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Journal Articles and Chapters

    Terry-McElrath, Y. M., O'Malley, P. M., & Johnston, L. D. (in press). Foods and beverages offered in US public secondary schools through the national school lunch program from 2011-2013: Early evidence of improved nutrition and reduced disparities. Preventive Medicine.
    Kumar, R., O'Malley, P. M., & Johnston, L. D. (2015). Relationship between school administrators' reports of parental involvement in school and students' substance use: A national study. Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 23(5), 269-281. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1067828X.2013.869131
    Terry-McEllrath, Y. M., Chriqui, J. F., O'Malley P, M., Chaloupka, F. J., & Johnston, L. D. (2015). Regular soda policies, school availability, and high school student consumption. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 48(4), 436-44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2014.10.022
    Terry-McElrath, Y. M., O'Malley, P. M., & Johnston, L. D. (2015). Potential impact of national school nutritional environment policies: Cross-sectional associations with US secondary student overweight/obesity, 2008-2012. JAMA Pediatrics, 169(1), 78-85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2014.2048
    Hood, N. E., Colabianchi, N., Terry-McElrath, Y. M., O'Malley, P. M., & Johnston, L. D. (2014). Physical activity breaks and facilities in US secondary schools. Journal of School Health, 84(11), 697-705. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/josh.12206
    Hood, N. E., Turner, L., Colabianchi, N., Chaloupka, F. J., & Johnston, L. D. (2014). Availability of drinking water in US public school cafeterias. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 114(9), 1389-1395. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jand.2014.02.001
    Terry-McElrath, Y. M., Hood, N. E., Colabianchi, N., O'Malley, P. M., & Johnston, L. D. (2014). Profits, commercial food supplier involvement, and school vending machine snack food availability: Implications for implementing the new competitive foods rule. The Journal of School Health, 84(7), 451-458. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/josh.12165
    Terry-McElrath, Y. M., O'Malley, P. M., & Johnson, L. D. (2014). Accessibility over availability: Associations between the school food environment and student fruit and green vegetable consumption. Childhood Obesity, 10(3), 241-50.
    Terry-McElrath, Y. M., O'Malley P, M., & Johnston, L. D. (2014). Energy drinks, soft drinks, and substance use among United States secondary school students. Journal of Addiction Medicine, 8(1), 6-13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.ADM.0000435322.07020.53
    Terry-McElrath, Y. M., Turner, L., Sandoval, A., Johnston, L. D., & Chaloupka, F. J. (2014). Commercialism in US elementary and secondary school nutrition environments: Trends from 2007 to 2012. JAMA Pediatrics, 168(3), 234-242. http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.4521
    Clarke, P., O'Malley, P. M., Schulenberg, J. E., Lee, H., Colabianchi, N., & Johnston, L. D. (2013). College expectations in high school mitigate weight gain over early adulthood: Findings from a national study of American youth. Obesity, 21(7), 1321-1327. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/oby.20176
    Hood, N., Colabianchi, N., Terry-McElrath, Y. M., O'Malley, P. M., & Johnston, L. D. (2013). School wellness policies and foods and beverages in competitive venues. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 45(2), 143-149. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2013.03.015
    Kumar, R., O'Malley, P.M., Johnston, L.D., & Laetz, V.B. (2013). Alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use prevention programs in U.S. schools: A descriptive summary. Prevention Science. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11121-012-0340-z
    Slater, S. J., Nicholson, L., Chriqui, J., Barker, D. C., Chaloupka, F. J., & Johnston, L. D. (2013). Walkable communities and adolescent weight. American Journal of Preventative Medicine, 44(2), 164-168. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2012.10.015
    Terry-McElrath, Y.M., Emery, S., Wakefield, M.A., O'Malley, P.M., Szczypka, G., & Johnston, L.D. (2013). Effects of tobacco-related media campaigns on smoking among 20-30-year-old adults: longitudinal data from the USA. Tobacco Control, 22(1), 38-45.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2011-050208
    Terry-McElrath, Y. M., O'Malley, P. M., & Johnston, L. D. (2013). Middle and high school drug testing and student illicit drug use: A national study 1998-2011. Journal of Adolescent Health, 52, 707-715. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2012.11.020
