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Page D. Dobbs
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Federal Grant PI
Associate Professor
Also affiliated: East Tennessee State University (2019); State University of New York (2016); University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2022); Medical College of Wisconsin (2019); College of Charleston (2021); University of Mississippi Medical Center (2022); University at Albany, State University of New York (2023–2025); ORCID (2024); University of Oklahoma (2019–2025); SUNY Cortland (2016)
14 h-index
97 pubs
678 cited
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OverviewAI-generated summary
Page D. Dobbs studies the initiation and cessation of tobacco and electronic nicotine delivery system use, particularly among adolescents and young adults. Dobbs is the PI on a $161,685 NIH grant focused on identifying loopholes, enforcement challenges, and tobacco industry interference with tobacco control policies. This work contributes to understanding the complexities of tobacco policy implementation and public health.
Dobbs' research has explored various aspects of vaping and smoking behaviors. Publications include analyses of electronic cigarette initiation among minority youth, a mixed-methods examination of addiction and dependence in young adult JUUL users, and perceptions of harm from cigarette and e-cigarette use during pregnancy. Additionally, Dobbs has investigated tobacco 21 policies, assessing their development and state-level application, and the importance of local control within federal policy frameworks.
Beyond tobacco research, Dobbs has also contributed to systematic reviews on family-centered interventions for childhood obesity in Hispanic families and mHealth strategies for cervical cancer screening. Scholarship metrics include an h-index of 14, 97 total publications, and 678 total citations. Dobbs leads a research group and collaborates with researchers from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.
Metrics
- h-index: 14
- Publications: 97
- Citations: 678
Positions
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Associate Professor 2026–presentUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Health Behavior and Health Education ORCID
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Associate Professor 2020–2025University of Arkansas Health, Human Performance and Recreation ORCID
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Assistant Professor 2018–2020University of Oklahoma Department of Health and Exercise Science ORCID
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Assistant Professor 2016–2018SUNY Cortland Health ORCID
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Graduate Teaching Assistant 2012–2016University of Arkansas Fayetteville Health, Human Performance, and Recreation ORCID
Selected Publications
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Nicotine Pouch Awareness, Susceptibility, and Use Among California College Students (2026)
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Alcohol Awareness, Prevention, and Education in Greek Life (2026)Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science OpenAlex
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The role of third-party e-commerce technology in illegal online e-cigarette sales (2026)
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#MiniCupVape E-Cigarettes Promoted on Instagram: A Youth Participatory Action Research Approach (2026)
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Cooling the Conversation: Discourse About Menthol and Flavored Tobacco Restrictions on TikTok (2026)
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The Social Determinants of Health in Place (2025)
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A Brief Black Masculinity Scale and Associations With Stress Coping (2025)
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Music festivals, exclusive concerts and reward programmes: nicotine pouch promotion on social media (2025)
