Siddiqi K, Arora M, Gupta PC. Common assumptions in tobacco control that may not hold true for South-East Asia. The Lancet Regional Health-Southeast Asia. 2022 Oct 12:100088. Read More
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PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Accelerating policy response to curb non-communicable diseases: an imperative to mitigate the dual public health crises of non-communicable diseases and COVID-19 in India. (2022) Read More
Sharma N, Joshi N, Nazar GP, Arora M, Malhotra S, Bhatt G, Goel S. Association of Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy (HDP) and tobacco use among women of reproductive age group in India: A secondary data analysis from NFHS-4. Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care: September 2022. Read More
Nazar GP, Bassi S, Kulkarni MM, Kamath VG, Bhagawath R, Britton J, Arora M.. An observational study of compliance with tobacco-free school guidelines in Udupi district, Karnataka (India). The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. Read More
Sharma N, Nazar G, Chugh A, Chopra M, Mdege ND, John RM, Arora M, Karan A. Socio-Economic Status (SES) differences in changing affordability of tobacco products from 2011-12 to 2018-19 in India. Nicotine & tobacco research. 2022 Sep 29. Read More
Bassi S, Nazar GP, Joshi N, Sharma N, Pandian A, Mohan D, Mohan S, Patel SA, Ali MK, McNeill A, Tandon N, Mohan V, Prabhakaran D and Arora M. Anxiety and depression among adult tobacco users during the COVID-19 restrictions in India. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 2022 Jul 25. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.964949 Read More
Arora M, Dringus S, Bahl D, Rizvi Z, Maity H, Lama S, et al. (2022) Engagement of health workers and peer educators from the National Adolescent Health Programme-Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram during the COVID-19 pandemic: Findings from a situational analysis. PLoS ONE 17(9): e0266758. Read More
Arora M, Nazar GP, Sharma N, Jain N, Davidson F, Mohan S, Mohan D, Ali MK, Mohan V, Tandon N, Narayan KV. COVID-19 and tobacco cessation: lessons from India. Public health. 2022 Jan 1;202:93-9. Read More
Rawal T, Kathuria P, Shrivastav R, Bassi S, Chugh A, Joshi N, Mehta R, Arora M. Meaningful Engagement of Adolescents Through Global Youth Meet on Health 2021. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2022 Jan 1;70(1):167-8. Read More
Bassi S, Ralston R, Arora M, Chugh A, Nazar GP, Collin J. Understanding the dynamics of notification and implementation of Article 5.3 across India’s states and union territories. Tobacco Control. 2022 Jun 1;31(Suppl 1):s18-25. Read More
Nazar GP, Arora M, Gupta VK, Rawal T, Chugh A, Shrivastava S, Dhore P, Bhatt A, Deshpande SR, Unnikrishnan AG. The impact of project diabetes with dignity intervention on knowledge and quality of life among adults with diabetes in a rural Indian setting. International Journal of Noncommunicable Diseases. 2021 Jul 1;6(3):129. Read More
Nazar GP, Arora M, Sharma N, Shrivastava S, Rawal T, Chugh A, Sinha P, Munish VG, Tullu FT, Schotte K, Polansky JR. Changes in tobacco depictions after implementation of tobacco-free film and TV rules in Bollywood films in India: a trend analysis. Tobacco Control. 2021 Jul 26. Read More
Kulkarni MM, Kamath A, Kamath VG, Lewis S, Bogdanovica I, Bains M, Cranwell J, Fogarty A, Arora M, Nazar GP, Ballal K, Naik AK, Bhagawath R, Britton J. Prospective cohort study of exposure to tobacco imagery in popular films and smoking uptake among children in southern India. PLoS One. 2021;16(8):e0253593. Read More
Rawal, T. Willeboordse,M. Arora, M. Sharma, N. Nazar, G.P. Tandon, N. Van Schayck, C.P. Prevalence of Excessive Weight and Underweight and Its Associated Knowledge and Lifestyle Behaviors among Urban Private School-Going Adolescents in New Delhi. Nutrients 2021, 13, 3296. Read More