    Terry-McElrath, Y. M., O'Malley, P. M., & Johnston, L. D. (2013). School soft drink availability and consumption among U.S. secondary students. American Journal of Preventative Medicine, 44(6), 573-582. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2013.01.026
    Terry-McElrath, Y. M., Johnston, L. D., & O'Malley, P. M. (2012). Trends in competitive venue beverage availability: Findings from us public secondary schools. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, 166(8), 776-778. http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.716
    Terry-McElrath, Y.M., O'Malley, P.M., & Johnston, L.D. (2012). Factors affecting sugar-sweetened beverage availability in competitive venues of US secondary schools. Journal of School Health, 82(1), 44-55.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1746-1561.2011.00666.x
    Terry-McElrath, Y.M., Emery, S., Szczypka, G., & Johnston, L. D. (2011). Potential exposure to anti-drug advertising and drug-related attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors among United States youth, 1995-2006. Addictive Behaviors, 36, 116-124.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2010.09.005
    Terry-McElrath, Y.M., & O'Malley, P.M. (2011). Substance use and exercise participation among young adults: Parallel trajectories in a national cohort-sequential study. Addiction, 10, 1855-1865.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03489.x
    Terry-McElrath, Y.M., O'Malley, P.M., & Johnston, L.D. (2011). Exercise and substance use among American youth, 1991-2009. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 40(5), 530-540.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2010.12.021
    Clarke, P., O'Malley, P.M., Schulenberg, J.E., & Johnston, L.D. (2010). Midlife health and socioeconomic consequences of persistent overweight across early adulthood: Findings from a national survey of American adults (1986-2008). American Journal of Epidemiology, 172(5), 540-548.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwq156
    Slater, S.J., Ewing, R., Powell, L.M., Chaloupka, F.J., Johnston, L.D., & O'Malley, P.M. (2010). The association between physical activity settings and youth physical activity, obesity, and Body Mass Index. Journal of Adolescent Health, 47(5), 496-503.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2010.03.017
    Tworek, C., Yamaguchi, R., Kloska, D.D., Emery, S., Barker, D.C., Giovino, G.A., O'Malley, P.M., & Chaloupka, F.J. (2010). State-level tobacco control policies and youth smoking cessation measures. Health Policy, 97(2-3), 136-144.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.04.009
    Clarke, P., O'Malley, P. M., Johnston, L. D., Schulenberg, J. E., & Lantz, P. (2009). Differential trends in weight-related health behaviors among American young adults by gender, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic status: 1984-2006. American Journal of Public Health, 99(10), 1893-1901.
http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2008.141317
    Terry-McElrath, Y. M., McBride, D. C., Chriqui, J. F., O'Malley, P. M., VanderWaal, C. J., Chaloupka, F. J., et al. (2009). Evidence for connections between prosecutor-reported marijuana case dispositions and community youth marijuana-related attitudes and behaviors. Crime & Delinquency, 55(4), 600-626.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0011128707310001
    O'Malley, P. M., Johnston, L. D., Delva, J., & Terry-McElrath, Y. M. (2009). School physical activity environment related to student obesity and activity: A national study of schools and students. Journal of Adolescent Health, 45(3), S71-S81.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.04.008
    Terry-McElrath, Y. M., O'Malley, P. M., Delva, J., & Johnston, L. D. (2009). The school food environment and student body mass index and food consumption: 2004 to 2007 national data. Journal of Adolescent Health, 45(3), S45-S56.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.04.007
    Clarke, P., O'Malley, P. M., Johnston, L. D., & Schulenberg, J. E. (2009). Social disparities in BMI trajectories across adulthood by gender, race/ethnicity and lifetime socio-economic position: 1986-2004. International Journal of Epidemiology, 38, 499-509.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyn214
    Clegg Smith, K., Wakefield, M. A., Terry-McElrath, Y. M., Chaloupka, F. J., Flay, B., Johnston, L. D., et al. (2008). Relation between newspaper coverage of tobacco issues and smoking attitudes and behavior among American teens. Tobacco Control, 17, 17-24.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tc.2007.020495
  Full text American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Volume 33(4S), October 2007
    Chaloupka, F. J., & Johnston, L. D. (2007). Bridging the Gap: Research informing practice and policy for healthy youth behavior. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 33(4, supplement), S147-S161.
