Consortium Researchers
Neal L. Benowitz, MD
University of California, San Francisco
628-206-8324
Neal.Benowitz@ucsf.edu
Dr. Benowitz is a Professor of Medicine Emeritus (Active) at the University of California San Francisco, and a member of the University of California, San Francisco Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education and the University of California San Francisco Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Benowitz’s research focuses on nicotine and tobacco-related health issues, including measurement of biomarkers of exposure to various tobacco products, both with active and passive exposure.
Dr. Benowitz is principal investigator of the California Thirdhand Smoke Consortium. Along with Dr. Lara Gundel, Dr. Benowitz oversees and coordinates efforts of the various researchers in the consortium. He participates in data analysis and interpretation in various consortium projects.
Dr. Benowitz is an avid road cyclist and mountain biker and spends much of his weekends on Mt. Tamalpais and along the northern California coast.
For a full listing of all of Neal Benowitz’s publications, please see:
Selected Publications Relevant to Thirdhand Smoke
Khachatoorian C, Jacob Iii P, Benowitz NL, Talbot P. Electronic cigarette chemicals transfer from a vape shop to a nearby business in a multiple-tenant retail building. Tob Control. 2018: Aug 29. pii: tobaccocontrol-2018-054316. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2018-054316. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 30158206
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30158206
Hang B, Wang Y, Huang Y, Wang P, Langley SA, Bi L, Sarker AH, Schick SF, Havel C, Jacob P 3rd, Benowitz N, Destaillats H, Tang X, Xia Y, Jen KY, Gundel LA, Mao JH, Snijders AM. Short-term early exposure to thirdhand cigarette smoke increases lung cancer incidence in mice. Clin Sci (Lond). 2018 Feb 28;132(4):475-488. doi: 10.1042/CS20171521. PMID: 29440622
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29440622
Hang B, Snijders AM, Huang Y, Schick SF, Wang P, Xia Y, Havel C, Jacob P 3rd, Benowitz N, Destaillats H, Gundel LA, Mao JH. Early exposure to thirdhand cigarette smoke affects body mass and the development of immunity in mice. Sci Rep. 2017 Feb 3;7:41915. doi: 10.1038/srep41915. PMID: 28157226
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28157226
Benowitz NL, Jain S, Dempsey DA, Nardone N, Helen GS, Jacob P 3rd. Urine Cotinine screening detects nearly ubiquitous tobacco smoke exposure in urban adolescents. Nicotine Tob Res. 2017 Sep 1;19(9):1048-1054. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntw390. PMID: 28031377.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28031377
Jacob P 3rd, Benowitz NL, Destaillats H, Gundel L, Hang B, Martins-Green M, Matt GE, Quintana PJ, Samet JM, Schick SF, Talbot P, Aquilina NJ, Hovell MF, Mao JH, Whitehead TP. Thirdhand Smoke: New Evidence, Challenges, and Future Directions. Chem Res Toxicol. 2017 Jan 17;30(1):270-294. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.6b00343. Epub 2016 Dec 21. PMID: 28001376
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28001376
Northrup TF, Jacob P 3rd, Benowitz NL, Hoh E, Quintana PJ, Hovell MF, Matt GE, Stotts AL. Thirdhand smoke: State of the science and a call for policy expansion. Public Health Rep. 2016 Mar-Apr;131(2):233-8. PMID: 26957657
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26957657
Northrup TF, Khan AM, Jacob P 3rd, Benowitz NL, Hoh E, Hovell MF, Matt GE, Stotts AL. Thirdhand smoke contamination in hospital settings: assessing exposure risk for vulnerable paediatric patients. Tob Control. 2016 Nov;25(6):619-623. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2015-052506. Epub 2015 Dec 3. PMID: 26635031
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26635031
Kassem NO, Daffa RM, Liles S, Jackson SR, Kassem NO, Younis MA, Mehta S, Chen M, Jacob P 3rd, Carmella SG, Chatfield DA, Benowitz NL, Matt GE, Hecht SS, Hovell MF. Children’s exposure to secondhand and thirdhand smoke carcinogens and toxicants in homes of hookah smokers. Nicotine Tob Res. 2014 Jul;16(7):961-75. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntu016. Epub 2014 Mar 3. PMID: 24590387
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24590387
Martins-Green M, Adhami N, Frankos M, Valdez M, Goodwin B, Lyubovitsky J, Dhall S, Garcia M, Egiebor I, Martinez B, Green HW, Havel C, Yu L, Liles S, Matt G, Destaillats H, Sleiman M, Gundel LA, Benowitz N, Jacob P 3rd, Hovell M, Winickoff JP, Curras-Collazo M. Cigarette smoke toxins deposited on surfaces: implications for human health. PLoS One. 2014 Jan 29;9(1):e86391. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086391. PMID: 24489722
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24489722
Matt GE, Quintana PJ, Destaillats H, Gundel LA, Sleiman M, Singer BC, Jacob P, Benowitz N, Winickoff JP, Rehan V, Talbot P, Schick S, Samet J, Wang Y, Hang B, Martins-Green M, Pankow JF, Hovell MF. Thirdhand tobacco smoke: emerging evidence and arguments for a multidisciplinary research agenda. Environ Health Perspect. 2011 Sep;119(9):1218-26. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1103500. Epub 2011 May 31. PMID: 21628107
Hugo Destaillats, PhD
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
510.486.5897
hdestaillats@lbl.gov
Dr. Destaillats is a Senior Research Scientist and Deputy Leader of the Indoor Environment Group at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. His research focuses on the chemistry of the built environment, indoor environmental quality, exposure and health.
Dr. Destaillats is the PI of a Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory-led Consortium subproject focusing on thirdhand smoke chemistry, exposure assessment, sampling methods, and remediation technologies. His group has described indoor chemical processes that dominate occupant exposures to thirdhand smoke. Such processes include reactions of nicotine and other thirdhand smoke constituents with oxidants and nitrosating agents commonly found indoors. The identification and quantification of inhalable thirdhand smoke constituents enable the assessment of their health impacts. The team is currently studying the efficiency and potential risks associated with ozonation as a thirdhand smoke remediation approach.
For a full listing of all of Hugo Destaillats’ publications, please see:
Selected Publications Relevant to Thirdhand Smoke
Logue JM, Sleiman M, Montesinos VN, Russell ML, Litter MI, Benowitz NL, Gundel LA, Destaillats H. Emissions from electronic cigarettes: Assessing vapers’ intake of toxic compounds, secondhand exposures and the associated health impacts. Environ Sci Tech. 2017;51:9271-9279. PubMed PMID: 28766331.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28766331
Sleiman M, Logue JM, Luo W, Pankow JF, Gundel LA, Destaillats H. Inhalatory constituents of thirdhand tobacco smoke: Chemical characterization and health impact considerations. Environ Sci Techno. 2014;48:13093-13101. PubMed PMID:25317906.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25317906
Sleiman M, Destaillats H, Gundel LA. Solid-phase supported profluorescent nitroxide probe for the determination of aerosol-borne reactive oxygen species. Talanta. 2013;116:1033-1039. PubMed PMID:24148512.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24148512
Petrick L, Sleiman M, Dubowski Y, Gundel LA, Destaillats H. Tobacco smoke aging in the presence of ozone: A room-sized chamber study. Atmos Env. 2011; 45:4959-4965.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.05.076
Sleiman M, Gundel LA, Pankow JF, Jacob P 3rd, Singer BC, Destaillats H. Formation of carcinogens indoors by surface-mediated reactions of nicotine with nitrous acid, leading to potential thirdhand smoke hazards. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010;107:6576-81. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0912820107. PubMed PMID:20142504.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20142504
Sleiman M, Destaillats H, Smith JD, Liu C, Ahmed M, Wilson KR Gundel LA. Secondary organic aerosol formation from ozone-initiated reactions with nicotine and secondhand tobacco smoke. Atmos Env. 2010; 44:4191-4198.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.07.023
Petrick L, Destaillats H, Zouev I, Sabach S, Dubowski Y. Sorption, desorption and surface oxidative fate of nicotine. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2010;12: 10356-10364. PubMed PMID:20582338.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20582338
Sleiman M, Maddalena RL, Gundel LA, Destaillats H. Rapid and sensitive gas chromatography ion-trap mass spectrometry method for the determination of tobacco-specific N-nitrosamines in secondhand smoke. J. Chromatography A. 2009;1216:7899-7905. PubMed PMID:19800070.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19800070
Destaillats H, Singer BC, Gundel LA. Evidence of acid-base interactions between amines and model indoor surfaces by ATR-FTIR spectroscopy. Atmos Env. 2007;41: 3177-3181.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.05.083
Destaillats H, Singer BC, Lee SK, Gundel LA. Effect of ozone on nicotine desorption from model surfaces: evidence for heterogeneous chemistry. Environ Sci Techno. 2006; 40:1799-1805. PubMed PMID:16570600.
Nathan Dodder, PhD
San Diego State University
ndodder@sdsu.edu
Dr. Dodder is a Research Scientist at the San Diego State University Research Foundation and works in the San Diego State University School of Public Health Environmental Health Laboratory. An analytical chemist specializing in applications related to environmental and public health, his expertise includes: 1) analytical method development for the quantification of contaminants, metabolites, and protein biomarkers by chromatography/mass spectrometry; 2) non-targeted mass spectrometry for the identification of unexpected environmental contaminants; 3) environmental survey design to assess the occurrence and fate of contaminants in abiotic and biotic matrices; 4) implementation of quality assurance / quality control procedures for chemical analyses; and 5) scientific software development, including tools for mass spectral interpretation and mass spectral libraries, automated quality control validation, and data analysis and visualization.
Dr. Dodder is a Co-Investigator of “Third Hand Smoke Dissemination, Outreach, and Resource Center” (Matt) and “Measuring and Reducing Exposure to Thirdhand Smoke” (Qunitana). In these projects, he will lead method development for qualitative and quantitative chemical analyses, with responsibility for QA/QC, laboratory maintenance, and training and supervision of laboratory technicians and student lab assistants.
For a full listing of all of Nathan Dodder’s publications, please see:
Selected Publications Relevant to Thirdhand Smoke
Quintana PJE, Hoh E, Dodder NG, Matt GE, Zakarian JM, Anderson KA, Akins B, Chu L, Hovell MF. Nicotine levels in silicone wristband samplers worn by children exposed to secondhand smoke and electronic cigarette vapor are highly correlated with child’s urinary cotinine. Jrnl Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2019. doi:10.1038/s41370-019-0116-7.
Christopher R. Harrison, PhD
San Diego State University
(619)-594-1609
charrison@sdsu.edu
Dr. Christopher Harrison is an SDSU Senate Distinguished Professor of Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at San Diego State University. His research centers on the application of chromatographic techniques, principally capillary electrophoresis, for bioanalysis. This ranges from developing coatings and approaches for the separation of proteins and small molecules, to the application of capillary electrophoresis in detecting blood doping agents in athletes.
Dr. Harrison is a co-Investigator of Measuring and Reducing Exposure to Thirdhand Smoke. His role in the project is to develop and test a simple, field deployable, device capable of performing semi-quantitative analysis of thirdhand smoke residue. The aim is to provide the public with a tool which can be used by anyone (like a pool chlorination test kit) to get an approximation of the amount of thirdhand smoke residue present in their living spaces.
When not teaching or in the lab Dr. Harrison can often be found bicycling, out on hikes, or otherwise actively enjoying the outdoors and San Diego’s great weather.
For a full listing of all of Christopher Harrison’s publications, please see:
Eunha Hoh, PhD
San Diego State University
619.594.4671
ehoh@sdsu.edu
Dr. Eunha Hoh is a Professor of Environmental Health at the School of Public Health at San Diego State University. Dr. Eunha Hoh’s research interests have focused on fate and behaviors of persistent organic contaminants in the environment and their impact on human health. Her current research projects focus on ocean and human health, exposure to tobacco smoke residue (thirdhand smoke), microplastic pollution, tobacco product waste, and wastewater treatment.
Dr. Hoh is the Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) of the Consortium project entitled “Measuring and Reducing Exposure to Thirdhand Smoke” and is a Co-I of the Thirdhand Smoke Dissemination, Outreach, and Resource Center (THSRC), funded through the Tobacco-related Disease Research Program. She has developed novel analytical methods which included fast and efficient analyses of multiple classes of targeted chemical residues, and a nontargeted analytical approach for organic contaminants of interest in various types of environmental and biological samples. In her role as a Co-PI, she will lead chemical analyses required for identifying chemicals of concern in thirdhand smoke and evaluating removal of them. As Co-I of THSRC, she will contribute expertise on analyses of environmental samples and the design and interpretation of all lab analyses.
For a full listing of all of Eunha Ho’s publications, please see:
Selected Publications Relevant to Thirdhand Smoke
Mahabee-Gittens EM, Merianose AL, Hoh E, Quintana PJE, Matt GE. Nicotine on Children’s hands: Limited protection of smoking bans and initial clinical findings. Tobacco Use Insights. 2019, Jan 16;12:1179173X18823493. doi: 10.1177/1179173X18823493. PubMed PMID: 30728727
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30728727
Quintana PJE, Hoh E, Dodder NG, Matt GE, Zakarian JM, Anderson KA, Akins B, Chu L, Hovell MF. Nicotine levels in silicone wristband samplers worn by children exposed to secondhand smoke and electronic cigarette vapor are highly correlated with child’s urinary cotinine. Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology. 2019. doi: 10.1038/s41370-019-0116-7. PubMed PMID:30728487
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30728487
Matt GE, Quintana PJE, Hoh E, Zakarian JM, Chowdhury Z, Hovell MF, Jacob P, Watanabe K, Theweny TS, Flores V, Nguyen A, Dhaliwal N, Hayward G. A Casino goes smoke free: A longitudinal study of secondhand and thirdhand smoke pollution and exposure. Tob Control. 2018; 27(6):643-649. PubMed PMID:29439207
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29439207
Matt GE, Quintana PJE, Zakarian JM, Hoh E, Hovell MF, Mahabee-Gittens M, Watanabe K, Datuin K, Vue C, Chatfield DA. When smokers quit: exposure to nicotine and carcinogens persists from thirdhand smoke pollution. Tob Control. 2016; 26(5):548-556. PubMed PMID:27655249
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27655249
Northrup TF, Khan AM, Jacob P 3rd, Benowitz NL, Hoh E, Hovell MF, et al. Thirdhand smoke contamination in hospital settings: assessing exposure risk for vulnerable paediatric patients. Tob Control 2016; 25(6):619-23. PubMed PMID: 26635031
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4893002/
Matt GE, Quintana PJ, Fortmann AL, Zakarian JM, Galaviz VE, Chatfield DA, Hoh E, Hovell MF, Winston C. Thirdhand smoke and exposure in California hotels: Non-smoking rooms fail to protect non-smoking hotel guests from tobacco smoke exposure. Tob Control. 2014; 23(3):264-72. PubMed PMID:23669058.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23669058
Quintana PJ, Matt GE, Chatfield D, Zakarian JM, Fortmann AL, Hoh E. Wipe sampling for nicotine as a marker of thirdhand tobacco smoke contamination on surfaces in homes, cars, and hotels. Nicotine Tob Res. 2013; 15(9):1555-63. PubMed PMID:23460657.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23460657
Hoh E, Hunt RN, Quintana PJ, Zakarian JM, Chatfield DA, Wittry BC, Rodriguez E, Matt GE. Environmental tobacco smoke as a source of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in settled household dust. Environ Sci Technol. 2012; 46(7):4174-83. PubMed PMID:22397504
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22397504
Matt GE, Quintana PJ, Zakarian JM, Fortmann AL, Chatfield DA, Hoh E, Uribe AM, Hovell MF. When smokers move out and non-smokers move in: Residential thirdhand smoke pollution and exposure. Tob Control. 2011; 20(1):e1. PubMed PMID:21037269.
Peyton Jacob, III, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
415.282.9495
peyton.jacob@ucsf.edu
Dr. Jacob is a Research Chemist in the Departments of Medicine and Psychiatry at UCSF, and Laboratory Director of the Tobacco Biomarkers Core, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Jacob’s research focuses on developing biomarkers of human exposure to tobacco smoke toxicants, developing analytical chemistry methods for their measurement, and on applying these methods to pharmacology and toxicology studies in smokers and in people exposed to secondhand and thirdhand smoke.
