Pebbles Fagan, PhD, MPH

Research Program: Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences Faculty Rank: Professor Campus: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College: College of Public Health Department: Health Behavior & Health Education

Cancer Research Interest

• Disease Site Focus: No Specific Disease Site
• Research Focus Area: Prevention, Health Disparities
• Type of Research: Population Sciences

Contact Information

• Email Address: PFAGAN@UAMS.EDU
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Active Grants

• NIH/National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities – 1P50MD017319
  “Center for Chronic Diseases & Health Disparities”
  Principal Investigator
  09/24/21 – 06/30/26
• NIH/Nat. Inst. on Drug Abuse – 1R01DA050996
  “Predicting Effects of ENDS Flavor Regulations on Tobacco Behavior, Toxicity, and Abuse Liability among African American Menthol Smokers”
  Principal Investigator
  07/01/21 – 06/30/24
• NIH/Nat. Inst. on Drug Abuse – 2U54DA036105
  “Center for the Study of Tobacco Products”
  Principal Investigator
  09/01/18 – 08/31/23

Publications

• Jackson A, Gibbons FX, Fleischli ME, [et al., including Fagan P]. Association of racial discrimination in health care settings and use of electronic cigarettes to quit smoking among Black adults. Journal of substance use and addiction treatment. 2023:208985. PMID: 36822270.
• Tan ASL, Hinds JT, Smith PH, [et al., including Fagan P]. Incorporating Intersectionality as a Framework for Equity-Minded Tobacco Control Research: A Call for Collective Action Toward a Paradigm Shift. Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. 2023 25(1):73-76. PMID: 35439321. PMCID: PMC9717371.
• Breland AB, Carroll D, Denlinger-Apte R, [et al., including Fagan P]. Centering racial justice for Black/African American and Indigenous American people in commercial tobacco product regulation. Preventive medicine. 2022 165(Pt B):107117. PMID: 35716811. PMCID: PMC9722549.
• Jones DM, Bullock S, Donald K, [et al., including Fagan P]. Factors associated with smokefree rules in the homes of Black/African American women smokers residing in low-resource rural communities. Preventive medicine. 2022 165(Pt B):107340. PMID: 36370892. PMCID: PMC9727706.
• Soule EK, Mayne S, Snipes W, [et al., including Fagan P]. Electronic cigarette users' reactions and responses to a hypothetical ban of flavoured electronic cigarette liquids. Tobacco control. 2022 31(Suppl 3):s197-s205. PMID: 36328459. PMCID: PMC9661374.
• Jackson A, Fleischli ME, Haeny A, [et al., including Fagan P]. Association of non-cigarette tobacco advertisements and racial discrimination with non-cigarette tobacco product use among Black adults. Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. 2022. PMID: 36169563.
• Faseru B, Fagan P, Okuyemi KS. Additional Benefits of Maintaining a Healthy Lifestyle After Quitting Smoking. JAMA network open. 2022 5(9):e2232784. PMID: 36136337.
• Jones DM, Kulik MC, Baezconde-Garbanati L, [et al., including Fagan P]. Menthol Smoking and Nicotine Dependence among Black/African American Women Smokers Living in Low-Resource, Rural Communities. International journal of environmental research and public health. 2021 18(20). PMID: 34682623. PMCID: PMC8535496.
• Selva Kumar D, Peterson M, Zhang C, [et al., including Fagan P]. The impact of menthol cigarette use on quit attempts and abstinence among smokers with opioid use disorder. Addictive behaviors. 2021 118:106880. PMID: 33706070. PMCID: PMC8059772.
• Jones D, Guy MC, Soule E, [et al., including Fagan P]. Characterization of Electronic Cigarette Warning Statements Portrayed in YouTube Videos. Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. 2021. PMID: 33400781.
• Bircan E, Bezirhan U, Porter A, [et al., including Fagan P]. Erratum: Electronic cigarette use and its association with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma-COPD overlap syndrome among never cigarette smokers. Tobacco induced diseases. 2021 19:74. PMID: 34727146. PMCID: PMC8530193.
• Bircan E, Bezirhan U, Porter A, [et al., including Fagan P]. Electronic cigarette use and its association with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma-COPD overlap syndrome among never cigarette smokers. Tobacco induced diseases. 2021 19:75. PMID: 34720794. PMCID: PMC8530195.
• Bircan E, Bezirhan U, Porter A, [et al., including Fagan P]. Electronic cigarette use and its association with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma-COPD overlap syndrome among never cigarette smokers. Tobacco induced diseases. 2021 19:23. PMID: 33841062. PMCID: PMC8025916.