    Delva, J., Johnston, L. D., & O'Malley, P. M. (2007). The epidemiology of overweight and related lifestyle habits: Racial/ethnic and socioeconomic status differences among American youth. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 33(4, supplement), S178-S186.
    Delva, J., Johnston, L. D., & O'Malley, P. M. (2007). Availability of more-healthy and less healthy food choices in American schools: A national study of grade, racial/ethnic, and socioeconomic differences. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 33(4, supplement), S226-S239.
    Johnston, L. D., Delva, J., & O'Malley, P. M. (2007). Sports participation and physical education in American secondary schools: current levels and racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 33(4, supplement), S195-S208.
    Johnston, L. D., Delva, J., & O'Malley, P. M. (2007). Soft drink availability, contracts and revenues in American secondary schools. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 33(4, supplement), S209-S225.
    O'Malley, P. M., Johnston, L. D., Delva, J., Bachman, J. G., & Schulenberg, J. E. (2007). Variation in obesity among American secondary school students by school and school characteristics. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 33(4, supplement), S187-S194.
    Powell, L.M., Chaloupka, F.J., Slater, S.J., Johnston, L.D., & O'Malley, P.M. (2007). The availability of local area commercial physical activity-related facilities and physical activity behavior among adolescents. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 33(4, supplement), S292-S300.
    Powell, L.M., Auld, M.C., Chaloupka, F.J., O'Malley, P.M., & Johnston, L.D. (2007). Associations between access to food stores and adolescent body mass index. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 33(4, supplement), S301-S307.
Abstract   Wallace, J. M., Jr., Yamaguchi, R., Bachman, J. G., O’Malley, P. M., Schulenberg, J. E., & Johnston, L. D. (2007). Religiosity and adolescent substance use: The role of individual and contextual influences. Social Problems, 54(2), 308-327.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/sp.2007.54.2.308
Abstract   Terry-McElrath, Y. M., Wakefield, M. A., Emery, S., Saffer, H., Szczypka, G., O’Malley, P. M., et al. (2007). State anti-tobacco advertising and smoking outcomes by gender and race/ethnicity. Ethnicity and Health, 12(4), 339-362.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13557850701300723
Abstract   Carpenter, C. S., Kloska, D. D., O’Malley, P. M., & Johnston, L. D. (2007). Alcohol control policies and youth alcohol consumption: Evidence from 28 years of Monitoring the Future. The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 7(1), Article 25.
http://www.rwjf.org/pr/product.jsp?id=20512
    Powell, L. M., Auld, C., Chaloupka, F. J., O'Malley, P. M., & Johnston, L. D. (2007). Access to fast food and food prices: Relationship with fruit and vegetable consumption and overweight status among adolescents. The Economics of Obesity: Advances in Health Economics and Health Services Research, 17, 23-48.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0731-2199(06)17002-8
Abstract   Slater, S., Chaloupka, F. J., Wakefield, M., Johnston, L. D., & O'Malley, P. M. (2007). The impact of retail cigarette marketing practices on youth smoking uptake. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 161, 440-445.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.161.5.440
Abstract   Delva, J., O'Malley, P. M., & Johnston, L. D. (2007). Health-related behaviors and overweight: A study of Latino adolescents in the United States of America. Pan American Journal of Public Health, 21(1), 11-20.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1020-49892007000100002
    Schulenberg, J. E. (2006). Understanding the multiple contexts of adolescent risky behavior and positive development: Advances and future directions. Applied Developmental Science, 10(2), 107-113.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1207/s1532480xads1002_6
Abstract O'Malley, P. M., Johnston, L. D., Bachman, J. G., Schulenberg, J. E., & Kumar, R. (2006). How substance use differs among American secondary schools. Prevention Science, 7, 409-420.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11121-006-0050-5
Abstract Wakefield, M., Terry-McElrath, Y., Emery, S., Saffer, H., Chaloupka, F., Szczypka, G., Flay, B., O'Malley, P., & Johnston, L. (2006). Effect of televised, tobacco company-funded smoking prevention advertising on youth smoking-related beliefs, intentions, and behavior. American Journal of Public Health, 96(12), 2154-2160.