Dr. Jacob is the PI of the Human Exposure, Toxicology, and Biomarkers Analytical Chemistry Laboratory. This Subproject will (1) Identify and measure THS components in samples from the other THS Consortium studies; (2) Develop novel quantitative analytical methods for biomarkers and tracers to measure exposure to THS, as needed to augment those already developed; (3) Perform quantitative analysis of biofluid samples (primarily biomarkers in urine), and dust, surface wipes, air samples, cell preparations and other samples for THS tracers; (4) Synthesize substances found in THS that are not commercially available, to use as standards for biomarkers and tracers and for toxicology testing by other projects.
Dr. Jacob has lived nearly all of his life in California, has a strong connection to the natural world, and whenever possible in his spare time he is outside, hiking and enjoying the many beautiful places in California, and growing California native plants.
For a full listing of all of Peyton Jacob III’s publications, please see:
Selected Publications Relevant to Thirdhand Smoke
Hang B, Wang Y, Huang Y, Wang P, Langley SA, Bi L, Sarker AH, Schick SF, Havel C, Jacob P 3rd, Benowitz N, Destaillats H, Tang, Xia Y, Jen KY, Gundel LA, Mao JH, Snijders AM. Short-term early exposure to thirdhand cigarette smoke increases lung cancer incidence in mice. Clin Sci (Lond). 2018;132(4):475-488. doi: 10.1042/CS20171521. PMC6365648
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29440622
Matt GE, Quintana PJE, Hoh E, Zakarian JM, Chowdhury Z, Hovell MF, Jacob P, Watanabe K, Theweny TS, Flores V, Nguyen A, Dhaliwal N, Hayward G. A Casino goes smoke free: a longitudinal study of secondhand and thirdhand smoke pollution and exposure. Tob Control. 2018. Epub 2018/02/14. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2017-054052. PubMed PMID: 29439207.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29439207
Hang B, A. M. Snijders, Huang Y, Schick SF, Wang P, Xia Y, Havel C, Jacob P 3rd, Benowitz N, Destaillats H, Gundel LA, Mao JH. Early exposure to thirdhand cigarette smoke affects body mass and the development of immunity in mice. Sci Rep. 2017;Feb 3;7:41915. doi: 10.1038/srep41915. PMC5291208
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28157226
Jacob P 3rd, Benowitz NL, Destaillats H, Gundel L, Hang B, Martins-Green M, Matt GE, Quintana PJ, Samet JM, Schick SF, Talbot P, Aquilina NJ, Hovell MF, Mao JH, Whitehead TP. Thirdhand Smoke: New Evidence, Challenges, and Future Directions. Chem Res Toxicol. 2017;30(1), 270-294. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.6b00343. PMC5501723
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28001376
Bahl V, Shim HJ, Jacob P 3rd, Dias K, Schick SF, Talbot P, Thirdhand smoke: Chemical dynamics, cytotoxicity, and genotoxicity in outdoor and indoor environments. Toxicol In Vitro. 2016;32(Apr):220-31. doi: 10.1016/j.tiv.2015.12.007. PMC5526588
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26689327
Northrup TF, Khan AM, Jacob P 3rd, Benowitz NL, Hoh E, Hovell MF, Matt GE, Stotts AL. Thirdhand smoke contamination in hospital settings: assessing exposure risk for vulnerable paediatric patients. Tob. Control. 2016;25(6):619-623. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2015-052506. PMC4893002
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26635031
Whitehead TP, Havel C, Metayer C, Benowitz NL, and Jacob 3rd P. Tobacco alkaloids and tobacco-specific nitrosamines in dust from homes of smokeless tobacco users, active smokers and nontobacco users, Chem Res Toxicol. 2015;28(5):1007-14. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.5b00040. PMC4827423
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25794360
Jacob P 3rd, Goniewicz ML, Havel CM, Schick SF, Benowitz NL. Nicotelline: a proposed biomarker and environmental tracer for particulate matter derived from tobacco smoke. Chem. Res. Toxicol. 2013;26,1615-31. doi: 10.1021/tx400094y. PMC3929594
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24125094
Matt GE, Quintana PJ, Destaillats H, Gundel LA, Sleiman M, Singer BC, Jacob P, Benowitz N, Winickoff JP, Rehan V, Talbot P, Schick S, Samet J, Wang Y, Hang B, Martins-Green M, Pankow JF, Hovell MF. Thirdhand tobacco smoke: emerging evidence and arguments for a multidisciplinary research agenda. Environ Health Perspect. 2011;119(9):1218-26. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1103500. PMCID: 3230406.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21628107
Sleiman M, Gundel LA, Pankow JF, Jacob P 3rd, Singer BC, Destaillats H. Formation of carcinogens indoors by surface-mediated reactions of nicotine with nitrous acid, leading to potential thirdhand smoke hazards. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010;107:6576-81. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0912820107. PMC2872399
E. Melinda Mahabee-Gittens, MD, MS
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
513.636.7966
melinda.mahabee-gittens@cchmc.org
Dr. Mahabee-Gittens is a Professor of Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and the College of Medicine at the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Mahabee-Gittens’s research focuses on examining child exposure to tobacco smoke toxicants in the clinical and home setting and on implementing strategies to educate parents about the effects of tobacco smoke on their children and to help parents quit smoking as a way to protect children from exposure to tobacco smoke toxicants.
Dr. Mahabee-Gittens is the PI and Co-PI of two R01 trials (R01HD083354 and R01ES027815) designed to reduce child exposure to tobacco smoke, to measure and examine the contribution of thirdhand smoke in children’s environments to their overall tobacco smoke exposure, to measure the levels and composition of thirdhand smoke in the homes of smokers who have quit, and to examine the clinical effects of thirdhand smoke on children’s health. Her co-investigators from the THS consortium on these projects are Dr. Georg Matt, Dr. Jenny Quintana, and Dr. Eunha Hoh.
When Dr. Mahabee-Gittens is not busy with her research and taking care of patients, you can find her in the theater enjoying a musical or classical music concert, taking pictures of her family, or speed walking.
Selected Publications Relevant to Thirdhand Smoke
Mahabee-Gittens EM, Matt GE, Hoh E, Quintana, PJE, Stone L, Geraci MA, Wullenweber CA, Koutsounadis GN, Ruwe AG, Meyers GT, Zakrajsek MA, Witry JK, Merianos AL. Contribution of thirdhand smoke to overall tobacco smoke exposure in pediatric patients: Study protocol. BMC Public Health, forthcoming.
https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-019-6829-7
Merianos AL, Jandarov RA, Choi K, Mahabee-Gittens EM. (2019) Tobacco smoke exposure disparities persist in U.S. children: NHANES 1999-2014. Prev Med. 123: 138-142. [Epub 3/19/2019] doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2019.03.028. PMID: 30902698
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30902698
Mahabee-Gittens EM, Merianos AL, Quintana PJE, Hoh E, Matt GE. (2019) Nicotine on children’s hands: Limited protection of smoking bans and initial clinical findings. Tob Use Insights. doi:10.1177/1179173X18823493. PMID: 30728727
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30728727
Mahabee-Gittens EM, Merianos AL, Dexheimer JW, Meyers GT, Stone L, Tabangin M, Khoury JC, Gordon JS. (2018) Utilization of a clinical decision support tool to reduce child tobacco smoke exposure in the urgent care setting. Pediatr Emerg Care. [Epub 2018/10/23]. doi: 10.1097/pec.0000000000001646. PMID: 30346363
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30346363
Merianos AL, Jandarov RA, Mahabee-Gittens EM. (2018) Adolescent tobacco smoke exposure, respiratory symptoms, and emergency department use. Pediatrics. 142(3). [Epub 2018 Aug 6] doi: 10.1542/peds.2018-0266. PMID: 30082449
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30082449
Merianos AL, Jandarov RA, Mahabee-Gittens EM. (2018) Association of secondhand smoke exposure with asthma symptoms, medication use, and healthcare utilization among asthmatic adolescents. J Asthma. 56(4):369-379. doi: 10.1080/02770903.2018.1463379. PMID: 29641269
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29641269
Mahabee-Gittens EM, Merianos AL, Matt GE. (2018) Preliminary evidence that high levels of nicotine on children’s hands may contribute to overall tobacco smoke exposure. Tob Control. 27(2):217-219. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2016-053602. PMID: 28360145
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28360145
Mahabee-Gittens EM, Dexheimer JW, Tabangin M, Khoury JC, Merianos AL, Stone L, Meyers GT, Gordon JS. (2018) An electronic health record−based strategy to address child tobacco smoke exposure. Am J Prev Med. 54(1):64-71. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2017.08.011. PMID: 29102458
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29102458
Matt GE, Quintana P, Zakarian J, Hoh E, Hovell M, Mahabee-Gittens EM, Watanabe K, Datuin K, Vue C, Chatfield A. (2017) When smokers quit: Exposure to nicotine and carcinogens persists from thirdhand smoke pollution. Tob Control. 26(5):548-556. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2016-053119. PMID: 27655249
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27655249
Mahabee-Gittens EM, Merianos AL, Gordon JS, Stone L, Semenova O, Matt GE. Electronic health record classification of tobacco smoke exposure and cotinine levels in hospitalized pediatric patients. Hospital Pediatrics, forthcoming.
Jian-Hua Mao, PhD
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
510.486.6204
JHMao@lbl.gov
Dr. Mao is a geneticist senior scientist in the Biological Systems and Engineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and adjunct professor of Comparative Biochemistry Program, University of California Berkeley. His research focuses on the use of population-based and genetically engineered mouse models to investigate genetic susceptibility for cancer and other phenotypes under different environmental exposures including THS, and an integrative multi-omics approach to discover cancer genes and the biomarkers for cancer risk, diagnosis, prognosis and therapy, ultimately leading to precision risk assessment, prevention and treatment.
Dr. Mao serves as co-investigator in THS Consortium grant, the principle investigator of which is Dr. Bo Hang, to identify how the interactions of functional genetic polymorphisms with THS exposure contribute to disease susceptibility using genetically diverse Collaborative Cross mouse models, together with Omics analyses. Identifying the human homologs of these mouse genes will ultimately define the contribution of THS to human cancer etiology.
For a full listing of all of Jian-Hua Mao’s publications, please see:
Selected Publications Relevant to Thirdhand Smoke
Snijders AM, Zhou M, Whitehead TP, Fitch B, Pandey P, Hechmer A, Huang A, Schick SF, de Smith AJ, Olshen AB, Metayer C, Mao JH, Wiemels JL, Kogan SC. In utero and early-life exposure to thirdhand smoke causes profound changes to the immune system. Clin Sci (Lond), 2021 Apr 30;135(8):1053-1063. doi: 10.1042/CS20201498.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33851706/
He L, Zhou YX, Zhang Y, Hang B, Schick SF, Celniker SE, Xia Y, Snijders AM, Mao JH. Thirdhand cigarette smoke leads to age‐dependent and persistent alterations in the cecal microbiome of mice. MicrobiologyOpen, 2021 Jun;10(3):e1198. doi: 10.1002/mbo3.1198.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34180593/
He L, Wang P, Schick SF, Huang A, Jacob P 3rd, Yang X, Xia Y, Snijders AM, Mao JH, Chang H, Hang B. Genetic background influences the effect of thirdhand smoke exposure on anxiety and memory in Collaborative Cross mice. Sci Rep, 2021 Jun 24;11(1):13285. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-92702-1.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34168244/
Hang B, Mao JH, Snijders AM. Genetic Susceptibility to Thirdhand Smoke induced Lung Cancer Development. Nicotine Tob Res. 2018 Jun 16. doi: 10.1093/ntr/nty127. [Epub ahead of print].
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29917126
Hang B, Wang Y, Huang Y, Wang P, Langley SA, Bi L, Sarker AH, Schick SF, Havel C, Jacob III P, Benowitz N, Destaillats H, Tang X, Xia Y, Jen KY, Gundel LA, Mao JH, Snijders AM. Short-term early exposure to thirdhand cigarette smoke increases lung cancer incidence in mice. Clin Sci (Lond). 2018 Feb 28;132(4):475-488. doi: 10.1042/CS20171521. Print 2018 Feb 28.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29440622
Hang B, Wang P, Zhao Y, Sarker A, Chenna A, Xia Y, Snijders AM, Mao JH. Adverse Health Effects of Thirdhand Smoke: From Cell to Animal Models. Int J Mol Sci. 2017 Apr 28;18(5). pii: E932. doi: 10.3390/ijms18050932. Review.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28452951
Hang B, Snijders AM, Huang Y, Schick SF, Wang P, Xia Y, Havel C, Jacob P 3rd, Benowitz N, Destaillats H, Gundel LA, Mao JH. Early exposure to thirdhand cigarette smoke affects body mass and the development of immunity in mice. Sci Rep. 2017 Feb 3;7:41915. doi: 10.1038/srep41915.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28157226
Jacob P 3rd, Benowitz NL, Destaillats H, Gundel L, Hang B, Martins-Green M, Matt GE, Quintana PJ, Samet JM, Schick SF, Talbot P, Aquilina NJ, Hovell MF, Mao JH, Whitehead TP. Thirdhand Smoke: New Evidence, Challenges, and Future Directions. Chem Res Toxicol. 2017 Jan 17;30(1):270-294. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.6b00343.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28001376
Dhall S, Alamat R, Castro A, Sarker AH, Mao JH, Chan A, Hang B, Martins-Green M. Tobacco toxins deposited on surfaces (third hand smoke) impair wound healing. Clin Sci (Lond). 2016 Jul 1;130(14):1269-84. doi: 10.1042/CS20160236. Epub 2016 Apr 28.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27129193
Xu B, Chen M, Yao M, Ji X, Mao Z, Tang W, Qiao S, Schick SF, Mao JH, Hang B, Xia Y. Metabolomics reveals metabolic changes in male reproductive cells exposed to thirdhand smoke. Sci Rep. 2015 Oct 22; 5:15512. doi: 10.1038/srep15512.
Georg E. Matt, PhD
San Diego State University
619.594.0503
gmatt@sdsu.edu
Dr. Matt is a Professor of Psychology in the College of Sciences at San Diego State University and a participating member at the University of California San Diego Moores Cancer Center. Dr. Matt’s research focuses on human exposure to tobacco smoke toxicants in real-world field settings and on strategies to protect nonsmokers from the exposure to tobacco smoke toxicants from secondhand and thirdhand smoke.
Dr. Matt is the PI of the Thirdhand Smoke Dissemination, Outreach, and Resource Center (Thirdhand Smoke Resource Center) that will connect thirdhand smoke researchers with California’s diverse communities. The Thirdhand Smoke Resource Center will (1) establish web-based platform to share thirdhand smoke information and outcomes from consortium supported research with California residents, communities, tobacco groups, and business owners (Aim 1); (2) raise awareness among California residents through a social media campaign; (3) share what we know about thirdhand smoke with community groups, health professional, and relevant tobacco control stakeholder groups through a series of online workshops; and (4) engage community groups, health professionals, and business owners about adopt policies related to thirdhand smoke.
When Dr. Matt is not busy with his research and teaching, you can find him in San Diego’s backcountry trail-running and birding, in the backyard raising heirloom tomatoes and orchids, in the kitchen baking bread, or at an Aztecs basketball game.
