioral intervention to reduce delay discounting or maladaptive health behaviors; however, considerable methodological heterogeneity in methods for eliciting engagement in EFT has been observed in prior research. In this narrative review, we briefly describe methods for generating EFT cues, the content of EFT cues, common control conditions for experiments utilizing EFT…
The Gym Membership Purchase Task
Episodic Future Thinking about Smoking-Related Illness
Cigarette smokers show excessive delay discounting (devaluation of delayed rewards), which may contribute to tobacco use disorder. Episodic future thinking (EFT), or mental simulation of future events, has been shown to reduce both delay discounting and laboratory smoking behavior. Traditionally, EFT involves vividly imagining positive future events. In this preliminary investigation, we examined the effects of EFT specifically about smoking-rela…
Illegal Experimental Tobacco Marketplace II
Significance Restrictive e-cigarette policies may increase purchases from illegal sources. The Illegal Experimental Tobacco Marketplace (IETM) allows examination of how restrictions impact illegal purchases. We investigated (1) the effect of a vaping ban, total flavour vaping ban and partial flavour vaping ban on the probability of purchasing illegal vaping products among different regulatory environments (USA, Canada and England) and tobacco use…
Restorative Federal Criminal Procedure
A Review of Until We Reckon: Violence, Mass Incarceration, and a Road to Repair. by Danielle Sered
Estimating the Impact of Tobacco Parity and Harm Reduction Tax Proposals Using the Experimental Tobacco Marketplace
Taxes are a demonstrably effective method to suppress tobacco use. This study examined the effects of the tobacco parity (i.e., imposing taxes equally on all tobacco products) and the harm reduction (i.e., applying taxes in proportion to the products' levels of harm) tax proposals on demand and substitution across products. A crowdsourced sample of cigarette smokers ( n = 35) completed purchasing trials with increasing tax magnitudes across diffe…
Internal Validity of Two Promising Methods of Altering Temporal Orientation among Cigarette Smokers
Relapse to smoking continues to be among the most urgent global health concerns. Novel, accessible, and minimally invasive treatments to aid in smoking cessation are likely to improve the reach and efficacy of smoking cessation treatment. Encouraging prospection by decreasing delay discounting (DD) is a new therapeutic target in the treatment of smoking cessation. Two early-stage interventions, delivered remotely and intended to increase prospect…
Does Episodic Future Thinking Repair Immediacy Bias at Home and in the Laboratory in Patients With Prediabetes
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to determine if episodic future thinking (EFT) can decrease delay discounting (DD) among adults with prediabetes both in and out of the laboratory. DD measures how much the value of a reinforcer decreases as a function of the delay to receive it. METHODS: Adults with prediabetes (n = 67) completed a three-session study. At session 1, baseline measures (including DD) were collected. At sessions 2 and 3, participants wer…
Tobacco Dependence Treatment in Oncology
Despite the importance of smoking cessation to cancer care treatment, historically, few cancer centers have provided treatment for tobacco dependence. To address this gap, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) launched the Cancer Center Cessation Initiative (C3i). As part of this effort, this study examined implementation outcomes in a cohort of cancer survivors (CSs) who smoked cigarettes in the first year of an ongoing process to develop and impl…
Delay Discounting, Glycemic Regulation and Health Behaviors in Adults with Prediabetes
The majority of people with prediabetes transition to type 2 diabetes. Research has suggested that persons with type 2 diabetes are likely to discount the future and focus on immediate rewards. This study was designed to assess whether this process of delay discounting (DD) is associated with glycemic regulation, medication adherence and eating and exercise behaviors in adults with prediabetes. Participants included 81 adults with prediabetes who…
Less is more
Binary components of food reinforcement
Less is more
Binary components of food reinforcement
Does Episodic Future Thinking Repair Immediacy Bias at Home and in the Laboratory in Patients With Prediabetes
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to determine if episodic future thinking (EFT) can decrease delay discounting (DD) among adults with prediabetes both in and out of the laboratory. DD measures how much the value of a reinforcer decreases as a function of the delay to receive it. METHODS: Adults with prediabetes (n = 67) completed a three-session study. At session 1, baseline measures (including DD) were collected. At sessions 2 and 3, participants wer…
Tobacco Dependence Treatment in Oncology
Despite the importance of smoking cessation to cancer care treatment, historically, few cancer centers have provided treatment for tobacco dependence. To address this gap, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) launched the Cancer Center Cessation Initiative (C3i). As part of this effort, this study examined implementation outcomes in a cohort of cancer survivors (CSs) who smoked cigarettes in the first year of an ongoing process to develop and impl…
