Jessica Yingst, DrPH - Penn State Cancer Institute
Researcher Profile
Jessica Yingst, DrPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences
Division of Health Services and Behavioral Research
Penn State Center for Research on Tobacco and Health
Division of Health Services and Behavioral Research
Penn State Center for Research on Tobacco and Health
Scientific Program:Cancer Control
Research Interests
Dr. Jessica Yingst is a public health researcher focused on understanding methods to reduce harms associated with tobacco use.
Dr. Yingst is a member of the Penn State Center for Research on Tobacco and Health and serves as the Associate Director of the Penn State Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) Program at the Penn State College of Medicine.
- Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems
- Tobacco Products
- Smokers
- Vaping
- Nicotine
- Randomized Controlled Trials
- Smoking Cessation
- Smoking
- Tobacco
- Tobacco Use
- Equipment and Supplies
- Health
Clinical Trials
Effectiveness of smoking cessation resources available to patients of the Penn State Cancer Institute (PSCI)
Recent Publications
2024
Salinas, KZ, Saran, S, Saulnier, K, Hoglen, B, Houser, KR, Krebs, NM, Kaynak, Ö, Bordner, CR, Yingst, JM, Foulds, J, Allen, SI & Hobkirk, AL 2024, 'A Comparison of Mental Health Symptoms among Adults Who Vape Nicotine, Cannabis, or Both', Substance Use and Misuse, vol. 59, no. 4, pp. 601-607. https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2023.2294956
Yingst, J, Midya, V, White, A, Foulds, J, Cobb, CO, Veldheer, S, Yen, MS & Eissenberg, T 2024, 'Effects of liquid nicotine concentration and flavour on the acceptability of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) among people who smoke participating in a randomised controlled trial to reduce cigarette consumption', Tobacco Control, pp. 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1136/tc-2023-058282
Yingst, JM, Bordner, C, Hrabovsky, S, Hobkirk, AL, Trushin, N, Richie, J & Foulds, J 2024, 'Nicotine Delivery of a Menthol-Flavored Heat-not-Burn Tobacco Product During Directed Use', Nicotine and Tobacco Research, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 397-401. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntad119
D'Souza, GC, Pinto, CN, Exten, CL, Yingst, JM, Foulds, J, Anderson, J, Allen, R & Calo, WA 2024, 'Understanding factors associated with COVID-19 vaccination among health care workers using the Diffusion of Innovation Theory', American journal of infection control. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2023.11.019
2023
Randomized Control Trial Methods Workgroup of the Center for the Study of Tobacco Products 2023, 'Changes in Nicotine Dependence among Smokers Using Electronic Cigarettes to Reduce Cigarette Smoking in a Randomized Controlled Trial', Nicotine and Tobacco Research, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 372-378. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntac153
Foulds, J, Allen, SI & Yingst, J 2023, 'Cytisinicline to Speed Smoking Cessation in the United States', JAMA, vol. 330, no. 2, pp. 129-130. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2023.5939
Yingst, JM, Carrillo, M, Chan, KH, Choi, K, Dao, J, Kulkarni, P, Bordner, C, Goyal, N, Foulds, J & Bascom, R 2023, 'Effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions among persons with cancer: A systematic review', Psycho-Oncology, vol. 32, no. 8, pp. 1147-1162. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.6171
2022
Saran, SK, Salinas, KZ, Foulds, J, Kaynak, Ö, Hoglen, B, Houser, KR, Krebs, NM, Yingst, JM, Allen, SI, Bordner, CR & Hobkirk, AL 2022, 'A Comparison of Vaping Behavior, Perceptions, and Dependence among Individuals Who Vape Nicotine, Cannabis, or Both', International journal of environmental research and public health, vol. 19, no. 16, 10392. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191610392
Foulds, J, Cobb, CO, Yen, MS, Veldheer, S, Brosnan, P, Yingst, J, Hrabovsky, S, Lopez, AA, Allen, SI, Bullen, C, Wang, X, Sciamanna, C, Hammett, E, Hummer, BL, Lester, C, Richie, JP, Chowdhury, N, Graham, JT, Kang, L, Sun, S & Eissenberg, T 2022, 'Effect of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems on Cigarette Abstinence in Smokers With No Plans to Quit: Exploratory Analysis of a Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial', Nicotine and Tobacco Research, vol. 24, no. 7, pp. 955-961. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntab247
Fan, T, Yingst, JM, Bascom, R, Tuanquin, L, Veldheer, S, Branstetter, S, Foulds, J & Muscat, JE 2022, 'Feasibility of Patient Navigation-Based Smoking Cessation Program in Cancer Patients', International journal of environmental research and public health, vol. 19, no. 7, 4034. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19074034