Rawal T, Bhaumik S, Shrivastav R, Nazar GP, Tandon N, Arora M. Kids and Diabetes in Schools (KiDS) intervention in India: Participants’ perspectives. Health Education Journal. 2021 Mar 28:00178969211005499. Read More
Global Burden of Disease Study 2019, Tobacco Collaborators, Golechha M, Arora M, Mathur MR, Dandona L, Dandona R, Kumar GA. Spatial, temporal, and demographic patterns in prevalence of chewing tobacco use in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet Public Health. 2021;6:e482-e99. Read More
Arora M, Chugh A, Jain N, Mishu M, Boeckmann M, Dahanayake S, Eckhardt J, Forberger S, Huque R, Kanaan M, Khan Z, Mehrotra R, Rahman MA, Readshaw A, Sheikh A, Siddiqi K, Vidyasagaran A, Dogar O. Global impact of tobacco control policies on smokeless tobacco use: a systematic review protocol. BMJ Open. 2020;10:e042860. Read More
Arora M, Datta P, Barman A, Sinha P, Munish VG, Bahl D, Bhaumik S, Nazar GP, Tullu F. The Indian Bidi Industry: Trends in Employment and Wage Differentials. Frontiers in Public Health. 2020;8. Read More
Kulkarni MM, Kamath VG, Cranwell J, Britton J, Nazar GP, Arora M, Ballal K, Kamath A. Assessment of tobacco imagery and compliance with tobacco-free rules in popular Indian films. Tobacco control. 2020 Jan 1;29(1):119-21. Read More
Kulkarni MM, Kamath VG, Kamath A, Lewis S, Bogdanovica I, Bains M, Cranwell J, Fogarty A, Arora M, Nazar GP, Ballal K. Exposure to tobacco imagery in popular films and the risk of ever smoking among children in southern India. Tobacco Control. 2020 Sep 7. Read More
Rawal T, Shrivastav R, Nazar GP, Tandon N, Arora M. A school-based program for diabetes prevention and management in India–project KiDS and diabetes in schools. International Journal of Noncommunicable Diseases. 2020 Jul 1;5(3):107. Read More
Arora M, Shrivastava S, Mishra VK, Mathur MR. Use of Betel Quid in India from 2009 to 2017: An Epidemiological Analysis of the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS). Subst Use Misuse. 2020;55:1465-71. Read More
Gaurang P. Nazar, Aastha Chugh, Nitika Sharma, Rijo John, Sonnet Mohammad Abdullah, Lina Silwa, Noreen D. Mdege, Rumana Huque, Monika Arora. Impact of tobacco price and taxation on affordability and consumption of tobacco products in Southeast Asia Region: a systematic review. PROSPERO 2020 CRD42020133082 Available from: Read More
Chugh A, Bassi S, Nazar GP, Bhojani U, Alexander C, Lal P, Gupta PC, Arora M. Tobacco Industry Interference Index: Implementation of the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Article 5.3 in India. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health. 2020 May 12. Read More
Arora M, Nazar GP, Chugh A, Rawal T, Shrivastava S, Sinha P, Munish VG, Tullu FT, Schotte K, Polansky JR, Glantz S. Tobacco imagery in on-demand streaming content popular among adolescents and young adults in India: implications for global tobacco control. Tobacco Control. 2020 Apr 8. Read More
Nazar GP, Arora M, Gupta VK, Rawal T, Yadav A, Kannuri NK, Shrivastava S, Grills N, Webster P. Adolescent and adult perceptions of the effects of larger size graphic health warnings on conventional and plain tobacco packs in India: A community-based cross-sectional study. Tobacco Induced Diseases.2019;17. Read More
Chinnici D, Middlehurst A, Tandon N, Arora M, Belton A, Franco DR, Bechara GM, Branco FC, Rawal T, Shrivastav R, Sung E. Improving the school experience of children with diabetes: Evaluation of the KiDS project. Journal of clinical & translational endocrinology. 2019 Mar 1;15:70-5. Read More
Saluja K, Rawal T, Bassi S, Bhaumik S, Singh A, Park MH, Kinra S, Arora M. School environment assessment tools to address behavioural risk factors of non-communicable diseases: A scoping review. Preventive medicine reports. 2018 Jun 1;10:1-8. Read More