http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2005.083352
Abstract Pilgrim, C. C., Schulenberg, J. E., O'Malley, P. M, Bachman, J. G., & Johnston, L. D. (2006). Mediators and moderators of parental involvement on substance use: A national study of adolescents. Prevention Science, 7(1), 75-89.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11121-005-0019-9
Abstract Delva, J., O’Malley, P. M., & Johnston, L. D. (2006). Racial/ethnic and socioeconomic status differences in overweight and health-related behaviors among American students: National trends 1986–2003. Journal of Adolescent Health, 39(4), 536-545.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.02.013
Abstract Kumar, R., O'Malley, P. M., & Johnston, L. D. (2005). School tobacco control policies related to students' smoking and attitudes toward smoking: National survey results, 1999-2000. Health Education & Behavior, 32, 780-794.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1090198105277451
Abstract Terry-McElrath, Y. M., Johnston, L. D., O'Malley, P, M., & Yamaguchi, R. (2005). Substance abuse counseling services in secondary schools: A national study of schools and students, 1999-2003. Journal of School Health, 75, 334-341.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1746-1561.2005.00047.x
Abstract Emery, S., Wakefield, M. A., Terry-McElrath, Y. M., Saffer, H., Szczypka, G., O'Malley, P. M., Johnston, L. D., Chaloupka, F. J., & Flay, B. (2005). Televised state-sponsored antitobacco advertising and youth smoking beliefs and behavior in the United States, 1999-2000. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 159, 639-645.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15996997
Abstract Johnston, L. D., Terry-McElrath, Y. M., O'Malley, P. M., & Wakefield, M. (2005). Trends in recall and appraisal of anti-smoking advertising among American youth: National survey results, 1997-2001. Prevention Science, 6, 1-19.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11121-005-1249-6
Abstract Tauras, J. A., Chaloupka, F. J., Farrelly, M. C., Giovino, G. A., Wakefield, M., Johnston, L. D., O'Malley, P. M., Kloska, D. D., & Pechacek, T. F. (2005). State tobacco control spending and youth smoking. American Journal of Public Health, 95, 338-344.
http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2004.039727
Abstract Yamaguchi, R., O'Malley, P. M., & Johnston, L. D. (2004). Relationships between school drug searches and student substance use in U.S. schools. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 26, 329-341.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3102/01623737026004329
Abstract Johnston, L. D., O'Malley, P. M., & Terry-McElrath, Y. M. (2004). Methods, locations, and ease of cigarette access for American youth, 1997-2002. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 27, 267-276.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2004.07.008
Abstract Full text O'Malley, P. M., & Wagenaar, A. C. (2004). Effects of safety belt laws on safety belt use by American high school seniors, 1986-2000. Journal of Safety Research, 35, 125-130.
Abstract Full text Wakefield, M., Kloska, D. D., O'Malley, P. M., Johnston, L. D., Chaloupka, F., Pierce, J., Giovino, G., Ruel, E., & Flay, B. R. (2004). The role of smoking intentions in predicting future smoking among youth: Findings from Monitoring the Future data. Addiction, 99, 914-922.
Abstract Full text Yamaguchi, R., Johnston, L. D., & O'Malley, P. M. (2003). Relationship between student illicit drug use and school drug-testing policies. Journal of School Health, 73(4), 159-164.
Steinman, K. J., & Schulenberg, J. (2003). A pattern-centered approach to evaluating substance use prevention programs. In W. Damon (Series Ed.), S. C. Peck, and R. W. Roeser (Vol. Eds.), New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development: Vol. 101. Person-Centered Approaches to Studying Development in Context (pp. 87-98). San Francisco: Jossey Bass.
Abstract Kumar, R., O'Malley, P. M., Johnston, L. D, Schulenberg, J. E., & Bachman, J. G. (2002). Effect of school-level norms on student substance use. Prevention Science, 3, 105-124.
Abstract Full text Wagenaar, A. C., O'Malley, P. M., & LaFond, C. (2001). Lowered legal blood alcohol limits for young drivers: Effects on drinking, driving, and driving-after-drinking behaviors in 30 states. American Journal of Public Health, 91, 801-804.
Pacula, R. L., Grossman, M., Chaloupka, F. J., O'Malley, P. M., Johnston, L. D., & Farrelly, M. C. (2001). Marijuana and youth. In J. Gruber (Ed.) Risky behavior among youths: An economic analysis. (pp. 271-326). The University of Chicago Press. Also appears as Working Paper 7703, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. (2000).

