Jamie Hartmann-Boyce
Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Amherst MA
Jamie Hartmann-Boyce's works to synthesize evidence and apply it to health policy, in areas including tobacco control and e-cigarettes.
University of Massachusetts Amherst
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She is also co-leader the Policy Analysis and Dissemination Core of the Center for the Assessment of Tobacco Regulations (CAsToR) at the University of Michigan, one of seven Tobacco Centers of Regulatory Science (TCORS) funded by the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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University of Oxford
Ph.D.
Primary Health Care Sciences
Oxford Brookes University
M.A.
History of Medicine
Tufts University
English and Community Health
B.A.
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Can Vaping Help You Quit Cigarettes? What Are The Risks?
Science Friday online
2025-02-07
In an interview, Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, assistant professor of health policy and promotion, discusses the risks of vaping and whether vaping can help people quit smoking. Hartmann-Boyce says that while vapes are safer than cigarettes, they haven’t been in use long enough to know the long-term risks.
Study finds cash rewards help smokers quit
BBC online
2025-01-13
Rewards and financial incentives are successful methods to help people quit smoking, according to a new review co-led by Jamie Hartmann-Boyce. “There’s a lot of evidence to suggest that this intervention is acting on the psychological reward systems in the brain, which we know are heavily involved with nicotine addiction,” Hartmann-Boyce says.
Public Health Has a Blueberry-Banana Problem
The Atlantic online
2024-10-10
Jamie Hartmann-Boyce comments on the issues of vaping and if they can help people stop smoking. “Anything that we can add to the tool kit as a way that could help people transition away from smoking is something that is worth exploring,” she says.
COVID continues to disproportionately affect people living with diabetes
KCBS radio
2024-06-07
Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, assistant professor of health promotion and policy, comments on KCBS radio about her recent research showing the effects of COVID-19 on people with diabetes. Her research found that people with diabetes are at much higher risk for worse outcomes if they contract COVID and were also at risk from disruptions in the health care system that happened during the pandemic.
UMass study says e-cigarettes with nicotine can help people quit smoking
MassLive online
2024-01-14
Nicotine-based electronic cigarettes are more effective in curbing smoking habits than typical nicotine replacement therapies, according to a University of Massachusetts Amherst review of health literature.
The Precarious Rise of Disposable Vapes
Wired online
2023-11-18
Jamie Hartmann-Boyce comments in an article on the rise in the use of disposable vapes, especially among young people. “Vaping isn’t 100 percent safe. Some people hear that when you say it’s less harmful than smoking, but I think what people forget is how harmful smoking is,” Hartmann-Boyce says.
There’s a Pill That Helps People Quit Smoking. Why Isn’t It Sold in the U.S.?
Slate online
2023-11-02
UMass Amherst Professor Jamie Hartmann-Boyce discusses a pill that helps people quit smoking but is not available in the U.S. Hartmann-Boyce’s research found that across hundreds of studies, an average of 14% of people who took cystine, a compound found in some seeds, quit smoking for more than six months. This is a far higher number than those who quit using other methods. “We have all this evidence that it works. Shouldn’t we be throwing everything we can at this?” Hartmann-Boyce says.
Nicotine vapes are one of the best tools to help people quit smoking, review of 300 trials suggests
Live Science
2023-09-12
Jamie Hartmann-Boyce's research studied the most effective aids to stop smoking. “Our findings provide clear evidence of the effectiveness of nicotine e-cigarettes and combination nicotine replacement therapies to help people quit smoking,” Hartmann-Boyce says. “The evidence also is clear on the benefits of medicines cytisine and varenicline, but these may be harder for some people to access at the moment.”
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FDA authorized the sale of menthol-flavored e-cigarettes – a health policy expert explains how the benefits may outweigh the risks
The ConversationJamie Hartmann-Boyce
2024-06-25
FDA authorized the sale of menthol-flavored e-cigarettes. Health policy expert Jamie Hartmann-Boyce explains how the benefits may outweigh the risks.
Oral nicotine pouches deliver lower levels of toxic substances than smoking – but that doesn’t mean they’re safe
The ConversationJamie Hartmann-Boyce and Nargiz Travis
2024-06-17
Jamie Hartmann-Boyce writes that oral nicotine pouches deliver lower levels of toxic substances than cigarettes, but that doesn’t mean they’re safe.
E-cigarettes, varenicline and cytisine are the most effective stop-smoking aids, analysis of over 150,000 smokers reveals
CochraneJamie Hartmann-Boyce and others
2023-09-12
A comprehensive new Cochrane analysis has found that nicotine e-cigarettes, varenicline and cytisine are the most effective options currently available for helping smokers quit long-term (going at least six months without smoking). This is closely followed by using two forms of nicotine replacement therapy at the same time, such as a nicotine patch alongside gum, lozenges or nasal sprays.
An Update to the Overview of Reviews: Risks of and From SARS-COV-2 Infection and COVID-19 in People With Diabetes
Diabetes CareJamie Hartmann-Boyce et al
2023-12-01
"In 2020, we were commissioned by the World Health Organization (WHO) to conduct an overview of reviews regarding the extent to which people with diabetes are at increased risk of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and/or of suffering from its complications. We published this overview in Diabetes Care in 2021 (1). At the request of the WHO, we updated this review with literature through October 2022. Here, we provide readers with a summary of this update."
Treatment of Tobacco Smoking: A Review
JAMA NetworkNancy A. Rigotti, Gina R. Kruse, Jonathan Livingstone-Banks, Jamie Hartmann-Boyce
2022-02-08
"Approximately 34 million people in the US smoke cigarettes and could potentially gain up to a decade of life expectancy by stopping smoking. First-line therapy should include both pharmacotherapy and behavioral support, with varenicline or combination NRT as preferred initial interventions."