For a full listing of all of Georg Matt’s publications, please see:
Selected Publications Relevant to Thirdhand Smoke
Matt GE, Hoh E, Quintana PJE, Zakarian JM, Arceo J. Cotton pillows: A novel field method for assessment of thirdhand smoke pollution. Environ Res. 2019;168:206-10. Epub 2018/10/15. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2018.09.025. PubMed PMID: 30317105.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30317105
Quintana PJE, Hoh E, Dodder NG, Matt GE, Zakarian JM, Anderson KA, Akins B, Chu L, Hovell MF. Nicotine levels in silicone wristband samplers worn by children exposed to secondhand smoke and electronic cigarette vapor are highly correlated with child’s urinary cotinine. Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology. 2019. doi: 10.1038/s41370-019-0116-7.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30728487
Matt GE, Quintana PJE, Hoh E, Zakarian JM, Chowdhury Z, Hovell MF, Jacob P, Watanabe K, Theweny TS, Flores V, Nguyen A, Dhaliwal N, Hayward G. A Casino goes smoke free: a longitudinal study of secondhand and thirdhand smoke pollution and exposure. Tob Control. 2018. Epub 2018/02/14. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2017-054052. PubMed PMID: 29439207.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29439207
Mahabee-Gittens EM, Merianos AL, Matt GE. Preliminary evidence that high levels of nicotine on children’s hands may contribute to overall tobacco smoke exposure. Tob Control. 2018;27(2):217-9. Epub 2017/04/01. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2016-053602. PubMed PMID: 28360145; PMCID: PMC5623162.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28360145
Matt GE, Quintana PJE, Zakarian JM, Hoh E, Hovell MF, Mahabee-Gittens M, Watanabe K, Datuin K, Vue C, Chatfield DA. When smokers quit: exposure to nicotine and carcinogens persists from thirdhand smoke pollution. Tobacco Control. 2016. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2016-053119.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27655249
Matt GE, Quintana PJ, Fortmann AL, Zakarian JM, Galaviz VE, Chatfield DA, Hoh E, Hovell MF, Winston C. Thirdhand smoke and exposure in California hotels: non-smoking rooms fail to protect non-smoking hotel guests from tobacco smoke exposure. Tob Control. 2014;23(3):264-72. Epub 2013/05/15. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2012-050824. PubMed PMID: 23669058.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23669058
Matt GE, Quintana PJ, Zakarian JM, Fortmann AL, Chatfield DA, Hoh E, Uribe AM, Hovell MF. When smokers move out and non-smokers move in: residential thirdhand smoke pollution and exposure. Tob Control. 2011;20(1):e1. doi: 10.1136/tc.2010.037382. PubMed PMID: 21037269; PMCID: 3666918.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21037269
Matt GE, Quintana PJ, Destaillats H, Gundel LA, Sleiman M, Singer BC, Jacob P, Benowitz N, Winickoff JP, Rehan V, Talbot P, Schick S, Samet J, Wang Y, Hang B, Martins-Green M, Pankow JF, Hovell MF. Thirdhand tobacco smoke: emerging evidence and arguments for a multidisciplinary research agenda. Environ Health Perspect. 2011;119(9):1218-26. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1103500. PubMed PMID: 21628107; PMCID: 3230406.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21628107
Matt GE, Quintana PJ, Hovell MF, Chatfield D, Ma DS, Romero R, Uribe A. Residual tobacco smoke pollution in used cars for sale: air, dust, and surfaces. Nicotine Tob Res. 2008;10(9):1467-75. doi: 10.1080/14622200802279898. PubMed PMID: 19023838.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19023838
Matt GE, Quintana PJ, Hovell MF, Bernert JT, Song S, Novianti N, Juarez T, Floro J, Gehrman C, Garcia M, Larson S. Households contaminated by environmental tobacco smoke: sources of infant exposures. Tobacco Control. 2004;13(1):29-37. Epub 2004/02/27. PubMed PMID: 14985592; PMCID: 1747815.
Penelope J. E. Quintana, PhD, MPH
San Diego State University
(619) 594-1688
jquintan@sdsu.edu
Dr. Penelope JE (Jenny) Quintana is Professor of Public Health and Associate Director for Student Affairs at San Diego State University School of Public Health. She has an M.P.H. from San Diego State University and a Ph.D. in Environmental Health Sciences from UC Berkeley. She has a research focus on environmental justice in relation to exposures to children and vulnerable populations at the US-Mexico border. She studies children’s exposure to toxicants in house dust and on surfaces, such as residual tobacco toxicants remaining after smoking has taken place, known as thirdhand smoke. She applies emerging technologies to assess environmental health problems, such as silicone wristbands for measuring carcinogen exposures in children from thirdhand smoke, and low-cost air sensors deployed in Tijuana at sensitive receptor sites. She studies air pollution arising from the long northbound wait times and lines of idling vehicles at US-Mexico Ports of Entry, exposing border crossers and surrounding communities to traffic pollutants. She is a Scientific Guidance Panel member for the California Environmental Contaminant Biomonitoring Program (https://biomonitoring.ca.gov/). As a member of
the Thirdhand Smoke Research Consortium, she also serves as a lead researcher with the Thirdhand Smoke Resource Center (www.thirdhandsmoke.org).
She enjoys swimming, walking with her dog, and cooking.
For a full listing of all of Penelope Quinatana’s publications, please see:
Selected Publications Relevant to Thirdhand Smoke
Hovell MF, Bellettiere J, Liles S, Nguyen B, Berardi V, Johnson C, Matt GE, Malone J, Boman-Davis MC, Quintana PJE, Obayashi S, Chatfield D, Robinson R, Blumberg EJ, Ongkeko WM, Klepeis NE, Hughes SC. Randomised controlled trial of real-time feedback and brief coaching to reduce indoor smoking. Tob Control. 2019 Feb. 15. [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed PMID:30770436.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30770436
Quintana PJE, Hoh E, Dodder NG, Matt GE, Zakarian JM, Anderson KA, Akins B, Chu L, Hovell MF. Nicotine levels in silicone wristband samplers worn by children exposed to secondhand smoke and electronic cigarette vapor are highly correlated with child’s urinary cotinine. Jrn Expo Sc Environ Epidemiol. 2019; Feb 6. doi: 10.1038/s41370-019-0116-7. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID:30728487
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30728487
Quintana PJE, Lopez-Galvez N, Dodder NG, Hoh E, Matt GE, Zakarian JM, Vyas M, Chu L, Akins B, Padilla S, Anderson KA, Hovell MF. Nicotine, Cotinine, and Tobacco-Specific Nitrosamines Measured in Children’s Silicone Wristbands in Relation to Secondhand Smoke and E-cigarette Vapor Exposure. Nicotine Tob Res. 2021 Feb 16;23(3):592-599. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntaa140. PubMed PMID: 33009807; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8248526.
Matt GE, Quintana PJE, Hoh E, Zakarian JM, Chowdhury Z, Hovell MF, Jacob P, Watanabe K, Theweny TS, Flores V, Nguyen A, Dhaliwal N, Hayward G. A Casino goes smoke free: A longitudinal study of secondhand and thirdhand smoke pollution and exposure. Tob Control. 2018; 27(6):643-649. PubMed PMID:29439207
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29439207
Jacob P 3rd, Benowitz NL, Destaillats H, Gundel L, Hang B, Martins-Green M, Matt GE, Quintana PJ, Samet JM, Schick SF, Talbot P, Aquilina NJ, Hovell MF, Mao JH, Whitehead TP. Thirdhand smoke: New evidence, challenges, and future directions. Chem Res Toxicol. 2017; 30(1):270-294. PubMed PMID:28001376.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28001376
Matt GE, Quintana PJE, Zakarian JM, Hoh E, Hovell MF, Mahabee-Gittens M, Watanabe K, Datuin K, Vue C, Chatfield DA. When smokers quit: exposure to nicotine and carcinogens persists from thirdhand smoke pollution. Tob Control. 2016;
26(5):548-556. PubMed PMID:27655249
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27655249
Matt GE, Quintana PJ, Fortmann AL, Zakarian JM, Galaviz VE, Chatfield DA, Hoh E, Hovell MF, Winston C. Thirdhand smoke and exposure in California hotels: Non-smoking rooms fail to protect non-smoking hotel guests from tobacco smoke exposure. Tob Control. 2014; 23(3):264-72. PubMed PMID:23669058.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23669058
Quintana PJ, Matt GE, Chatfield D, Zakarian JM, Fortmann AL, Hoh E. Wipe sampling for nicotine as a marker of thirdhand tobacco smoke contamination on surfaces in homes, cars, and hotels. Nicotine Tob Res. 2013; 15(9):1555-63. PubMed PMID:23460657.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23460657
Hoh E, Hunt RN, Quintana PJ, Zakarian JM, Chatfield DA, Wittry BC, Rodriguez E, Matt GE. Environmental tobacco smoke as a source of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in settled household dust. Environ Sci Technol. 2012; 46(7):4174-83. PubMed PMID:22397504
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22397504
Matt GE, Quintana PJ, Zakarian JM, Fortmann AL, Chatfield DA, Hoh E, Uribe AM, Hovell MF. When smokers move out and non-smokers move in: Residential thirdhand smoke pollution and exposure. Tob Control. 2011; 20(1):e1. PubMed PMID:21037269.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21037269
Matt GE, Quintana PJ, Destaillats H, Gundel LA, Sleiman M, Singer BC, Jacob P, Benowitz N, Winickoff JP, Rehan V, Talbot P, Schick S, Samet J, Wang Y, Hang B, Martins-Green M, Pankow JF, Hovell MF. Thirdhand tobacco smoke: emerging evidence and arguments for a multidisciplinary research agenda. Environ Health Perspect. 2011;119(9):1218-26. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1103500. PubMed PMID: 21628107.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21628107
Matt GE, Quintana PJ, Hovell MF, Bernert JT, Song S, Novianti N, Juarez T, Floro J, Gehrman C, Garcia M, Larson S. Households contaminated by environmental tobacco smoke: sources of infant exposures. Tob Control. 2004 Mar;13(1):29-37. PubMed PMID:14985592.
Rachael A. Record, PhD
San Diego State University
rrecord@sdsu.edu
Dr. Record is an Associate Professor of Communication in the College of Professional Studies & Fine Arts at San Diego State University and a Core Researcher with the Center for Communication, Health, & the Public Good. Dr. Record’s research, typically grounded in behavior change theories, employs mixed methods to examine campaign and intervention strategies to improve tobacco-related health behavior outcomes,
Dr. Record joined the Consortium in Fall 2017. She is a Co-I of the Third Hand Smoke Resource Center, funded through the Tobacco-related Disease Research Program. Her role in the center is to assist with the Center’s online footprint and oversee campaign strategies, including design, implementation, and evaluation.
When Dr. Record is not busy with research and teaching, you can find her with her husband and two dogs exploring San Diego’s communities, beaches, and mountains.
For a full listing of all of Rachel Record’s publications, please see:
Selected Publications Relevant to Thirdhand Smoke
Record, R. A., Harrington, N. G., Helme, D., & Savage, M. W. (2018). Using the theory of planned behavior to guide focus group development of messages aimed at increasing compliance with a tobacco-free policy. American Journal of Health Promotion, 32(1), 143-152. doi:10.1177/0890117116687467.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29214815
Record, R. A. (2017). Tobacco-free policy compliance behaviors among college students: A theory of planned behavior perspective. Journal of Health Communication, 22, 562-567. doi:10.1080/10810730.2017.1318984
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28494210
Namkoong, K., Nah, S., Van Stee, S. K., & Record, R. A. (2017). Social media campaign effects: Moderating role of social capital in anti-smoking campaign communication. Health Communication. Early online publication. doi:10.1080/10410236.2016.1258616
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28059565
Namkoong, K., Nah, S., Record, R. A., & Van Stee, S. K. (2017). Communication, reasoning, and planned behaviors: Unveiling the effects of interactive communication in an anti-smoking social media campaign. Health Communication, 32, 41-50. doi:10.1080/10410236.2015.1099501
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27119592
Record, R. A., Helme, D., Savage, M. W., & Harrington, N. G. (2017). Let’s clear the air: A campaign that effectively increased compliance with a University’s tobacco-free policy. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 45(1), 79-95. doi:10.1080/00909882.2016.1248471
Hahn E. J., Kolpek. J. K., Lee., E., Record, R., Wiggins, A. T., Butler, K. M., & Rayens, M. K. (2015). Rural print media and a tailored advocacy interventions for smoke-free policy. American Journal of Health Promotion. (early online publication). doi:10.4278/ajhp.140725-QUAN-364
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26559721
Riker, C., Butler, K. M., Ricks, J., Record, R. A., Begley, K., Anderson, D., & Hahn, E. J. (2015). Creating effective media messaging for rural smoke-free policy. Public Health Nursing, 32, 613-624. doi: 10.1111/phn.12188
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25731895
Cho, H., Lee, K., Hwang, Y., Richardson, P., Sidney, H., Teeters, E., Record, R., Riker, C., & Hahn, E. (2014). Outdoor tobacco smoke exposure at the perimeter of a tobacco-free university. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 64(8), 863-866. doi:10.1080/10962247.2014.896295
Butler, K. M., Begley, K., Riker, C., Gokun, Y., Anderson, D., Adkins, S., Record, R., & Hahn, E. (2014). Smoke-free coalition cohesiveness in rural tobacco-growing communities. Journal of Community Health, 39(3), 592-598. doi:10.1007/s10900-013-9804-8
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4004689/
Butler, K. M., Rayens, M. K., Adkins, S., Record, R., Langley, R., Derifield, S., McGinn, C., Murray, D. & Hahh, E. J. (2014). Culturally-specific smoking cessation outreach intervention in a rural community. Public Health Nursing, 31(1), 44-54. doi:10.1111/phn.12066
Karilyn E. Sant, PhD, MPH
San Diego State University
ksant@sdsu.edu
Dr. Kari Sant’s research focuses on the toxicology of emerging and persistent pollutants in the environment. Her current research projects investigate the biological consequences of exposures to pollutants, including microplastics, tobacco waste products, perfluoroalkyl substances, and novel environmental contaminants and mixtures.
Dr. Sant is a Co-Investigator on several projects funded by the California Tobacco-Related Disease Program, and Co-PI on a project funded by the Thirdhand Smoke Resource Center. She uses the zebrafish model to assess the biological consequences of exposures to environmental tobacco-related pollution, and identifies the mechanisms by which organisms respond to these insults. She uses multiple approaches to assess biological effects, including microscopy, transcriptomics, and biochemical analyses. Ultimately, these analyses help to better understand ecological challenges posed by this pollution, but also contextualize how exposures early in life may influence child and adolescent health.
For a full listing of all of Karilyn Sant’s publications, please see:
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Suzaynn F. Schick, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
415.206.5904
suzaynn.schick@ucsf.edu
Dr. Schick is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, the Associate Director of the Human Exposure Laboratory and a member of the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education and the Helen Diller Cancer Center. Dr. Schick studies the health effects of human exposure to second and thirdhand tobacco and cannabis smoke, with a focus on rapid cardiovascular responses and dermal exposures.
Dr. Schick is the principal investigator of the Controlled Thirdhand Smoke Exposure Core, the first research facility in the world to offer controlled exposure to aged sidestream cigarette smoke for research with human subjects. Dr. Schick has used the THS Exposure Core to test the effects of exposure to secondhand and thirdhand cigarette smoke on biomarkers of exposure, endothelial function, inflammation and oxidative stress. She has studied the formation of carcinogenic, tobacco-specific nitrosamines and volatile organic compounds in sorbed thirdhand smoke and is conducting one of the first studies of exposure to secondhand cannabis emissions in public places in California.
Dr. Schick loves bicycling, cooking, shopping for produce at the Alemany Farmers Market in San Francisco (open since 1943), and gardening.
For a full listing of all of Suzaynn Schick’s publications, please see:
Selected Publications Relevant to Thirdhand Smoke
Murphy, MB, Huang, AS, Schick, SF. PM2.5 Concentrations in a Cannabis Store with On-Site Consumption. Environ Health Perspect. 2021 Jun;129(6):67701. doi: 10.1289/EHP8689. Epub 2021 Jun 16.PMID: 34132612 PMCID: PMC8207964 DOI: 10.1289/EHP8689
https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/EHP8689
He L, Wang P, Schick SF, Huang A, Jacob P 3rd, Yang X, Xia Y, Snijders AM, Mao JH, Chang H, Hang B.Genetic background influences the effect of thirdhand smoke exposure on anxiety and memory in Collaborative Cross mice. Sci Rep. 2021 Jun 24;11(1):13285. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-92702-1. PMID: 34168244
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34168244/
He L, Zhou YX, Zhang Y, Hang B, Chang H, Schick SF, Celniker SE, Xia Y, Snijders AM, Mao JH.Thirdhand cigarette smoke leads to age-dependent and persistent alterations in the cecal microbiome of mice. Microbiology open. 2021 Jun;10(3):e1198. doi: 10.1002/mbo3.1198. PMID: 34180593
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34180593/
Whitlatch A, Schick SF. Thirdhand smoke at Philip Morris. Nicotine and Tobacco Research. 2018;Jul 20. doi: 10.1093/ntr/nty153. [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed PMID: 30053240.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30053240
Hang B, Wang Y, Huang Y, Wang P, Langley SA, Bi L, Sarker AH, Schick SF, Havel C, Jacob P 3rd, Benowitz N, Destaillats H, Tang X, Xia Y, Jen KY, Gundel LA, Mao JH, Snijders AM. Short-term early exposure to thirdhand cigarette smoke increases lung cancer incidence in mice. Clin Sci (Lond). 2018;132(4):475-488. PMID: 29440622
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29440622
Schick SF, Blount BC, Jacob III PJ, Saliba NA, Bernert JT, El Hellani A, Jatlow P, Pappas RS, Wang L, Foulds J, Ghosh A, Hecht SS, Gomez JC, Marti JR, Mesaros C, Srivastava S, St.Helen G, Tarran R, Lorkiewicz PK, Blair IA, Kimmel HL, Doerschuk CM, Benowitz NL, Bhatnagar A. Biomarkers of exposure to new and emerging Tobacco delivery products. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2017;May 18. doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00343.2016. [Epub]. PMID: 28522563.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=schick+blount
Jacob P 3rd, Benowitz NL, Destaillats H, Gundel L, Hang B, Martins-Green M, Matt GE, Quintana PJ, Samet JM, Schick SF, Talbot P, Aquilina NJ, Hovell MF, Mao JH, Whitehead TP. Thirdhand smoke: New evidence, challenges, and future directions. Chem Res Toxicol. 2017;30(1):270-294. PMID: 28001376.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28001376
Wang X, Derakhshandeh R, Liu J, Narayan S, Nabavizadeh P, Le S, Danforth OM, Pinnamaneni K, Rodriguez HJ, Luu E, Sievers RE, Schick SF, Glantz SA, Springer ML. One minute of marijuana secondhand smoke exposure substantially impairs vascular endothelial function. J Am Heart Assoc. 2016;5(8) e003858. PMID: 27464788.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27464788
Schick SF, Farraro KF, Perrino C, Sleiman M, van de Vossenberg G, Trinh MP, Hammond SK, Jenkins BM, Balmes J. Thirdhand cigarette smoke in an experimental chamber: evidence of surface deposition of nicotine, nitrosamines and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and de novo formation of NNK. Tob Control. 2014;23(2):152-9. PMID: 23716171.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=schick+farraro
Schick SF, van den Vossenberg G, Luo A, Whitlatch A, Jacob P, Balmes J, Shusterman D. Thirty minute-exposure to aged cigarette smoke increases nasal congestion in nonsmokers. J Toxicol Environ Health A. 2013;76(10):601-13. PMID: 23859154.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23859154
Frey PF, Ganz P, Hsue PY, Benowitz NL, Glantz SA, Balmes JR, Schick SF. The exposure-dependent effects of aged secondhand smoke on endothelial function. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2012; 59(21):1908-13. PMID: 22595411.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22595411
Schick SF, Glantz S. Concentrations of the carcinogen 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone in sidestream cigarette smoke increase after release into indoor air: results from unpublished tobacco industry research. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2007;16(8):1547-53. PMID: 17684127.