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The Adaptation and Validation of an Instrument Measuring Bystander Intention to Address Gym-Based Sexual Harassment: An Application of the Reasoned Action Approach (2025)
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State of Menstrual Health Education in 2024: Content Analysis of <scp>US</scp> K‐12 Public School Education Standards (2025)
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E-cigarette flavor and device preferences among US pregnant women who smoke: A latent class analysis (2025)
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The experiences of young adults attempting to quit e-cigarettes: A mixed-methods analysis (2025)
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The Prevention of Nicotine use in the State of Arkansas that has Geographic Tobacco use Disparities: the Perceived Prevention Needs and Realities of School Professionals (2025)
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Online Interest in Elf Bar in the United States: Google Health Trends Analysis (2024)
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Do-It-Yourself Flavored Capsule Cigarettes: Exploiting Potential Regulatory Loopholes? (2024)
Federal Grants 1 $161,685 total
NIH
Contact PI
Sep 2022 - Aug 2027
Loopholes, Enforcement Challenges, and Tobacco Industry Interference with Tobacco Control Policies
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
Marshall K. Cheney
University of Oklahoma (US)
8 shared publications
- Addiction vs. dependence: A mixed methods analysis of young adult JUUL users
- Tobacco 21 Policies in the U.S.: The Importance of Local Control With Federal Policy
- Gestational Women’s Perceptions About the Harms of Cigarette and E-Cigarette Use During Pregnancy
- College Students’ Reasons for Using JUULs
- Young adults’ intention to quit using JUUL
Showing 5 of 8 shared publications
Brian A. Primack
Oregon State University (US)
8 shared publications
- Classification of Twitter Vaping Discourse Using BERTweet: Comparative Deep Learning Study
- Miscommunication about the US federal Tobacco 21 law: a content analysis of Twitter discussions
- Policy and Behavior: Comparisons between Twitter Discussions about the US Tobacco 21 Law and Other Age-Related Behaviors
- Twitter Sentiment About the US Federal Tobacco 21 Law: Mixed Methods Analysis
- Exploring Factors That Predict Marketing of e-Cigarette Products on Twitter: Infodemiology Approach Using Time Series
Showing 5 of 8 shared publications
Khoa Luu
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
8 shared publications
In database
- SPARTAN: Self-supervised Spatiotemporal Transformers Approach to Group Activity Recognition
- React: recognize every action everywhere all at once
- HAtt-Flow: Hierarchical Attention-Flow Mechanism for Group-Activity Scene Graph Generation in Videos
- REACT: Recognize Every Action Everywhere All At Once
- FLAASH: Flow-Attention Adaptive Semantic Hierarchical Fusion for Multi-Modal Tobacco Content Analysis
Showing 5 of 8 shared publications
Sarah B. Maness
East Carolina University (US)
7 shared publications
- Interventions using mHealth strategies to improve screening rates of cervical cancer: A scoping review
- Gestational Women’s Perceptions About the Harms of Cigarette and E-Cigarette Use During Pregnancy
- Human papillomavirus (HPV) knowledge, beliefs, and vaccine uptake among United States and international college students
- Pregnancy-Specific Stress and Racial Discrimination Among U.S. Women
- Interventions Using mHealth Strategies to Improve Screening Rates of Cervical Cancer: A Scoping Review
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
Eric D. Schisler
Salem State University
7 shared publications
In database
- #Discreetshipping: Selling E-cigarettes on TikTok
- Miscommunication about the US federal Tobacco 21 law: a content analysis of Twitter discussions
- Cigarette and E-Cigarette Harm Perceptions During Pregnancy
- The experiences of young adults attempting to quit e-cigarettes: A mixed-methods analysis
- A reasoned action approach to pregnant smokers’ intention to switch to e-cigarettes: Does educational attainment influence theory application?
