Tingting Yao, PhD

Title(s)Assistant Professor, Institute for Health & Aging
SchoolSchool of Nursing
Address490 Illinois Street, #123P
San Francisco CA 94158
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    Sichuan University, ChinaB.A 2003Huaxi School of Public Health/ Public Health
    Sichuan University, ChinaPh.D.2009Huaxi School of Public Health/ Health Economics
    University of California, San FranciscoPostdoc2012Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education
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    Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program (TRDRP)2012  - 2014Cornelius Hopper Diversity Award Supplement (CHDAS)

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    Dr. Yao's research focuses on the economic impact of tobacco products and marijuana. Her current studies include estimating the impact of price on the demand for cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and marijuana. Her previous research includes estimating the impact of price on the demand for cigarettes and the economic costs of secondhand smoke exposure.

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    The impact of price on the demand for marijuana and cigarettes
    Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program (TRDRP) T30IR0897Sep 2, 2019 - Sep 1, 2023
    Role: Principal Investigator
    The impact of price on the demand for electronic cigarettes
    Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program (TRDRP) 26IR-0008Aug 1, 2017 - Jul 31, 2019
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Own-price and cross-price elasticity of demand for tobacco products in the U.S.
    UCSF Resource Allocation Program Jan 1, 2017 - Dec 31, 2017
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Cigarette Gifting Among Nonsmokers in China: Findings From the International Tobacco Control China Survey. Nicotine Tob Res. 2023 04 06; 25(5):928-936. Lyu JC, Sung HY, Yao T, Jiang N, Quah ACK, Meng G, Jiang Y, Fong GT, Max W. PMID: 36574502; PMCID: PMC10077925.
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    2. Local Brand Smoking Among Adult Smokers: Findings from the Wave 5 International Tobacco Control China Survey - China, 2015. China CDC Wkly. 2022 May 27; 4(21):452-459. Hao P, Xu SS, Sung H, Yao T, Jiang Y, Quah ACK, Fong GT. PMID: 35686048; PMCID: PMC9167607.
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    3. Healthcare utilisation and expenditures attributable to current e-cigarette use among US adults. Tob Control. 2022 May 23. Wang Y, Sung HY, Lightwood J, Yao T, Max WB. PMID: 35606163.
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    4. Receiving and giving electronic cigarettes as gifts in China: Findings from International Tobacco Control China Survey. Prev Med Rep. 2022 Jun; 27:101763. Lyu JC, Sung HY, Yao T, Quah ACK, Jiang Y, Fong GT, Max W. PMID: 35321216; PMCID: PMC8935514.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 2  
    5. Association between e-cigarette use and food insecurity among low-income adults. Tob Control. 2022 Mar 12. Gu D, Max WB, Yao T, Wang Y, Keeler C, Sung HY. PMID: 35279644; PMCID: PMC9464793.
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    6. Electronic cigarette knowledge, attitudes and use among students at a university in Hangzhou, China. Tob Induc Dis. 2022; 20:09. Fang J, Ren J, Ren L, Max W, Yao T, Zhao F. PMID: 35125992; PMCID: PMC8796848.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 3  
    7. The Association of Cannabis Use and Cigarette Smoking with Psychological Distress Among Adults in California. Subst Use Misuse. 2022; 57(2):193-201. Wang N, Yao T, Sung HY, Max W. PMID: 34753379.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions:    Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    8. The Association of California's Proposition 56 Tobacco Tax Increase With Smoking Behavior Across Racial and Ethnic Groups and by Income. Nicotine Tob Res. 2021 11 05; 23(12):2091-2101. Keeler C, Wang Y, Max W, Yao T, Gu D, Sung HY. PMID: 34137859.
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    9. Differential price-responsiveness of smoking behaviors among non-Hispanic African Americans and non-Hispanic whites in the United States. Addiction. 2021 10; 116(10):2859-2869. Wang Y, Max W, Yao T, Keeler C, Sung HY. PMID: 33788331.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    10. The impact of smoking on annual healthcare cost: an econometric model analysis in China, 2015. BMC Health Serv Res. 2021 Feb 28; 21(1):187. Huang S, Wei H, Yao T, Mao Z, Sun Q, Yang L. PMID: 33639939; PMCID: PMC7916274.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    11. Health Care Utilization of Menthol and Non-menthol Cigarette Smokers. Nicotine Tob Res. 2021 01 07; 23(1):195-202. Wang Y, Watkins SL, Sung HY, Yao T, Lightwood J, Max W. PMID: 32623471; PMCID: PMC7789940.
