My co-author Rachel Fung is presenting an awesome paper tomorrow at 2 PM New York time on early 20th century cigarette prohibition laws in the USA! #History buffs, get your popcorn out. Registration is free; see you there.

Submit your research with #tobacco policy implications to TOPS by Monday for consideration in the next TOPS season. We accept presentations from graduate students on through professors; from working papers through published papers.

We recently published a paper in @jamaotolaryngology.com that studies labor supply for #audiology. We find hearing healthcare is difficult to access: 75.0% of USA counties were classified as shortage counties. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... @ashaadvocacy.bsky.social

Enjoyed the @socialimpactlab.bsky.social welcome dinner + #karaoke night for @mizzouecon.bsky.social graduate students and post-docs. Excited for the academic year ahead and for a great new cohort of students! #EconSky

Very cool that TOPS just celebrated its 5-year birthday. It's been fun being part of organizing team.

🎉The Tobacco Online Policy Seminar turns 5 today! 🎉 Since 2020, TOPS has provided a free, international forum for sharing cutting-edge research on tobacco policy, uniting academics, policymakers & advocates to break silos and improve population health. Thank you for 5 years of learning together! 🙌

New paper alert! We use claims data to find that paid sick leave mandates in the USA increased a wide array of different healthcare visits, particularly for individuals in industries with low PSL coverage historically, and along the extensive margin of any visit. sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Awesome dinner and music with colleagues at #ASHEcon2025 #Nashville.

Another amazing TOPS season announced today, which includes researchers from NZ, UK, Canada, and Switzerland. We also have a panel of two researchers with similar papers and reaching different conclusions! Registration is free, hope to see you starting 5 PM ET this Thursday.

Not too late to apply for the next TOPS season. Abstracts / papers are due by midnight on Monday. Send us your work!

Submit or nominate TOPS-notch research for next season's lineup! TOPS offers presenters: ✅exposure among a diverse global audience (avg 164 attendees!) ✅helpful feedback from audience comments ✅opportunities to network 👉 tobaccopolicy.org/call.html 🗓️Deadline: 4/7

Recommendations for future research exploring e-cigarette use and later cigarette smoking in young people: Results from a consultation exercise buff.ly/vzelU0v

What are the mortality effects of FDA drug regulation? @mikepesko.bsky.social and I explore this using a unique natural experiment—e-cigarettes unexpectedly escaping #FDA drug regulation in 2010. The results may surprise you. 🧵 bit.ly/42w4xkG #EconSky #EpiSky #NIH #ecig #EconTwitter #EpiTwitter

Important rally! Looking forward to it!

Excited to accept a term on the Board of Scientific Counselors for the National Center for Health Statistics. I plan to use the position to advocate for thoughtful ways to protect and expand data access for the research community. #HealthPolicy #DataScience #HealthEcon

Excited to accept a term on the Board of Scientific Counselors for the National Center for Health Statistics. I plan to use the position to advocate for thoughtful ways to protect and expand data access for the research community. #HealthPolicy #DataScience #HealthEcon