Jennifer Tidey

About

Jennifer Tidey is an Associate Dean for Research and a Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences at the Brown University School of Public Health. She is affiliated with the Center for Alcohol & Addiction Studies (CAAS) and holds a secondary appointment as a Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University. Her research focuses on identifying mechanisms underlying the high rates of tobacco dependence in vulnerable populations and developing effective interventions to reduce tobacco use and its health harms. Most of her current work is in tobacco regulatory science, aiming to provide the FDA with evidence-based information to inform regulatory decisions about tobacco products to improve public health. Dr. Tidey has published extensively in the area of addiction, with over 180 peer-reviewed research articles, and has secured significant funding as a principal investigator, co-investigator, or core lead on numerous NIH grants. She also mentors early-career investigators and serves on editorial boards for scientific journals.

Research topics

• Medicine
• Environmental health
• Internal medicine
• Psychiatry
• Toxicology
• Chemistry
• Biology
• Pathology
• Family medicine
• Demography

Selected publications

• Changes in Cigarette Consumption With Reduced Nicotine Content Cigarettes Among Smokers With Psychiatric Conditions or Socioeconomic Disadvantage

  JAMA Network Open · 2020 · 69 citations

  Importance: This study is part of a programmatic effort evaluating the effects of reducing nicotine content of cigarettes to minimally addictive levels. Objective: To examine whether very low-nicotine-content (VLNC) cigarettes decrease smoking rates and dependence severity among smokers with psychiatric disorders or socioeconomic disadvantage. Design, Setting, and Participants: These 3 randomized clinical trials were performed at the University of Vermont, Brown University, and Johns Hopkins Uni…

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• The impact of menthol flavoring in combusted tobacco on alternative product purchasing: A pilot study using the Experimental Tobacco Marketplace

  Drug and Alcohol Dependence · 2020 · 29 citations

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• Exclusive E-Cigarette Users Report Lower Levels of Respiratory Symptoms Relative to Dual E-Cigarette and Cigarette Users

  Nicotine & Tobacco Research · 2020 · 23 citations

  INTRODUCTION: Exclusive e-cigarette use has been shown to be associated with reduced levels of respiratory symptoms relative to smoking combustible cigarettes; this association has been less frequently studied in smokers using advanced-generation e-cigarette devices. Advanced-generation devices generate denser vapor than either early generation or pod-style devices, and engender longer inhalations; these vaping topography patterns may contribute to respiratory symptoms. METHODS: In a single-sess…

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• Reduced nicotine in cigarettes in a marketplace with alternative nicotine systems: randomized clinical trial

  The Lancet Regional Health - Americas · 2024-06-03 · 22 citations

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  Background: Reducing cigarette addictiveness has the potential to avert millions of yearly tobacco-related deaths worldwide. Substantially reducing nicotine in cigarettes decreases cigarette consumption, but no large clinical trial has determined the effects of reduced-nicotine cigarettes when other nicotine-containing products are available. The aim of this study was to examine the effects of reduced-nicotine cigarettes in the context of the availability of alternative nicotine delivery systems…

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• Association of Substance Use With Behavioral Adherence to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guidelines for COVID-19 Mitigation: Cross-sectional Web-Based Survey

  JMIR Public Health and Surveillance · 2021 · 19 citations

  BACKGROUND: Substance use is a risk factor for COVID-19 infection and adverse outcomes. However, reasons for elevated risk for COVID-19 in substance users are not well understood. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate whether alcohol or other drug use is associated with adherence to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines for COVID-19 mitigation. Preregistered analyses tested the hypothesis that greater use of alcohol and other drugs would be associated with lower…

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Recent grants

• Substance Abuse Intervention Outcome Research Training

  NIH · $5.7M · 2003–2028

• NIH Grant U01DA045514

  NIH · $1.1M · 2024

• NIH Grant R01DA014002

  NIH · $2.0M · 2011

Frequent coauthors

• Suzanne M. Colby

  Providence College

  191 shared

• Damaris J. Rohsenow

  Brown University

  163 shared

• Rachel N. Cassidy

  154 shared

• Robert M. Swift

  Providence VA Medical Center

  111 shared

• Peter M. Monti

  110 shared

• Eric C. Donny

  Wake Forest University

  84 shared

• Dorothy K. Hatsukami

  82 shared

• Diann E. Gaalema

  81 shared

Education

• PhD, Psychology

  Tufts University

  1995

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