• Pokhrel P, Herzog TA, Kawamoto CT, Fagan P. Heat-not-burn Tobacco Products and the Increased Risk for Poly-tobacco Use. American journal of health behavior. 2021 45(1):195-204. PMID: 33402249.
• Soule EK, Bode KM, Desrosiers AC, [et al., including Fagan P]. User-Perceived Negative Respiratory Symptoms Associated with Electronic Cigarette Use. Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. 2020 22(Supplement_1):S45-S53. PMID: 33320252. PMCID: PMC7737476.
• Sakuma KK, Pierce JP, Fagan P, [et al.]. WORKING Racial/Ethnic Disparities Across Indicators of Cigarette Smoking in the Era of Increased Tobacco Control, 1992- 2019. Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. 2020. PMID: 33196799.
• Guy MC, Afifi RA, Eissenberg T, Fagan P. Greater Representation of African-American/Black Scientists in the National Institutes of Health Review Process Will Improve Adolescent Health. The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine. 2020 67(5):631-632. PMID: 33099412. PMCID: PMC7594108.
• Nguyen-Grozavu FT, Pierce JP, Sakuma KK, [et al., including Fagan P]. Widening disparities in cigarette smoking by race/ethnicity across education level in the United States. Preventive medicine. 2020 139:106220. PMID: 32693179. PMCID: PMC7494609.
• Pokhrel P, Fagan P, Kawamoto CT, [et al.]. Predictors of marijuana vaping onset and escalation among young adults. Drug and alcohol dependence. 2020 216:108320. PMID: 33039921.
• Soule EK, Mayne S, Snipes W, [et al., including Fagan P]. Impacts of COVID-19 on Electronic Cigarette Purchasing, Use and Related Behaviors. International journal of environmental research and public health. 2020 17(18). PMID: 32948084.
• Fagan P, Eissenberg T, Jones DM, [et al.]. The First 10 Years: Reflecting on Opportunities and Challenges of the Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee of the United States Food and Drug Administration. The Journal of legal medicine. 2020 40(3-4):293-320. PMID: 33797324.
• Sakuma KK, Dolcini MM, Seifert J, [et al., including Fagan P]. Hookah and Electronic Inhalant Device Use and Perceptions Among African American Youth and Young Adults: Are We Asking the Right Questions?. Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education. 2020 47(3):391-401. PMID: 31595788.
• Yeary KHK, Ounpraseuth S, Wan F, [et al., including Fagan P]. Assessing the Feasibility of an Online Training Designed to Enable Community Health Workers to Deliver a Comprehensive, Evidence-Based Weight Loss Intervention for Rural African Americans of Faith. Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education. 2020. PMID: 32441002.
• Soule EK, Egan KL, Bode KM, [et al., including Fagan P]. "I cannot live without my vape": Electronic cigarette user-identified indicators of vaping dependence. Drug and alcohol dependence. 2020 209:107886. PMID: 32061946. PMCID: PMC7330178.
• Cassel KD, Hughes C, Higuchi P, [et al., including Fagan P]. No Ke Ola Pono o N? K?ne: A Culturally Grounded Approach to Promote Health Improvement in Native Hawaiian Men. American journal of men's health. 2020 14(1):1557988319893886. PMID: 32008466. PMCID: PMC6997960.
• Jin J, Robeson H, Fagan P, Orloff MS. Association of PARP1-specific polymorphisms and haplotypes with non-small cell lung cancer subtypes. PloS one. 2020 15(12):e0243509. PMID: 33284833. PMCID: PMC7721167.
• Guy MC, Helt J, Palafox S, [et al., including Fagan P]. Orthodox and Unorthodox Uses of Electronic Cigarettes: A Surveillance of YouTube Video Content. Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. 2019 21(10):1378-1384. PMID: 29961828. PMCID: PMC6751517.
• Fagan P, Guy M, Alexander L, Oliver V. The Casualties Left Behind in Tobacco's Cinders of Combustion. Current addiction reports. 2019 6(3):183-190. PMID: 33312838. PMCID: PMC7731047.
• Maloney SF, Soule EK, Palafox S, [et al., including Fagan P]. A longitudinal analysis of electronic cigarette forum participation. Addictive behaviors. 2019 91:75-81. PMID: 30126681.
• Soule EK, Sakuma KK, Palafox S, [et al., including Fagan P]. Content analysis of internet marketing strategies used to promote flavored electronic cigarettes. Addictive behaviors. 2019 91:128-135. PMID: 30606627.
• Breland A, Balster RL, Cobb C, [et al., including Fagan P]. Answering questions about electronic cigarettes using a multidisciplinary model. The American psychologist. 2019 74(3):368-379. PMID: 30945898. PMCID: PMC6450402.
