Neal L Benowitz

Biographic Data

ID6059419
NAMENeal L Benowitz
GIVEN NAMESNeal L
FAMILY NAMEBenowitz
SIGNATUREBENOWITZ N L
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of California, San Francisco
ORCID0000-0003-2041-8124
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS43
TOTAL CITATIONS36
AUTHOR COUNT43
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1987
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX4

  • E-Cigarettes in Historical Context—Innovation, Risk, and Regulation

    Open AccessMichael F Pesko, Jamie Hartmann-Boyce et al.ARTICLEJAMA Health Forum2025

    This Viewpoint discusses the potential for e-cigarettes to displace smoking, restrictive regulations, and public misperceptions amid enduring nicotine demand and persistent smoking-related disease

  • Nicotine levels in flavoured hookah (waterpipe) tobacco products: Discrepancies between labelled and measured levels

    Mary Rezk‐Hanna, Ziyad Ben Taleb et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2025

    Nicotine levels cited by leading hookah tobacco manufacturers are misleading. The advertised levels of nicotine do not reflect the quantified dose of nicotine available to consumers of hookah tobacco products. Findings highlight the need for the development of hookah tobacco product regulations and labelling standards, similar to other tobacco products, to avoid misleading vulnerable consumers, including youth and young adults

  • Associations of Cannabis Use, High-Risk Alcohol Use, and Depressive Symptomology with Motivation and Attempts to Quit Cigarette Smoking Among Adults: Findings from the 2020 ITC Four Country Smoking an…

    Open AccessShannon Gravely, Pete Driezen et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Mental…2023

    The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11469-023-01214-8

  • Policy-relevant differences between secondhand and thirdhand smoke: Strengthening protections from involuntary exposure to tobacco smoke pollutants

    Open AccessGeorg E Matt, Lydia H Greiner et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2023

    Starting in the 1970s, individuals, businesses and the public have increasingly benefited from policies prohibiting smoking indoors, saving thousands of lives and billions of dollars in healthcare expenditures. Smokefree policies to protect against secondhand smoke exposure, however, do not fully protect the public from the persistent and toxic chemical residues from tobacco smoke (also known as thirdhand smoke) that linger in indoor environments…

  • Effects of dual use of e-cigarette and cannabis during adolescence on cigarette use in young adulthood

    Talat Islam, Sandrah P Eckel et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2023

    Adolescent e-cigarette and cannabis use was associated with more frequent smoking during young adulthood, with larger effects of dual use. Associations were partially mediated through nicotine dependence. Dual use of cannabis and e-cigarettes may contribute to the development of nicotine dependence and increased use of combustible cigarettes

  • Traditional Heart-Healthy Diet and Medication Adherence in the Norton Sound Region: An 18-Month Telehealth Intervention

    Open AccessMarily Oppezzo, Mariah Knox et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022

    In a remote region of Alaska, telemedicine proved feasible and acceptable for engaging Alaska Native men and women in counseling on CVD risk behaviors. The findings indicate that more touchpoints may be necessary to impart comprehensive lasting change in heart-healthy eating patterns. Medication adherence group differences were not significant; however, medication adherence was high overall

  • Balfour et al. Respond

    David J K Balfour, Neal L Benowitz et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2022References: 3

    AffiliationsDavid J. K. Balfour is retired from the Division of Systems Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK. Neal L. Benowitz is with the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco. Suzanne M. Colby is with the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI. Dorothy K. Hatsukami is with the Department of Psychiatry and Behavio…

  • Balfour et al. Respond

    David J K Balfour, Neal L Benowitz et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2022References: 6

  • Balancing Consideration of the Risks and Benefits of E-Cigarettes

    David J K Balfour, Neal L Benowitz et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2021Cited by: 8References: 117

    The topic of e-cigarettes is controversial. Opponents focus on e-cigarettes’ risks for young people, while supporters emphasize the potential for e-cigarettes to assist smokers in quitting smoking. Most US health organizations, media coverage, and policymakers have focused primarily on risks to youths. Because of their messaging, much of the public—including most smokers—now consider e-cigarette use as dangerous as or more dangerous than smoking.…

  • Biochemical Verification of Tobacco Use and Abstinence: 2019 Update

    Open AccessNeal L Benowitz, John T Bernert et al.ARTICLENicotine & Tobacco Research2020

    BACKGROUND: The changing prevalence and patterns of tobacco use, the advent of novel nicotine delivery devices, and the development of new biomarkers prompted an update of the 2002 Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) report on whether and how to apply biomarker verification for tobacco use and abstinence. METHODS: The SRNT Treatment Research Network convened a group of investigators with expertise in tobacco biomarkers to update t…

  • Australian smokers’ experiences and perceptions of recessed and firm filter cigarettes

    Michael Wakefield, Kimberley Dunstone et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2020

    RFCs and FFCs undermine plain packaging legislation, which aims to reduce appeal and minimise misperceptions about the relative harms of different tobacco products. Like other filter modifications, these filter variants should be disallowed

  • Reducing nicotine exposure results in weight gain in smokers randomised to very low nicotine content cigarettes

    Laura E Rupprecht, Joseph S Koopmeiners et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2016

    NCT01681875, Post-results

  • Perceived risks and reasons to smoke cigarettes during pregnancy among Alaska native women