Antoine M. Snijders, PhD
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
510.486.7235
AMSnijders@lbl.gov
Dr. Snijders joined the Cancer Research Institute at the University of California, San Francisco as a postdoctoral scholar in 2005, after which he moved to the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He is Chair of the BioEngineering and BioMedical Science Department. Dr Snijders’s research goals are to understand cancer tumorigenesis specifically addressing key questions concerning the contribution of host genetics, environmental exposures (including thirdhand smoke), and their interactions in cancer risk and tumor progression.
Dr. Snijder’s laboratory uses a systems biology approach, together with novel mouse models to identify genetic networks controlling susceptibility to cancer risk. The broad and long-term goals of his laboratory are to identify how the interactions of combinations of genes and their functional polymorphisms and environmental exposures contribute to disease susceptibility of individual human subjects. His lab exploits the power of mouse genetics using Collaborative Cross mice, together with Omics analyses to determine the influence of individual variations in disease susceptibility. This comprehensive systems biology approach will likely identify specific genes or pathways that are differentially controlled between mouse strains, and contribute to human variation in susceptibility to thirdhand smoke-induced carcinogenesis.
For a full listing of all of Antoine Snijder’s publications, please see:
Selected Publications Relevant to Thirdhand Smoke
Hang B, Mao JH, Snijders AM. Genetic susceptibility to thirdhand smoke induced lung cancer development. Nicotine Tob Res. 2019 Aug 19;21(9):1294-1296. doi: 10.1093/ntr/nty127. Genetic Susceptibility to Thirdhand-Smoke-Induced Lung Cancer Development Bo Hang, Jian-Hua Mao, Antoine M Snijders.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29917126
Hang B, Wang Y, Huang Y, Wang P, Langley SA, Bi L, Sarker AH, Schick SF, Havel C, Jacob III P, Benowitz N, Destaillats H, Tang X, Xia Y, Jen KY, Gundel LA, Mao JH, Snijders AM. Short-term early exposure to thirdhand cigarette smoke increases lung cancer incidence in mice. Clin Sci (Lond). 2018:132:4:475-488. doi: 10.1042/CS20171521. PMID: PMID: 29440622.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29440622
Hang, B., Wang, P., Zhao, Y., Chang, H., Mao, J., & Snijders, A. (2019). Thirdhand smoke: Genotoxicity and carcinogenic potential. Chronic Diseases and Translational Medicine, 6(1), 27-34.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095882X19300672?via%3Dihub
Hang B, Wang P, Zhao Y, Sarker A, Chenna A, Xia Y, Snijders AM, Mao JH. Adverse health effects of thirdhand smoke: From cell to animal models. Int J Mol Sci. 2017:18:5: pii: E932. doi: 10.3390/ijms18050932. PMID: 28452951.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28452951
Hang B, Snijders AM, Huang Y, Schick SF, Wang P, Xia Y, Havel C, Jacob P 3rd, Benowitz N, Destaillats H, Gundel LA, Mao JH. Early exposure to thirdhand cigarette smoke affects body mass and the development of immunity in mice. Sci Rep. 2017:3;7:41915. doi: 10.1038/srep41915. PMID: 28157226.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28157226
Sarker AH, Trego KS, Zhang W, et al. Thirdhand smoke exposure causes replication stress and impaired transcription in human lung cells. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis. 2020 Jul;61(6):635-646. DOI: 10.1002/em.22372.
https://europepmc.org/article/med/32267018
Snijders AM, Zhou M, Whitehead TP, Fitch B, Pandey P, Hechmer A, Huang A, Schick SF, de Smith AJ, Olshen AB, Metayer C, Mao JH, Wiemels JL, Kogan SC. In utero and early-life exposure to thirdhand smoke causes profound changes to the immune system. Clin Sci (Lond). 2021 Apr 30;135(8):1053-1063. doi: 10.1042/CS20201498.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33851706/
He L, Zhou YX, Zhang Y, Hang B, Chang H, Schick SF, Celniker SE, Xia Y, Snijders AM, Mao JH. Thirdhand cigarette smoke leads to age-dependent and persistent alterations in caecal microbiome in mice. Microbiology Open. 2021 Jun;10(3):e1198. doi: 10.1002/mbo3.1198.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34180593/
He L, Wang P, Schick SF, Huang A, Jacob P 3rd, Yang X, Xia Y, Snijders AM, Mao JH, Chang H, Hang B. Genetic background influences the effect of thirdhand smoke exposure on anxiety and memory in Collaborative Cross mice. Sci Rep. 2021 Jun 24;11(1):13285. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-92702-1.
Xiaochen Tang, PhD
Senior Scientific Engineering Associate
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
xtang@lbl.gov
Dr. Tang is a Senior Scientific Engineering Associate in the Indoor Environment Group of the Energy Analysis and Environmental Impacts Division in the Energy Technology Area of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. She has her Ph.D. in in Chemical and Environmental Engineering from University of California, Riverside. Her research focuses on the sources and chemistry of airborne indoor pollutants, indoor air quality, exposure, and health effect.
Dr. Tang is a co-Investigator of a Consortium subproject led by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory which focuses on thirdhand smoke chemistry, exposure assessment, sampling methods, and remediation technologies. Her main role in the project is to lead the development and validation of a low-cost thirdhand smoke sampler, which measures indoor airborne nicotine concentration as a metric to quantify thirdhand smoke contamination. Successful adoption of such tools by non-professional community users could generate a large volume of data enabling the development of thirdhand smoke contamination scales, rating/labeling systems, and other quantitative tools to support informed decisions. Dr. Tang is also studying the efficiency and potential risks associated with ozonation as a thirdhand smoke remediation approach.
When not doing research in the lab, Dr. Tang enjoys exploring new restaurants and hiking in the beautiful mountains in California.
Selected Publications Relevant to Thirdhand Smoke
Hang B, Wang Y, Huang Y, Wang P, Langley SA, Bi L, Sarker AH, Schick SF, Havel C, Jacob P 3rd, Benowitz N, Destaillats H, Tang, X, Xia Y, Jen KY, Gundel LA, Mao JH, Snijders AM. Short-term early exposure to thirdhand cigarette smoke increases lung cancer incidence in mice. Clin Sci (Lond). 2018;132(4):475-488. doi: 10.1042/CS20171521.
Consortium Pilot Project Researchers
Elana Elkin, PhD, MPH
San Diego State University
eelkin@sdsu.edu
Dr. Elkin is an assistant professor of Environmental Health at San Diego State University. She is a toxicologist specializing in reproductive and placental toxicology. Her research seeks to understand how exposures to environmental and occupational pollutants during pregnancy contribute to elevated risk of developing adverse birth outcomes.
Dr. Elkin is new to the Consortium and was recently awarded a pilot grant by the Consortium to investigate the toxic effects of thirdhand smoke dust on placental cells.
Selected Publications Relevant to Thirdhand Smoke
Elkin ER, O’Neill MS. Trends in Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) Exposure and Preterm Birth: Use of Smoking Bans and Direct ETS Exposure Assessments in Study Designs. Chem Res Toxicol. 2017 Jul 17;30(7):1376-1383. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.7b00054. Epub 2017 Jun 20. PubMed PMID: 28602080; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5536243.
Nicolas Lopez Galvez, PhD, MPH, MA
San Diego State University
619.718.0794
nilopez@sdsu.edu
Dr. Lopez-Galvez is an assistant professor in the School of Public Health at San Diego State University (SDSU) in the Division of Environmental Health Sciences. He has over 10 years of experience working in the US-Mexico border region and have developed expertise on issues related to environmental justice among vulnerable groups (e.g., evaluating heat stress and environmental carcinogens such as pesticide exposure among migrant farmworkers, tobacco smoke related pollutants and air pollutants in border communities). He is an active new investigator in the Thirdhand Smoke Consortium and the Tobacco and the Environment Center at SDSU. He has worked on several research projects documenting thirdhand smoke (THS) pollutants in multiple real-world environments, such as low-income families living in multi-unit housing. He plans to continue working on research projects in this area, specifically investigating children and youth exposure to a mixture of carcinogens produced from tobacco and e-cigarettes.
Selected Publications Relevant to THS
Mahabee-Gittens, E. M., Merianos, A. L., Stone, L., Wullenweber, C. A., Quintana, P. J., Hoh, E., Dodder, N., Lopez-Galvez, N., Matt, G. E. (2022). Hand nicotine as an independent marker of thirdhand smoke pollution in children’s environments. Science of The Total Environment, 849, 157914.
Mahabee-Gittens, E. M., Quintana, P. J., Hoh, E., Merianos, A. L., Stone, L., Lopez-Galvez, N., & Matt, G. E. (2021). Collecting Hand Wipe Samples to Assess Thirdhand Smoke Exposure. Frontiers in Public Health, 9, 2151.
Quintana, P. J., Lopez-Galvez, N., Dodder, N. G., Hoh, E., Matt, G. E., Zakarian, J. M., … & Hovell, M. F. (2021). Nicotine, cotinine, and tobacco-specific nitrosamines measured in children’s silicone wristbands in relation to secondhand smoke and E-cigarette vapor exposure. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 23(3), 592-599.
For a full listing of all of Nicolas Lopez-Galvez’s publications, please see:
Affiliated Researchers
Noel J. Aquilina, PhD
University of Malta
+356 2340.3036
noel.aquilina@um.edu.mt
Dr. Aquilina is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Malta in Malta, one of the smallest countries in the European Union. His research interests revolve around the measurement and modelling of personal exposure to pollutants even with machine learning algorithms.
Following 2016, where Dr. Aquilina was a visiting researcher for a year at UCSF, researching about a possible tobacco smoke marker of particulate matter in the outdoor environment, the collaboration with the Consortium is ongoing, dealing with the exposure to tobacco specific nitrosamines in airborne particulate matter.
Dr. Aquilina enjoys travelling around the world to embrace different ideas, history, cultures, cuisines and people, as it allows personal enrichment and growth.
Selected Publications Relevant to Thirdhand Smoke
Jacob III P, Benowitz NL, Destaillats H, Gundel L, Hang B, Martins-Green M, Matt GE, Quintana PJE, Samet JM, Schick SF, Talbot P, Aquilina NJ, Hovell MF, Mao J-M, Whitehead TP. Thirdhand smoke: New evidence, challenges, and future directions. Chem Res Toxicol. 2017; 30(1):270294. doi:10.1021/acs.chemrestox.6b00343. PubMed PMID: 5501723.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28001376
Aquilina, N.J., Havel, C.M., Cheung, P., Harrison, R.M., Ho, K.-F., Benowitz, N.L., Jacob III, P. Ubiquitous atmospheric contamination by tobacco smoke: Nicotine and a new marker for tobacco smoke-derived particulate matter, nicotelline. Environ. Int. 2021; 150: 106417
Douglas B. Collins, PhD
Bucknell University
d.collins@bucknell.edu
Dr. Collins is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Bucknell University whose research focuses on chemistry at the interface of the atmosphere and organic surface films. His research group makes use of chromatography, ion mobility spectrometry, and mass spectrometry tools to make measurements of surface films and interrogate the reactive processes that occur within them when exposed oxidants. Dr. Collins and his students have studied the selective partitioning of semivolatile compounds to aerosol particles of varying composition, the formation of new ultrafine aerosol particles in cigarette smoke-contaminated air, and have taken more recent interest in the chemical evolution of deposited cigarette smoke films.
Dr. Collins enjoys playing ice hockey and sailing when he can, along with eventually finishing household projects.
Selected Publications Relevant to Thirdhand Smoke
Hems, R.F., Wang, C., Collins, D.B., Zhou, S., Borduas-Dedekind, N., Siegel, J.A., Abbatt, J.P.D. (2019) “Sources of isocyanic acid (HNCO) indoors: a focus on cigarette smoke.” Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 21, 1334-1341.
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2019/em/c9em00107g#!divAbstract
Collins, D.B., Wang, C., and Abbatt J.P.D. (2018) “Selective Uptake of Third Hand Tobacco Smoke Components to Inorganic and Organic Aerosol Particles.” Environ. Sci. Technol., 52(22), 13195-13201.
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.8b03880
Wang, C., Collins, D.B., Hems, R.F., Borduas, N., Antinolo, M., Abbatt, J.P.D. (2018) “Exploring conditions for ultrafine particle formation from oxidation of cigarette smoke in indoor environments,” Environ. Sci. Technol., 52(8), 4623-4631.
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.7b06608
Peter F. DeCarlo, PhD
Johns Hopkins University
pdecarl1@jhu.edu
@ProfPeteD
Selected Publications Relevant to Thirdhand Smoke
Avery, A. M., Waring, M. S. and DeCarlo, P. F. (2019). Seasonal variation in the composition of outdoor to indoor transported submicron aerosol. Environ Sci Process & Impacts, 21 (3): 528-547. doi:10.1039/C8EM00471D. 2019. PubMed PMID:30698188.
DeCarlo, P.F., Avery, A.M., Waring, M. S. (2018). Thirdhand smoke uptake to aerosol particles in the indoor environment. Sci Adv. May 9: 4(5): eaap8368. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aap8368. PubMed PMID: 29750194
Jeremy E. Drehmer, MPH, CPH
Massachusetts General Hospital
617.726.3419
jdrehmer@mgh.harvard.edu
Mr. Drehmer is a Clinical Research Program/Project Manager in the Division of General Academic Pediatrics at Massachusetts General Hospital where he manages the Clinical Effort Against Secondhand Smoke Exposure (CEASE) and other state, national and international tobacco control activities. His research examines parents’ cognitive and behavioral approaches to thirdhand smoke, the use of biomarkers in health care settings that measure children’s exposure to secondhand and thirdhand smoke, the role of positive psychological states, such as happiness, when supporting behavior change that protects families from thirdhand smoke the application of positive psychology concepts to tobacco control activities, and how to optimize the delivery of smoking cessation treatments within health care systems.
Mr. Drehmer’s research on parents’ beliefs about thirdhand smoke and behaviors to protect their children from exposure was presented in collaboration with the Thirdhand Smoke Research Consortium at a symposium for the 2014 Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco annual meeting. His first-authored clinical review in 2017 highlights work of the Thirdhand Smoke Research Consortium and provides guidance to child health clinicians for how to deliver tobacco control counseling to parents based on the latest scientific evidence about thirdhand smoke exposure among children. Jeremy has served as a grant reviewer for new thirdhand smoke research and translates thirdhand smoke research findings for use in public health and health care settings.
