Feminist Studies and Women's Issues
Throughout my checkered career — my doctoral studies in English literature, my work as Director of an Oral History Project on Women in Medicine, and my scientific research on smoking and nicotine use — I have continued to explore women's issues cutting across time, topic, and genre.
WOMEN'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Pomerleau CS (1974). "Resigning the Needle for the Pen": A Study of Autobiographical Writings of British Women Before 1800. (Doctoral dissertation, University of Pennsylvania).
Pomerleau CS (1980). "The Emergence of Women's Autobiography in England." In Jelinek EC (1980), Women’s Autobiography: Essays in Criticism, Bloomington IN: Indiana University Press,.
WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND MEDICINE
Pomerleau CS (1978). Dedication: Catherine Macfarlane, 1877-1969. Women & Health 3 (3): inside front cover.
Pomerleau CS (1979). In recognition of Frances Kelsey, M.D. Women & Health 4:3-4.
Pomerleau CS (1979). In recognition of Emily Dunning Barringer. Women & Health 4:119-120.
Pomerleau CS (1981). Review of Talking medicine: America's Doctors tell their Stories, by P.M. Rabinowitz. Journal of the American Medical Women's Association, 36:323.
Pomerleau CS (1981). Four decades as nurse and educator: A conversation with Margaret Aiken, R.N. Women & Health 6 (3/4):41-57.
Morantz RM, Pomerleau CS, Fenichel CH (Eds.) (1982). In her own words: Oral histories of women physicians. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. Paperback (1985) New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press.
Pomerleau CS (1984). In recognition of Mary Cover Jones, Ph.D. Women & Health 9 (4):1-4.
SMOKING AND NICOTINE USE IN WOMEN
Virtual Museum of Women's Smoking Artifacts
Pomerleau CS (Curator, 2017-). Domesticating the Cigarette: The Virtual Museum of Women's Smoking Artifacts.
Scientific Articles
Pomerleau CS, Pomerleau OF, Garcia AW (1991). Biobehavioral research on nicotine use in women. Invited article, special issue on "New Directions in Tobacco Research," British Journal of Addiction 86:527-531.
Pomerleau CS, Garcia AW, Drewnowski A, Pomerleau OF (1991). Sweet taste preference in women smokers: Comparison with nonsmokers and effects of menstrual phase and nicotine abstinence. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior 40:995-999.
Pomerleau CS, Pomerleau OF, Flessland KA, Basson SM (1992). Relationship of Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire scores and smoking variables in female and male smokers. Journal of Substance Abuse 4:143-154.
Pomerleau CS, Garcia AW, Pomerleau OF, Cameron OG (1992). The effects of menstrual phase and nicotine withdrawal on nicotine intake and on biochemical and subjective measures in women smokers: A preliminary report. Psychoneuro-endocrinology 17:627-638.
Pomerleau CS, Ehrlich E, Tate JC, Marks JL, Flessland KA, Pomerleau OF (1993). The female weight-control smoker: A profile. Journal of Substance Abuse, 5:391-400.
Pomerleau CS, Cole PG, Lumley MA, Marks JL, Pomerleau OF (1994). Effects of menstrual phase on nicotine, alcohol, and caffeine intake in smokers. Journal of Substance Abuse 6:227-234.
Marks JL, Hair CS, Klock SC, Ginsburg BE, Pomerleau CS (1994). Effects of menstrual phase on intake of nicotine, caffeine, and alcohol and nonprescribed drugs in women with Late Luteal Phase Dysphoric Disorder. Journal of Substance Abuse 6:235-244.
Pomerleau CS, Teuscher F, Goeters S, Pomerleau OF (1994). Effects of nicotine abstinence and menstrual phase on task performance. Addictive Behaviors 19:357-362.
Pomerleau CS, Tate JC, Lumley MA, Pomerleau OF (1994). Gender differences in prospectively- vs. retrospectively assessed smoking withdrawal symptoms. Journal of Substance Abuse 6:433-440.
Pomerleau CS, Berman BA, Gritz ER, Marks JL, Goeters S. (1994). Why women smoke. In Watson RR (Ed.), Drug and Alcohol Abuse Reviews (vol. 5, Addictive behaviors in women, pp. 39-70). Totowa, NJ: The Humana Press.
Pomerleau CS (1996). Smoking and nicotine replacement treatment issues specific to women (invited article). American Journal of Health Behavior 20:291-299.
Pomerleau CS, Kurth CL (1996). Willingness of female smokers to tolerate postcessation weight gain. Journal of Substance Abuse 8:371-378.
Pomerleau CS, Pomerleau OF (1997). Do men and women differ in exposure per cigarette? (Letter to the Editor).Tobacco Control 6:61.
Pomerleau CS, Aubin H-J, Pomerleau OF (1997). Self-reported alcohol use patterns in a sample of male and female heavy smokers. Journal of Addictive Diseases 16:19-24.
