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Dr. Sung is Professor of Health Economics at the Institute for Health & Aging at UCSF. Her tobacco-related research areas focus on 1) estimating the healthcare costs of cigarette smoking, other tobacco use, and secondhand smoke exposure; 2) economic evaluation of tobacco taxation, other tobacco control policies, and smoking cessation intervention programs; 3) economic impact of smoking on vulnerable populations such as African Americans, Hispanics, low-income people, and persons with mental illness; and 4) global health economics of tobacco use. Dr. Sung has also conducted studies on cost of illness, health disparities, cancer screening, and economic burden of cancer.
Publications
Smoking-Attributable Health Care Expenditures for US Adults With Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease.
JAMA network open
Changes in e-cigarette use and subsequent cigarette smoking cessation in the USA: evidence from a prospective PATH study, 2013-2018.
Tobacco control
Association between tobacco product use and respiratory health and asthma-related interference with activities among U.S. Adolescents.
Preventive medicine reports
The association of current exclusive e-cigarette use and dual use of e-cigarettes and cigarettes with psychological distress among U.S. adults.
Preventive medicine reports
Cigarette gifting among non-smokers in China: Findings from the International Tobacco Control China Survey.
Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
Local Brand Smoking Among Adult Smokers: Findings from the Wave 5 International Tobacco Control China Survey - China, 2015.
China CDC weekly
Healthcare utilisation and expenditures attributable to current e-cigarette use among US adults.
Tobacco control
Receiving and giving electronic cigarettes as gifts in China: Findings from International Tobacco Control China Survey.
Preventive medicine reports
The Association of Cannabis Use and Cigarette Smoking with Psychological Distress Among Adults in California.
Substance use & misuse
The association of California's Proposition 56 tobacco tax increase with smoking behavior across racial and ethnic groups and by income.
Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
Smoking-Attributable Doctor Visits and Emergency Room Utilization and Costs by California's Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Community.
Journal of homosexuality
Differential price-responsiveness of smoking behaviors among non-Hispanic African Americans and non-Hispanic whites in the United States.
Addiction (Abingdon, England)
Healthcare Utilization of Menthol and Non-menthol Cigarette Smokers.
Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
The impact of e-cigarette and cigarette prices on e-cigarette and cigarette sales in California.
Preventive medicine reports
Effects of cigarette prices on intention to quit, quit attempts, and successful cessation among African American smokers.
Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
Smoking Behavior in Low- and High-Income Adults Immediately Following California Proposition 56 Tobacco Tax Increase.
American Journal of Public Health
Deaths from smoking and from HIV/AIDS among gay and bisexual men in California, 2005-2050.
Tobacco control
Healthcare Costs of Secondhand Smoke Exposure at Home for U.S. Children.
American journal of preventive medicine
Economic Impact of Financial Incentives and Mailing Nicotine Patches to Help Medicaid Smokers Quit Smoking: A Cost-Benefit Analysis.
American journal of preventive medicine
Healthcare Utilization and Expenditures Attributable to Smokeless Tobacco Use among US Adults.
Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
Polytobacco Use and Nicotine Dependence Symptoms Among US Adults, 2012-2014.
Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
Infrequent and Frequent Nondaily Smokers and Daily Smokers: Their Characteristics and Other Tobacco Use Patterns.
Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
Health Care Utilization and Expenditures Attributable to Cigar Smoking Among US Adults, 2000-2015.
Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)
Quantifying population-level health benefits and harms of e-cigarette use in the United States.
PloS one
Healthcare costs attributable to secondhand smoke exposure at home for U.S. adults.
Preventive medicine
The Association of Menthol Cigarette Use With Quit Attempts, Successful Cessation, and Intention to Quit Across Racial/Ethnic Groups in the United States.
Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
Factors associated with short-term transitions of non-daily smokers: socio-demographic characteristics and other tobacco product use.
Addiction (Abingdon, England)
Re: Modeling the Effects of E-cigarettes on Smoking Behavior: Implications for Future Adult Smoking Prevalence.
Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.)
Effects of Smoking Cessation Media and Community Campaigns in Taiwan.
American journal of health promotion : AJHP
Problematic Assessment of the Impact of Vaporized Nicotine Product Initiation in the United States.
Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
Max et al. Respond.
American journal of public health
Smoking cessation and receipt of cessation advice from health professionals among older smokers in Taiwan.