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    12. Low awareness of and willingness to use PrEP in the Chinese YMSM: An alert in YMSM HIV prevention. HIV Med. 2021 03; 22(3):185-193. Cui Z, Huang H, Zhang T, Yu Z, Zhang H, Yao T, Song D, Chen Y, Peixoto E, Wang C, Wang X, Yang J, Liu Y, Li C, Ma J. PMID: 33197141.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 5     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    13. The impact of e-cigarette and cigarette prices on e-cigarette and cigarette sales in California. Prev Med Rep. 2020 Dec; 20:101244. Yao T, Sung HY, Huang J, Chu L, St Helen G, Max W. PMID: 33240784; PMCID: PMC7674118.
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    14. Impact of smoking on the income level of Chinese urban residents: a two-wave follow-up of the China Family Panel Study. BMJ Open. 2020 08 23; 10(8):e036939. Wei H, Zhong Z, Yang L, Yao T, Huang S, Mao Z. PMID: 32830114; PMCID: PMC7445347.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    15. Catastrophic health expenditure: A comparative analysis of smoking and non-smoking households in China. PLoS One. 2020; 15(5):e0233749. Zhong Z, Wei H, Yang L, Yao T, Mao Z, Sun Q. PMID: 32469973; PMCID: PMC7259713.
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    16. Effects of Cigarette Prices on Intention to Quit, Quit Attempts, and Successful Cessation Among African American Smokers. Nicotine Tob Res. 2020 04 17; 22(4):522-531. Keeler C, Max W, Yerger VB, Yao T, Wang Y, Ong MK, Sung HY. PMID: 30032184.
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    17. Smoking Behavior in Low- and High-Income Adults Immediately Following California Proposition 56 Tobacco Tax Increase. Am J Public Health. 2020 06; 110(6):868-870. Keeler C, Max W, Yao T, Wang Y, Zhang X, Sung HY. PMID: 32298173; PMCID: PMC7204472.
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    18. Healthcare Costs of Secondhand Smoke Exposure at Home for U.S. Children. Am J Prev Med. 2019 02; 56(2):281-287. Yao T, Sung HY, Wang Y, Lightwood J, Max W. PMID: 30553690; PMCID: PMC6340755.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 9     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    19. Modelling the impact of a new tobacco product: review of Philip Morris International's Population Health Impact Model as applied to the IQOS heated tobacco product. Tob Control. 2018 11; 27(Suppl 1):s82-s86. Max WB, Sung HY, Lightwood J, Wang Y, Yao T. PMID: 30275170; PMCID: PMC6240026.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 11     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    20. Health Care Utilization and Expenditures Attributable to Smokeless Tobacco Use Among US Adults. Nicotine Tob Res. 2018 09 25; 20(11):1359-1368. Wang Y, Sung HY, Lightwood J, Chaffee BW, Yao T, Max W. PMID: 29059335; PMCID: PMC6154986.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 6     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    21. Polytobacco Use and Nicotine Dependence Symptoms Among US Adults, 2012-2014. Nicotine Tob Res. 2018 08 14; 20(suppl_1):S88-S98. Sung HY, Wang Y, Yao T, Lightwood J, Max W. PMID: 30125019; PMCID: PMC6093419.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 57     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    22. Infrequent and Frequent Nondaily Smokers and Daily Smokers: Their Characteristics and Other Tobacco Use Patterns. Nicotine Tob Res. 2018 05 03; 20(6):741-748. Wang Y, Sung HY, Yao T, Lightwood J, Max W. PMID: 28186549; PMCID: PMC5934666.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 7     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    23. Health Care Utilization and Expenditures Attributable to Cigar Smoking Among US Adults, 2000-2015. Public Health Rep. 2018 May/Jun; 133(3):329-337. Wang Y, Sung HY, Yao T, Lightwood J, Max W. PMID: 29688130; PMCID: PMC5958399.
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    24. Healthcare costs attributable to secondhand smoke exposure at home for U.S. adults. Tobacco Induced Diseases. 2018 Mar 1; 16(1). Yao YT, Sung SH, Wang WY, Lightwood LJ, Max MW. .