Yadav A, Nazar GP, Rawal T, Arora M, Webster P, Grills N. Plain packaging of tobacco products: the logical next step for tobacco control policy in India. BMJ global health. 2018 Sep 1;3(5):e000873. Read More
Satija A, Khandpur N, Satija S, Mathur Gaiha S, Prabhakaran D, Reddy KS, Arora M, Venkat Narayan KM. Physical activity among adolescents in India: a qualitative study of barriers and enablers. Health education & behavior. 2018 Dec;45(6):926-34. Read More
Prokhorov AV, Khalil GE, Foster DW, Marani SK, Guindani M, Espada JP, Gonzalvez MT, Idrisov B, Galimov A, Arora M, Tewari A. Testing the nicotine dependence measure mFTQ for adolescent smokers: A multinational investigation. The American journal on addictions. 2017 Oct. Read More
Bassi S, VK G, Arora M, MB H, Perry C, KS R. To assess the influence of tobacco use by family members, peers and role models on tobacco use status of adolescents living in urban slums of Delhi, India: Results from a longitudinal study. Indian J Youth Adolesc Heal. 2016 Jan 1; 17–24. Read More
Sidhu AK, Sussman S, Tewari A, Bassi S, Arora M. Project EX-India: A classroom-based tobacco use prevention and cessation intervention program. Addictive behaviors. 2016 Feb 1;53:53-7. Read More
Bassi S, Gupta VK, Chopra I, Ranjani H, Saligram N, Arora M. Novel school-based health intervention program—a step toward early diabetes prevention. International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries. 2015 Nov 1;35(4):460-8. Read More
Mathur C, Stigler MH, Erickson DJ, Perry CL, Finnegan Jr JR, Arora M, Reddy KS. Socioeconomic differences in the risk profiles of susceptibility and ever use of tobacco among Indian urban youth: a latent class approach. nicotine & tobacco research. 2014 Apr 1. Read More
Gupta VK, Arora M, Sharma I, Nazar GP, Modi B, Singh D, Millet C, Reddy KS. Knowledge and opinion about smoke-free laws and second-hand smoke among hospitality venue managers in Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh, India. WHO South-East Asia Journal of Public Health. 2013;2(3-4):174. Read More
Arora M, Nazar G. Prohibiting tobacco advertising, promotions & sponsorships: Tobacco control best buy. The Indian journal of medical research. 2013 May. Read More
Riggs N, Tewari A, Stigler M, Rodrigues L, Arora M, Khubchandani J, Simmons R, et al. Indian Students’ Perspectives on Obesity and School-Based Obesity Prevention A Qualitative Examination. Health promotion practice. 2013 Nov 1;14(6):816-23. Read More
Arora M, Tewari A, Nazar GP, Grills N, Sonrexa J, Gupta VK, et al. Exploring perception of Indians about plain packaging of tobacco products: a mixed-method research. Frontiers in public health. 2013 Sep 23;1:35. Read More
Arora M, Tewari A, Dhavan P, Nazar GP, Stigler MH, Juneja NS, Perry CL, et al. Discussions with adults and youth to inform the development of a community-based tobacco control programme. Health Education Research. 2013 Feb 1. Read More
Arora M, Mathur MR, Singh N. A framework to prevent and control tobacco among adolescents and children: introducing the IMPACT model. The Indian Journal of Pediatrics. 2013 Mar 1. Read More
Brown HS, Stigler M, Perry C, Dhavan P, Arora M, Reddy KS. The cost-effectiveness of a school-based smoking prevention program in India. Health promotion international. 2013; 28(2), 178-186. Read More
Arora M, Nazar GP, Gupta VK, Perry CL, Reddy KS, Stigler MH. Association of breakfast intake with obesity, dietary and physical activity behavior among urban school-aged adolescents in Delhi, India: results of a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health. 2012 Oct 17;12(1):881. Read More
Shrivastav R, Nazar GP, Stigler MH, Arora M. Health promotion for primordial prevention of tobacco use. Global Heart. 2012 Jul 31;7(2):143-50. Read More