Mr. Drehmer is an avid tennis player and he enjoys playing the guitar.
Selected Publications Relevant to Thirdhand Smoke
Drehmer JE, Nabi-Burza E, Walters BH, Ossip DJ, Levy DE, Rigotti NA, Klein JD, Winickoff JP. (2019) Parental smoking and e-cigarette use in homes and cars. Pediatrics. 143(4):e20183249. doi: 10.1542/peds.2018-3249 PMID: 30858346.
https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/143/4/e20183249
Drehmer JE, Hipple Walters B, Nabi-Burza E, Winickoff JP. (2017) Guidance for the clinical management of thirdhand smoke exposure in the child health care setting. Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management. 24(12):551-559. PMID: 29217965
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5716630/
Drehmer JE, Ossip DJ, Nabi-Burza E, Hipple Walters B, Gorzkowski JA, Winickoff JP. (2020) Pediatric Office Delivery of Smoking Cessation Assistance for Breast-Feeding Mothers. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 22(3):346-53. doi: 10.1093/ntr/nty247. PMID: 30521040. PMCID: PMC7297110
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7297110/
Drehmer JE, Ossip DJ, Nabi-Burza E, Rigotti NA, Hipple B, Woo H, Chang Y, Winickoff JP. (2014) Thirdhand smoke beliefs of parents. Pediatrics.133(4):e850-6. doi: 10.1542/peds.2013-3392. PMID: 24590745.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24590745
Drehmer JE, Ossip DJ, Rigotti NA, Nabi-Burza E, Woo H, Wasserman RC, Chang Y & Winickoff JP. (2012) Pediatrician interventions and thirdhand smoke beliefs of parents. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 43(5):533-36. doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2012.07.020. PMID: 23079177
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3486922/
Drehmer JE, Hipple B, Ossip DJ, Nabi-Burza E, Winickoff JP. (2017) A Cross-Sectional Study of Happiness and Smoking Cessation Among Parents. Journal of Smoking Cessation, 12(1):6-14. doi: 10.1017/jsc.2015.6. PMID: 28163788
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5289385/
Li D, Shi H, Xie Z, Rahman I, McIntosh S, Bansal-Travers M, Winickoff JP, Drehmer JE, Ossip DJ. (2020) Home Smoking and Vaping Policies among US Adults: Results from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study, Wave 3. Preventive Medicine, 139:106215. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2020.106215. PMID: 32693178. PMCID: PMC7494576.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0091743520302395
Li D, Shi H, Xie Z, Rahman I, McIntosh S, Bansal-Travers M, Winickoff JP, Drehmer JE, Ossip DJ. (2020) Home Smoking and Vaping Policies among US Adults: Results from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study, Wave 3. Preventive Medicine. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2020.106215 [Advance online publication July 18, 2020].
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0091743520302395
Nabi-Burza E, Drehmer JE, Hipple Walters B, Rigotti NA, Ossip DJ, Levy DE, Klein JD, Regan S, Gorzkowski JA, Winickoff JP. (2019) Treating Parents for Tobacco Use in the Pediatric Setting: The Clinical Effort Against Secondhand Smoke Exposure Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Pediatrics, 173(10):931-939. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.2639. PMID: 31403675. PMCID: PMC6692696.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31403675/
Nabi-Burza E, Regan S, Drehmer J, Ossip DJ, Rigotti N, Hipple B, Dempsey J, Hall N, Friebely J, Weiley V & Winickoff JP. (2012) Parents smoking in their cars with children present. Pediatrics, 130(6):e1471-e1478. doi: 10.1542/peds.2012-0334. PMID: 23147972 PMCID: PMC3507249
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3507249/
Ossip DJ, Chang Y, Nabi E, Drehmer J, Finch S, Hipple B, Rigotti, NA, Winickoff JP. (2013) Strict smoke-free home policies among smoking parents in pediatric settings. Academic Pediatrics, 13(6):517-523. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2013.06.003. PMID: 24238677. PMCID: PMC4046861.
Drew R. Gentner, PhD
Yale University
Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
(203) 432-4382
drew.gentner@yale.edu
Dr. Drew Gentner is an Associate Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering whose work focuses on air pollutant emissions including reactive organic carbon, their subsequent atmospheric chemistry, and novel advancements in analytical chemistry capabilities to measure known, understudied, and emerging pollutants in a variety of environments. The overarching objective and impact of his work is to resolve major knowledge gaps in the chemical and physical processes that drive air pollutant dynamics to inform air pollution control policy and ultimately improve public health and environmental quality. With a growing interest in indoor air quality and chemistry, his work has moved to examine thirdhand smoke as a prominent indoor source of reactive organic pollutant s.
Dr. Gentner loves the outdoors, whether deep in the mountains or a sunny day in Central Park.
Selected Publications Relevant to Thirdhand Smoke
Sheu R, Stönner C, Ditto J, Klüpfel T, Williams J, Gentner D. Human transport of thirdhand tobacco smoke: A prominent source of hazardous air pollutants into indoor nonsmoking environments. Science Advances. 2020. 6(10): eaay4109
Maciej L. Goniewicz, PharmD, PhD
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
716.845.8541
Maciej.Goniewicz@roswellpark.org
Dr. Maciej L. Goniewicz is a Professor of Oncology at the Department of Health Behavior, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in Buffalo, NY. He earned a Pharm.D. degree (2002) and a Ph.D. in Toxicology and Pharmacology (2007) from the Medical University of Silesia, Poland. He completed his postdoctoral fellowships in Clinical Pharmacology and Tobacco Control at the University of California San Francisco and in Smoking Cessation Treatment in Queen Mary University of London, UK. Dr. Goniewicz’s primary research area is in toxicity of emerging tobacco products and nicotine pharmacology, with a focus on long-term respiratory effects. He has research experience in assessment of first-, second-, and thirdhand exposure to emissions from different tobacco products, including development and measurement of novel biomarkers of exposure. Dr. Goniewicz’s current research is focused on new nicotine-containing products and alternative forms of tobacco. He examines safety and efficacy of electronic nicotine delivery devices, commonly called e-cigarettes. These studies include the laboratory evaluation of the products, pharmacological and toxicological assessment, surveys among their users, and their potential application in harm reduction and smoking cessation.
Selected Publications Relevant to Thirdhand Smoke:
Goniewicz ML, Lee L. “Electronic cigarettes are a source of thirdhand exposure to nicotine.” Nicotine Tob Res. 2015 Feb;17(2):256-8.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25173774/
Bush D, Goniewicz ML. A pilot study on nicotine residues in houses of electronic cigarette users, tobacco smokers, and non-users of nicotine-containing products. Int J Drug Policy. 2015 Jun;26(6):609-11.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25869751/
Jacob P 3rd, Goniewicz ML, Havel CM, Schick SF, Benowitz NL. Nicotelline: a proposed biomarker and environmental tracer for particulate matter derived from tobacco smoke. Chem Res Toxicol. 2013 Nov 18;26(11):1615-31.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24125094/
Goniewicz ML, Havel CM, Peng MW, Jacob P 3rd, Dempsey D, Yu L, Zielinska-Danch W, Koszowski B, Czogala J, Sobczak A, Benowitz NL. Elimination kinetics of the tobacco-specific biomarker and lung carcinogen 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanol. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers. Prev. 2009 Dec;18(12):3421-5.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19959691/
Goniewicz ML, Eisner MD, Lazcano-Ponce E, Zielinska-Danch W, Koszowski B, Sobczak A, Havel C, Jacob P, Benowitz NL. Comparison of urine cotinine and the tobacco-specific nitrosamine metabolite 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanol (NNAL) and their ratio to discriminate active from passive smoking. Nicotine Tob Res. 2011
Mar;13(3):202-8.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21330276/
Edwards KC, Naz T, Stanton CA, Goniewicz ML, Hatsukami DK, Smith DM, Wang L, Villanti A, Pearson J, Blount BC, Bansal-Travers M, Feng J, Niaura R, Manderski MTB, Sosnoff CS, Delnevo CD, Duffy K, Del Valle-Pinero AY, Rostron BL, Everard C, Kimmel HL, van Bemmel DM,
Hyland A. Urinary Cotinine and Cotinine + Trans-3′-Hydroxycotinine (TNE-2) Cut-points for Distinguishing Tobacco Use from Nonuse in the United States: PATH Study (2013-2014). Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2021 Jun;30(6):1175-1184.
Noelia Ramírez González, PhD
University Rovira i Virgili
(+34) 977559628
noelia.ramirez@urv.cat
Dr. Ramírez is the Director of research at the Metabolomics Interdisciplinary Lab, affiliated to the University Rovira i Virgili in Tarragona, Spain, the Institute of Health Research Pere Virgili and the Spanish Biomedical Research Center in Diabetes and Associated Metabolic Disorders. Dr. Ramírez research focuses on three main pillars: The development of MS-based analytical methods in the benchmark of Environmental toxicology and health. The better characterization of THS chemical composition using targeted and untargeted approaches. And the application of omics sciences, specially metabolomics, to determining the health effects derived from the exposure to THS toxicants in animal models (mice and zebrafish embryos) and in young children.
Since 2015, Dr. Ramírez have collaborated with different researchers of the Consortium. Together with Dr. Martins-Green, Dr. Ramirez applies metabolomics to unravel the molecular mechanisms of THS-exposure induced diseases in mice models. She also works with Dr. Destaillats and Dr. Gundel on the characterization of the different chemical composition during tobacco smoke ageing. She has also collaborated with Dr. Schick on the characterization of possible metabolic alterations in human blood after controlled exposure to aged sidestream cigarette smoke.
When Dr. Ramírez is not busy with her research and students, she loves travelling, meeting new places, cultures and people, a passion that shares with her husband and her twin daughters.
Selected Publications Relevant to Thirdhand Smoke
Torres, S.; Merino, C.; Paton, B.; Correig, X.; Ramírez, N., 2018. Biomarkers of Exposure to Secondhand and Thirdhand Tobacco Smoke: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives. Int J Env Res Pub Health, 15: 2693. DOI:10.3390/ijerph15122693.
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/15/12/2693
Ramírez, N.; Vallecillos, L.; Lewis, A.C., et al., 2015. Comparative study of comprehensive gas chromatography-nitrogen chemiluminescence detection and gas chromatography-ion trap-tandem mass spectrometry for determining nicotine and carcinogen organic nitrogen compounds in thirdhand tobacco smoke, J. Chromatogr. A, 1426: 191-200. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chroma.2015.11.035
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0021967315016635
Farren, N. J.; Ramirez, N.; Lee, J. D.; et al., 2015. Estimated exposure risks from carcinogenic nitrosamines in urban airborne particulate matter. Env Sci Technol 49: 9648-9656. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b01620
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.5b01620
Ramírez, N.; Özel, M.Z.; Lewis, A.C.; et al., 2014. Exposure to nitrosamines in thirdhand tobacco smoke increases cancer risk in non-smokers, Env. Int., 71: 139–147. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2014.06.012
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412014001962?via%3Dihub
Ramírez, N.; Özel, M.Z.; Lewis, A.C.; et al., 2012, Determination of nicotine and N-nitrosamines in house dust by pressurized liquid extraction and two dimensional gas chromatography – nitrogen chemiluminescence detection, J. Chromatogr. A, 1219: 180-187. DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2011.11.017.
Lara Gundel, PhD
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
510-486-7276
AGundel@lbl.gov
Dr. Lara Gundel is a Staff Scientist (Physical Chemist) in the Indoor Environment Group of the Energy Analysis and Environmental Impacts Division in the Energy Technology Area of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Her research applies advances in environmental physical chemistry to improve public health and environmental protection. Her focus on the dynamic behavior of toxic air pollutants indoors has contributed to characterizing the processes in multi-phase aging of harmful constiuents in secondhand smoke, and discovery of the harmful effects of human exposure to thirdhand smoke and its reactions with other indoor pollutants. Her interest in gas/particle/surface partitioning in complex matrices such as secondhand smoke and thirdhand smoke has also led her to invent new measurement methods and instruments and to create several patents.
Along with Dr. Neal Benowitz (principal investigator), Dr. Gundel (co-principal investigator) oversees and coordinates the integration of the research of the multidisciplinary investigators to support achievement of the overarching goals of the Thirdhand Smoke Research Consortium.
In her free time, Dr. Gundel can be found restoring battered furnishings and textiles for reuse, as well as hiking and traveling with her family.
For a full listing of all of Lara Gundel’s publications, please see:
Selected Publications Relevant to Thirdhand Smoke
Hang B, Wang Y, Huang Y, Wang P, Langley SA, Bi L, Sarker AH, Schick SF, Havel C, Jacob P 3rd, Benowitz N, Destaillats H, Tang X, Xia Y, Jen KY, Gundel LA, Mao JH, Snijders AM. short-term early exposure to thirdhand cigarette smoke increases lung cancer incidence in mice. Clin Sci (Lond).
2018;132(4):475-488. doi: 10.1042/CS20171521. PubMed PMID: 29440622.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6365648/
Logue JM, Sleiman M, Montesinos VN, Russell ML, Litter MI, Benowitz NL, Gundel LA, Destaillats H. Emissions from electronic cigarettes: Assessing vapers’ intake of toxic compounds, secondhand exposures and the associated health impacts. Environ Sci Technol. 2017; 51(16):9271-9279. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.7b00710. Epub 2017 Aug 2. PubMed PMID: 28766331
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1n55j05d
Hang B, Snijders AM, Huang Y, Schick SF, Wang P, Xia Y, Havel C, Jacob P 3rd, Benowitz N, Destaillats H, Gundel LA, Mao JH. Early exposure to thirdhand cigarette smoke affects body mass and the development of immunity in mice. Sci Rep. 2017; 7:41915. doi: 10.1038/srep41915. PubMed PMID: 28157226
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5291208/
Jacob III P, Benowitz NL, Destaillats H, Gundel L, Hang B, Martins-Green M, Matt GE, Quintana PJE, Samet JM, Schick SF, Talbot P, Aquilina NJ, Hovell MF, Mao J-M, Whitehead TP. Thirdhand smoke: New evidence, challenges, and future directions. Chem Res Toxicol. 2017; 30(1): 270-294. doi:
10.1021/acs.chemrestox.6b00343. PubMed PMID: 5501723.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28001376
Sleiman M, Logue JM, Luo W, Pankow JF, Gundel LA, Destaillats H. Inhalable constituents of thirdhand tobacco smoke: Chemical characterization and health impact considerations. Environ Sci Technol. 2014; 48(22):13093-101. doi: 10.1021/es5036333. Epub 2014 Oct 31. PubMed PMID: 25317906.
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1sb4m5bx
Martins-Green M, Adhami N, Frankos M, Valdez M, Goodwin B, Lyubovitsky J, Dhall S, Garcia M, Egiebor I, Martinez B, Green HW, Havel C, Yu L, Liles S, Matt G, Destaillats H, Sleiman M, Gundel LA, Benowitz N, Jacob III P, Hovell M, J.P. Winickoff, M. Curras-Collazo. Cigarette smoke toxins deposited on surfaces: Implications for human health. PLoS One. 2014:9:1:e86391. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.008639. PubMed PMID: 24489722
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24489722
Hang B, Sarker AH, Havel C, Saha S, Hazra TK, Schick S, Jacob P 3rd, Rehan VK, Chenna A, Sharan D, Sleiman M, Destaillats H, Gundel LA. Thirdhand smoke causes DNA damage in human cells. Mutagenesis. 2013; 28(4):381-91. doi: 10.1093/mutage/get013. Epub 2013 Mar 5. PubMed PMID: 23462851
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3681537/
Petrick L, Sleiman M, Dubowski Y, Gundel LA, Destaillats H. Tobacco smoke aging in the presence of ozone: A room-sized chamber study. Atmos Env. 2011; 45:4959-4965.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.05.076
Sleiman M, Jacob III P, Smith E, Wilson KR, Ahmed M, Benowitz NL, Pankow JF, Singer BC, Gundel LA, Destaillats H. After the smoke clears: Indoor chemistry of thirdhand smoke. Proceedings of the Indoor Air 2011, The International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate. Austin, TX, 2011. LBNL-5093E.
Sleiman M, Gundel LA, Pankow JF, Jacob P 3rd, Singer BC, Destaillats H. Formation of carcinogens indoors by surface-mediated reactions of nicotine with nitrous acid, leading to potential thirdhand smoke hazards. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010;107:6576-81. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0912820107. PubMed PMID:20142504.