Preventive medicine
Sexual Identity Disparities in Smoking and Secondhand Smoke Exposure in California: 2003-2013.
American journal of public health
Sociodemographic Differences Among U.S. Children and Adults Exposed to Secondhand Smoke at Home: National Health Interview Surveys 2000 and 2010.
Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)
The Cost of Smoking in California.
Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
Polytobacco Use of Cigarettes, Cigars, Chewing Tobacco, and Snuff Among US Adults.
Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
Home exposure to secondhand smoke among people living in multiunit housing and single family housing: a study of California adults, 2003-2012.
Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine
Secondhand smoke exposure and serum cotinine levels among current smokers in the USA.
Tobacco control
Childhood secondhand smoke exposure and ADHD-attributable costs to the health and education system.
The Journal of school health
Health care expenditures attributable to smoking in military veterans.
Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
Determinants of smoking-induced deprivation in China.
Tobacco control
The cost of secondhand smoke exposure at home in California.
Tobacco control
Impact of the 2009 Taiwan tobacco hazards prevention act on smoking cessation.
Addiction (Abingdon, England)
Who purchases cigarettes from cheaper sources in China? Findings from the ITC China Survey.
Tobacco control
The impact of smoke-free legislation on reducing exposure to secondhand smoke: differences across gender and socioeconomic groups.
Tobacco control
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder among children exposed to secondhand smoke: a logistic regression analysis of secondary data.
International journal of nursing studies
Deaths from secondhand smoke exposure in the United States: economic implications.
American journal of public health
Validity study of the K6 scale as a measure of moderate mental distress based on mental health treatment need and utilization.
International journal of methods in psychiatric research
Secondhand smoke exposure at home in rural China.
Cancer causes & control : CCC
The impact of changes in tobacco control funding on healthcare expenditures in California, 2012-2016.
Tobacco control
Exposure to secondhand smoke at home and at work in California.
Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)
Primary care providers advising smokers to quit: comparing effectiveness between those with and without alcohol, drug, or mental disorders.
Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
Cigarette smoking and serious psychological distress: a population-based study of California adults.
Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
Economic costs attributable to smoking in China: update and an 8-year comparison, 2000-2008.
Tobacco control
Counting 15 million more poor in India, thanks to tobacco.
Tobacco control
The cost of smoking for California's Hispanic community.
Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
Sensitivity to cigarette prices among individuals with alcohol, drug, or mental disorders.
American journal of public health
Evaluation of the economic impact of California's Tobacco Control Program: a dynamic model approach.
Tobacco control
The disproportionate cost of smoking for African Americans in California.
American journal of public health
Who is exposed to secondhand smoke? Self-reported and serum cotinine measured exposure in the U.S., 1999-2006.
International journal of environmental research and public health
Economic cost of tobacco use in India, 2004.
Tobacco control
The economic burden of breast cancer in California.
Breast cancer research and treatment
Economic burden of smoking in China, 2000.
Tobacco control
Cervical cancer after multiple negative cytologic tests in long-term members of a prepaid health plan.
Acta cytologica
A major state tobacco tax increase, the master settlement agreement, and cigarette consumption: the California experience.
American journal of public health
The economic burden of smoking in California.
Tobacco control
The effect of a major cigarette price change on smoking behavior in california: a zero-inflated negative binomial model.
Health economics
Changes in cervical cancer incidence after three decades of screening US women less than 30 years old.
Obstetrics and gynecology
The behaviour of purchasing smuggled cigarettes in Taiwan.
Tobacco control
The economic burden of gynecologic cancers in California, 1998.
Gynecologic oncology
Screening interval and risk of invasive squamous cell cervical cancer.
Obstetrics and gynecology
The burden of osteoporosis in California, 1998.
Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA
Advancing age and cervical cancer screening and prognosis.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Invasive cervical cancer in members of a prepaid health plan: the effect of menopausal status on disease characteristics.
Journal of lower genital tract disease
Missed opportunities for cervical cancer screening of HMO members developing invasive cervical cancer (ICC).
Gynecologic oncology
Do cigarette producers price-discriminate by state? An empirical analysis of local cigarette pricing and taxation.
Journal of health economics
Reducing cigarette consumption in California: tobacco taxes vs an anti-smoking media campaign.
American Journal of Public Health
The state antismoking campaign and the industry response: the effects of advertising on cigarette consumption in California.
The American economic review
The impact of California Proposition 99, a major anti-smoking law, on cigarette consumption.
Journal of public health policy