Arora M, Tewari A, Nazar GP, Gupta VK, Shrivastav R. Ineffective pictorial health warnings on tobacco products: Lessons learnt from India. Indian journal of public health. 2012 Jan 1;56(1):61. Read More
Stigler MH, Medina J, Arora M, Nazar GP, Rodrigues LM, Reddy KS, Perry CL. Adolescents’ response to food marketing in Delhi, India. In: Advancing Communication Strategies to Prevent Childhood Obesity.(Inpress). Read More
Reddy KS, Yadav A, Arora M, Nazar GP. Integrating tobacco control into health and development agendas. Tobacco control. 2012 Mar 1;21(2):281-6. Read More
Bate SL, Stigler MH, Thompson MS, MacKinnon DP, Arora M, Perry CL, et al. A qualitative mediation study to evaluate a school-based tobacco prevention program in India (Project MYTRI). Field Methods. 2012 May. Read More
Arora M, Mathur N, Gupta VK, Nazar GP, Reddy KS, Sargent JD. Tobacco use in Bollywood movies, tobacco promotional activities and their association with tobacco use among Indian adolescents. Tobacco Control. 2012 Sep 1;21(5):482-7. Read More
Dhavan P, Bassi S, Stigler MH, Arora M, Gupta VK, Perry CL, et al. Using salivary cotinine to validate self-reports of tobacco use by Indian youth living in low-income neighborhoods. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention. Read More
Arora M, Chauhan K, John S, Mukhopadhyay A. Multi-sectoral action for addressing social determinants of noncommunicable diseases and mainstreaming health promotion in national health programmes in India. Indian journal of community medicine: official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine. 2011 Dec;36(Suppl1): S43. 2011 Dec;36(Suppl1): S43. Read More
Arora M, Gupta VK, Nazar GP, Stigler MH, Perry CL, Reddy KS. Impact of Tobacco Advertisements on Tobacco Use among Urban Adolescents In India: Results From a Longitudinal Study. Tobacco Control. July 2011. Read More
Arora M, Stigler MH, Reddy KS. Effectiveness of health promotion in preventing tobacco use among adolescents in India Research evidence informs the National Tobacco Control Programme in India. Global Health Promotion. 2011 Mar 1. Read More
Harrell Stigler M, Perry CL, Smolenski D, Arora M, Srinath Reddy K. A mediation analysis of a tobacco prevention program for adolescents in India: how did project MYTRI work?. Health Education & Behavior. 2011 Jun. Read More
Stigler MH, Arora M, Dhavan P, Shrivastav R, Reddy KS, Perry CL. Weight-related concerns and weight-control behaviors among overweight adolescents in Delhi, India: A cross-sectional study. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 2011 Feb 7;8(1):1. Read More
Donaldson EA, Waters HR, Arora M, Varghese B, Dave P, Modi B. A cost-effectiveness analysis of India’s 2008 prohibition of smoking in public places in Gujarat. International Journal of Environmental Research And Public Health. 2011 Apr 26;8(5):1271-86. Read More
Stigler MH, Arora M, Dhavan P, Tripathy V, Shrivastav R, Reddy KS, et al. Measuring obesity among school-aged youth in India: a comparison of three growth references. Indian paediatrics. 2011 Feb 1;48(2):105-10. Read More
Arora M, Gupta VK, Nazar GP, Stigler MH, Perry CL, Reddy KS. kin India: results from a longitudinal study. Tobacco Control. 2011 Jul 29:tc-2010. Read More
Dhavan P, Stigler MH, Perry CL, Arora M, Reddy KS. Is tobacco use associated with academic failure among government school students in urban India? Journal of School Health. 2010 Nov 1;80(11):552-60. Read More
Babar AA, Stigler MH, Perry CL, Arora M, Shrivastav R, Reddy KS. Tobacco-use psychosocial risk profiles of girls and boys in urban India: implications for gender-specific tobacco intervention development. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 2009:ntp169. Read More
Arora M, Stigler M, Gupta V, Bassi S, Dhavan P, Mathur N, Tripathy V, Perry C, Reddy KS. Tobacco control among disadvantaged youth living in low-income communities in India: Introducing Project ACTIVITY. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 11(1): 2010, 45-52. Read More