Delay Discounting, Glycemic Regulation and Health Behaviors in Adults with Prediabetes
The majority of people with prediabetes transition to type 2 diabetes. Research has suggested that persons with type 2 diabetes are likely to discount the future and focus on immediate rewards. This study was designed to assess whether this process of delay discounting (DD) is associated with glycemic regulation, medication adherence and eating and exercise behaviors in adults with prediabetes. Participants included 81 adults with prediabetes who…
Restorative Federal Criminal Procedure
A Review of Until We Reckon: Violence, Mass Incarceration, and a Road to Repair. by Danielle Sered
Estimating the Impact of Tobacco Parity and Harm Reduction Tax Proposals Using the Experimental Tobacco Marketplace
Taxes are a demonstrably effective method to suppress tobacco use. This study examined the effects of the tobacco parity (i.e., imposing taxes equally on all tobacco products) and the harm reduction (i.e., applying taxes in proportion to the products' levels of harm) tax proposals on demand and substitution across products. A crowdsourced sample of cigarette smokers ( n = 35) completed purchasing trials with increasing tax magnitudes across diffe…
Internal Validity of Two Promising Methods of Altering Temporal Orientation among Cigarette Smokers
Relapse to smoking continues to be among the most urgent global health concerns. Novel, accessible, and minimally invasive treatments to aid in smoking cessation are likely to improve the reach and efficacy of smoking cessation treatment. Encouraging prospection by decreasing delay discounting (DD) is a new therapeutic target in the treatment of smoking cessation. Two early-stage interventions, delivered remotely and intended to increase prospect…
Putting prospection into practice
In recent years, episodic future thinking (EFT) has emerged as a promising behavioral intervention to reduce delay discounting or maladaptive health behaviors; however, considerable methodological heterogeneity in methods for eliciting engagement in EFT has been observed in prior research. In this narrative review, we briefly describe methods for generating EFT cues, the content of EFT cues, common control conditions for experiments utilizing EFT…
The Gym Membership Purchase Task
Episodic Future Thinking about Smoking-Related Illness
Cigarette smokers show excessive delay discounting (devaluation of delayed rewards), which may contribute to tobacco use disorder. Episodic future thinking (EFT), or mental simulation of future events, has been shown to reduce both delay discounting and laboratory smoking behavior. Traditionally, EFT involves vividly imagining positive future events. In this preliminary investigation, we examined the effects of EFT specifically about smoking-rela…
Illegal Experimental Tobacco Marketplace II
Significance Restrictive e-cigarette policies may increase purchases from illegal sources. The Illegal Experimental Tobacco Marketplace (IETM) allows examination of how restrictions impact illegal purchases. We investigated (1) the effect of a vaping ban, total flavour vaping ban and partial flavour vaping ban on the probability of purchasing illegal vaping products among different regulatory environments (USA, Canada and England) and tobacco use…
The Experimental Beverage Marketplace
Perceived reward certainty in the assessment of delay discounting
Reward delays are often associated with reduced probability of reward, although standard assessments of delay discounting do not specify degree of reward certainty. Thus, the extent to which estimates of delay discounting are influenced by uncontrolled variance in perceived reward certainty remains unclear. Here we examine 370 participants who were randomly assigned to complete a delay discounting task when reward certainty was either unspecified…
Does e‐cigarette nicotine strength influence substitution for combustible cigarettes
Using the Experimental Tobacco Marketplace, we examined the effects of e‐liquid freebase nicotine strength (3–24 mg/mL) and e‐liquid price (US$0.25–$1.00/mL) on behavioral economic substitution for cigarettes in dual cigarette/e‐cigarette ( n = 41) and exclusive cigarette ( n = 40) users. Subjective effects of nicotine strength were also examined. All nicotine strengths served as a substitute for combustible cigarettes, with greater substitution …
Effects of menthol cigarette and e-cigarette flavour restrictions on tobacco product purchasing
This study experimentally demonstrated that menthol cigarette bans reduce cigarette purchases. Additionally, flavour restrictions on cigarettes and e-cigarettes distinctly influence substitution patterns, with a menthol cigarette ban encouraging switching to e-cigarettes, while an e-cigarette flavour restriction increases NRT purchasing. As policymakers consider strategies to reduce tobacco-related harms, these findings highlight the need to care…
Impact of four tobacco tax policies on tobacco product purchasing patterns across socioeconomic groups
NCT06795997
Behavioral Health and Interventions (11 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Purchasing (7 works) · Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (6 works) · Smoking Behavior and Cessation (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works)