Publications


Michaud, T. L., Reyes, S., Guenzel, N., Guastello, P., Kerns, E., Berkman, M., … & Dai, H. D. (2026). Remotely delivered parents helping parents for youth nicotine vaping cessation recruited via electronic health records: Protocol for a feasibility randomized controlled trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 108416.

Dai, H. D., Shi, C., Reyes, S., & Woolsey, S. (2026). Evaluation of vaping cessation infographics among e-cigarette users: A cross-sectional, mixed-methods study. Tobacco Prevention & Cessation, 12, 10-18332.

Dai, H. D. (2026). Trends in cannabis and tobacco use by racial and ethnic groups among US Youth: 1991–2021. Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities, 13(2), 721-728.

Kim, J., Mabiala-Maye, G., Michaud, T., King, K. M., Estabrooks, P., Ewing Jr, J. W., & Dai, H. D. (2026). Using a cross-sectoral partnership to improve colorectal Cancer screening and follow-up among African Americans in the United States: A protocol and preliminary results. Preventive Medicine Reports, 103455.

Dai, H. D., Puga, T. B., Zhang, J., & Benowitz, N. L. (2026). Propensity score modeling of adolescent e-cigarette use and cognitive performance: One-year follow-up study. Tobacco Induced Diseases, 24, 10-18332.

Dai, H. D., & Young, B. (2026). Biomarkers of exposure to tobacco-related toxicants among adult nicotine pouch users. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 28(2), 260-267.

Dai, H. D., & Puga, T. B. (2026). CBD, cannabis, or both? Examining use patterns and associated factors among US youth and adults. Addictive Behaviors, 108622.

Dai, H. D. (2025). Time since initiation on current vaping among adolescents and associations with adverse health outcomes. Addictive Behaviors, 160, 108165.

Cano, M. T., Perez, O. F. R., Reyes, S., Pineda, B. S., & Muñoz, R. F. (2025). Rethinking smoking and quitting in low-income contexts: a qualitative analysis with implications for practice and policy. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 22(7), 1122.

Michaud, T. L., Samson, K., Chang, S. H., Gustafson, C. R., & Dai, H. D. (2025). Discrete Choice Experiment on Financial Incentives for Engaging Young Adults in Vaping Cessation Programs. Substance Use & Misuse, 60(2), 219-227.

Fok, L., Dai, H. D., Brett-Major, D. M., Animut, A., Erko, B., Linville, J., … & Degarege, A. (2025). Effect of Praziquantel Treatment on the Nutritional Status of Children Infected with Schistosoma haematobium. Pathogens, 14(2), 123.

Dai, H. D. (2025). Trends in Cannabis and Tobacco Use by Racial and Ethnic Groups Among US Youth: 1991–2021. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 1-8.

Michaud, T., Puga, T., Archer, R., Theye, E., Zagurski, C., Estabrooks, P., & Dai, H. D. (2025). Enhancing Text Message Support With Media Literacy and Financial Incentives for Vaping Cessation in Young Adults: Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 14(1), e60527.

Guenzel, N., Zimmerman, L., Watanabe-Galloway, S., Dai, H. D., Qiu, F., & McChargue, D. (2025). A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating Peer Recovery Coaches for Addiction Recovery Among Indigenous Americans. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 10783903251319789.

Lee, J., Hinds, J. T., Dai, H. D., & Weinberger, A. H. (2025). Tobacco and Cannabis Co-Use by sexual minority adults in the United States, 2022. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 68(4), 717-725.

Han, D. H., Harlow, A. F., Miech, R. A., Bae, D., Cho, J., Dai, H. D., … & Leventhal, A. M. (2025). Nicotine Pouch and E-Cigarette Use and Co-Use Among US Youths in 2023 and 2024. JAMA Network Open, 8(4), e256739-e256739.