Goenka S, Tewari A, Arora M, Stigler MH, Perry CL, Arnold JS, et al. Process evaluation of a tobacco prevention program in Indian schools—methods, results and lessons learnt. Health Education Research. 2010 Dec 1;25(6):917-35. Read More
Stigler M, Dhavan P, Van Dusen D, Arora M, Reddy KS, Perry CL. Westernization and tobacco use among young people in Delhi, India. Social Science & Medicine. 2010 Sep 30;71(5):891-7. Read More
Dhavan P, Stigler MH, Arora M, Bassi S, Perry CL, Reddy KS. Practice-based learning in global youth tobacco prevention research at the University of Texas master of public health program. Public Health Reports. 2010 May;125(3):505. Read More
Dhavan P, Stigler MH, Arora M, Bassi S, Perry CL, Reddy KS. Practice-based learning in global youth tobacco prevention research at the University of Texas master of public health program. Public Health Reports. 2010 May;125(3):505. Read More
Arora M, Stigler M, Gupta MV, Bassi MS, Dhavan P, Mathur MN, et al. Tobacco control among disadvantaged youth living in low-income communities in India: introducing Project ACTIVITY. Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention: APJCP 2010; 11(1), 45. Read More
Arora M, Tewari A, Tripathy V, Nazar GP, Juneja NS, Ramakrishnan L, et al. Community-based model for preventing tobacco use among disadvantaged adolescents in urban slums of India. Health Promotion International. 2010 Jun 1;25(2):143-52. Read More
Dhavan P, Stigler MH, Perry CL, Arora M, Reddy KS. Patterns of tobacco use and psychosocial risk factors among students in 6th through 10th grades in India: 2004-2006. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2009 Jan 1;10(5):807-13. Read More
Perry CL, Stigler MH, Arora M, Reddy KS. Preventing tobacco use among young people in India: Project MYTRI. American Journal of Public Health. 2009 May;99(5):899-906. Read More
Bate SL, Stigler MH, Thompson MS, Arora M, Perry CL, Reddy KS, et al. Psychosocial mediators of a school-based tobacco prevention program in India: results from the first year of project MYTRI. Prevention Science. 2009 Jun 1;10(2):116-28. Read More
Perry CL, Stigler MH, Arora M, Reddy KS. Prevention in translation: tobacco use prevention in India. Health Promotion Practice. 2008 Oct 1. Read More
Mathur C, Stigler MH, Perry CL, Arora M, Reddy KS. Differences in prevalence of tobacco use among Indian urban youth: the role of socioeconomic status. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 2008 Jan1;10(1):109-16. Read More
Arora M, Reddy KS, Stigler MH, Perry CL. Associations between tobacco marketing and use among urban youth in India. American Journal of Health Behavior. 2008 May 1;32(3):283-94. Read More
Nazar GP, Gupta VK, Millett C, Arora M. Tobacco Imagery in Bollywood Films: 2006- 2008. Heart Asia. (Provisionally Accepted for Publication). Read More
Stigler MH, Perry CL, Arora M, Shrivastav R, Mathur C, Reddy KS. Intermediate outcomes from Project MYTRI: Mobilizing youth for tobacco-related initiatives in India. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers&Prevention.2007Jun1;16(6):1050-6. Read More
Maziak W, Arora M, Reddy KS, Mao Z. On the gains of seeding tobacco research in developing countries.Tobacco Control. 2006 Jun 1;15(suppl 1):i3-4. Read More
Stigler MH, Perry CL, Arora M, Reddy KS. Why are urban Indian 6th graders using more tobacco than 8th graders? Findings from Project MYTRI. Tobacco Control. 2006 Jun 1;15(suppl 1):i54-60. Read More
Reddy KS, Perry CL, Stigler MH, Arora M. Differences in tobacco use among young people in urban India by sex, socioeconomic status, age, and school grade: assessment of baseline survey data. The Lancet. 2006 Feb 24;367(9510):589-94. Read More