Dr Ara Cho
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of Public Health
+61 7 344 34888

Journal Articles
Cho, Ara, Scollo, Michelle, Chan, Gary, Driezen, Pete, Hyland, Andrew, Shang, Ce and Gartner, Coral E. (2024). The impact of tobacco tax increases on cost-minimising behaviours and subsequent smoking cessation in Australia: an analysis of the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project. Tobacco Control tc-2024-058776, tc-2024. doi: 10.1136/tc-2024-058776
Cho, Ara, Lim, Carmen, Sun, Tianze, Chan, Gary and Gartner, Coral (2024). The effect of tobacco tax increase on price-minimizing tobacco purchasing behaviours: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Addiction, 119 (11), 1923-1936. doi: 10.1111/add.16618
Cho, Ara, Scollo, Michelle, Chan, Gary, Driezen, Pete, Hyland, Andrew, Shang, Ce and Gartner, Coral E. (2023). Tobacco purchasing in Australia during regular tax increases: Findings from the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project. Tobacco Control, 1-9. doi: 10.1136/tc-2023-058130
Puljević, Cheneal, Feulner, Leah, Hobbs, Maria, Erku, Daniel, Bonevski, Billie, Segan, Catherine, Baker, Amanda, Hefler, Marita, Cho, Ara and Gartner, Coral (2023). Tobacco endgame and priority populations: a scoping review. Tobacco Control, 33 (e2) tc-2022-057715, tc-2022. doi: 10.1136/tc-2022-057715
Cho, Ara, Chan, Gary and Gartner, Coral (2022). Motivations to change smoking behaviors between 2007 and 2019 in Australia: a repeated cross-sectional study. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 25 (4), 674-681. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntac176
Chang, Yoosoo, Cho, Juhee, Cho, Yong Kyun, Cho, Ara, Hong, Yun Soo, Zhao, Di, Ahn, Jiin, Sohn, Chong Il, Shin, Hocheol, Guallar, Eliseo and Ryu, Seungho (2020). Alcoholic and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and incident hospitalization for liver and cardiovascular diseases. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 18 (1), 205-215.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2019.05.004
Kwon, Chang Hee, Kang, Jeonggyu, Cho, Ara, Chang, Yoosoo, Ryu, Seungho and Sung, Ki-Chul (2019). Optimal target blood pressure and risk of cardiovascular disease in low-risk younger hypertensive patients. American Journal of Hypertension, 32 (9), 833-841. doi: 10.1093/ajh/hpz067
Cheong, Hae Suk, Chang, Yoosoo, Joo, Eun-Jung, Cho, Ara and Ryu, Seungho (2019). Metabolic obesity phenotypes and risk of cellulitis: a cohort study. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 8 (7) 953, 7. doi: 10.3390/jcm8070953
Kim, Seolhye, Chang, Yoosoo, Kang, Jeonggyu, Cho, Ara, Cho, Juhee, Hong, Yun Soo, Zhao, Di, Ahn, Jiin, Shin, Hocheol, Guallar, Eliseo, Ryu, Seungho and Sung, Ki-Chul (2019). Relationship of the blood pressure categories, as defined by the ACC/AHA 2017 blood pressure guidelines, and the risk of development of cardiovascular disease in low-risk young adults: insights from a retrospective cohort of young adults. Journal of the American Heart Association, 8 (11) e011946. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.119.011946
Kwon, Hyemi, Chang, Yoosoo, Cho, Ara, Ahn, Jiin, Park, Se Eun, Park, Cheol-Young, Lee, Won-Young, Oh, Ki-Won, Park, Sung-Woo, Shin, Hocheol, Ryu, Seungho and Rhee, Eun-Jung (2019). Metabolic obesity phenotypes and thyroid cancer risk: a cohort study. Thyroid, 29 (3), 349-358. doi: 10.1089/thy.2018.0327
Joo, Eun-Jeong, Chang, Yoosoo, Kwon, Min-Jung, Cho, Ara, Cheong, Hae Suk and Ryu, Seungho (2019). High-risk human papillomavirus infection and the risk of cardiovascular disease in Korean women. Circulation Research, 124 (5), 747-756. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.118.313779
Cho, Ara, Chang, Yoosoo, Ahn, Jiin, Shin, Hocheol and Ryu, Seungho (2018). Cigarette smoking and thyroid cancer risk: a cohort study. British Journal of Cancer, 119 (5), 638-645. doi: 10.1038/s41416-018-0224-5
Conference Papers
Cho, Ara, Scollo, Michelle, Chan, Gary Chung Kai, Driezen, Pete, Hyland, Andrew, Shang, Ce and Gartner, Coral (2023). The impact of price-minimising purchases on smoking cessation using longitudinal data from the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project in Australia. APSAD 2023 Conference, Adelaide, SA Australia, 12–15 November 2023. Chichester, West Sussex United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/dar.13749
Cho, Ara, Chan, Gary C. K. and Gartner, Coral (2021). Reasons for using electronic cigarettes in 2016 and 2019 in Australia: a repeated cross-sectional study. APSAD 2021 Conference, Virtual, 7-10 November 2021. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing.
Thesis
Cho, Ara (2024). The Impact of Tobacco Tax Increases on Smoking Behaviours and Tobacco Purchasing Patterns. PhD Thesis, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/569d764