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Thomas A. Wills
Researcher at University of Hawaii
Publications - 140
Citations - 16117
Thomas A. Wills is an academic researcher from University of Hawaii. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poison control & Substance abuse. The author has an hindex of 71, co-authored 140 publications receiving 14796 citations. Previous affiliations of Thomas A. Wills include Albert Einstein College of Medicine & University of Hawaii at Manoa.
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Association Between Initial Use of e-Cigarettes and Subsequent Cigarette Smoking Among Adolescents and Young Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Samir Soneji,Samir Soneji,Jessica L. Barrington-Trimis,Thomas A. Wills,Adam M. Leventhal,Jennifer B. Unger,Laura A. Gibson,Jaewon Yang,Brian A. Primack,Judy A. Andrews,Richard A. Miech,Tory R. Spindle,Danielle M. Dick,Thomas Eissenberg,Robert C. Hornik,Rui Dang,James D. Sargent,James D. Sargent +17 more
TL;DR: For instance, this paper performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies that assessed initial use of e-cigarettes and subsequent cigarette smoking, and found that e-cigarette use was associated with higher risk for subsequent smoking initiation and past 30-day cigarette smoking.
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Perceived Discrimination and Substance Use in African American Parents and Their Children: A Panel Study.
TL;DR: The relation between perceived racial discrimination and substance use was examined in a panel of 684 African American families, using the prototype-willingness model of adolescent health risk and effective parenting was associated with less willingness and intention to use.
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Novelty seeking, risk taking, and related constructs as predictors of adolescent substance use: an application of Cloninger's theory.
TL;DR: This study tested derivations from Cloninger's (1987a) theory of substance use on a sample of 457 adolescents, finding that TPQ scales converged with constructs from other theoretical systems, being correlated with measures of behavioral undercontrol, risk taking, impulsiveness, anger, independence, life events, tolerance for deviance, and sensation seeking.
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Stress and coping in early adolescence: relationships to substance use in urban school samples.
TL;DR: Measures of stress and coping were obtained from two cohorts of urban adolescents during the seventh- to eighth-grade period and were related to indices of cigarette smoking and alcohol use, indicating that stress was positively related to substance use, and four coping mechanisms were inversely related to Substance use.