Bo Hang, PhD, MD
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
510.495.2537
Bo_Hang@lbl.gov
Dr. Hang is a Staff Scientist in the Biological Systems & Engineering Division of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Dr. Hang’s primary research has been focused on combining chemical, biochemical and biological approaches to understand the key questions in environmental mutagenesis and carcinogenesis. One of his current research focuses is on the genotoxicity and carcinogenic potential of thirdhand smoke (THS).
Dr. Hang is the PI of Genetic Susceptibility to Thirdhand Smoke Effects and Biomarker Studies. He and co-investigators have been working on the identification and characterization of THS-derived biological and health impact using in vitro to cellular and to animal systems. The long-term goal is to investigate the interplay between genetic susceptibility and THS carcinogenicity which still remains unknown and to develop novel/unique mechanism-based biomarkers for assessing exposure to THS.
Dr. Hang won 2018 Berkeley Lab Director’s Award for Exceptional Achievement in Societal Impact, along with other thirdhand smoke researchers at the lab. The award citation noted that the research delineating the hazards of THS exposure “is vital for protecting and improving public health nationwide.”
For a full listing of all of Bo Hang’s publications, please see:
Selected Publications Relevant to Thirdhand Smoke
Hang B, Mao JH, Snijders AM. Genetic Susceptibility to Thirdhand Smoke induced Lung Cancer Development. Nicotine Tob Res. 2018 Jun 16. doi: 10.1093/ntr/nty127. [Epub ahead of print]. Pub Med PMID:29917126.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29917126
Hang B, Sarker AH, Havel C. Saha H, Hazra TK, Schick S, Jacob III P, Rehan V, Chenna A, Sharan D, Sleiman M, Destaillats H, Gundel LA. Thirdhand smoke causes DNA damage in human cells. Mutagenesis 2013; 2:381-91. Pub Med PMID:23462851.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23462851
Hang B, Snijders AM, Huang Y, Schick SF, Wang P, Xia Y, Havel C, Jacob P 3rd, Benowitz N, Destaillats H, Gundel LA, Mao JH. Early exposure to thirdhand cigarette smoke affects body mass and the development of immunity in mice. Sci Rep. 2017 Feb 3;7:41915. doi: 10.1038/srep41915. Pub Med PMID:28157226.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28157226
Hang, B., Wang, P., Zhao, Y., Chang, H., Mao, J.-H., & Snijders, A. M. (2019, September 26). Thirdhand smoke: Genotoxicity and carcinogenic potential. Retrieved from https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095882X19300672.
Hang B, Wang P, Zhao Y, Chang H, Mao JH, Snijders AM. Perspective: Thirdhand Smoke: Genotoxicity and Carcinogenic Potential. Chronic Dis Transl Med. 2019 Sep 26;6(1):27-34. doi: 10.1016/j.cdtm.2019.08.002. eCollection 2020 Mar.PMID: 32226932.
Hang B, Wang P, Zhao Y, Sarker A, Chenna A, Xia Y, Snijders AM, Mao JH. Adverse Health Effects of Thirdhand Smoke: From Cell to Animal Models. Int J Mol Sci. 2017 Apr 28;18(5). pii: E932. doi: 10.3390/ijms18050932. Review. Pub Med PMID:28452951.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28452951
Hang B, Wang Y, Huang Y, Wang P, Langley SA, Bi L, Sarker AH, Schick SF, Havel C, Jacob III P, Benowitz N, Destaillats H, Tang X, Xia Y, Jen KY, Gundel LA, Mao JH, Snijders AM. Short-term early exposure to thirdhand cigarette smoke increases lung cancer incidence in mice. Clin Sci (Lond). 2018 Feb 28;132(4):475-488. doi: 10.1042/CS20171521. Print 2018 Feb 28. Pub Med PMID:29440622.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29440622
Kuniyoshi KM, Hang B, Rehan VK. Early-Life Tobacco Smoke/Nicotine Exposure and Offspring Health. In: Early-life Environmental Exposure and Disease: Facts and Perspectives. Editor: Xia YK. Springer Nature. 2020.
Sarker AH, Trego KS, Zhang W, Jacob III P, Snijders AM, Mao JH, Schick SF, Cooper PK, Hang B. Thirdhand Smoke Exposure Causes Replication Stress and Impaired Transcription in Human Lung Cells. Environ Mol Mutagen. 2020 Jul;61(6):635-646. doi: 10.1002/em.22372. Epub 2020 Apr 16.PMID: 32267018.
Xu B, Chen M, Yao M, Ji X, Mao Z, Tang W, Qiao S, Schick SF, Mao JH, Hang B, Xia Y. Metabolomics reveals metabolic changes in male reproductive cells exposed to thirdhand smoke. Sci Rep. 2015 Oct 22; 5:15512. doi: 10.1038/srep15512. Pub Med PMID:26489853.
Melbourne F. Hovell, PhD, MPH
San Diego State University
(858) 505-4772
mhovell@cbeachsdsu.edu
Dr. Hovell is a Professor at San Diego State University’s School of Public Health, the founding Director of the Center for Behavioral Epidemiology and Community Health (CBEACH), and a full member of the Cancer Center at University of California, San Diego. Dr. Hovell is the former and founding Head of the Division of Health Promotion. Dr. Hovell’s research focuses on the etiology of health-related behavior following the Behavioral Ecological Model, including studies of classic risk practices, such as diet and physical activity, as well as studies of clinicians’ service delivery. His research also addresses means by which the influence of and change in culture can be achieved to establish healthy practices in whole populations. His work investigation of secondhand smoke exposure reduction for children led to him, along with Dr. Georg Matt, to “discover” thirdhand smoke when he explored nicotine in homes as an explanation of variance in secondhand smoke exposure.
Dr. Hovell is a Co-Investigator of the Thirdhand Smoke Dissemination, Outreach, and Resource Center (THSRC). In this role he will contribute to the translation of thirdhand smoke research findings to real-world settings to disseminate findings and improve public health.
Dr. Hovell spends is free time wedding his 3.5 acres of hillside in Jamul Ca. This is critical as he has two large German Shepherds that can get lost for days at a time in the head high weeds. Fortunately, they can take care of themselves relatively well, partly because tomatoes secured from Dr. Georg Matt keeps them healthy.
For a full listing of all of Melbourne Hovell’s publications, please see:
Selected Publications Relevant to Thirdhand Smoke
Northrup TF, Stotts AL, Suchting R, Khan AM, Green C, Quintana PJE, Hoh E, Hovell MF, Matt GE. Medical staff contributions to thirdhand smoke contamination in a neonatal intensive care unit. Tob Induc Dis. 2019 E-pub Apr 24;17:37. doi: 10.18332/tid/106116. PubMed PMID: 31516480.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6662774/
Matt GE, Quintana PJE, Hoh E, Zakarian JM, Chowdhury Z, Hovell MF, Jacob P, Watanabe K, Theweny TS, Flores V, Nguyen A, Dhaliwal N, Hayward G. A Casino goes smoke free: a longitudinal study of secondhand and thirdhand smoke pollution and exposure. Tob Control. 2018. Epub 2018/02/14. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2017-054052. PubMed PMID: 29439207.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29439207
Haardörfer R, Berg CJ, Escoffery C, Bundy ŁT, Hovell M, Kegler MC. Development of a scale assessing beliefs about thirdhand smoke (BATHS). Tob Induc Dis. 2017 Epub Jan 17;15:4. doi: 10.1186/s12971-017-0112-4. PubMed PMID: 28104999.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5240270/
Matt GE, Quintana PJE, Zakarian JM, Hoh E, Hovell MF, Mahabee-Gittens M, Watanabe K, Datuin K, Vue C, Chatfield DA. When smokers quit: exposure to nicotine and carcinogens persists from thirdhand smoke pollution. Tob Control. 2016. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2016-053119. PubMed PMID: 27655249.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27655249
Peyton III J, Benowitz NL, Destaillats H, Gundel L, Hang B, Martins-Green M, Matt GE, et al. Thirdhand smoke: New evidence, challenges, and future directions. Chem Res Toxicol. 2016; 30(1): 270-294. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.6b00343. PubMed PMID: 28001376.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5501723/
Northrup TF, Khan AM, Jacob P, Benowitz NL, Hoh E, Hovell MF, Matt GE, Stotts AL. Thirdhand smoke contamination in hospital settings: Assessing exposure risk for vulnerable paediatric patients. Tob Control. 2016; 25(6):619-623. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2015-052506. PubMed PMID: 26635031.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4893002/
Northrup, TF, Jacob III P, Benowitz NL, Hoh E, Quintana PJE, Hovell MF, Matt GE, Stotts AL. Thirdhand smoke: State of the science and a call for policy expansion. Public Health Rep. 2016; 131(2):233-8. doi: 10.1177/003335491613100206. PubMed PMID: 26957657.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4765971/
Northrup TF, Matt GE, Hovell MF, Khan AM, Stotts AL. Thirdhand smoke in the homes of medically fragile children: Assessing the impact of indoor smoking levels and smoking bans. Nicotine Tob Res. 2016; 18(5):1290-8. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntv174. PubMed PMID: 26315474.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5896819/
Matt GE, Quintana PJ, Destaillats H, Gundel LA, Sleiman M, Singer BC, Jacob P, Benowitz N, Winickoff JP, Rehan V, Talbot P, Schick S, Samet J, Wang Y, Hang B, Martins-Green M, Pankow JF, Hovell MF. Thirdhand tobacco smoke: emerging evidence and arguments for a multidisciplinary research agenda. Environ Health Perspect. 2011; 119(9):1218-26. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1103500. PubMed PMID: 21628107.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21628107
Matt GE, Quintana PJ, Zakarian JM, Fortmann AL, Chatfield DA, Hoh E, Uribe AM, Hovell MF. When smokers move out and non-smokers move in: residential thirdhand smoke pollution and exposure. Tob Control. 2011; 20(1):e1. doi: 10.1136/tc.2010.037382. PubMed PMID: 21037269.
Jimi Huh, PhD
University of Southern California
(323) 442-8240
jimihuh@usc.edu
Associate Professor of Research
Department of Population and Public Health Sciences
Keck School of Medicine of USC
Dr. Huh is an Associate Professor of Research, Population and Public Health Sciences in the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California. Dr. Huh’s research focuses on multilevel influences on substance use. She is interested in behavioral change and health disparities, employing intensive longitudinal methods to investigate microtemporal and dynamic relationships among contextual factors and tobacco-related behavior and health outcomes.
I have been participating in consortium meetings, networking with Consortium affiliated researchers and working on publications.
Dr. Huh enjoys baking, snowboarding, and traveling.
Selected Publications Not Yet Relevant to Thirdhand Smoke
Huh, J., Sami, M., Abramova, Z., Spruijt-Metz, D. & Pentz, M.A. (2013). Cigarettes, Culture and Korean American Emerging Adults: An Exploratory Study in Southern California. Western Journal of Nursing Research. 35(9), 1205-1221. PMID: 23743507.
Huh, J., Thing, J.P., Abramova, Z., Sami, M., & Unger, J.B. (2014) Place Matters in Perceived Tobacco Exposure among Korean American Young Adults: Mixed Methods Approach. Substance Use & Misuse, 49(8), 1054-1063. PMID: 24779505.
For a full listing of all of Jimi Huh’s publications, please see: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/jimi.huh.1/bibliography/public/
Ming Ji, PhD
University of South Florida
mji@usf.edu
Dr. Ming Ji is currently a professor of biostatistics at University of South Florida College of Nursing. He is
a California transplant to Florida. He previously worked at School of Medicine, University of California,
San Diego and Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University. His expertise include (1)
randomized controlled trials including behavioral intervention trials (2) longitudinal data analysis (3)
missing data analysis (4) complex data (including data from single case design, multilevel data,
microbiome data, streaming data from mHealth and data from complex surveys) and (5) machine
learning/AI. He is currently a member of the Management Team for the Institute of Microbiome at USF
and a member of the USF AI+X Institute.
Selected Publications Relevant to Thirdhand Smoke
Groer, M., Miller, E. M., Sarkar, A., Dishaw, L. J., Dutra, S. V., Youn Yoo, J., Morgan, K., Ji, M., & Ho, T. (2020). Predicted Metabolic Pathway Distributions in Stool Bacteria in Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infants: Potential Relationships with NICU Faltered Growth. Nutrients, 12(5), 1345.
https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12051345
Harrell P., Naqvi SMH., Plunk A. Ji, M., Martins, SS. Patterns of Youth Tobacco and Polytobacco Usage: The Shift to Alternative Tobacco Products. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse. 2017, Nov; 43(6):694-702. PMID 27868320
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27668320/
Hovell, M.F.; Wahlgren, D.R.; Liles, S.; Jones, J.A.; Hughes, S.C.; Matt, G.E.; Ji, M.; Lessov-Schlaggar, C.N.; Swan, G.E.; Chatfield, D.; Ding, D. Coaching and Cotinine Feedback to Preteens to Reduce Their Secondhand Smoke Exposure: A Randomized Trial. Chest. 2011 Sept; 140(3): 681-689. PMID 21474574
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21474574/
Lessov-Schlaggar CN, Wahlgren DR, Liles S, Ji M, Hughes SC, Winickoff JP, Jones JA, Swan GE, Hovell MF. Sensitivity to secondhand smoke exposure predicts future smoking susceptibility. Pediatrics. 2011 Aug;128(2):254-62.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21746728/
Munro, Cindy & Liang, Zhan & Ji, Ming & Elías, Maya & Chen, Xusheng & Calero, Karel & Ely, E.. (2021). Family automated voice reorientation (FAVoR) intervention for mechanically ventilated patients in the intensive care unit: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 102. 106277. 10.1016/j.cct.2021.106277.
Scott Kelley, PhD
San Diego State University
619 594 5371
skelley@sdsu.edu
Dr. Kelley is a Professor of Biology at San Diego State University, where he has worked since 2002. His lab combines phylogenetic methods and culture-independent molecular tools to study environmental microbiology. Dr. Kelley has published extensively on the Human Microbiome, the microbiome of the Built Environment and on the microbial diversity of many natural environments, including volcanic steam vents, corals and elephants. He has also published dozens of papers on bioinformatics, developed some widely used tools for analyzing microbial communities using next-generation sequencing, and authored Computational Biology: A Hypertextbook, an introductory textbook on Bioinformatics.
Dr. Kelley was a Co-Investigator on the “Effects of Thirdhand Smoke Exposure on the Microbiome of Young Children (Matt)” project. In this project, he led the molecular and bioinformatics analysis of human and built environment microbial communities.
Selected Publications Relevant to Thirdhand Smoke
Kelley ST, Liu W, Quintana PJE, Hoh E, Dodder NG, Mahabee-Gittens EM, Padilla S, Ogden S, Sia Frenzel, Sisk-Hackworth L, Matt GE. Altered microbiomes in thirdhand smoke-exposed children and their home environments. Pediatric Res. 2021. doi:10.1038/s41390-021-01400-1.
Fadi T. Khasawneh, PhD
Texas A&M University
361.221.0755
fkhasawneh@tamu.edu
Dr, Khasawneh is an Associate Professor and Department Head of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, at the Texas A&M Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy. He received a
bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy from Jordan University of Science and Technology
(Jordan) in 1999 and a Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the University of Illinois at Chicago
in 2007.
Dr. Khasawneh’s laboratory research is focused on the study of thrombosis and platelet
biology. The primary goal is to delineate signaling pathways involved in platelet
activation and to investigate their role in the pathogenesis of thrombotic diseases,
including in the context of tobacco exposure such as thirdhand smoke. Dr. Khasawneh’s
laboratory employs a host of molecular, biochemical and pharmacological approaches,
as well as thrombosis models in their studies.
Dr. Khasawneh has been collaborating with Dr. Manuela Martins-Green for a number of
years now, focusing on the consequences of exposure to thirdhand smoke on platelet
function and thrombus formation. Their collaboration has resulted in obtaining funding
from the National Institutes of Health. He is seeking additional collaboration
opportunities with other members of the THS Consortium.
Dr. Khasawneh likes to play soccer and has also coached kids of different ages under
the umbrella of the American Youth Soccer Association. He also enjoys watching
different supports, especially American Football; his favorite team is the Chicago Bears.
