Faculty Publications 

"To Be or Not to Be: Decisions at the End of Life." Harrod Lecture Series 17 (1998-2000): 37-56.  Lecture presented on Nov. 30, 1999.

Wellman, Robert, and David B. Sugarman. "Elder and Young Adults' Perceptions of the Decision to Withdraw from Medical Treatment: A Replication and Extension."  Journal of Social Behavior and Personality 14.2 (1999): 287-298

Wellman, Robert, Judith A. Savageau, Sameer Godiwala, Noelle Savageau, Karen Friedman, Jennifer Hazelton, and Joseph R. DiFranza.  "A comparison of the Hooked on Nicotine Checklist and the Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence in adult smokers."  Nicotine & Tobacco Research 8.4 (August 2006): 575-580

Wellman, Robert, Joseph R. DiFranza, Lori Pbert, Kenneth E. Fletcher, Alan Flint, Martin H. Young, and Susan Druker.  "A comparison of the psychometric properties of the hooked on nicotine checklist and the modified Fagerstrom tolerance questionnaire."  Addictive Behaviors 31 (2006): 486-495.

Wellman, Robert, Joseph R. DiFranza, Judith A. Savageau, Sameer Godiwala, Karen Friedman, and Jennifer Hazelton.  "Measuring adults' loss of autonomy over nicotine use: The Hooked on Nicotine Checklist."  Nicotine & Tobacco Research 7.1 (February 2005): 157-161.

Wellman, Robert, PhD, Robert McMillen, PhD, and Joseph DiFranza, MD.  "Assessing College Students' Autonomy Over Smoking With the Hooked on Nicotine Checklist."  Journal of American College Health 56.5 (March/April 2008): 549-553.

Wellman, Robert, Joseph R. DiFranza, and Constance Wood.  "Tobacco chippers report diminished autonomy over smoking."  Addictive Behaviors 31 (2006): 717-721.

Wellman, Robert, and Joseph R. DiFranza.  "Early dating and smoking initiation: some thoughts about a common cause."  Addiction 101 (2006): 1682-1683.

Wellman, Robert, Joseph R. DiFranza, Judith A. Savageau, Kenneth Fletcher, Jennifer O'Loughlin, Lori Pbert, Judith K. Ockene, Ann D. McNeill, Jennifer Hazelton, Karen Friedman, Gretchen Dussault, and Connie Wood. "Symptoms of Tobacco Dependence After Brief Intermittent Use."  Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine  161.7 (July 2007): 704-710.

Wellman, Robert, Joseph R. DiFranza, James D. Sargent, Michael Weitzman, Bethany J. Hipple, Jonathon P. Winickoff and for the Tobacco Consortium, Center for Child Health Research of the American Academy of Pediatrics. "

Wellman, Robert, Katherine Carter Wheeler, Kenneth E. Fletcher, and Joseph R. DiFranza.  "Screening Adolescents for Nicotine Dependence: The Hooked On Nicotine Checklist."  Journal of Adolescent Health 35.3 (2004): 225-230.

Wellman, Robert, and Joseph R. DiFranza.  "A sensitization-homeostasis model of nicotine craving, withdrawal, and tolerance: Integrating the clinical and basic science literature."  Nicotine & Tobacco Research 7.1 (February 2005): 9-26.

 Wellman, Robert, and Joseph R. DiFranza.  "Sensitization to nicotine: How the animal literature might inform future human research."  Nicotine & Tobacco Research  9.1 (January 2007): 9-20.

Wellman, Robert, and Joseph R. DiFranza.  "Seasonality in onset of youth smoking parallels seasonality in cigarette sales."  Tobacco Control 12.3 (March 2005): 339-340.

Wellman, Robert, Joseph R. DiFranza, Judith A. Savageau, Kenneth Fletcher, Lori Pbert, Jennifer O'Loughlin, Ann D. McNeill, Judith K. Ockene, Karen Friedman, Jennifer Hazelton, Connie Wood, and Gretchen Dussault.  "Susceptibility to Nicotine Dependence: The Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth 2 Study."  Pediatrics 120.4 (October 2007): e974-e983.

Wellman, Robert, Robert Scragg, Murray Laugesen, and Joseph R. DiFranza.  "Diminished autonomy over tobacco can appear with the first cigarettes."  Addictive Behaviors 33 (2008): 689-698.

Wellman, Robert, and Joseph R. DiFranza.  "Preventing Cancer By Controlling Youth Tobacco Use."  Seminars in Oncology Nursing 19.4 (November 2003): 261-267.

Wellman, Robert, J. R. DiFranza, J. A. Savageau, and G. F. Dussault.  "Short term patterns of early smoking acquisition."  Tobacco Control 13 (2004):251-257.

Wellman, Robert, Murray Laugesen, Robert Scragg, and Joseph R. DiFranza.  "R-rated film viewing and adolescent smoking."  Preventive Medicine 45 (2007): 454-459.

Wellman, Robert, W. W. S. A. Fernando, and Joseph R. DiFranza.  "The relationship between level of cigarette consumption and latency to the onset of retrospectively reported withdrawal symptoms."  Psychopharmacology 188 (2006): 335-342.

Wellman, Robert, Joseph R. DiFranza, Judith A. Savageau, Sameer Godiwala, Noelle Savageau, Karen Friedman, and Jennifer Hazelton.  "The effect of abstinence on cigarette consumption upon the resumption of smoking."  Addictive Behaviors 31 (2006): 711-716.

 Wellman, Robert, Joseph R. DiFranza, James D. Sargent, Michael Weitzman, Bethany J. Hipple, Jonathon P. Winickoff and for the Tobacco Consortium, Center for Child Health Research of the American Academy of Pediatrics.  "Tobacco Promotion and the Initiation of Tobacco Use: Assessing the Evidence for Causality."  Pediatrics 117.6 (June 2006): 1237-1248.

Wellman, Robert, and David B. Sugarman.  "The Impact of Personal Expectations on Counterfactual Thinking About Life and Death Medical Decisions."  Basic and Applied Social Psychology 28.1 (2006): 81-89.

Wellman, Robert, Zhixin Li, Joseph R. DiFranza, Praveen Kulkarni, and Jean A. King.  "Imaging brain activation in nicotine-sensitized rats."  Brain Research 1199 (2008): 91-99.

Wellman, Robert, David B. Sugarman, Joseph R. DiFranza, and Jonathon P. Winickoff.  "The Extent to Which Tobacco Marketing and Tobacco Use in Films Contribute to Children's Use of Tobacco."  Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine 160 (December 2006): 1285-1296.

Wellman, Robert, Andre Gervais, Jennifer O'Loughlin, Erika Dugas, Mark J. Eisenberg, and Joseph R. DiFranza.  "A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials of Youth Smoking Cessation Interventions."  Drogues, sante et Societe 6.1 (June 2007) Supplement 2: ii1-ii26.

Wellman, Robert, and Joseph R. DiFranza.  "The Family Physician's Role in Identifying and Treating Tobacco Addiction among Adolescents."  Journal of the Korean Academy of Family Medicine 26.12 (2005): 739-743.

"Hooking Our Kids: How Tobacco Marketing and Adolescent Vulnerabilities Converge to Addict Youths to Tobacco."  Harrod Lecture Series XIX (2004-2006): 27-50.  Lecture presented on March 29, 2005.