Monographs

Full text Johnston, L.D., O'Malley, P.M., Terry-McElrath, Y.M., & Colabianchi, N. (2014). School policies and practices to improve health and prevent obesity: National secondary school survey results: School years 2006-07 through 2010-12. Volume 4. Bridging the Gap Program, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, Ann Arbor, MI.
Full text Johnston, L.D., O'Malley, P.M., Terry-McElrath, Y.M., & Colabianchi, N. (2013). School policies and practices to improve health and prevent obesity: National secondary school survey results: School years 2006-07 through 2010-11. Volume 3. Bridging the Gap Program, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, Ann Arbor, MI.
Full text Johnston, L.D., O'Malley, P.M., Terry-McElrath, Y.M., & Colabianchi, N. (2012). School policies and practices to improve health and prevent obesity: National secondary school survey results, school years 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10. Volume 2. Bridging the Gap Program, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, Ann Arbor, MI.
Full text Johnston, L.D., O'Malley, P.M., Terry-McElrath, Y.M., Freedman-Doan, P., & Brenner, J.S. (2011). School policies and practices to improve health and prevent obesity: National secondary school survey results, school years 2006-07 and 2007-08. Bridging the Gap Program, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, Ann Arbor, MI.
    Johnston, L.D., O'Malley, P.M., Terry-McElrath, Y.M., Freedman-Doan, P., & Brenner, J.S. (2011). Executive Summary: School policies and practices to improve health and prevent obesity: National secondary school survey results, school years 2006-07 and 2007-08. Bridging the Gap Program, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, Ann Arbor, MI.

Reports

Full text Johnston, L. D., O‘Malley, P. M., & Brenner, J. (2014). YES results on school policies and programs: Overview of key findings, 2013. Ann Arbor, MI: Institute for Social Research, The University of Michigan. 20 pp.

Full text Terry-McElrath, Y. M., Colabianchi, N., O'Malley, P. M., & Johnston, L. D. (2014). First year of USDA school lunch meal standards: Findings from US secondary schools. (Youth, Education, & Society Occasional Paper No. 7). Ann Arbor, MI: Institute for Social Research, 10 pp.
Full text Johnston, L. D., O'Malley, P. M., Bachman, J. G., & Schulenberg, J. E. (2013). YES results on School Policies and Programs: Overview of key findings, 2012. Ann Arbor, MI: Institute for Social Research, 20 pp.
Full text Johnston, L. D., O'Malley, P. M., Bachman, J. G., & Schulenberg, J. E. (2012). YES results on School Policies and Programs: Overview of key findings, 2011. Ann Arbor, MI: Institute for Social Research, 21 pp.
Full text Johnston, L. D., O'Malley, P. M., Bachman, J. G., & Schulenberg, J. E. (2011). YES results on School Policies and Programs: Overview of key findings, 2010. Ann Arbor, MI: Institute for Social Research, 21 pp.
Full text Johnston, L. D., O'Malley, P. M., Bachman, J. G., & Schulenberg, J. E. (2010). YES results on School Policies and Programs: Overview of key findings, 2009. Ann Arbor, MI: Institute for Social Research, 19 pp.
Full text Johnston, L. D., O'Malley, P. M., Bachman, J. G., & Schulenberg, J. E. (2009). YES results on School Policies and Programs: Overview of key findings, 2008. Ann Arbor, MI: Institute for Social Research, 19 pp.
Full text Johnston, L. D., O'Malley, P. M., Delva, J., Bachman, J. G., & Schulenberg, J. E. (2008). YES results on School Policies and Programs: Overview of key findings, 2007. Ann Arbor, MI: Institute for Social Research, 16 pp.
Full text Johnston, L. D., O'Malley, P. M., Delva, J., Bachman, J. G., & Schulenberg, J. E. (2007). YES results on School Policies and Programs: Overview of key findings, 2006. Ann Arbor, MI: Institute for Social Research, 16 pp.
Full text Johnston, L. D., O'Malley, P. M., Delva, J., Bachman, J. G., & Schulenberg, J. E. (2006). YES results on School Policies and Programs: Overview of key findings, 2005. Ann Arbor, MI: Institute for Social Research, 16 pp.