Pomerleau OF, Pomerleau CS, Namenek RJ (1998). Early experiences with nicotine among women smokers, ex-smokers, and never-smokers. Addiction 93:595-599.
Marks JL, Pomerleau CS, Pomerleau OF (1999). Effects of menstrual phase on reactivity to nicotine. Addictive Behaviors 24:127-134.
Pomerleau CS, Pomerleau OF, Namenek RJ, Marks JL (1999). Initial exposure to nicotine in college-age women smokers and never-smokers: A replication and extension. Journal of Addictive Diseases 18: 13-19.
Pomerleau CS (1999). Issues for women who wish to stop smoking. In Seidman D, Covey L (Eds.), Helping the Hard-Core Smoker: A Clinician’s Guide. (pp. 73-91). New York, NY: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Pomerleau CS, Pomerleau OF, Namenek RJ, Mehringer AM (2000). Short-term weight gain in abstaining women smokers. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment,18: 339-342.
Pomerleau CS, Mehringer AM, Marks JL, Downey KK, Pomerleau OF (2000). Effects of menstrual phase and smoking abstinence in smokers with and without a history of Major Depressive Disorder. Addictive Behaviors 25:483-497.
Pomerleau CS, Namenek Brouwer RJ, Jones LT (2000). Weight concerns in women smokers during pregnancy and postpartum. Addictive Behaviors 25:759-767.
Namenek Brouwer RJ, Pomerleau CS (2000). “Pre-quit attrition” among weight-concerned women smokers. Eating Behaviors 1:145-151.
Pomerleau CS, Namenek Brouwer RJ, Pomerleau OF (2001). Emergence of depression during early abstinence in depressed and non-depressed women smokers. Journal of Addictive Diseases 20:73-80.
Pomerleau CS, Zucker AN, Stewart AJ (2001). Characterizing concerns about postcessation weight gain: Results from a national survey of women smokers. Nicotine & Tobacco Research 3:55-64.
Pomerleau CS, Zucker AN, Namenek Brouwer RJ, Pomerleau OF, Stewart AJ (2001). Race differences in weight concerns among women smokers: Results from two independent samples. Addictive Behaviors 26:651-663.
Zucker AN, Harrell ZA, Miner-Rubino K, Stewart AJ, Pomerleau CS, Boyd CJ (2001). Smoking in college women: The role of thinness pressures, media exposure, and critical consciousness. Psychology of Women Quarterly 25, 233-241.
Pomerleau CS (2001). Health consequences of tobacco use among women: Depression and other psychiatric disorders. In Women and Smoking: A report of the Surgeon General (pp. 333- 336). USDHHS, Public Health Service, Office of the Surgeon General; Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Pomerleau CS (2001). Efforts to reduce tobacco use among women: Smoking cessation issues unique among women - Hormonal influences. In Women and Smoking: A report of the Surgeon General (pp. 558-562). USDHHS, Public Health Service, Office of the Surgeon General; Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Bay-Cheng LY, Zucker AN, Stewart AJ, Pomerleau CS (2002). Linking femininity, weight concern, and mental health among Latina, Black, and White women. Psychology of Women Quarterly 26:36-45.
Pomerleau CS. Patterns of depressive symptomatology in women current smokers, ex-smokers, and never-smokers. Addictive Behaviors 28:575-582.
Saules KK, Pomerleau CS, Snedecor SM, Mehringer AM, Shadle MB, Kurth CL, Krahn DD (2004). Relationship of onset of cigarette smoking during college to alcohol use, dieting concerns, and depressed mood: Results from the Young Women’s Health Survey. Addictive Behaviors 29:893-899.
Pomerleau OF, Pomerleau CS, Snedecor SM, Gaulrapp S, Brouwer RN, Cameron OG (2004). Depression, smoking abstinence, and HPA function in women smokers. Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical & Experimental 19:467-476.
Pomerleau OF, Pomerleau CS, Mehringer AM, Snedecor SM, Ninowski R, Sen A (2005). Nicotine dependence, depression, and gender: Characterizing phenotypes based on withdrawal discomfort, response to smoking, and ability to abstain. Nicotine & Tobacco Research 7:91-102.
Zucker AN, Stewart AJ, Pomerleau CS, Boyd CJ (2005). Resisting gendered smoking pressures: Critical consciousness as a correlate of women’s smoking status. Sex Roles, 53:261-272.
Harrell ZA, Fredrickson BL, Pomerleau CS, Nolen-Hoeksema S (2006). The role of trait self-objectification in smoking among college women. Sex Roles 54:735-743.
Saules KK, Vannest NO, Mehringer AM, Pomerleau CS, Lee K, Opipari A, Midgley R, Kleinsmith L, Sen A (2007). Actual vs. perceived risk of cervical cancer among college women smokers. Journal of American College Health 55:207-213.