    Carrie Bronars, Christi A Patten et al.ARTICLEEthnicity and Health2016References: 1

    Results from this work may be helpful in advancing research by identifying targets for intervention specific to Alaska Native women receiving prenatal care in Anchorage, Alaska

  • Thirdhand smoke contamination in hospital settings: Assessing exposure risk for vulnerable paediatric patients: Table 1

    Thomas F Northrup, Amir Khan et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2015

    THS appears to be ubiquitous, even in closely guarded healthcare settings. Future research will address potential health consequences and THS-reduction policies. Ultimately, hospital policies and interventions to reduce THS transport and exposure may prove necessary, especially for immunocompromised children

  • E-Cigarettes: A Scientific Review

    Rachel Grana, Neal Benowitz et al.ARTICLECirculation2014

    chemicals delivered to users and the air pollution generated by the exhaled aerosol. -liquids are flavored, including tobacco, menthol, coffee, fruit, candy, and alcohol flavors, as well as unusual flavors such as cola and Belgian waffle. 3 Flavored (conventional) tobacco products are used disproportionately by youth and initiators

  • Electronic cigarettes: Review of use, content, safety, effects on smokers and potential for harm and benefit

    Open AccessPeter Hajek, Jean-François Etter et al.ARTICLEAddiction2014

  • Different profiles of carcinogen exposure in Chinese compared with US cigarette smokers

    Neal L Benowitz, Quan Gan et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2014

    NCT00264342

  • Biomarkers of secondhand smoke exposure in automobiles

    Ian A Jones, Gideon St Helen et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2013

    Brief SHS exposure in cars resulted in substantial increases in levels of tobacco biomarkers in non-smokers. For optimal characterisation of SHS exposure, tobacco biomarkers should be measured within 4-8 h post-exposure. Additional studies are needed to better describe the relationship between tobacco biomarkers and environmental markers of SHS

  • Validity of self-reported adult secondhand smoke exposure

    Judith J Prochaska, William Grossman et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2013

    The single item ASHES-7d Home screener is brief, assesses recent SHS exposure over a week's time, and yielded the optimal balance of sensitivity and specificity. The current findings support use of the ASHES-7d Home screener to detect SHS exposure and can be easily incorporated into assessment of other major vital signs in cardiology

  • Population Approaches to Improve Diet, Physical Activity, and Smoking Habits: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

    Dariush Mozaffarian, Ashkan Afshin et al.ARTICLECirculation2012

    BACKGROUND: Poor lifestyle behaviors, including suboptimal diet, physical inactivity, and tobacco use, are leading causes of preventable diseases globally. Although even modest population shifts in risk substantially alter health outcomes, the optimal population-level approaches to improve lifestyle are not well established. METHODS AND RESULTS: For this American Heart Association scientific statement, the writing group systematically reviewed an…

  • Thirdhand Tobacco Smoke: Emerging Evidence and Arguments for a Multidisciplinary Research Agenda

    Open AccessGeorg E Matt, Penelope J E Quintana et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Health Perspectives2011

    BACKGROUND: There is broad consensus regarding the health impact of tobacco use and secondhand smoke exposure, yet considerable ambiguity exists about the nature and consequences of thirdhand smoke (THS). OBJECTIVES: We introduce definitions of THS and THS exposure and review recent findings about constituents, indoor sorption-desorption dynamics, and transformations of THS; distribution and persistence of THS in residential settings; implication…

  • Attitudes and Practices of Hookah Smokers in the San Francisco Bay Area

    Bilaal Ahmed, Peyton Jacob et al.ARTICLEJournal of Psychoactive Drugs2011

    As many as 10 million people will die annually by the year 2030 due to tobacco-related causes. While much research has focused on cigarettes, the increasing popularity of smoking hookah (water pipe) has received much less attention. Epidemiological studies have been carried out in India, Pakistan, Syria, Kuwait, and Lebanon, but there are few in the United States. Hookah smoking is typically a social activity and there are many myths and rumors a…

  • Nicotine Addiction

    Neal L Benowitz, Robert S SchwartzARTICLENew England Journal of Medicine2010

    This review gives an account of the cigarette as a highly efficient nicotine delivery system. It explains how nicotine induces pleasure, reduces stress and anxiety, and causes addiction to tobacco smoking. The basis of nicotine addiction rests on its effects on the brain, but addiction is also influenced by learned or conditioned factors, genetics, and social and environmental conditions.

  • Nicotine Chemistry, Metabolism, Kinetics and Biomarkers

    Open AccessNeal L Benowitz, Janne Hukkanen et al.CHAPTERNicotine Psychopharmacology2009

  • Calibrating Self-Reported Measures of Maternal Smoking in Pregnancy via Bioassays Using a Monte Carlo Approach

    Open AccessVanja Dukić, Vanja M Dukić et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2009

    Maternal smoking during pregnancy is a major public health problem that has been associated with numerous short- and long-term adverse health outcomes in offspring. However, characterizing smoking exposure during pregnancy precisely has been rather difficult: self-reported measures of smoking often suffer from recall bias, deliberate misreporting, and selective non-disclosure, while single bioassay measures of nicotine metabolites only reflect re…