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Richard J O'Connor

Researcher at Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Publications -  312
Citations -  9753

Richard J O'Connor is an academic researcher from Roswell Park Cancer Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Smoking cessation. The author has an hindex of 44, co-authored 287 publications receiving 7994 citations.

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Individual-level predictors of cessation behaviours among participants in the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Four Country Survey.

TL;DR: Intention to quit and other cognitive variables were associated with quit attempts, but not cessation, and Behavioural variables related to task difficulty, including measures of dependence, predicted both making attempts and their success.
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The reliability and predictive validity of the Heaviness of Smoking Index and its two components: Findings from the International Tobacco Control Four Country study

TL;DR: Both TTFC and CPD independently predicted maintenance of quit attempts in each of the three wave-to-wave replications, and these effects were maintained when controlling for demographic factors.
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Cigarette filter ventilation is a defective design because of misleading taste, bigger puffs, and blocked vents

TL;DR: Filter ventilation is a dangerous, defective technology that should be abandoned in less hazardous nicotine delivery systems and health interested groups should test cigarettes in a way that reflects compensatory smoking.
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Mandated lowering of toxicants in cigarette smoke: a description of the World Health Organization TobReg proposal

TL;DR: This paper summarises a proposal, and the considerations that led to it, developed by a joint International Agency for Research on Cancer and WHO working group, and approved by TobReg, which presents performance standards for cigarettes and a strategy to use them to mandate a reduction in the toxicant yields for cigarette smoke.