Full text Delva, J., Johnston, L. D., & O'Malley, P. M. (2005). Obesity and lifestyle habits among American adolescents: A study of SES, gender, and racial/ethnic differences 1986–2003. (Youth, Education, & Society Occasional Paper No. 6). Ann Arbor, MI: Institute for Social Research, 87 pp.
Full text Johnston, L. D., O'Malley, P. M., Delva, J., Bachman, J. G., & Schulenberg, J. E. (2005). YES results on School Policies and Programs: Overview of key findings, 2004. Ann Arbor, MI: Institute for Social Research, 15 pp.
Full text Kumar, R., O'Malley, P. M., & Johnston, L. D. (2005). Policies and practices regarding alcohol and illicit drugs among American secondary schools and their association with student alcohol and marijuana use. (Youth, Education, & Society Occasional Paper No. 5). Ann Arbor, MI: Institute for Social Research, 25 pp.
Full text Johnston, L. D., O'Malley, P. M., Bachman, J. G., & Schulenberg, J. E. (2004). YES results on School Policies and Programs: Overview of key findings, 2003. Ann Arbor, MI: Institute for Social Research, 19 pp.
Full text Johnston, L. D., & O'Malley, P. M. (2003). Obesity among American adolescents: Tracking the problem and searching for causes. (Youth, Education, & Society Occasional Paper No. 3). Ann Arbor, MI: Institute for Social Research, 72 pp.
Full text Yamaguchi, R., Johnston, L. D., & O'Malley, P. M. (2003). Drug testing in schools: Policies, practices, and association with student drug use. (Youth, Education, and Society Occasional Paper No. 2). Ann Arbor, MI: Institute for Social Research, 42 pp.
Johnston, L. D., O'Malley, P. M., Yamaguchi, R., Bachman, J. G., & Schulenberg, J. E. (2003). YES results on School Policies and Programs: Overview of key findings, 2002. Ann Arbor, MI: Institute for Social Research, 19 pp.
Johnston, L. D., O'Malley, P. M., Bachman, J. B., Schulenberg, J. E., & Yamaguchi, R. (2002). Youth, Education, and Society (YES!) results on School Policies and Programs: Overview of key findings, 2001. Ann Arbor, MI: Institute for Social Research, 19 pp.
Johnston, L. D., O'Malley, P. M., Bachman, J. G., Schulenberg, J., & Kumar, R. (2001). Descriptive Results from the School Policies and Programs Questionnaire, 1999. (Youth, Education, and Society Occasional Paper No. 1). Ann Arbor, MI: Institute for Social Research.
Full text Tauras, J., O'Malley, P. M., & Johnston, L. D. (2001). Effects of price and access laws on teenage smoking initiation: A national longitudinal analysis. (ImpacTeen/Youth, Education, and Society Research Paper No. 1.) Chicago, IL: University of Illinois at Chicago and Ann Arbor, MI: Institute for Social Research, 39 pp.
Pilgrim, C., Schulenberg, J., O'Malley, P. M., Bachman, J. G., & Johnston, L. D. (2000). Mediators of parental influences on adolescent substance use: Grade, gender, and ethnic comparisons (1994-1996). (Monitoring the Future Occasional Paper No. 47). Ann Arbor, MI: Institute for Social Research, 48 pp.

Press Releases

Full text The University of Michigan News Service (2007, Sept 25). National press release, "Studies: Children obese due to a host of unhealthy pressures." Ann Arbor, 3 pp.
Full text Johnston, L. D., Yamaguchi, R., & O'Malley, P. M. (2003, May 19). National press release, "Student drug testing not effective in reducing drug use." The University of Michigan News and Information Services, Ann Arbor, 3 pp.

Presentations and Testimony

Johnston, L.D. "Childhood Obesity and Substance Abuse: Evolving Knowledge and Perspectives." The Sir Alister McIntyre Distinguished Lecture, delivered at the 17th University Diabetes Outreach Programme conference, sponsored by the University of the West Indies, University of Technology-Jamaica, and the Northern Caribbean University, Ocho Rios, Jamaica. March, 2011.
Slater, S., Chaloupka, F., Johnston, L. D., & O'Malley, P. M. (2005, May). The relationship between youth smoking and the retail environment: Preliminary results. Paper presented at the National Conference on Tobacco or Health, Chicago, IL.
