Yingning Wang • UCSF Profiles

Yingning Wang, PhD

Title(s)	Associate Professor, Institute for Health & Aging
School	School of Nursing
Address	490 Illinois Street, #123N San Francisco CA 94158
Phone	415-502-5200
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Overview

Dr. Wang is a health economist with research interest in economic analysis of tobacco use behaviors and economic evaluation of tobacco control policies. She is interested in understanding tobacco use behaviors including poly use of tobacco products, the transitions of tobacco use status, the switch between different tobacco products, evaluating the impacts of economics and health policies in vulnerable subgroups and in the general population as a whole, estimating the economic costs of secondhand smoke exposure and tobacco use including emerging tobacco products such as cigars, smokeless tobacco and e-cigarettes. She is specialized in economic and statistical modeling using secondary large population data.

Interests

Health Economics, Tobacco use, e-cigarettes, Tobacco control policy evaluation, Tobacco use transisition, Longitudinal tobacco use analysis, Marijuana use, Newly emerged tobacco products, Secondhand smoke exposure, Tobacco demand, Healthcare utilization, Healthcare costs, Menthol cigarettes, Cigarette smoking, Cigar, Smokeless tobacco, Tobacco cessation

In The News

	E-Cigarette Use Costs U.S. $15B Per Year, Reports UCSF in First Study of Its Kind (5/23/22)
	Using e-cigarettes may lead to higher use of and spending on health services (5/19/22)

Research

Research Activities and Funding

IMPACT OF CHANGING TOBACCO PRODUCT USE ON HEALTHCARE COSTS FOR GENERAL AND VULNERABLE POPULATIONS
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, and NIH National Cancer Institute/ U.S. Food and Drug Administration U54HL14712Jul 1, 2018 - Jun 30, 2023
Role: Co-Investigator

California Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program, Economic Impact of Proposition 56 on Low-Income Californians
TRDRP 28IR-0041Jul 1, 2018 - Jun 30, 2021
Role: Co-Investigator

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Publications

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Association between tobacco product use and respiratory health and asthma-related interference with activities among U.S. Adolescents. Prev Med Rep. 2024 May; 41:102712. Yao T, Lea Watkins S, Sung HY, Wang Y, Gu D, Chen Lyu J, Lightwood J, Max W. PMID: 38586468; PMCID: PMC10995971.

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Changes in e-cigarette use and subsequent cigarette smoking cessation in the USA: evidence from a prospective PATH study, 2013-2018. Tob Control. 2022 Dec 07. Wang Y, Sung HY, Max WB. PMID: 36601780; PMCID: PMC10244486.

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Healthcare utilisation and expenditures attributable to current e-cigarette use among US adults. Tob Control. 2023 11; 32(6):723-728. Wang Y, Sung HY, Lightwood J, Yao T, Max WB. PMID: 35606163.

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Association between e-cigarette use and food insecurity among low-income adults. Tob Control. 2023 08; 32(e2):e212-e219. Gu D, Max WB, Yao T, Wang Y, Keeler C, Sung HY. PMID: 35279644; PMCID: PMC9464793.

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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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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.

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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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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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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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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.

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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.

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Residential Mobility, Neighborhood Effects, and Educational Attainment of Blacks and Whites. Econometric Review. 2014; 763-798. Yan Dong, Li Gan, Yingning Wang. .
Comments on Preliminary Regulatory Impact Analysis Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Unfunded Mandates Reform Act Analysis. Docket No. FDA-2014-N-0189. Wendy Max, Yingning Wang. .