Education
Columbia University, 1970-75, M.A., 1973; M.Phil., Ph.D., 1/75 (Psychology).
Wesleyan University, B.A., 1969, Cum Laude (English).
Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, 9/68-12/68.
Profile
Dr. Kozlowski was an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Wesleyan University from 1974 to 1979, when he moved to Canada. For 10 years he worked at the Addiction Research Foundation in Toronto, where he was a Senior Scientist and Head of their behavioral research program on tobacco use. He was also Professor of Preventive Medicine & Biostatistics and Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto. In 1990, he moved to Penn State University where he was Professor and Head of Department of Biobehavioral Health in the College of Health and Human Development. Dr. Kozlowski has served on the Editorial Boards of Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Journal of Substance Abuse and Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. He is a Deputy Regional Editor of Addiction and an Associate Editor for Nicotine and Tobacco Research and for Tobacco Control. In 2006, he moved to the University at Buffalo, to start the Department of Health Behavior.
Research Interests
Dr. Kozlowski's research has focused on various aspects of tobacco use (for example, it's epidemiology, it's treatment with nicotine replacement therapies, the risks of low-tar cigarettes, filter vent blocking, and nicotine addiction). He has over 100 publications and has contributed to four different Surgeon General Reports on Smoking and Health.
Selected Publications
- Kozlowski LT, Goldberg ME, Yost BA, White EL, Sweeney CS, Pillitteri JL, Smokers' misperceptions of light and ultra-light cigarettes may keep them smoking. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 15(1), 9-16., 1998. Kozlowski, L.T., Goldberg,
- Kozlowski LT, Goldberg ME, Sweeney CT, Palmer RF, Pillitteri JL, White EL, Stine MM, Smoker reactions to a 'radio message' that light cigarettes are as dangerous as regulars, Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 1:67-76, 1999.
- Kozlowski LT et al. Massachusetts' advertising against Light cigarettes appears to change beliefs and behavior, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 18(4):339-342, 2000.
- Kozlowski LT, Strasser AA, Giovino GA, Erickson PA, Terza JV, Applying the risk/use equilibrium: Use medicinal nicotine now for harm reduction. Tobacco Control, 2001;10:201-203.
- Kozlowski LT. Harm reduction, public health, and human rights: smokers have a right to be informed of significant harm reduction options. Nicotine Tob Res. 2002;4 Suppl 2:S55-60.
- Kozlowski LT, O'Connor RJ. Apply federal research rules on deception to misleading health information: An example on smokeless tobacco and cigarettes. Public Health Reports. 2003 May-Jun;118(3):187-92.
- Kozlowski LT, O'Connor RJ, Edwards BQ, Flaherty BF. Most smokeless tobacco is not a causal gateway to cigarettes: Using order of use to evaluate causation in a national U.S. sample. Addiction. 2003 Aug;98(8):1077-85.
- Kozlowski LT, Edwards BQ. "Not safe" is not enough: smokers have a right to know more than there is no safe tobacco product. Tob Control. 2005 Aug;14 Suppl 2:ii3-7.
- O'Connor RJ, Kozlowski LT, Borland R, Hammond D, McNeill A. Relationship between constituent labelling and reporting of tar yields among smokers in four countries. J Public Health (Oxf). 2006 Sep 14.
- Kozlowski LT, O'Connor RJ, Giovino GA, Whetzel CA, Pauly J, Cummings KM. Maximum yields might improve public health--if filter vents were banned: a lesson from the history of vented filters. Tob Control. 2006 Jun;15(3):262-6.
Professional Affiliations
Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Society for Behavioral Medicine, the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research; Member of the American Public Health Association, the American Academy of Health Behavior, and the Society for Nicotine and Tobacco Research. |