Dai, H. D., Kerns, E., Niebur, H., Deschamp, A., Johnson, R., Samson, K., … & Woolsey, S. (2025). Developing a media literacy-based e-cigarette education program via medical record systems. Tobacco Prevention & Cessation, 11, 10-18332.

Dai, H. D., Hao, Y., Periera, M., & Michaud, T. (2025). Biomarkers of Exposure to Tobacco-Related Toxicants and Oxidative Stress Among Cancer Survivors. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, ntaf099.

Subramanian, R., Samson, K., & Dai, H. D. (2025). Tobacco control messages for individuals who use both cigarettes and e-cigarettes: a randomised trial comparing biomarker outcome with cessation experience narratives. Tobacco Control.

Dai, H. D., Keebler, A. K. B., & Young, B. (2025). Biomarkers of secondhand smoke and vaping exposure among US Adolescents. Addictive Behaviors, 108381.

Dai, H. D., Idoate, R., Mahroke, A., & Abresch, C. (2025). Racial Disparities in Patterns and Modes of Current and Daily Marijuana Use among Adults Living with Children. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 12(3), 1787-1796.

Dai, H. D., Young, B., & Beseler, C. (2025). Mechanism that links perceived racism and discrimination and youth cannabis use, a structural equation modeling approach. Addictive Behaviors Reports, 21, 100590.

Young, B., Wheeler, L., & Dai, H. D. (2025). Parental influence on youth cannabis use: The interplay between disapproval and warmth. Addictive Behaviors Reports, 22, 100621.

Michaud, T. L., Estabrooks, P. A., Dai, H. D., King, K., Ewing Jr, J. W., Olabanji, K. T., … & Kim, J. (2025). Cost-effectiveness analysis of implementing a multisectoral program for colorectal cancer screening in an African American community. AJPM Focus, 100388.

Sanchez, L. M., Bae, D., Cho, J., Harlow, A. F., Kirkpatrick, M. G., Schuler, L. A., … & Leventhal, A. M. (2025). Awareness and Use of Vaping Products With a Nicotine Analogue Among Adolescents and Young Adults. Pediatrics, e2024070484.

Kochvar, A., Laviolette, S. R., Khan, A. S., Grin, B., & Dai, H. D. (2025). Regions of interest assessment of prenatal exposure to tobacco on adolescent cortical thickness and sulcal depth. Behavioural Brain Research, 115741.

Bae, D., Rahman, T., Sanchez, L. M. M., Miech, R., Harlow, A. F., Han, D. H., … & Leventhal, A. (2025). Trends in e-cigarette flavour use and demographic correlates among US youth from 2020 to 2023. Tobacco control.

Kochvar, A., Hao, G., & Dai, H. D. (2025). Biomarkers of metal exposure in adolescent e-cigarette users: correlations with vaping frequency and flavouring. Tobacco control, 34(5), 579-584.

Dai, H. D., & Young, B. (2025). Biomarkers of exposure to tobacco-related toxicants among adult nicotine pouch users. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, ntaf185.

Sanchez, L. M., Cho, J., Harlow, A. F., Miech, R. A., Sussman, S., Dai, H. D., … & Bae, D. (2025). Correlations Between Flavored E‐Cigarette Use and Tobacco and Substance Use Among US Youth, 2021 to 2023. The Milbank Quarterly.

Zhang, X., Anzalone, A. J., Dai, D., Cochran, G., Dai, R., & Rupp, M. E. (2024, August). Chronic Lung Disease as a Risk Factor for Long COVID in Patients Diagnosed With Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Retrospective Cohort Study. In Open forum infectious diseases (Vol. 11, No. 8, p. ofae424). US: Oxford University Press.

Dinkel, D., Lujan, C., Johnson, J., Olson, D. D., Armstrong, J., Dai, H. D., … & Bice, M. R. (2024). Feasibility of a Mental Wellbeing Program for Rural Family Childcare Home Providers. Early Childhood Education Journal, 52(6), 1193-1207.