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    25. Healthcare costs attributable to secondhand smoke exposure at home for U.S. adults. Prev Med. 2018 03; 108:41-46. Yao T, Sung HY, Wang Y, Lightwood J, Max W. PMID: 29288781; PMCID: PMC5829047.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 5     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    26. Relationship between spending on electronic cigarettes, 30-day use, and disease symptoms among current adult cigarette smokers in the U.S. PLoS One. 2017; 12(11):e0187399. Yao T, Max W, Sung HY, Glantz SA, Goldberg RL, Wang JB, Wang Y, Lightwood J, Cataldo J. PMID: 29112988; PMCID: PMC5675454.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 8     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    27. The Association of Menthol Cigarette Use With Quit Attempts, Successful Cessation, and Intention to Quit Across Racial/Ethnic Groups in the United States. Nicotine Tob Res. 2017 Nov 07; 19(12):1450-1464. Keeler C, Max W, Yerger V, Yao T, Ong MK, Sung HY. PMID: 27613927; PMCID: PMC6251684.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 24     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    28. Responsiveness to cigarette prices by different racial/ethnic groups of US adults. Tob Control. 2018 05; 27(3):301-309. Yao T, Ong MK, Max W, Keeler C, Wang Y, Yerger VB, Sung HY. PMID: 28747492.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 6     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    29. Factors associated with short-term transitions of non-daily smokers: socio-demographic characteristics and other tobacco product use. Addiction. 2017 May; 112(5):864-872. Wang Y, Sung HY, Yao T, Lightwood J, Max W. PMID: 27886652; PMCID: PMC5382088.
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    30. Sociodemographic Differences Among U.S. Children and Adults Exposed to Secondhand Smoke at Home: National Health Interview Surveys 2000 and 2010. Public Health Rep. 2016 Mar-Apr; 131(2):357-66. Yao T, Sung HY, Wang Y, Lightwood J, Max W. PMID: 26957671; PMCID: PMC4765985.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 9     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    31. Enhancing the Performance of Amorphous-Silicon Photoanodes for Photoelectrocatalytic Water Oxidation. ChemSusChem. 2015 Dec 07; 8(23):3987-91. Qin W, Wang N, Yao T, Wang S, Wang H, Cao Y, Liu SF, Li C. PMID: 26554346.
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    32. Polytobacco Use of Cigarettes, Cigars, Chewing Tobacco, and Snuff Among US Adults. Nicotine Tob Res. 2016 May; 18(5):817-26. Sung HY, Wang Y, Yao T, Lightwood J, Max W. PMID: 26136525; PMCID: PMC5896811.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 49     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    33. The healthcare costs of secondhand smoke exposure in rural China. Tob Control. 2015 Oct; 24(e3):e221-6. Yao T, Sung HY, Mao Z, Hu TW, Max W. PMID: 25335898; PMCID: PMC4405484.
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    34. A content analysis of electronic cigarette manufacturer websites in China. Tob Control. 2016 Mar; 25(2):188-94. Yao T, Jiang N, Grana R, Ling PM, Glantz SA. PMID: 25335902; PMCID: PMC4405407.
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    35. Determinants of smoking-induced deprivation in China. Tob Control. 2015 Nov; 24 Suppl 4:iv35-9. Yao T, Huang J, Sung HY, Ong MK, Mao Z, Jiang Y, Fong GT, Max W. PMID: 24827978; PMCID: PMC4398649.
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    36. Who purchases cigarettes from cheaper sources in China? Findings from the ITC China Survey. Tob Control. 2014 Mar; 23 Suppl 1:i97-101. Yao T, Huang J, Sung HY, Ong MK, Mao Z, Jiang Y, Fong GT, Max W. PMID: 24078076; PMCID: PMC3931911.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 4     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    37. Secondhand smoke exposure at home in rural China. Cancer Causes Control. 2012 Mar; 23 Suppl 1:109-15. Yao T, Sung HY, Mao Z, Hu TW, Max W. PMID: 22327886; PMCID: PMC3637665.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 12     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    38. Potential unintended consequences of smoke-free policies in public places on pregnant women in China. Am J Prev Med. 2009 Aug; 37(2 Suppl):S159-64. Yao T, Lee AH, Mao Z. PMID: 19591756; PMCID: PMC3685472.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 11     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    39. Smoking knowledge, attitudes, behavior, and associated factors among Chinese male surgeons. World J Surg. 2009 May; 33(5):910-7. Yao T, Ong M, Lee A, Jiang Y, Mao Z. PMID: 19219492; PMCID: PMC2864310.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 7     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    40. [Interventions on the exposure of non-smoking pregnant women to passive smoking]. Sichuan Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban. 2008 Sep; 39(5):784-7. Yao TT, Chen XY, Hu DW, Mao ZZ. PMID: 19024314.
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