John Hughes

Professor of Psychology Emeritus

Alma mater(s)
  • B.S. Millsaps College, 1971
  • M.D. University of Mississippi Medical School, 1975

Publications

Google Scholar - John Hughes

Awards and Achievements

  • Ove Ferno Award and Alton Ochsner Award for nicotine research
  • ATTUD Excellence in Tobacco Treatment, Training and Advocacy Award
  • Past Chair of the Vermont Tobacco Evaluation and Review Board
  • Founder of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
  • Over 450 publications on nicotine and other drug dependencies
  • One of the world’s most cited tobacco scientist. 

Area(s) of expertise

Clinical, laboratory and epidemiological studies on tobacco cessation, on marijuana cessation, natural history of smoking cessation and addiction potential of electronic cigarettes. I have two NIH grants to study:

  • what daily events prompt cigarette smokers to decide to quit
  • what methods daily marijuana users employ when they try to quit and how helpful are they
  • whether stopping smoking makes smokers anhedonic; i.e. they enjoy pleasures less
  • whether continuing medication after a smoker relapses helps them re-establish abstinence
  • whether reducing smoking increases or decreases motivation to quit smoking

Publications

Google Scholar - John Hughes

Awards and Achievements

  • Ove Ferno Award and Alton Ochsner Award for nicotine research
  • ATTUD Excellence in Tobacco Treatment, Training and Advocacy Award
  • Past Chair of the Vermont Tobacco Evaluation and Review Board
  • Founder of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
  • Over 450 publications on nicotine and other drug dependencies
  • One of the world’s most cited tobacco scientist. 

Areas of Expertise

Clinical, laboratory and epidemiological studies on tobacco cessation, on marijuana cessation, natural history of smoking cessation and addiction potential of electronic cigarettes. I have two NIH grants to study:

  • what daily events prompt cigarette smokers to decide to quit
  • what methods daily marijuana users employ when they try to quit and how helpful are they
  • whether stopping smoking makes smokers anhedonic; i.e. they enjoy pleasures less
  • whether continuing medication after a smoker relapses helps them re-establish abstinence
  • whether reducing smoking increases or decreases motivation to quit smoking