Hobkirk, AL, Hoglen, B, Sheng, T, Kristich, A, Yingst, JM, Houser, KR, Krebs, NM, Allen, SI, Bordner, CR, Livelsberger, C & Foulds, J 2022, 'Intentions and Attempts to Quit JUUL E-Cigarette Use: The Role of Perceived Harm and Addiction', Preventing Chronic Disease, vol. 19, E06. https://doi.org/10.5888/PCD19.210255
Yingst, JM, Lester, C, Livelsberger, C, Allen, SI, Hammett, E, Veldheer, S, Hummer, B, Bordner, C, Zhu, J, Sciamanna, CN, Trushin, N, Tan, HS, Wilson, SJ, Twining, RC, Foulds, J & Grigson, PS 2022, 'Pilot randomized controlled trial evaluating the effect of random nicotine delivery on cigarettes per day and smoke exposure', Brain Research Bulletin, vol. 188, pp. 30-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainresbull.2022.07.017
Sobieski, E, Yingst, J & Foulds, J 2022, 'Quitting electronic cigarettes: Factors associated with quitting and quit attempts in long-term users', Addictive Behaviors, vol. 127, 107220. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.107220
Foulds, J, Veldheer, S, Pachas, G, Hrabovsky, S, Hameed, A, Allen, SI, Cather, C, Azzouz, N, Yingst, J, Hammett, E, Modesto, J, Krebs, NM, Lester, C, Trushin, N, Reinhart, L, Wasserman, E, Zhu, J, Liao, J, Muscat, JE, Richie, JP & Evins, AE 2022, 'The effects of reduced nicotine content cigarettes on biomarkers of nicotine and toxicant exposure, smoking behavior and psychiatric symptoms in smokers with mood or anxiety disorders: A double-blind randomized trial', PloS one, vol. 17, no. 11 November, e0275522. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275522
2021
Krebs, NM, D'Souza, G, Bordner, C, Allen, SI, Hobkirk, A, Foulds, J & Yingst, J 2021, 'COVID-19 Vaccination Uptake and Hesitancy among Current Tobacco Users', Tobacco Use Insights, vol. 14, pp. 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1177/1179173X211068027
Randomised Control Trial Methods Workgroup of the Center for the Study of Tobacco Products 2021, 'Effect of an electronic nicotine delivery system with 0, 8, or 36 mg/mL liquid nicotine versus a cigarette substitute on tobacco-related toxicant exposure: a four-arm, parallel-group, randomised, controlled trial', The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, vol. 9, no. 8, pp. 840-850. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(21)00022-9
Hobkirk, AL, Houser, KR, Hoglen, B, Bitzer, ZT, Fendrich, A, Bordner, CR, Foulds, J, Wang, J, Mukherjee, D, Yingst, JM, Karunanayaka, P, Goel, R, Richie, JP, Elias, RJ & Yang, QX 2021, 'Evidence From an fMRI Study That Dessert-Flavored E-Cigarettes Engage Taste-Related, but Not Smoking-Related, Brain Circuitry for Female Daily Smokers', Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology, vol. 30, no. 6, pp. 947-958. https://doi.org/10.1037/pha0000488
Yingst, JM, Bordner, CR, Hobkirk, AL, Hoglen, B, Allen, SI, Krebs, NM, Houser, KR, Livelsberger, C & Foulds, J 2021, 'Response to flavored cartridge/pod-based product ban among adult juul users: “you get nicotine however you can get it”', International journal of environmental research and public health, vol. 18, no. 1, 207, pp. 1-13. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18010207
Yingst, JM, Krebs, NM, Bordner, CR, Hobkirk, AL, Allen, SI & Foulds, J 2021, 'Tobacco use changes and perceived health risks among current tobacco users during the COVID-19 pandemic', International journal of environmental research and public health, vol. 18, no. 4, 1795, pp. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041795
2020
Hobkirk, AL, Bitzer, Z, Goel, R, Sica, CT, Livelsberger, C, Yingst, J, Houser, KR, Rupprecht, S, Trushin, N, Karunanayaka, P, Foulds, J, Richie, JP, Spreen, L, Hoglen, B, Wang, J, Elias, RJ & Yang, QX 2020, 'An Electronic Aerosol Delivery System for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging', Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment, vol. 14. https://doi.org/10.1177/1178221820904140
Du, P, Bascom, R, Fan, T, Sinharoy, A, Yingst, J, Mondal, P & Foulds, J 2020, 'Changes in flavor preference in a cohort of long-term electronic cigarette users', Annals of the American Thoracic Society, vol. 17, no. 5, pp. 573-581. https://doi.org/10.1513/AnnalsATS.201906-472OC
Yingst, J, Foulds, J & Hobkirk, AL 2021, 'Dependence and Use Characteristics of Adult JUUL Electronic Cigarette Users', Substance Use and Misuse, vol. 56, no. 1, pp. 61-66. https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2020.1834582
Yingst, J, Foulds, J, Veldheer, S, Cobb, CO, Yen, MS, Hrabovsky, S, Allen, SI, Bullen, C & Eissenberg, T 2020, 'Measurement of Electronic Cigarette Frequency of Use among Smokers Participating in a Randomized Controlled Trial', Nicotine and Tobacco Research, vol. 22, no. 5, pp. 699-704. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/nty233