Biography

    Alison Burke Albers is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Boston University School of Public Health. Previously, Dr. Albers was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Center for Survey Research, University of Massachusetts, Boston. Her work focused on the relation between psychosocial risk factors and adolescent smoking behavior; the impact of tobacco advertising on young adults; and adolescent and young adult involvement in tobacco advertising promotions. Dr. Albers is currently a co-investigator on a Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute (FAMRI) grant (PI Dr. Michael Siegel), which explores ways to protect workers and the public from secondhand smoke, with a specific focus on the impact of clean indoor-air policies on smoking behaviors among adults. Her teaching interests also include socioeconomic disparities in health; she has taught a course that examines how social forces shape exposure to and experience of most diseases and risk factors for health.

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Publications
    1. Albers AB, Dejong W, Naimi TS, Siegel M, Shoaff JR, Jernigan DH. Minimum financial outlays for purchasing alcohol brands in the u.s. Am J Prev Med. 2013 Jan; 44(1):67-70.
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    2. Siegel M, Dejong W, Albers AB, Naimi TS, Jernigan DH. Differences in liquor prices between control state-operated and license-state retail outlets in the United States. Addiction. 2013 Feb; 108(2):339-47.
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    3. Albers AB, Biener L, Siegel M, Cheng DM, Rigotti NA. Impact of parental home smoking policies on policy choices of independently living young adults. Tob Control. 2009 Jun; 18(3):245-8.
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    4. Albers AB, Biener L, Siegel M, Cheng DM, Rigotti N. Household smoking bans and adolescent antismoking attitudes and smoking initiation: findings from a longitudinal study of a Massachusetts youth cohort. Am J Public Health. 2008 Oct; 98(10):1886-93.
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    5. Siegel M, Albers AB, Cheng DM, Hamilton WL, Biener L. Local restaurant smoking regulations and the adolescent smoking initiation process: results of a multilevel contextual analysis among Massachusetts youth. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2008 May; 162(5):477-83.
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    6. Albers AB, Siegel M, Cheng DM, Biener L, Rigotti NA. Effect of smoking regulations in local restaurants on smokers' anti-smoking attitudes and quitting behaviours. Tob Control. 2007 Apr; 16(2):101-6.
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    7. Deverell M, Randolph C, Albers A, Hamilton W, Siegel M. Diffusion of local restaurant smoking regulations in Massachusetts: identifying disparities in health protection for population subgroups. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2006 May-Jun; 12(3):262-9.
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    8. Siegel M, Albers AB, Cheng DM, Biener L, Rigotti NA. Effect of local restaurant smoking regulations on progression to established smoking among youths. Tob Control. 2005 Oct; 14(5):300-6.
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    9. Albers AB, Siegel M, Cheng DM, Biener L, Rigotti NA. Relation between local restaurant smoking regulations and attitudes towards the prevalence and social acceptability of smoking: a study of youths and adults who eat out predominantly at restaurants in their town. Tob Control. 2004 Dec; 13(4):347-55.
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    10. Biener L, Nyman AL, Kline RL, Albers AB. Adults only: the prevalence of tobacco promotions in bars and clubs in the Boston area. Tob Control. 2004 Dec; 13(4):403-8.
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    11. Albers AB, Siegel M, Cheng DM, Rigotti NA, Biener L. Effects of restaurant and bar smoking regulations on exposure to environmental tobacco smoke among Massachusetts adults. Am J Public Health. 2004 Nov; 94(11):1959-64.
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    12. Biener L, Ji M, Gilpin EA, Albers AB. The impact of emotional tone, message, and broadcast parameters in youth anti-smoking advertisements. J Health Commun. 2004 May-Jun; 9(3):259-74.
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    13. Siegel M, Albers AB, Cheng DM, Biener L, Rigotti NA. Effect of local restaurant smoking regulations on environmental tobacco smoke exposure among youths. Am J Public Health. 2004 Feb; 94(2):321-5.
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    14. Biener L, Albers AB. Young adults: vulnerable new targets of tobacco marketing. Am J Public Health. 2004 Feb; 94(2):326-30.
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    15. Albers AB, Biener L. Adolescent participation in tobacco promotions: the role of psychosocial factors. Pediatrics. 2003 Feb; 111(2):402-6.
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    16. Albers AB, Biener L. The role of smoking and rebelliousness in the development of depressive symptoms among a cohort of Massachusetts adolescents. Prev Med. 2002 Jun; 34(6):625-31.
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