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Peer-reviewed Publications
15. Ma, S., Shang, C., Do, V., Huang, J., Pechacek, T. & Weaver, S. (2025). The Impacts of Product Characteristics and Regulatory Environment on Smokers’ Preferences for Tobacco and Alcohol Co-Use: Evidence from A Volumetric Choice Experiment. PLOS One, 20(3): e0320023. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0320023. PMID: 40073034.
14. Ma, S., Ahn, S., Kaareen, A., Yang, Q., Qiu, Z., Chen, J., Berman, M., Mays, D., Wagener, T. & Shang, C. (2024). Features of disposable e-cigarettes and their association with pricing and consumer preference: Evidence from web data of US online stores. Addiction. Published online December 23, 2024. doi: 10.1111/add.16719. PMID: 39711153.
13. Ma, S., Yang, Q., #Ahn, S., Park, H., He, Y., Bridges, J. & Shang, C. (2024). Cost Comparison and Spending on Tobacco Products: Evidence from A Nationally Representative Sample of Adult E-Cigarettes Users. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. Published online October 25, 2024. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntae250. PMID: 39450424.
12. He, Y., Yang, Q., Alish, Y., Ma, S., Qiu, Z., Chen, J., Wagener, T. & Shang, C. (2024). Relationship Between Product Features and the Prices of e-Cigarette Devices Sold in Web-Based Vape Shops: Comparison Study Using a Linear Regression Model. JMIR Formative Research, 8, e49276. DOI: 10.2196/49276. PMID: 38723251.
11. Ma, S., Kaareen, A., Park, H., He, Y., Jiang, S., Qiu, Z., Xie, Z., Li, D., Chen, J., O’Connor, R. J., Fong, G. T. & Shang, C. (2024). How to Identify e-Cigarette Brands Available in the United States During 2020-2022: Development and Usability Study. JMIR Formative Research, 8, e47570. DOI:10.2196/47570. PMID: 38416562.
10. Ma, S., Jiang, S., Yang, O., Zhang, X., Fu, Y., Zhang, Y., Kaareen, A., Ling, M., Chen, J., & Shang, C. (2024). Use of Machine Learning Tools in Evidence Synthesis of Tobacco Use among Sexual and Gender Diverse Populations. JMIR Formative Research, 8, e49031. DOI: 10.2196/49031. PMID: 38265858.
9. He, Y., Ma, S., Yang, Q., & Shang, C. (2023). How cigarette excise tax pass-through to prices responds to the uptake and evolution of e-cigarettes (ECs). Tobacco Control, tc-2023-058078. Advance online publication. DOI: 10.1136/tc-2023-058078. PMID: 37640531.
8. Ma, S., Jiang, S., Wagener, T., Mays, D., Chen, J., & Shang, C. (2023). The Associations Between E-Liquid Characteristics and Its Pricing: Evidence from Online Vape Shops. PLOS One, 18(5), e0286258. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0286258. PMID: 37235576; PMCID: PMC10218732.
7. Yang, Q., Ma, S., He, Y., Qiu, Z., Chen, J., & Shang, C. (2023). What types of e-liquid products were more likely to offer price promotions? Tobacco Control, tc-2022-057781. Advance online publication. DOI: 10.1136/tc-2022-057781. PMID: 37197949.
6. Ma, S., Qiu, Z., Chen, J., & Shang, C. (2023). Synthetic nicotine e-liquids sold in US online vape shops. Preventive Medicine Reports, 33, 102222. DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2023.102222. PMID: 37181243; PMCID: PMC10172710.
5. Ma, S., Jiang, S., Ling, M., Lu, B., Chen, J., & Shang, C. (2023). Excise taxes and pricing activities of e-liquid products sold in online vape shops. Tobacco Control, 33(1), 7–14. DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-057033. PMID: 35697482; PMCID: PMC10804005.
4. Shang, C., Ma, S., & Lindblom, E. N. (2023). Tax incidence of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) in the USA. Tobacco Control, 32(e2), e160–e165. DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-056774. PMID: 34937806; PMCID: PMC9213570.
3. Ma, S., Qiu, Z., Yang, Q., Bridges, J., Chen, J., & Shang, C. (2022). Expanding E-liquid Flavor Wheel: Classification of Emerging E-Liquid Flavors in Online Vape Shops. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(21), 13953. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph192113953. PMID: 36360834; PMCID: PMC9658901.
2. Ma, S., Jiang, S., Ling, M., Chen, J., & Shang, C. (2022). Price Promotions of E-liquid Products Sold in Online Stores. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(14), 8870. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19148870. PMID: 35886722; PMCID: PMC9323160.
1. Shi, H., Fan, M., Zhang, H., Ma, S., Wang, W., Yan, Z., Chen, Y., Fan, H., & Bi, R. (2021). Perceived health-care quality in China: a comparison of second-and third-tier hospitals. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 33(1), mzab027. DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzab027. PMID: 33693896.
Seminars and Oral Presentations
2024: American Economic Association Economics of LGBTQ+ Individuals Virtual Seminar, NIH Tobacco Centers of Regulatory Science Grantee Meeting, GLMA’s Annual Conference on LGBTQ+ Health, American Society of Health Economists Annual Conference, LGBT Health Workforce Annual Conference, OSU Pelotonia Scholars Symposium, Midwest Economics Association (MEA) Annual Meeting, Patient Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR) Seminar at OSU College of Medicine
2023: MEA Annual Conference, Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) Annual Meeting, OSU Center for Tobacco Research (CTR) Trainee Seminar
2022: American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Tobacco Online Policy Seminar, OSU-CTR Trainee Seminar, OSU Edward F. Hayes Research Forum, PCOR
2020: Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting, European Economic Association Annual Congress, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management International Conference, Western Economic Association International (WEAI) Annual Conference
2019: Economics Seminar at Miami University of Ohio, Applied Economics Seminar at CUNY Graduate Center
2018: WEAI Annual Conference, Chinese Economists Society North America Conference, Eastern Economic Association Annual Conference
2017: Brownbag Seminar at CUNY Graduate Center
Poster Presentations
2025: SRNT
2024: National LGBTQ Health Conference, LGBTQ+ Health Care Conference
2023: LGBTQ+ Health Care Conference, SRNT
2022: James-OSUCCC Annual Scientific Meeting, SRNT
2021: NIH Tobacco Regulatory Science Meeting, James-OSUCCC Annual Scientific Meeting, Department of Internal Medicine Annual Scientific Symposium at OSU College of Medicine, SRNT
2020: Health, History, Demography and Development Seminar at University of Michigan
SRNT 2025, New Orleans, LA