Ratnapradipa, K., Samson, K., & Dai, H. D. (2024). Randomised experiment for the effect of ‘Tobacco-Free Nicotine’ messaging on current e-cigarette users’ perceptions, preferences and intentions. Tobacco control, 33(4), 441-448.

Dai, H. D., Buckley, J., & Leventhal, A. M. (2024). Correlates of using E-cigarettes with high nicotine concentrations among U.S. adults who exclusively vape E-cigarettes or dual use with cigarettes. Addictive behaviors, 153, 107986. Advance online publication.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.107986

Michaud, T. L., Tamrakar, N., Samson, K., & Dai, H. D. (2024). Decoding Vaping: Empowering Youth through Media Literacy Based E-Cigarette Educational Program. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, ntae205.

Tackett, A. P., Dai, H. D., Han, D. H., Vogel, E. A., Coreas, S. I., Jafarzadeh, N., Gonzalez Anaya, M. J., Patel, D., Peraza, N., Mason, T. B., & Leventhal, A. M. (2023). Appeal of e-cigarette flavors: Differences between never and ever use of combustible cigarettes. Drug and alcohol dependence, 246, 109849. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2023.109849

Lindpere, V., Winickoff, J. P., Khan, A. S., Dong, J., Michaud, T. L., Liu, J., & Dai, H. D. (2023). Reasons for E-cigarette Use, Vaping Patterns, and Cessation Behaviors Among US Adolescents. Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, 25(5), 975–982. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntac278

Dai, H. D., Pierce, J., Beseler, C., Abadi, A., Zoucha, K., Johnson, R., Buckley, J., & Ramos, A. K. (2023). Hierarchical Modeling of Psychosocial, Parental, and Environmental Factors for Susceptibility to Tobacco Product Use in 9-10-Year-Old Children. The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, 72(2), 267–276. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2022.09.021

Dai, H. D., & Leventhal, A. M. (2023). Use of Traditional Smokeless, Snus, and Dissolvable Tobacco Among U.S. Youth. American journal of preventive medicine, 64(2), 204–212. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2022.09.011

Ratnapradipa, K., Samson, K., & Dai H.D. (2023). Randomised experiment for the effect of € Tobacco-Free Nicotine’ messaging on current e-cigarette users’ perceptions, preferences and intentions. Tobacco control, Article tc-2022-057507. https://doi.org/10.1136/tc-2022-057507

Woolsey, S., Ramos, A. K., Samson, K., Catley, D., King, K. M., Crane, R., & Dai, H. D. (2023). Strengthening Tobacco 21 implementation and enforcement to reduce tobacco-related health disparities: A stakeholder engagement project. Tobacco prevention & cessation, 9, 20. https://doi.org/10.18332/tpc/163299

Leventhal, A., Dai H.D., Barrington-Trimis, J., & Sussman, S. (2023). ‘Ice’flavoured e-cigarette use among young adults. Tobacco control, 32(1), 114-117.

Dai H, Henriksen L, Xu Z, Rathnayake N. Using place-based characteristics to inform FDA tobacco sales inspections: results from a multilevel propensity score model. Tob Control. 2022 Dec;31(e2):e148-e155. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-056742. Epub 2021 Oct 25. PMID: 34697089; PMCID: PMC9726945.

Dai, H. D., Leventhal, A. M., & Khan, A. S. (2022). Trends in Urinary Biomarkers of Exposure to Nicotine and Carcinogens Among Adult e-Cigarette Vapers vs Cigarette Smokers in the US, 2013-2019. JAMA, 328(18), 1864–1866. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2022.14847

Dai, H. D., Ratnapradipa, K., Michaud, T. L., King, K. M., Guenzel, N., Tamrakar, N., Puga, T., & Sussman, S. (2022). Vaping Media Literacy, Harm Perception, and Susceptibility of E-Cigarette Use Among Youth. American journal of preventive medicine, 63(5), 852–860. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2022.05.012