• Pokhrel P, Herzog TA, Fagan P, [et al.]. E-cigarette Advertising Exposure, Explicit and Implicit Harm Perceptions, and E-cigarette Use Susceptibility Among Nonsmoking Young Adults. Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. 2019 21(1):127-131. PMID: 29444275. PMCID: PMC6610163.
• Davis DR, Hickman NJ, Choi K, [et al., including Fagan P]. Impact of the SRNT Health Disparities Network's Scholarship on Professional Development of Its Recipients. Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. 2018. PMID: 30476316.
• Felicitas-Perkins JQ, Sakuma KK, Blanco L, [et al., including Fagan P]. Smoking Among Hispanic/Latino Nationality Groups and Whites, Comparisons Between California and the United States. Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. 2018 20(9):1085-1094. PMID: 29059350. PMCID: PMC6093426.
• Fagan P, Pokhrel P, Herzog TA, [et al.]. Sugar and Aldehyde Content in Flavored Electronic Cigarette Liquids. Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. 2018 20(8):985-992. PMID: 29182761. PMCID: PMC6037055.
• Fagan P, Pokhrel P, Herzog TA, [et al.]. Warning Statements and Safety Practices Among Manufacturers and Distributors of Electronic Cigarette Liquids in the United States. Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. 2018 20(8):970-976. PMID: 28520985. PMCID: PMC6037121.
• Soule EK, Maloney SF, Guy MC, [et al., including Fagan P]. User-identified electronic cigarette behavioral strategies and device characteristics for cigarette smoking reduction. Addictive behaviors. 2018 79:93-101. PMID: 29272713.
• Pokhrel P, Fagan P, Herzog TA, [et al.]. Social media e-cigarette exposure and e-cigarette expectancies and use among young adults. Addictive behaviors. 2018 78:51-58. PMID: 29127784. PMCID: PMC5783750.
• Apopa PL, Alley L, Penney RB, [et al., including Fagan P]. PARP1 Is Up-Regulated in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Tissues in the Presence of the Cyanobacterial Toxin Microcystin. Frontiers in microbiology. 2018 9:1757. PMID: 30127774. PMCID: PMC6087756.
• Pokhrel P, Fagan P, Herzog TA, [et al.]. Comparison of Measures of E-cigarette Advertising Exposure and Receptivity. Tobacco regulatory science. 2017 3(4):424-434. PMID: 29516028. PMCID: PMC5836798.
• Buchting FO, Emory KT, Scout, [et al., including Kim Y]. Transgender Use of Cigarettes, Cigars, and E-Cigarettes in a National Study. American journal of preventive medicine. 2017 53(1):e1-e7. PMID: 28094133. PMCID: PMC5478444.
• Trinidad DR, Blanco L, Emery SL, [et al., including Fagan P]. Associations Between Cigarette Print Advertising and Smoking Initiation Among African Americans. Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities. 2017 4(3):515-522. PMID: 27337978.
• Soule EK, Maloney SF, Guy MC, [et al., including Fagan P]. User identified positive outcome expectancies of electronic cigarette use: A concept mapping study. Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors. 2017 31(3):343-353. PMID: 28277706. PMCID: PMC5422116.
• Sterling KL, Fryer CS, Pagano I, Fagan P. Little Cigars and Cigarillos Use Among Young Adult Cigarette Smokers in the United States: Understanding Risk of Concomitant Use Subtypes. Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. 2016 18(12):2234-2242. PMID: 27613889. PMCID: PMC5103937.
• Sterling K, Fryer C, Pagano I, [et al., including Fagan P]. Association between menthol-flavoured cigarette smoking and flavoured little cigar and cigarillo use among African-American, Hispanic, and white young and middle-aged adult smokers. Tobacco control. 2016 25(Suppl 2):ii21-ii31. PMID: 27856997. PMCID: PMC6859939.
• Sakuma KK, Felicitas-Perkins JQ, Blanco L, [et al., including Fagan P]. Tobacco use disparities by racial/ethnic groups: California compared to the United States. Preventive medicine. 2016 91:224-232. PMID: 27575315. PMCID: PMC5554114.
• Pokhrel P, Fagan P, Herzog TA, [et al.]. E-cigarette advertising exposure and implicit attitudes among young adult non-smokers. Drug and alcohol dependence. 2016 163:134-40. PMID: 27125661. PMCID: PMC5155506.
• Pokhrel P, Fagan P, Cassel K, [et al.]. Social Network Characteristics, Social Support, and Cigarette Smoking among Asian/Pacific Islander Young Adults. American journal of community psychology. 2016 57(3-4):353-65. PMID: 27297612. PMCID: PMC4965804.
• Sterling KL, Fryer CS, Fagan P. The Most Natural Tobacco Used: A Qualitative Investigation of Young Adult Smokers' Risk Perceptions of Flavored Little Cigars and Cigarillos. Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. 2016 18(5):827-33. PMID: 26175458. PMCID: PMC5896812.