Justin White

Health economist @BUSPH, studying policy related to tobacco, nutrition, and chronic disease risk. Formerly: UCSF, Stanford, and UC Berkeley

[Justin White @justinswhite]

@ErinL_Ferguson @BUSPH @MariaGlymour Thanks, excited to work with you!

[Justin White @justinswhite]

@DrMikeStanton Thanks! It's nice to see our findings getting some traction.

[UCSFChildrensOakland @UCSFBenioffOAK]

Pregnant people who live in cities with sugary beverage taxes—like SF, Berkeley and Oakland—are less likely to develop #gestationaldiabetes and unhealthy weight, which UCSF’s @justinswhite says is important for the parent and baby’s health later in life. https://t.co/YWzKsCxMy4

[Justin White @justinswhite]

I'm also grateful to @Cat_Ho @sfchronicle for covering this study.
https://t.co/jL24UCutbE

[San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle]

Purchases of soda and other sugary drinks dropped 27% in Oakland in the first 2½ years after the city adopted a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages, a new study from UCSF finds.
https://t.co/F43Lz98IgP

[Justin White @justinswhite]

Our team's latest in @PLOSMedicine: An evaluation and cost-effectiveness analysis of Oakland's sugary beverage tax on beverage purchases.

URL: https://t.co/I9cAmBuYwc

With #SanjayBasu @skaplan92 @kmadsenCAL #SofiaVillasBoas @drdeancommxn

[Justin White @justinswhite]

Thank you @NIDDKgov and @CalEndow for funding this study (PI: @drdeancommxn). Thanks also to an army of undergrads @UCBerkeley for hand-coding nutrition facts for 1000s of beverage products and to co-senior author #SofiaVillasBoas for supervising that work!

[Tobacco Online Policy Seminar (TOPS) @TobPolicy]

🚨THIS FRIDAY🚨 12pm ET: ☀️@HojinPark6☀️ from @OSUWexMed will present: "The Effect of Smokeless Tobacco Excise taxes on Use among US Youth."
Register 👉 https://t.co/pTv57MLaa1
@JCMecon @justinswhite @Ce_Shang_HE @mikepesko

[Justin White @justinswhite]

However, the quality of evidence from peer-support studies is quite poor. The literature would benefit from additional, well-powered studies.

[Justin White @justinswhite]

Our new meta-analysis revisits the effects of peer-support interventions on #smoking #cessation.

https://t.co/QbeDenWkVt

Led by #PatrickYuan, with @LeeWestmaas, @drjthrul, & others.

[UCSF IHPS @UCSF_IHPS]

New work by @UCSF_IHPS faculty @justinswhite! Effectiveness of Peer-Support Interventions for Smoking Cessation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis https://t.co/FKtu7Ztkhl

[Justin White @justinswhite]

We find evidence that peer support enhances cessation, with variation by whether the peer smoked.

[Justin White @justinswhite]

Thanks to @NICHD_NIH and @NIDDKgov for their support.
cc @UCSF_IHPS @UCSF_Epibiostat @UCSFFamilyMed @UCSF_ObGynRS @ucsfcvp @ChangeLabWorks @HealthyFA @NOPRENnetwork @drdeancommxn @RobertLustigMD @HilarySeligman @skaplan92 @knoxmecon @JenFalbe @AnnaGrummon @marionnestle @ShuWenNg

[Justin White @justinswhite]

New paper in @AmJPrevMed finds that sugar-sweetened beverage taxes in US cities improved the health of mothers and their infants. https://t.co/U5R2RRLNeQ

Co-authors: @k_andreujackson @DrRitaHamad @karasekd

A short 🧵

[Justin White @justinswhite]

This is the first study I know of focused on the perinatal effects of SSB taxes, and it makes the case that SSB taxes can provide important health benefits to women and children.