Selected Publications Relevant to Thirdhand Smoke
Alarabi A.B., Karim Z.A., Ramirez, J.E.M., Hernandez, K.R., Lozano, P.A., Rivera J.O.,
Alshbool F.Z., and Khasawneh F.T., ”Short-Term Exposure to Waterpipe Smoke
Triggers a Hyperactive Platelet Activation State and Increases the Risk of
Thrombogenesis”, Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2020 Feb;40(2):335-349
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31941383/
Karim ZA, Alshbool FZ, Vemana HP, Adhami N, Dhall S, Espinosa EV, Martins-Green
M, Khasawneh FT. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol. 2015 Aug;66(2):177-82. doi:
10.1097/FJC.0000000000000260.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25853992/
Qasim H., Karim Z.A., Silva-Espinoza J.C., Khasawneh F.T., Rivera J.O., Ellis C.C.,
Bauer S.L., Almeida I.C., and Alshbool F.Z., “Short-term E-cigarette Exposure Increases
the Risk of Thrombogenesis and Enhances Platelet Function in Mice”, J Am Heart
Assoc. 2018;7:e009264. DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.118.009264
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30021806/
Ramirez J.E.M., Karim Z.A., Alarabi A.B., Hernandez K.R., Taleb Z.B., Rivera R.O., Khasawneh F.T., and Alshbool F.Z., “The JUUL E-Cigarette Elevates the Risk of Thrombosis and Potentiates Platelet Activation”, J Cardiovasc Pharmacol Ther. 2020 Jul 21:107424842094168.
Neil E. Klepeis, PhD
San Diego State University
nklepeis@sdsu.edu
Dr. Klepeis is an Associate Adjunct Professor in the School of Public Health at San Diego State University. He performs research and development in technology-based behavior interventions, specializing in real-time feedback on smoking events and environmental contamination.
Dr. Klepeis works at the Center for Behavioral Epidemiology and Community Health on behavior studies that aim to reduce exposure to secondhand and third-hand smoke.
In his free time, Dr. Klepeis enjoys playing music and being outdoors.
Selected Publications Relevant to Thirdhand Smoke
Hovell MF, Bellettiere J, Liles S, Nguyen B, Berardi V, Johnson C, Matt GE, Malone J, Boman-Davis MC, Quintana PJE, Obayashi S, Chatfield D, Robinson R, Blumberg EJ, Ongkeko WM, Klepeis NE, Hughes S. Randomised controlled trial of real-time feedback and brief coaching to reduce indoor smoking. Tob Control. Epub 2019 Feb 15. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2018-054717. PubMed PMID: 30770436.
https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/early/2019/02/10/tobaccocontrol-2018-054717
Hughes SC, Bellettiere J, Nguyen B, Liles S, Klepeis NE, Quintana JE, Berardi V, Obayashi S, Bradley S, Hofstetter CR, Hovell MF. Randomized trial to reduce air particle levels in homes of smokers and children. Am J Prev Med. 2018;54(3):359-367. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2017.10.017. PubMed PMID: 29305069.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5818281/
Klepeis NE, Bellettiere J, Hughes SC, Nguyen B, Berardi V, Liles S, et al. Fine particles in homes of predominantly low-income families with children and smokers: Key physical and behavioral determinants to inform indoor-air-quality interventions. PLoS ONE. 2017 May 17;12(5):e0177718. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0177718. PubMed PMID: 28545099.
Lourdes S. Martinez, PhD
San Diego State University
lsmartinez@sdsu.edu
Dr. Lourdes S. Martinez is an Associate Professor in the School of Communication of the
College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts (PSFA) at San Diego State University (SDSU).
She serves as Associate Director in the Center for Human Dynamics in the Mobile Age (HDMA)
and Core Researcher with the Center for Communication, Health, & the Public Good (CCHPG).
Her research focuses broadly on the intersection between social psychology, communication, and
public health, and examines the public information environment individuals are likely to
encounter during both routine and purposeful information acquisition, how it can impact health-
related outcomes. Her recent work in tobacco control and prevention has examined ways in
which social media users discuss tobacco-related products on social networking sites.
For a full listing of all of Lourdes Martinez’s publications, please see:
Manuela Martins-Green, PhD
University of California, Riverside
951.827.2585
manuela.martins@ucr.edu
Dr. Manuela Martins-Green is a Professor of Cell Biology and Chair of the Department of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology at the University of California, Riverside. Dr. Martins-Green’s research focuses on cell and molecular mechanisms involved in response to injury caused by exposure to toxins and by mechanical/chemical/heat injuries.
In her role as the PI of the project “Translating Mouse Exposure Studies into Human Health Effects”, Dr. Martins-Green is studying the effects tobacco toxicants, specifically of thirdhand smoke (Third Hand Smoke) toxins on the function of various tissues, in particular liver and muscle. Her group has discovered that exposure of mice to Third Hand Smoke for significant periods of time caused hyperactivity. These studies contributed to the legislation in California to pass Assembly Bill 1819 Chapter 459 which prohibits smoking in the homes of private child care providers, inside and outside, during service hours and outside service hours. At the cellular level her group has discovered that the major effects of THS are on the mitochondria, the organelles in the cell that produce the energy necessary for cell function. They are currently determining whether these effects are transmitted to the next generation when parents are exposed to THS. In addition, with current funding provided to the Consortium her group is performing studies using samples from children to determine whether living in the homes of smokers will cause them to show more propensity to elevation of specific markers of disease.
For a full listing of all of Manuela Martins-Green’s publications, please see:
Selected Publications Relevant to Thirdhand Smoke
Chen Y, Adhami N, Martins-Green, M., (2018). Biological markers of harm can be detected in mice exposed for two months to low doses of Third Hand Smoke under conditions that mimic human exposure. Food Chem Toxicol. 2018:122:95-103. doi: 10.1016/j.fct.2018.09.048. [Epub 2018 Sep 22.] PMID: 30253244.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30253244
Adhami N, Chen Y, Martins-Green M. Biomarkers of disease can be detected as early as four weeks after initiation of exposure to third hand smoke. Clin Sci (Lond). 2017:131:19:2409–2426. doi:10.1042/CS20171053. PMID: 28912356.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28912356
Flores C, Martins-Green M. The role of fatty acid metabolism and apolipoproteins in THS-induced hepatic steatosis in mice. J Clin Toxicol. 2017:7:4:359. doi:10.4172/2161-0495.1000359
https://www.omicsonline.org/archive/jct-volume-7-issue-4-year-2017.html
Jacob P 3rd, Benowitz NL, Destaillats H, Gundel L, Hang B, Martins-Green M, Matt GE, Quintana PJ, Samet JM, Schick SF, Talbot P, Aquilina NJ, Hovell MF, Mao JH, Whitehead TP. Thirdhand Smoke: New Evidence, Challenges, and Future Directions. Chem Res Toxicol. 2017;30(1), 270-294. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.6b00343. PMC5501723
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28001376
Adhami N, Starck SR, Flores C, Martins-Green M. A health threat to bystanders living in the homes of smokers: How smoke toxins deposited on surfaces can cause insulin resistance. PLoSOne. 2016:11:3:e0149510. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0149510. PMID: 26934053
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26934053
Dhall S, Alamat R, Castro A, Sarker AH, Mao JH, Chan A, Hang B, Martins-Green M. Tobacco toxins deposited on surfaces (third hand smoke) impair wound healing. Clin Sci (Lond). 2016:130:14:1269-1284. doi:10.1042/CS20160236. PMID: 27129193
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27129193
Flores C, Adhami N, Martins-Green M. THS toxins induce hepatic steatosis by altering oxidative stress and SIRT1 levels. J Clin Toxicol. 2016:6:5:318. doi: 10.4172/2161-0495.1000318.
https://www.omicsonline.org/archive/jct-volume-6-issue-5-year-2016.html
Karim ZA, Alshbool FZ, Vemana HP, Adhami N, Dhall S, Lin OA, Espinosa EVP, Martins-Green M, Khasawneh FT. Thirdhand smoke: Impact on hemostasis and thrombogenesis. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol. 2015:66:2:177-85. doi: 10.1097/FJC.0000000000000260. PMID: 25853992.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25853992
Martins-Green M, Adhami N, Frankos M, Valdez M, Goodwin B, Lyubovitsky J, Dhall S, Garcia M, Egiebor I, Martinez B, Green HW, Havel C, Yu L, Liles S, Matt G, Destaillats H, Sleiman M, Gundel LA, Benowitz N, Jacob III P, Hovell M, J.P. Winickoff, M. Curras-Collazo. Cigarette smoke toxins deposited on surfaces: Implications for human health. PLoS One. 2014:9:1:e86391. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.008639. PubMed PMID: 24489722
Ashley L. Merianos, PhD
University of Cincinnati
513.556.6753
ashley.merianos@uc.edu
Dr. Ashley L. Merianos is an Associate Professor at the University of Cincinnati
and an Affiliate Member of the Division of Emergency Medicine at Cincinnati
Children’s Hospital Medical Center. She is a Certified Health Education
Specialist and Tobacco Treatment Specialist. Dr. Merianos has extensive
training and experience in the epidemiology and prevention of tobacco use and
tobacco smoke exposure and quantitative methodology.
Dr. Merianos’ current research (K01DA044313) measures the health and economic
burden of child secondhand smoke exposure on the acute healthcare setting.
Supplemental research (K01DA044313S1) expands upon this project to include the
assessment of thirdhand smoke pollutants in children’s homes to gain a more
comprehensive understanding of overall tobacco smoke exposure.
Dr. Merianos serves as Co-Investigator on a NIEHS R01 (R01ES027815) that examines
the contribution of thirdhand smoke in children’s environments to their overall
tobacco smoke exposure. She is a Co-Investigator on NIEHS R01 (R01ES030743)
that assesses the prevalence and sources of thirdhand smoke exposure among children
of nonsmokers and associated clinical risks. These federally-funded projects
include one or more of the following consortium members: Dr. Melinda
Mahabee-Gittens, Dr. Georg Matt, Dr. Jenny Quintana, and Dr. Eunha Hoh.
Dr. Merianos enjoys traveling the world and spending time with her family when she
is not working.
Selected Publications Relevant to Thirdhand Smoke
Mahabee-Gittens EM, Matt GE, Jandarov RA, Merianos AL. Hand nicotine and cotinine in children exposed to cigars: a pilot study. Tob Regul Sci. 2021;7(3):170-176. https://doi.org/10.18001/TRS.7.3.2
Merianos AL, Jandarov RA, Gordon JS, Lyons MS, Mahabee-Gittens EM. Healthcare resources attributable to child tobacco smoke exposure. PLoS One. 2021;16(2):e0247179. PMID: 33621228; PMCID: PMC7901732
Merianos AL, Jandarov RA, Mahabee-Gittens EM. High cotinine and healthcare utilization disparities among low-income children. Am J Prev Med. 2021;60(2):267-275. PMID: 33131989
Merianos AL, Jandarov RA, Mahabee-Gittens EM. Tobacco smoke exposure, respiratory health, and healthcare utilization among U.S. adolescents. CHEST. 2020;158(3):1104-1114. PMID: 32272115
Merianos AL, Gordon JS, Lyons MS, Jandarov RA, Mahabee-Gittens EM. Evaluation of tobacco screening and counseling in a large, midwestern pediatric emergency department. Tob Prev Cessat. 2021;7:39. PMID: 34056146; PMCID: PMC8145199
Mahabee-Gittens EM, Matt GE, Hoh E, Quintana PJE, Stone L, Geraci MA, Wullenweber CA, Koutsounadis GN, Ruwe AG, Meyers GT, Zakrajsek MA, Witry JK, Merianos AL. (2019). Contribution of thirdhand smoke to overall tobacco smoke exposure in pediatric patients: study protocol. BMC Public Health. 2019;19(1):491-499. PMID: 31046729; PMCID: PMC6498613
https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-019-6829-7
Mahabee-Gittens EM, Merianos AL, Hoh E, Quintana PJE, Matt GE. Nicotine on children’s hands: limited protection of smoking bans and initial clinical findings. Tob Use Insights. 2019;12:1-6. PMID: 30728727; PMCID: PMC6351963
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30728727
Merianos AL, Jandarov RA, Choi K, Mahabee-Gittens EM. (2019) Tobacco smoke exposure disparities persist in U.S. children: NHANES 1999-2014. Prev Med. 123:138-142. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2019.03.028. PMID: 30902698
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30902698
Mahabee-Gittens EM, Merianos AL, Matt GE. (2018) Preliminary evidence that high levels of nicotine on children’s hands may contribute to overall tobacco smoke exposure. Tob Control. 27(2):217-219. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2016-053602. PMID: 28360145
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28360145
Merianos AL, Jandarov RA, Mahabee-Gittens EM. (2018) Adolescent tobacco smoke exposure, respiratory symptoms, and emergency department utilization. Pediatrics. 42(3): e20180266. doi: 10.1542/peds.2018-0266. PMID: 30082449
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30082449
Mahabee-Gittens EM, Matt GE, Jandarov RA, Merianos AL. Hand nicotine and cotinine in children exposed to cigars: a pilot study. Tob Regul Sci. 2021;7(3):170-176. https://doi.org/10.18001/TRS.7.3.2
Merianos AL, Jandarov RA, Gordon JS, Lyons MS, Mahabee-Gittens EM. Healthcare resources attributable to child tobacco smoke exposure. PLoS One. 2021;16(2):e0247179. PMID: 33621228; PMCID: PMC7901732
Merianos AL, Jandarov RA, Mahabee-Gittens EM. High cotinine and healthcare utilization disparities among low-income children. Am J Prev Med. 2021;60(2):267-275. PMID: 33131989
Merianos AL, Jandarov RA, Mahabee-Gittens EM. Tobacco smoke exposure, respiratory health, and healthcare utilization among U.S. adolescents. CHEST. 2020;158(3):1104-1114. PMID: 32272115
Merianos AL, Gordon JS, Lyons MS, Jandarov RA, Mahabee-Gittens EM. Evaluation of tobacco screening and counseling in a large, midwestern pediatric emergency department. Tob Prev Cessat. 2021;7:39. PMID: 34056146; PMCID: PMC8145199
Mahabee-Gittens EM, Matt GE, Hoh E, Quintana PJE, Stone L, Geraci MA, Wullenweber CA, Koutsounadis GN, Ruwe AG, Meyers GT, Zakrajsek MA, Witry JK, Merianos AL. (2019). Contribution of thirdhand smoke to overall tobacco smoke exposure in pediatric patients: study protocol. BMC Public Health. 2019;19(1):491-499. PMID: 31046729; PMCID: PMC6498613
https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-019-6829-7
Mahabee-Gittens EM, Merianos AL, Hoh E, Quintana PJE, Matt GE. Nicotine on children’s hands: limited protection of smoking bans and initial clinical findings. Tob Use Insights. 2019;12:1-6. PMID: 30728727; PMCID: PMC6351963
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30728727
Merianos AL, Jandarov RA, Choi K, Mahabee-Gittens EM. (2019) Tobacco smoke exposure disparities persist in U.S. children: NHANES 1999-2014. Prev Med. 123:138-142. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2019.03.028. PMID: 30902698
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30902698
Mahabee-Gittens EM, Merianos AL, Matt GE. (2018) Preliminary evidence that high levels of nicotine on children’s hands may contribute to overall tobacco smoke exposure. Tob Control. 27(2):217-219. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2016-053602. PMID: 28360145
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28360145
Merianos AL, Jandarov RA, Mahabee-Gittens EM. (2018) Adolescent tobacco smoke exposure, respiratory symptoms, and emergency department utilization. Pediatrics. 42(3): e20180266. doi: 10.1542/peds.2018-0266. PMID: 30082449
Thomas F. Northrup, PhD
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), McGovern Medical School
(713)500-7590
thomas.f.northrup@uth.tmc.edu
Dr. Northrup is an Associate Professor and the Coordinator of Behavioral Science Training in the department of Family and Community Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, McGovern Medical School. Dr. Northrup’s primary research interest is the prevention of environmental tobacco smoke exposure for infants admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), especially infants who may be discharged to homes where individuals who smoke or vape reside.
Dr. Northrup has collaborated with several Consortium members to explore thirdhand smoke contamination in the NICU. In 2018-19 he completed data collection and analyses for a National Institutes of Health NICHD-funded R03 exploring several aims relevant to thirdhand smoke in the NICU. This and other Consortium collaborations have led to several conference presentations and manuscripts currently in print or under development.
Dr. Northrup is an avid runner and enjoys spending time with his family and coaching his son’s soccer and baseball teams.
Selected Publications Relevant to Thirdhand Smoke
Northrup, T.F., Jacob, P., Benowitz, N.L., Hoh, E., Quintana, P.J.E., Hovell, M.F., Matt, G.E., & Stotts, A.L. (2016). Thirdhand smoke: State-of-the-science and a call for policy expansion. Public Health Reports, 131(2), 233-238. PMID: 26957657; PMCID: PMC4765971. Doi: 10.1177/003335491613100206.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/003335491613100206
Northrup TF, Khan AM, Jacob P, Benowitz NL, Hoh E, Hovell MF, Matt GE, Stotts AL. Thirdhand smoke contamination in hospital settings: Assessing exposure risk for vulnerable paediatric patients.
