Laurie Jacobs

Biographic Data

ID7734721
NAMELaurie Jacobs
GIVEN NAMESLaurie
FAMILY NAMEJacobs
SIGNATUREJACOBS L
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of San Francisco
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS3
AUTHOR COUNT5
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX1

  • Did a workplace sugar-sweetened beverage sales ban reduce anxiety-related sugar-sweetened beverage consumption during the Covid-19 pandemic

    Open AccessLaurie M Jacobs, Laurie Jacobs et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2024

    Objective: Workplace sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) sales bans can reduce SSB consumption. Because stress and anxiety can promote sugar consumption, we examined whether anxiety among hospital employees during the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with changes in SSB consumption and explored whether this relationship varied by exposure to a workplace SSB sales ban. Design: In a prospective, controlled trial of workplace SSB sales bans, we examined …

  • Controlled trial of a workplace sales ban on sugar-sweetened beverages

    Open AccessJamey M Schmidt, Elissa S Epel et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2023

    Objective: To examine the effectiveness of a workplace sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) sales ban on reducing SSB consumption in employees, including those with cardiometabolic disease risk factors. Design: A controlled trial of ethnically diverse, full-time employees who consumed SSB heavily (sales ban n 315; control n 342). Outcomes included standardised measures of change in SSB consumption in the workplace (primary) and at home between baseline…

  • Impacts of Medical Marijuana Laws on Young Americans Across the Developmental Spectrum

    Open AccessLouis A Schmidt, Laurie M Jacobs et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2019

  • Young People’s More Permissive Views About Marijuana

    Louis A Schmidt, Laura A Schmidt et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2016Cited by: 3References: 23

    Objectives. To determine whether state medical marijuana laws “send the wrong message,” that is, have a local influence on the views of young people about the risks of using marijuana. Methods. We performed multilevel, serial, cross-sectional analyses on 10 annual waves of the US National Survey on Drug Use and Health (2004–2013) nationally and for states with marijuana laws using individual- and state-level controls. Results. Living in medical m…

  • Schmidt et al. Respond

    Louis A Schmidt, Laura A Schmidt et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2016References: 5

    AffiliationsAll of the authors are with the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco (UCSF). Laura A. Schmidt is also with the Department of Anthropology, History, and Social Medicine, School of Medicine, UCSF. Joanne Spetz is also with the Department of Family and Community Medicine and Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Nursing, UCSF