Kenneth D Ward

Dados Biográficos

ID147165
NOMEKenneth D Ward
PRENOMESKenneth D
SOBRENOMEWard
ASSINATURAWARD K D
AFILIAÇÕESUniversity of Memphis
ORCID0000-0001-8972-538X
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS38
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES12
TOTAL COMO AUTOR38
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO1997
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2023
ÍNDICE H2

  • High on Hookah

    Mohammad Ebrahimi Kalan, Rime Jebai et al.ARTICLESubstance Use & Misuse2023

    Background: This study aimed to examine the trend and factors associated with smoking marijuana from a hookah device among US adults. Methods: Data were drawn from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study, an ongoing nationally representative, longitudinal cohort study of the US population. Adult respondents who self-reported ever smoking marijuana from a hookah at Wave 5 (2018–19, N = 34,279 US adults) were included in the mu…

  • Factors Associated with E-Cigarette Quit Intention Among Adolescents in the United States

    Nikhil Ahuja, Satish K Kedia et al.ARTICLESubstance Use & Misuse2022

    Background: Given increasing use of e-cigarettes among adolescents in the United States and its potential for nicotine addiction, encouraging adolescents to quit using these products has become a public health priority. This study examined factors at various socio-ecological levels associated with e-cigarette quit intention (pre-contemplation, contemplation, or preparation) using the Stages of Change of the Trans-theoretical Model among the U.S. …

  • Should menthol e-cigarettes be banned? Reaction of adult smokers and users of e-cigarettes to hypothetical bans

    Yong Yang, Eric N Lindblom et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2022

    Our results indicate that a ban on menthol cigarettes and flavoured cigars would decrease smoking. However, it is unclear if adding a ban of menthol e-cigarettes would lead to additional benefits because without menthol e-cigarettes as an alternative, some smokers and e-cigarette users may switch to non-flavoured tobacco smoking, rather than quit all tobacco use

  • Implementing a Novel Workplace Smoking Cessation Intervention Targeting Hispanic/Latino Construction Workers

    Open AccessTaghrid Asfar, Kristopher L Arheart et al.ARTICLEHealth Education & Behavior2021

    BACKGROUND: U.S. Hispanic/Latino construction workers constitute a large and historically underserved group in terms of smoking cessation services. Using formative research, we developed a worksite smoking cessation intervention tailored to the life/work circumstances of these workers. AIMS: This study aims to examine the feasibility, acceptability, and potential efficacy of the developed intervention "Enhanced Care" (EC; one group behavioral cou…

  • Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Its Determinants Among Adults with a History of Tobacco or Marijuana Use

    Open AccessYong Yang, Aram Dobalian et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Health2021

  • Novel Insights into Young Adults’ Perceived Effectiveness of Waterpipe Tobacco-Specific Pictorial Health Warning Labels in Lebanon

    Open AccessRima Nakkash, Malak Tleis et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2021

    This study aims to explore the perceived effectiveness of waterpipe (WP) tobacco specific health warning labels (HWLs) among young adult WP smokers and nonsmokers in Lebanon. Before participating in focus group discussions, participants ( n = 66; WP smokers n = 30; nonsmokers n = 36; age 18-33) completed a brief survey to rate the effectiveness of 12 HWLs' and rank them according to four risk themes (WP health effects, WP harm to others, WP-speci…

  • Quitline Information Included on Cigarette Packaging

    Open AccessChristopher M Seitz, Kenneth D Ward et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2021

    The purpose of this study is to evaluate country adherence to the World Health Organization's (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) guidelines in terms of including quitline information on cigarette packaging. Data were gathered from the WHO's Global Health Observatory database. The study included countries that were signatories to the FCTC, had a toll-free quitline, and required health warnings on cigarette packaging. Countries we…

  • The effect of price on cigarette consumption, distribution, and sale in Tehran

    Open AccessYounes Panahi Golestan, Mohammad Ebrahimi Kalan et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021

    Our findings highlight two important aspects concerning cigarette pricing in Iran. First is the change in the type of purchase from the whole box of cigarettes to the single stick cigarette or swapping to less expensive cigarettes. Second, increase in cigarette price (either through taxing or regular increases) could be offset by flooding smuggled cigarettes into the market. Therefore, in addition to raising cigarette prices, reducing cigarette c…

  • Impact of flavours, device, nicotine levels and price on adult e-cigarette users’ tobacco and nicotine product choices

    Yong Yang, Eric N Lindblom et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2021

    People are unlikely to switch to another product/device because of the restriction of flavour or nicotine level. If non-tobacco and non-menthol flavours were banned from open-system e-cigarettes, users may switch to menthol flavour e-cigarettes. Intervention strategies should be tailored to specific groups

  • Characteristics of Waterpipe Health Warning Labels in the United States

    Kenneth D Ward, Jayaprakash Kumar et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Health Behavior2019

    Objectives: In this paper, we assess characteristics of health warning labels (HWLs) on water-pipe tobacco packages sold in the US and changes after the FDA's minimum required warning statement went into effect in August 2018. Methods: We sampled 16 brands and 45 sub-brands/flavors of the most popular waterpipe tobaccos 6 months before and 4 months after the FDA's compliance deadline. HWL characteristics assessed included type (pictorial or text)…

  • Delphi study among international expert panel to develop waterpipe-specific health warning labels

    Taghrid Asfar, Michael Schmidt et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2019

    This study is the first to systematically develop and evaluate potential WP-specific HWLs based on the scientific evidence about WP's harmful effects, scientific understanding of HWL for cigarettes and the opinions of experts in WP science, tobacco control and health communication. The final selected HWLs can be adapted based on the context and policy landscape of the target country and can be further fine-tuned based on feedback from WP smokers …