Clegg Smith, K., Terry-McElrath, T. M., Wakefield, M. A., Saffer, H., Emery, S., Szczypka, G., O'Malley, P. M., Johnston, L. D., Chaloupka, F., & Flay, B. (2004, November). "Effects of tobacco-related press coverage on youth smoking attitudes and behaviors." Paper presented at the 132nd Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington, DC.
Terry-McElrath, Y. M., Wakefield, M. A., Emery, S., Saffer, H., Szczypka, G., O'Malley, P. M., Johnston, L. D., Chaloupka, F., & Flay, B. (2004, November). "Gender and racial/ethnic differences in relationships between televised anti-tobacco ads and youth smoking beliefs and behaviors." Poster presented at the 132nd Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington, DC.
Johnston, L. D. (2004, May). "National trends in adolescent substance abuse, delinquency, and treatment." Keynote address to the conference Delinquency, Crime, and Substance Abuse: Developing a Juvenile Justice Treatment Model, sponsored by various agencies and foundations, Denver, CO.
Johnston, L. D. (2004, May). "The study of school influences on adolescent diet, exercise, and obesity: Methods and measures in the Youth, Education, and Society study." Presentation at the California National Evaluation and Measurement Conference, sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, San Francisco, CA.
Clegg Smith, K., Wakefield, M., Terry-McElrath, Y. M., Emery, S., Johnston, L. D., O'Malley, P. M., & Chaloupka, F. (2003, November). "Does tobacco press coverage influence smoking-related attitudes and beliefs among young people?" Paper presented at the 131st Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, San Francisco, CA.
Emery, S., Terry-McElrath, Y. M., Szczypka, G., Wakefield, M., Saffer, H., Chaloupka, F., Johnston, L. D., & O'Malley, P. M. (2003, November). "How do anti-smoking and smoking cessation advertisements affect youth anti-smoking advertising recall and smoking, attitudes and beliefs?" Paper presented at the 131st Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, San Francisco, CA.
Pacula, R. L., Chriqui, J. F., Chaloupka, F., Johnston, L. D., Kloska, D., O'Malley, P. M., & McBride, D. C. (2003, November). "Does state medical marijuana policy influence youth's marijuana use?" Paper presented at the 131st Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, San Francisco, CA.
Terry-McElrath, Y. M., O'Malley, P. M., Johnston, L. D., & Yamaguchi, R. (2003, November). "Schools as treatment access for drug-using adolescents." Paper presented at the 131st Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, San Francisco, CA.
Tauras, J. A., Chaloupka, F., Giovino, G. A., Wakefield, M., Johnston, L. D., O'Malley, P. M., Pechacek, T. F., & Farrelly, M. C. (2003, August). "State tobacco control spending and youth smoking." Paper to be presented at the World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Helsinki, Finland.
Wakefield, M., Emery, S., Saffer, H., Chaloupka, F., Johnston, L. D., et al. (2003, August). "Relation between anti-smoking advertising and student smoking." Paper to be presented at the World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Helsinki, Finland.
Johnston, L. D. (2003, July). "How and why adolescent substance abuse is changing in America." Keynote address to The 8th Annual National Prevention Symposium, sponsored by the Comprehensive Health Education Foundation, San Francisco, CA.
Kumar, R., O'Malley, P. M., & Johnston, L. D. (2003, June). Parental participation in school and student substance use: A multilevel study. Society for Prevention Research 11th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.
Yamaguchi, R., O'Malley, P. M., & Johnston, L. D. (2003, April). "The relationship between student drug use and school drug testing policies." Paper to be presented at the American Education Research Association Conference, Chicago, IL.
Yamaguchi, R., O'Malley, P. M., & Johnston, L. D. (2003, April). "Effects of school tobacco cessation service context on student cigarette use." Paper to be presented at the American Education Research Association Conference, Chicago, IL.
Emery, S., Barker, D., Yamaguchi, R., & Chua, J. (2003, February). "The availability and distribution of community and school programs for youth smoking cessation." Poster presented at Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, New Orleans, LA.