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
Naga Venkata Sai Raviteja Chappa
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
7 shared publications
In database
- SPARTAN: Self-supervised Spatiotemporal Transformers Approach to Group Activity Recognition
- React: recognize every action everywhere all at once
- HAtt-Flow: Hierarchical Attention-Flow Mechanism for Group-Activity Scene Graph Generation in Videos
- FLAASH: Flow-Attention Adaptive Semantic Hierarchical Fusion for Multi-Modal Tobacco Content Analysis
- Public Health Advocacy Dataset: A Dataset of Tobacco Usage Videos from Social Media
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
Jason B. Colditz
University of Pittsburgh (US)
6 shared publications
- Classification of Twitter Vaping Discourse Using BERTweet: Comparative Deep Learning Study
- Miscommunication about the US federal Tobacco 21 law: a content analysis of Twitter discussions
- Policy and Behavior: Comparisons between Twitter Discussions about the US Tobacco 21 Law and Other Age-Related Behaviors
- Twitter Sentiment About the US Federal Tobacco 21 Law: Mixed Methods Analysis
- Classification of Twitter Vaping Discourse Using BERTweet: Comparative Deep Learning Study (Preprint)
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
Chris M. Dunlap
University of Oklahoma (US)
5 shared publications
- Addiction vs. dependence: A mixed methods analysis of young adult JUUL users
- Tobacco 21 Policies in the U.S.: The Importance of Local Control With Federal Policy
- College Students’ Reasons for Using JUULs
- Young adults’ intention to quit using JUUL
- Potential risk factors for cigarette use among a sample of college JUUL users
Yu Lu
University of Oklahoma (US)
5 shared publications
- Gestational Women’s Perceptions About the Harms of Cigarette and E-Cigarette Use During Pregnancy
- Young adults’ intention to quit using JUUL
- Harm perceptions, JUUL dependence, and other tobacco product use among young adults who use JUUL
- College Students’ Use of Social Media and E-Cigarettes: How Correctly Identifying Platform Type Influences Findings
- E-cigarette flavor and device preferences among US pregnant women who smoke: A latent class analysis
Bart Hammig
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
4 shared publications
In database
- Electronic cigarette initiation among minority youth in the United States
- Using the PRAPARE Tool to Examine Those Tested and Testing Positive for COVID-19 at a Community Health Center
- College students’ underlying beliefs about using e-cigarettes: an application of the reasoned action approach
- The Adaptation and Validation of an Instrument Measuring Bystander Intention to Address Gym-Based Sexual Harassment: An Application of the Reasoned Action Approach
Paul Branscum
Miami University (US)
4 shared publications
- Intention to Use E-Cigarettes to Quit Smoking: A Reasoned Action Approach
- Pregnant Smokers’ Intention to Switch From Cigarettes to E-Cigarettes: A Reasoned Action Approach
- College students’ underlying beliefs about using e-cigarettes: an application of the reasoned action approach
- A reasoned action approach to pregnant smokers’ intention to switch to e-cigarettes: Does educational attainment influence theory application?
Abbie Luzius
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
4 shared publications
In database
- Using the PRAPARE Tool to Examine Those Tested and Testing Positive for COVID-19 at a Community Health Center
- Social Risk of Pregnant Women at a Community Health Center: An Application of the PRAPARE Assessment Tool
- College students’ underlying beliefs about using e-cigarettes: an application of the reasoned action approach
- A reasoned action approach to pregnant smokers’ intention to switch to e-cigarettes: Does educational attainment influence theory application?
Charlie Vidal
Puerto Rico Department of Health (PR)
4 shared publications
- Gestational Women’s Perceptions About the Harms of Cigarette and E-Cigarette Use During Pregnancy
- Factors that influence Puerto Rican's intention to get the COVID-19 vaccine
- COVID-19 Risk Perceptions and Health Behaviors in Puerto Rico
- Erratum to “Factors that influence Puerto Rican's intention to get the COVID- 19 vaccine” [Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy 5C (2022) 100106]
Huy Mai
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
4 shared publications
In database
- Classification of Twitter Vaping Discourse Using BERTweet: Comparative Deep Learning Study
- Exploring Factors That Predict Marketing of e-Cigarette Products on Twitter: Infodemiology Approach Using Time Series
- Classification of Twitter Vaping Discourse Using BERTweet: Comparative Deep Learning Study (Preprint)
- Exploring Factors That Predict Marketing of e-Cigarette Products on Twitter: Infodemiology Approach Using Time Series (Preprint)
Nnamdi Ezike
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
4 shared publications
In database
- Twitter Sentiment About the US Federal Tobacco 21 Law: Mixed Methods Analysis
- Exploring Factors That Predict Marketing of e-Cigarette Products on Twitter: Infodemiology Approach Using Time Series
- Exploring Factors That Predict Marketing of e-Cigarette Products on Twitter: Infodemiology Approach Using Time Series (Preprint)
- Twitter Sentiment About the US Federal Tobacco 21 Law: Mixed Methods Analysis (Preprint)
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