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/Nat. Heart, Lung & Blood Institute – SUB-OTA No. 6922-03-COVID-S016
  “Community Engagement Research Alliance (CEAL) 2023-2024 Renewal”
  Co-Investigator
  07/16/23 – 03/31/24
• Arkansas Department of Health – 4600040148 Am 7
  “ACPI Health Initiatives and Disparities Screening Program FY2022”
  Co-Investigator
  07/01/23 – 06/30/24
• NIH/National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities – 1P50MD017319
  “The Center for Research, Health, and Social Justice ”
  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

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. PMCID: PMC10442461.
• 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.
• Jones DM, Guy MC, Fairman BJ, [et al., including Fagan P]. Nicotine Dependence among Current Cigarette Smokers Who Use E-Cigarettes and Cannabis. Substance use & misuse. 2023 58(5):618-628. PMID: 36852436. PMCID: PMC10249428.
• Soule EK, Mayne S, Snipes W, [et al., including Fagan P]. Electronic Cigarette Users' Reactions and Responses to a Hypothetical Nicotine Concentration Reduction in Electronic Cigarette Liquids. Substance use & misuse. 2023 58(10):1202-1211. PMID: 37222484. PMCID: PMC10339361.
• 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. PMCID: PMC10032198.
• 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. PMCID: PMC8360626.
• 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. PMCID: PMC9236702.
• 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.
• 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]. 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.
• 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.]. 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. PMCID: PMC8522466.
• 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. PMCID: PMC9232210.
• 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. PMCID: PMC7558653.
• 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. PMCID: PMC9121395.
• 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. PMCID: PMC10406164.
• 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. PMCID: PMC7679277.
• 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 Nā Kāne: 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. PMCID: PMC9413692.
• 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.