Publications

Select Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Felicione, N.J., Karaoghlanian, N., Shihadeh, A., Eissenberg, T., & Blank, M.D. (2020). Comparison of measurement methods for electronic cigarette puff topography. Tobacco Regulatory Science, 6(5), 318-330.

Felicione, N.J., Ozga-Hess, J.E., Ferguson, S.G., Dino, G., Kuhn, S., Haliwa, I., & Blank, M.D. (2020). Cigarette smokers’ concurrent use of smokeless tobacco: behavior patterns and nicotine exposure. Tobacco Control. [Online ahead of print]. PMID: 32051253

Blank, M.D., Pearson, J., Cobb, C.O., Felicione, N.J., Hiler, M., Spindle, T.R., & Breland, A.B. (2019). What individual-level factors predict electronic cigarette nicotine delivery? Tobacco Control. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 31685583 

Ozga-Hess, J.E., Felicione, N.J., Ferguson, S., Dino, G., Elswick, D., Whitworth, C., Turiano, N., & Blank, M.D. (2019). Piloting a clinical laboratory method to evaluate the influence of potential modified risk tobacco products on smokers’ quit-related motivation, choice, and behavior. Addictive Behaviors, 99, 106105. PMID: 31470240.

Felicione, N.J., Enlow, P., Elswick, D., Long, D.M., Sullivan, C.S., & Blank, M.D. (2019). A pilot investigation of the effect of electronic cigarettes on smoking behavior among opioid-dependent smokers. Addictive Behaviors, 91, 45-50. PMID: 30006020.

Blank, M.D., Breland, A., Cobb, C.O., Spindle, T., Ramôa, C., & Eissenberg, T. (2016). Clinical laboratory evaluation of electronic cigarettes: methodological challenges. Tobacco Regulatory Science, 2(4), 426-439. PMID: 28819633

Blank, M.D ., Cobb, C.O., Eissenberg, T., & Nasim, A. (2016). Acute effects of “hyping” a Black&Mild cigarillo. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 18 (4), 460-469. PIMD: 25782456

Blank, M.D., & Eissenberg, T. (2015).  Commentary on Brose et al. (2015). Protecting individual and public health by regulating electronic cigarette nicotine delivery. Addiction, 110(7), 1169-1170. PIMD: 26094498

Cobb, C.O., Blank, M.D ., Morlett, A., Shihadeh, A., Jaroudi, E., Karaoghlanian, N., Kilgalen, B., Austin, J., Weaver, M.F., & Eissenberg, T. (2015). Comparison of puff topography, toxicant exposure, and subjective effects in low- and high-frequency waterpipe users: a double-blind, placebo-control study. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 17 (6), 667-674. PMID: 2525798

Nasim, A., Blank, M.D ., Cobb, C.O., Berry, B.M., Kennedy, M.G., & Eissenberg, T. (2014). How to freak a Black & Mild: a multi-study analysis of YouTube videos illustrating cigar product modification. Health Education Research, 29 (1), 41-57. PMID: 24162926

Oliver, J.A., Blank, M.D ., Van Rensburg, K.J., MacQueen, D.A., Brandon, T.H., & Drobes, D.J. (2013). Nicotine interactions with low-dose alcohol: pharmacological influences on smoking and drinking motivations. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 122 (4), 1154-1165. PMID: 24364618

Nasim, A., Blank, M.D., Berry, B., & Eissenberg, T. (2012). Cigar use misreporting among youth: data from the 2009 Youth Tobacco Survey, Virginia. Preventing Chronic Disease, 9, E42. PMID: 22261252

MacQueen, D., Heckman, B., Blank, M.D. , Janse Van Rensburg, K., Evans, D., & Drobes, D. (2012). Transient compensatory smoking in response to placebo cigarettes. Psychopharmacology, 223 (1), 47-54. PMID: 22427021

Nasim, A. Blank, M.D. , Cobb, C.O. & Eissenberg, T. (2012). Patterns of alternative tobacco use among adolescent cigarette smokers.  Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 124 , 26-33. PMID: 2220930

Shihadeh, A., Salman, R., Jaroudi, E., Saliba, N., Sepetdjian, E., Blank, M.D. , Cobb, C.O. & Eissenberg, T. (2012). Does switching to a tobacco-free waterpipe product reduce toxicant intake? A crossover study comparing CO, NO, PAH, volatile aldehydes, “tar”, and nicotine levels. Food and Chemical Toxicology, 50 (5), 1494-1498. PMID: 22406330

Blank, M.D. & Eissenberg, T.  (2010). Evaluating oral, non-combustible potential reduced exposure products for smokers.  Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 12 (4), 336-343. PMID: 20159791

Blank, M.D., Disharoon, S., & Eissenberg, T.  (2009). Comparison of methods for measurement of smoking behavior: mouthpiece-based computerized devices versus direct observation.  Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 11 (7), 896-903. PMID: 19525207

Blank, M.D. , Sams, C.L., Weaver, M.F., & Eissenberg, T.  (2008). Nicotine delivery, cardiovascular profile, and subjective effects of an oral tobacco product for smokers.  Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 10 (3), 417-421. PMID: 18324559

Evans, S.E., Blank, M.D. , Sams, C., Weaver, M.F., & Eissenberg, T.  (2006). Transdermal nicotine-induced tobacco abstinence symptom suppression: nicotine dose and smokers’ gender.  Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 14 (2), 121-135. PMID: 1675641

Kleykamp, B.A., Jennings, J.M., Blank, M.D ., & Eissenberg, T.  (2005). The effects of nicotine on attention and working memory in never-smokers.  Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 19 (4), 433-438. PMID: 16366815

Contributing Author

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. E-cigarette use among youth and young adults: a report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2016.

Heckman, B. W., Blank, M. D. , Peters, E. N., Patrick, M. E., Bloom, E. L., Mathew, A. R., Schweizer, C. A., Rass, O., Lidgard, A. L., Cook, J. W., & Hughes, J. R. (2013). Developing tomorrow’s tobacco scientists, today. Nicotine & Tobacco Research , 15(3), NP.