Johnston, L. D, Yamaguchi, R., & O'Malley, P. M. (2003, February). "Student drug testing in America's schools: How widespread and how effective?" Invited presentation to the Fact-Finding Forum on Student Drug Testing: A Review of Legal, Scientific, and Implementation Issues, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC.
Johnston, L. D. (2002, June 25). Written and oral testimony presented at hearings on the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign, held by the Subcommittee for Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources, of the Committee on Government Reform, U.S. House of Representatives. Published in The Congressional Record.
Johnston, L. D. (2002, June 20). Written testimony on the National Youth Media Anti-Drug Media Campaign for the Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government of the House Appropriations Committee, U.S. House of Representatives. Published in The Congressional Record.
Johnston, L. D. (2002, June 19). Written and oral testimony presented at hearings on the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign, held by the Treasury and General Government Subcommittee on Appropriations of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee. Published inThe Congressional Record.
Yamaguchi, R., Johnston, L. D., & O'Malley, P. M. (2002, December). "Youth, Education, and Society research project: School drug-testing policies." Paper presented at the Substance Abuse Policy Research Conference, Tucson, AZ.
Johnston, L. D. (2002, October). "Recent results from Monitoring the Future and Youth, Education and Society studies." Invited presentation to the officers and staff of the Partnership for a Drug-Free America, New York, NY.
Johnston, L. D. (2002, October). "National trends in treatment and counseling for adolescent substance abuse." Invited presentation delivered to the Sixth Annual Statewide Conference of the Alcoholism & Substance Abuse Providers of New York State (ASAP), Syracuse, NY.
Johnston, L. D. (2002, February). "'Bridging the Gap' and 'Youth, Education, and Society': A Multi-Center, Multi-Disciplinary Collaboration," to Coordinating Committee for Bridging the Gap, directors of various Foundation programs, and staff from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, St. Petersburg, FL.
Johnston, L. D. (2001, November). "The Youth, Education, and Society Research Program: Overview, Current Findings, and Future Plans," at the annual meeting of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Substance Abuse Policy Research Program (SAPRP), St. Augustine, FL.
Giovino, G., Wakefield, M., Chaloupka, F. J., Johnston, L. D., O'Malley, P. M., & Tworek, C. (2001, May). Are laws that restrict purchase, possession, and use of cigarettes by minors associated with adolescent smoking behaviors? Presented at Society for Prevention Research 9th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.
Pacula, R., Grossman, M., Chaloupka, F. J., O'Malley, P. M., & Johnston, L. D. (2001, May). Marijuana and youth. Presented by J. Williams at Society for Prevention Research 9th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.
Kumar, R., O'Malley, P.M. & Johnston, L.D. (2001, May). Relationship between the initiatives taken by schools to prevent students' use of tobacco and students' use of tobacco products and their attitudes toward tobacco use. Presented by R. Kumar at Society for Prevention Research 9th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.
Kumar, R., O'Malley, P. M., & Johnston, L. D. (2001, April). Effects of school-level norms on student substance use. Poster presentation at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development, Minneapolis, MN.
Wakefield, M. A., Chaloupka, F., Giovino, G. A., Johnston, L. D., O'Malley, P. M., Slater, S., & Tworek, C. (2001, March). Study of youth smoking and the state laws prohibiting the purchase, possession, and/or use of cigarettes. Poster presentation at the 7th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Seattle, WA.
Johnston, L. D., O'Malley, P. M., Bachman, J. G., Schulenberg, J. E., Wakefield, M. A., Chaloupka, F. J., Giovino, G. A., & Terry-McElrath, Y. M. (2001, March). Recent trends in youth access to cigarettes: Results from the Monitoring the Future study. Poster presentation at the 7th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Seattle, WA.
Johnston, L. D. (2001, March). Youth, Education, and Society: Progress and plans on a collaborative study. Invited presentation to the National Coordinating Committee of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's "Bridging the Gap Initiative," Captiva Island, FL.
Johnston, L. D. (2001, February). Recent changes in adolescents' exposure to, and evaluation of, anti-drug advertising. Also: Trends in adolescent substance use and related attitudes: Implications for social action. Invited presentations to all officers and staff of the Partnership for a Drug-Free America, New York, NY.
Johnston, L. D. (1999, December). The Youth, Education, and Society study: Its conception and progress to date. Invited presentation to the officers and senior staff of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, NJ.