Tob Control. 2016; 25: 619-623. Epub: 2015 Dec 3. doi:10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2015-052506. PubMed PMID: 26635031.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4893002/
Northrup TF, Matt GE, Hovell MF, Khan AM, Stotts AL. (2015). Thirdhand smoke in the homes of medically fragile children: Assessing the impact of indoor smoking levels and smoking bans. Nicotine Tob Res. 2016;18(5):1290-8. Epub: 2015 Aug 26. doi:10.1093/ntr/ntv174. PubMed PMID:26315474.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5896819/
Northrup TF, Stotts AL, Suchting R, Khan A, Green C, Quintana PJE, Hoh E, Hovell MF, Matt GE Medical staff contributions to thirdhand smoke contamination in a neonatal intensive care unit. Tob Induc Dis. Epub: 2019 Apr 24. doi:10.18332/tid/106116.
Myung-Bae Park, PhD
Pai Chai University, Republic of Korea
+(82)420.9588.4122
parkmb@pcu.ac.kr
Dr. Park is an Assistant Professor of Health policy in the Department of Geriatric Health and Welfare at Pai Chai University. He is interested in assessing determinants of health and priorities, with a particular interest in tobacco control. Dr. Park is a Board Member of the Korean Academy of Health Policy and Management.
Dr. Park is currently conducting research on “Assessment of thirdhand smoke exposure at home based on the national smoking cessation program in the Republic of Korea” by Feburary 2022. He has been collaborating with the Research Consortium, working with Drs. Hoh and Matt at San Diego State University in connection with this research. Thirdhand smoke is a very new area of research in Korea and throughout Asia. He is interested in expanding thirdhand smoke research in Asia. .
When Dr. Park in not busy with his work and research, he enjoys watching YouTube and playing with his two children.
Selected Publications Relevant to Thirdhand Smoke
Park, MB. “Living with parents who smoke predicts levels of toxicant exposure in children.” Scientific Reports 10.1 (2020): 1-9.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-66920-y
Park MB & Choi JK. (2019). Differences between the effects of conventional cigarettes, e-cigarettes and dual product use on urine cotinine levels. Tob Induc Dis. 17 (February):12. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18332/tid/100527.
Park MB. (2019). The government policies of new tobacco products: Strategies for managing electronic cigarettes and heated tobacco products. Health Policy and Management. 29(1):4-10. https://doi.org/10.4332/KJHPA.2019.29.1.4.
http://koreascience.or.kr/article/JAKO201914860239163.page
Park MB, Nam EW, Lee HL, Hong KS, & Oh Y. (2018). Social phenomena following the tobacco tax increase in South Korea: Lessons and policy implications. Tob Induc Dis. 16 (May):24. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18332/tid/84891.
Park MB, Nam EW, Lee SK, Kim CB, & Ranabhat C. (2015). The correlation of different cotinine levels with questionnaire results: A comparative study for different measurement methods of the adolescent smoking rate in Korea. Asia Pac J Public Health. 27(5):542-550. DOI: 10.1177/1010539514565447. PubMed PMID:25556217.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25556217
Park MB, et al. (2014). Does South Korea have hidden female smokers: discrepancies in smoking rates between self-reports and urinary cotinine level. BMC Women’s Health.14(1):156. DOI:10.1186/s12905-014-0156. PubMed PMID:25495192.
Roger Sheu, PhD
Yale University
roger.sheu@yale.edu
Mr. Sheu is currently a Ph.D. Candidate with Dr. Drew Gentner at Yale University who will be doing postdoctoral research with fellow Affiliated Researcher Dr. Peter DeCarlo at Johns Hopkins University. Mr. Sheu has so far focused on characterizing the complex mixture of volatile organic compounds that comprise third hand smoke using a combination of online and offline instrumentation. The collection of time-resolved measurements at a movie theater allowed Mr. Sheu and Dr. Gentner to highlight the transport of thirdhand smoke into the indoor environment via humans.
When he finds free time, Mr. Sheu enjoys playing piano and guitar, playing a variety of sports, and making sure to spend time with his friends.
Selected Publications Relevant to Thirdhand Smoke
R. Sheu, C. Stönner, J.C. Ditto, T. Klupfel, J. Williams, D.R. Gentner “Real time observations of indoor third hand smoke emissions transported into non-smoking environments via humans” October 2019 AAAR (Poster)
Sheu R, Stönner C, Ditto J, Klüpfel T, Williams J, Gentner D. Human transport of thirdhand tobacco smoke: A prominent source of hazardous air pollutants into indoor nonsmoking environments. Science Advances. 2020. 6(10): eaay4109
Prue Talbot, PhD
University of California, Riverside
951.827.3768
talbot@ucr.edu
Dr. Talbot is a Professor of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology in the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the University of California, Riverside and Director of the UCR Stem Cell Center and Core. Dr. Talbot’s research focuses on the effects of tobacco products at the cellular level in both cultured cells and human subjects.
Dr. Talbot’s lab has performed in vitro experiments to examine the release of thirdhand smoke chemicals from cloth reservoirs that retain thirdhand smoke, identify volatile toxicants in thirdhand smoke, characterize the effects of thirdhand smoke toxicants on mitochondria, and show that inhalation of thirdhand smoke by human subjects alters gene expression in the nasal epithelium in a manner consistent with in vitro data. Her lab has done this work in collaboration with other labs in the consortium.
Dr. Talbot enjoys golfing, swimming, reading, walking the dogs, and word games.
For a full listing of all of Prue Talbot’s publications, please see:
Selected Publications Relevant to Thirdhand Smoke
Pozuelos G, Kagda M, Schick S, Girke T, Volz DC, Talbot P. Acute exposure to thirdhand smoke leads to rapid changes in the human nasal epithelial transcriptome. JAMA Network Open. 2019. 2(6):e196362. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.6362
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2736932
Khachatoorian C, Jacob P, Benowitz NL, Talbot P. Identification and quantification of electronic cigarette exhaled aerosol residue chemicals in field sites. Environmental Research. 2019. 170:351-358. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2018.12.027. PubMed PMID: 30623881.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935118306571?via%3Dihub
Khachatoorian C, Jacob P, Benowitz NL, Talbot P. Electronic cigarette chemicals transfer from a vape shop to a nearby business in a multiuser building. Tob Control. 2018. Epub 2018/08/14. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2018-054316. PubMed PMID: 30158206.
Jacob P 3rd, Benowitz NL, Destaillats H, Gundel L, Hang B, Martins-Green M, Matt GE, Quintana PJ, Samet JM, Schick SF, Talbot P, Aquilina NJ, Hovell MF, Mao JH, Whitehead TP. Thirdhand Smoke: New evidence, challenges, and future directions. Chem Res Toxicol. 2017. 30(1), 270-294. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.6b00343. PMC5501723
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28001376
Bahl VK, Johnson G, Phandthong A, Zahedi S F, Schick S, Talbot P. (2016) Thirdhand smoke causes stress induced mitochondrial hyperfusion and alters the transcriptional profile of neural stem cells. Toxicol Sci. 2016. 153:55-69. doi: 10.1093/toxsci/kfw102 PubMed PMID: 27255386.
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3nc0b7xw
Bahl V, Weng N, Schick S, Sleiman M, Whitehead J, Ibarra A, Talbot P. Cytotoxicity of thirdhand smoke and identification of acrolein as a volatile thirdhand smoke chemical that inhibits cell proliferation. Toxicol Sci. 2016. 150: 234-246. doi: 10.1093/toxsci/kfv327 PubMed PMID: 26719373.
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4k69r4fr
Bahl V, Shim H J, Jacob P, Dias K, Schick S, Talbot P. Thirdhand smoke: Chemical dynamics, cytotoxicity, and genotoxicity in outdoor and indoor environments. Toxicol In Vitro. 2015. 32:220-231. doi:10.1016/j.tiv.2015.12.007. PubMed PMID: 26689327.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5526588/
Bahl V, Jacob P, Havel C, Schick S, Talbot P. Thirdhand cigarette smoke: Factors affecting exposure and remediation. PloS One. 2014. 9(10): e108258. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108258. PubMed PMID: 25286392.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4186756/
Matt GE, Quintana PJ, Destaillats H, Gundel LA, Sleiman M, Singer BC, Jacob P, Benowitz N, Winickoff JP, Rehan V, Talbot P, Schick S, Samet J, Wang Y, Hang B, Martins-Green M, Pankow JF, Hovell MF. Thirdhand tobacco smoke: emerging evidence and arguments for a multidisciplinary research agenda. Environ Health Perspect. 2011.119(9):1218-26. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1103500. PubMed PMID: 21628107.
Charles J. Weschler, PhD
Rutgers University
Technical University of Denmark
848.445.2073
weschlch@rwjms.rutgers.edu
Charles J. Weschler earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Chicago (1974) and did Postdoctoral research at Northwestern University before joining Bell Laboratories in 1975. In 2001 he accepted positions at the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute (EOHSI), Rutgers University and the International Centre for Indoor Environment and Energy, Technical University of Denmark. For the past ten years he has also been a Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University. His research interests include chemicals in indoor air, their sources and their transformations; human exposure to these pollutants; and redistribution of semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs) in indoors settings. He has served as a member of four National Academy of Sciences’ committees and, from 1999-2005, was a member of the US EPA’s Science Advisory Board. He was elected to the International Academy of Indoor Air Sciences in 1999 and received the Pettenkofer Award, its highest honor, in 2014. He has also received the 2017 Haagen-Smit Prize from Atmospheric Environment; been named “Distinguished Visiting Professor” at Tsinghua University (2018); awarded “Doctor Technices Honoris Causa” from the Technical University of Denmark (2018); and was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2020). He has an h-index of 66 (Web of Science) and over 14,000 citations.
Selected Publications Relevant to Thirdhand Smoke
Nazaroff, W.W. and Weschler, C.J. Indoor acids and bases. Indoor Air, 30, 559-644, 2020.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ina.12670
Li, M., Weschler, C.J., Beko, G., Wargocki, P., Lucic, G. and Williams, J. Human ammonia emission rates under various indoor environmental conditions, Environmental Science & Technology, 54, 5419-5428, 2020.
Jonathan P. Winickoff, MD, MPH
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
617.724.1062
jwinickoff@mgh.harvard.edu
Dr. Winickoff is a practicing pediatrician at Massachusetts General Hospital and Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Winickoff’s research focuses on strategies to address tobacco use and exposure in families and has led to the creation of the Clinical Effort Against Secondhand Smoke Exposure (CEASE) program which has incorporated the thirdhand smoke concept into clinical pediatrics.
Dr. Winickoff’s team coined the term “thirdhand smoke” in 2005 and his promotion of the concept of residual tobacco smoke contamination as “thirdhand smoke” was recognized as the health idea of the year by the New York Times in 2009. As a national expert, Dr. Winickoff has collaborated with the Thirdhand Smoke Consortium in developing actionable strategies for health care practitioners to address thirdhand smoke and integrating the thridhand smoke concept into tobacco control activities. He is a frequent national and international speaker on the topic of thirdhand smoke and children.
Selected Publications Relevant to Thirdhand Smoke
Nabi-Burza E, Winickoff JP, Drehmer J, Gorzkowski J, Klein J, Levy D, Ossip D, Regan S, Rigotti N, Hipple Walters B. Innovations in parental smoking cessation assistance delivered in the child healthcare setting. Translational Behavioral Medicine. Forthcoming.
Nabi-Burza E, Drehmer JE, Hipple Walters B, Rigotti NA, Ossip DJ, Levy DE, Klein JD, Regan S, Gorzkowski JA, Winickoff JP. (2019) Treating parents for tobacco use in the pediatric setting: The CEASE cluster randomized control trial. JAMA Pediatrics. Forthcoming.
Nabi-Burza E, Regan S, Walters BH, Drehmer JE, Rigotti NA, Ossip DJ, Gorzkowski JA, Levy DE, Winickoff JP. (2019) Parental dual use of e-cigarettes and traditional cigarettes. Academic Pediatrics. [Advance online publication April 10, 2019]. doi:10.1016/j.acap.2019.04.001 PMID: 30981026
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30981026
Drehmer JE, Nabi-Burza E, Walters BH, Ossip DJ, Levy DE, Rigotti NA, Klein JD, Winickoff JP. (2019) Parental smoking and e-cigarette use in homes and cars. Pediatrics. 143(4):e20183249. doi: 10.1542/peds.2018-3249. PMID: 30858346
https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/143/4/e20183249
Drehmer JE, Hipple Walters B, Nabi-Burza E, Winickoff JP. (2017) Guidance for the clinical management of thirdhand smoke exposure in the child health care setting. Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management, 24(12):551-559. PMID: 29217965
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5716630/
Drehmer JE, Ossip DJ, Nabi-Burza E, Rigotti NA, Hipple B, Woo H, Chang Y, Winickoff JP. (2014) Thirdhand smoke beliefs of parents. Pediatrics, 133(4):e850-6. doi: 10.1542/peds.2013-3392. PMID: 24590745
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24590745
Drehmer JE, Ossip DJ, Rigotti NA, Nabi-Burza E, Woo H, Wasserman RC, Chang Y & Winickoff JP. (2012) Pediatrician interventions and thirdhand smoke beliefs of parents. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 43(5):533-36. doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2012.07.020. PMID: 23079177
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3486922/
Matt GE, Quintana PJE, Destaillats H, Gundel LA, Sleiman M, Singer BC, Jacob P, Benowitz N, Winickoff JP, Rehan V, Talbot P, Schick S, Samet J, Wang Y, Hang B, Martins-Green M, Pankow JF, Hovell MF. (2011) Thirdhand tobacco smoke: Emerging evidence and arguments for a multidisciplinary research agenda. Environ Health Perspectives. 119(9):1218-26. doi:10.1289/ehp.1103500 PMID: 21628107
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3230406/
Winickoff JP, Friebely J, Tanski SE, Sherrod C, Matt GE, Hovell MF, McMillen RC. (2009) Beliefs about the health effects of “thirdhand” smoke and home smoking bans. Pediatrics.123:e74-e79. PMID 19117850
Heather L. Wipfli, PhD
University of Southern California
323.865.0411
hwipfli@usc.edu
Dr. Wipfli is an Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine in the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California with a joint appointment in the USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. Dr. Wipfli’s research focuses on national and global policy approaches to control tobacco use and reduce human exposure to secondhand and thirdhand tobacco smoke.
Dr. Wipfli is a Co-Investigator of the Thirdhand Smoke Dissemination, Outreach, and Resource Center (Third Hand Smoke Resource Center) that connects Third Hand Smoke researchers with California’s diverse communities. She serves as a connector to diverse communities in the Los Angeles area and helps engage community groups, health professionals, and business owners in thirdhand smoke policy development and implementation.
When Dr. Wipfli is not busy with her research and teaching, you can find her taxiing her three children to their various extra-curricular activities or helping run her family’s nonprofit aimed at improving opportunities for youth in rural Uganda.
For a full listing of all of Heather Wipfli’s publications, please see:
Selected Publications Relevant to Thirdhand Smoke
Russo A, Solis A, Villanti A, Wipfli H, Kern T, Lawley R, Chansky M, Benjamin E. Mentoring for Success in Tobacco Regulatory Science: A Qualitative Study. Tob Regul Sci. 2017:3:3:280-92. doi: 10.18001/TRS.3.3.4. PMID: 28758143
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28758143
Wipfli H, Berman M, Hanson K, Kelder S, Solis A, Ribeiro C, Meissner H, Anderson R. Defining tobacco regulatory science competencies. Nicotine Tobacco Res. 2016. Published online July 14, 2016. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntw178. PMID:27613917.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27613917
Wipfli H. The Global War on Tobacco: Mapping the World’s First Public Health Treaty, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015.
Samet JM, Chanson D, Wipfli H. The challenges of limiting exposure to THS in vulnerable populations. Curr Envir Health Rpt. 2015:3:215-25. doi: 10.1007/s40572-015-0060-1. PMID: 26231499.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26231499
Wipfli H, Tang E, Navas-Ancien A, Kim S, Onicescu G, Jie Y, Breysse P, Samet J. Secondhand smoke exposure of women and children: Evidence from 31 countries. Am J Public Health. 2008:98:4:672-9. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.126631. PMID: 18309121.
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