  • Prospective associations of breastfeeding and smoking cessation among low‐income pregnant women

    Open AccessApril L Carswell, Kenneth D Ward et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2018

    Although low-income pregnant women have high rates of smoking and low rates of breastfeeding, few studies have examined prospective associations between these risk factors in community samples. Doing so may help improve breast-feeding support programs in this population. We used a secondary analysis of 247 low-income pregnant smokers in Memphis, Tennessee, who were interviewed up to 4 times (twice during pregnancy and twice through 6 months postp…

  • Memphis FitKids

    Open AccessGerhild Ullmann, Satish K Kedia et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2018

    The Memphis FitKids demonstration project showed that web-based health tools may be a viable strategy to increase access to information about healthy weight and lifestyle options for families. Mobile-friendly web-based applications like Memphis FitKids may also serve health professionals in their efforts to support their clients in adopting healthy behaviors

  • Determinants of progression of nicotine dependence symptoms in adolescent waterpipe smokers

    Raed Bahelah, Kenneth D Ward et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2018

    A significant proportion of adolescent waterpipe smokers progressed on ND. Venue-based policies such as limiting youth access to waterpipe cafés are warranted

  • Understanding Postdisaster Substance Use and Psychological Distress Using Concepts from the Self-Medication Hypothesis and Social Cognitive Theory

    A C Alexander, Kenneth D WardARTICLEJournal of Psychoactive Drugs2017

    This article applies constructs from the Self-Medication Hypothesis and Social Cognitive Theory to explain the development of substance use and psychological distress after a disaster. A conceptual model is proposed, which employs a sequential mediation model, identifying perceived coping self-efficacy, psychological distress, and self-medication as pathways to substance use after a disaster. Disaster exposure decreases perceived coping self-effi…

  • Racial Differences in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Vulnerability Following Hurricane Katrina Among a Sample of Adult Cigarette Smokers from New Orleans

    Open AccessA C Alexander, Jeanelle Ali et al.ARTICLEJournal of Racial and Ethnic…2017Citada por: 4Referências: 43

  • Religious Beliefs Against Smoking Among Black and White Urban Youth

    Open AccessA C Alexander, Leslie A Robinson et al.ARTICLEJournal of Religion and Health2016

  • Race differences in depression vulnerability following Hurricane Katrina

    Jeanelle S Ali, Amy Farrell et al.ARTICLEPsychological Trauma Theory…2016

    The racial disparity in postdisaster depression seems to be confounded by sociodemographic characteristics, preexisting vulnerabilities, social support, and trauma-specific factors. Nonetheless, even after adjusting for these factors, there was a nonsignificant trend effect for race, which could suggest race played an important role in depression outcomes following Hurricane Katrina. Future studies should examine these associations prospectively,…

  • Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking among Arab Youth; a Cross-Country Study

    Khalid A Kheirallah, Khalid Kheirallah et al.ARTICLEEthnicity & Disease2016

    Among Arab boys and girls, WTS represents a growing strain of the tobacco epidemic that requires immediate attention

  • Consensus statement on assessment of waterpipe smoking in epidemiological studies

    Wasim Maziak, Ziyad Ben Taleb et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2016

    Numerous epidemiological accounts suggest that waterpipe smoking (aka hookah, shisha, narghile) has become a global phenomenon, especially among youth. The alarming spread of waterpipe and accumulating evidence of its addictive and harmful effects represent a new threat in the global fight to limit tobacco-related morbidity and mortality. In response to waterpipe's alarming trends, major public health and tobacco control organisations have starte…

  • Early symptoms of nicotine dependence among adolescent waterpipe smokers

    Raed Bahelah, Joseph R DiFranza et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2016

    Background Although waterpipe smoking is increasingly popular among youth and can lead to nicotine dependence (ND), no studies have documented how ND develops in waterpipe smokers. We examined the emerging symptoms of ND among adolescent waterpipe smokers in Lebanon. Methods Individual confidential interviews were used to evaluate ND in 160 waterpipe smokers and 24 cigarette smokers from a sample of 498 students enrolled in 8th and 9th grades in …

  • Association of Religious Commitment and Tobacco Use Among Muslim Adolescents

    Open AccessSukaina Alzyoud, Khalid A Kheirallah et al.ARTICLEJournal of Religion and Health2015

  • Tobacco Smoking Status and Perception of Health among a Sample of Jordanian Students

    Open AccessSukaina Alzyoud, Khalid Kheirallah et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2014

    Limited data are available from Jordan examining patterns of tobacco use among adolescents, or how use is related to health perceptions. This study aims to estimate the prevalence of tobacco use and to assess the relationship between use and health-related perceptions. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among a sample of 11-18 year old school students from a major governorate in Jordan. Using a multistage random sampling 1050 students were se…

  • From Health as a Rational Choice to Health as an Affordable Choice

    Wasim Maziak, Kenneth D WardARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2009Citada por: 2Referências: 59

    Sedentary, consumption-based lifestyles are placing entire populations at serious health risks; obesity is a prime example. The individual approach to obesity, which targets those at risk, has largely failed because it ignores wider influences on behavior. Although the population–ecological approach is gaining support, it cannot disentangle clear targets for policy change. Consequently, health promotion has been relegated to the mass marketing of…

  • A pleasure among friends

    Fadi Hammal, Jeremiah Mock et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2008

    This exploratory study suggests that Syrian narghile smokers are different from Syrian cigarette smokers in their perceptions and beliefs about their smoking, and in their smoking patterns and lived experiences with tobacco. Our findings indicate that further in-depth research is need in the EMR to understand both modes of smoking to develop effective mode-specific prevention and cessation approaches. This study also raises concerns about a possi…