Michaud, T. L., Estabrooks, P. A., You, W., Ern, J., Scoggins, D., Gonzales, K., King, K. M., Dai, H., & Su, D. (2022). Effectiveness of incentives to improve the reach of health promotion programs- a systematic review and meta-analysis. Preventive medicine, 162, 107141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2022.107141

Dai, H. D., Doucet, G. E., Wang, Y., Puga, T., Samson, K., Xiao, P., & Khan, A. S. (2022). Longitudinal Assessments of Neurocognitive Performance and Brain Structure Associated With Initiation of Tobacco Use in Children, 2016 to 2021. JAMA network open, 5(8), e2225991. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.25991

Bhandary, M., Dai, H., Bansal, N. K., & Shin, H. (2022). Bayes estimation of autocorrelation coefficient. Journal of Statistics and Management Systems, 25(4), 771-779.

Leventhal, A. M., Dai, H., & Higgins, S. T. (2022). Smoking Cessation Prevalence and Inequalities in the United States: 2014-2019. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 114(3), 381–390. https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djab208

Leventhal, A. M., Dai, H., Barrington-Trimis, J. L., Tackett, A. P., Pedersen, E. R., & Tran, D. D. (2022). Disposable E-Cigarette Use Prevalence, Correlates, and Associations With Previous Tobacco Product Use in Young Adults. Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, 24(3), 372–379. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntab165

Dai, H., Benowitz, N. L., Achutan, C., Farazi, P. A., Degarege, A., & Khan, A. S. (2022). Exposure to Toxicants Associated With Use and Transitions Between Cigarettes, e-Cigarettes, and No Tobacco. JAMA network open, 5(2), e2147891. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.47891

Dai, H., & Khan, A. S. (2022). The Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Health Access Among Adults Aged 18-64 Years With Chronic Health Conditions in the United States, 2011-2017. Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMP, 28(1), E85–E91. https://doi.org/10.1097/PHH.0000000000001225

Dai, H., & Hao, J. (2022). Online popularity of JUUL and Puff Bars in the USA: 2019-2020. Tobacco control, 31(1), 7–10. https://doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-055727

Rathnayake N, Dai H, Charnigo R, Schmid K, Meza J. A General Class of Small Area Estimation Using Calibrated Hierarchical Likelihood Approach With Applications to COVID-19 Data. Journal of Applied Statistics. 2022.

Sargent, J. D., Stoolmiller, M., Dai, H., Barrington-Trimis, J. L., McConnell, R., Audrain-McGovern, J., & Leventhal, A. M. (2022). First E-Cigarette Flavor and Device Type Used: Associations With Vaping Persistence, Frequency, and Dependence in Young Adults. Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, 24(3), 380–387. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntab172

Dai, H., Ramos, A. K., Faseru, B., Hill, J. L., & Sussman, S. Y. (2021). Racial Disparities of E-Cigarette Use Among US Youths: 2014‒2019. American journal of public health, 111(11), 2050–2058. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306448

Cano, M. T., Pennington, D. L., Reyes, S., Pineda, B. S., Llamas, J. A., Periyakoil, V. S., & Muñoz, R. F. (2021). Factors associated with smoking in low-income persons with and without chronic illness. Tobacco induced diseases, 19, 59.

Dai, H., Tamrakar, N., Rathnayake, N., & Samson, K. (2021). Geographical distribution and social determinants of Tobacco 21 policy adoption and retail inspections in the United States, 2015-2019. Tobacco induced diseases, 19, 55. https://doi.org/10.18332/tid/140148

Dai H. (2021). Prevalence and Factors Associated With Youth Vaping Cessation Intention and Quit Attempts. Pediatrics, 148(3), e2021050164. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2021-050164

Dai, H., Chaney, L., Ellerbeck, E., Friggeri, R., White, N., & Catley, D. (2021). Rural-Urban Differences in Changes and Effects of Tobacco 21 in Youth E-cigarette Use. Pediatrics, 147(5), e2020020651. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2020-020651

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