Pomerleau CS, Saules KK (2007). Body image, body satisfaction, and eating patterns in normal-weight and overweight/obese women current smokers and neversmokers. Addictive Behaviors, 32:2329-2334.
Saules KK, Levine MD, Marcus MD, Pomerleau CS (2007). Differences in smoking patterns among women smokers with childhood vs. later onset of weight problems. Eating Behaviors 8:418-422.
Lee K, Saules KK, Pomerleau CS, Opipari A, Snedecor SM, Sen A, Vannest N, Midgley R, Kleinsmith L (2007). Evaluating the ability of visual images to inform college women about the link between smoking and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) and to motivate quitting: Critical dimenstions. Journal of Cancer Education 22:154-158.
Mehringer AM, Pomerleau CS, Snedecor SM, Finkenauer R (2008). Favorite cigarette of the day in a random sample of women smokers. Addictive Behaviors 33:848-852.
Saules KK, Tate JC, Pomerleau CS (2008). Weight control smoking in women (invited chapter). In Tolson KP, Veksler E (Eds.), Smoking and Women’s Health Research, pp. 61-92. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Langenecker SA, Finkenauer R, Snedecor SM, Zubieta JK, Young EA, Marcus S, Kerber K, Pomerleau CS (2008). Increased incidence of cigarette smoking in women with psychiatric illness and willingness to be contacted about smoking cessation programs (invited chapter). In Hernandez P, Alonso S (Eds.), Women and Depression, pp. 1-14. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Allen SS, Allen AM, Pomerleau CS (2009). Influence of phase-related variability in premenstrual symptomatology, mood, smoking withdrawal, and smoking behavior during ad libitum smoking on smoking cessation outcome. Addictive Behaviors, 34:107-111.
Pomerleau CS (2009). Life After Cigarettes: Why Women Smoke AND How to Quit, Look Great, and Manage Your Weight. Alameda, CA: Hunter House Publishers. Website and blog: http://lifeaftercigarettes.com.
Pomerleau OF, Pomerleau CS, Snedecor SM, Finkenauer R, Mehringer AM, Langenecker SA, Sirevaag EJ (2009). Substance use, trait measures, and subjective response to nicotine in never-smokers stratified on parental smoking history and sex. Nicotine & Tobacco Research 11:1055-1066.
Allen AM, Allen SS, Lunos S, Pomerleau CS (2010). Severity of withdrawal symptomatology in follicular versus luteal quitters: The combined effects of menstrual phase and withdrawal on smoking cessation outcome. Addictive Behaviors 35:549-552.
OTHER
Pomerleau CS (1976). Cardiovascular disease as a women's health problem. Women & Health 1 (6):12-15.
Pomerleau CS (1974). "Resigning the Needle for the Pen": A Study of Autobiographical Writings of British Women Before 1800. (Doctoral dissertation, University of Pennsylvania).
Pomerleau CS (1980). "The Emergence of Women's Autobiography in England." In Jelinek EC (1980), Women’s Autobiography: Essays in Criticism, Bloomington IN: Indiana University Press,.
WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND MEDICINE
Pomerleau CS (1978). Dedication: Catherine Macfarlane, 1877-1969. Women & Health 3 (3): inside front cover.
Pomerleau CS (1979). In recognition of Frances Kelsey, M.D. Women & Health 4:3-4.
Pomerleau CS (1979). In recognition of Emily Dunning Barringer. Women & Health 4:119-120.
Pomerleau CS (1981). Review of Talking medicine: America's Doctors tell their Stories, by P.M. Rabinowitz. Journal of the American Medical Women's Association, 36:323.
Pomerleau CS (1981). Four decades as nurse and educator: A conversation with Margaret Aiken, R.N. Women & Health 6 (3/4):41-57.
Morantz RM, Pomerleau CS, Fenichel CH (Eds.) (1982). In her own words: Oral histories of women physicians. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. Paperback (1985) New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press.
Pomerleau CS (1984). In recognition of Mary Cover Jones, Ph.D. Women & Health 9 (4):1-4.
SMOKING AND NICOTINE USE IN WOMEN
Virtual Museum of Women's Smoking Artifacts
Pomerleau CS (Curator, 2017-). Domesticating the Cigarette: The Virtual Museum of Women's Smoking Artifacts.
Scientific Articles
Pomerleau CS, Pomerleau OF, Garcia AW (1991). Biobehavioral research on nicotine use in women. Invited article, special issue on "New Directions in Tobacco Research," British Journal of Addiction 86:527-531.
Pomerleau CS, Garcia AW, Drewnowski A, Pomerleau OF (1991). Sweet taste preference in women smokers: Comparison with nonsmokers and effects of menstrual phase and nicotine abstinence. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior 40:995-999.
Pomerleau CS, Pomerleau OF, Flessland KA, Basson SM (1992). Relationship of Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire scores and smoking variables in female and male smokers. Journal of Substance Abuse 4:143-154.
Pomerleau CS, Garcia AW, Pomerleau OF, Cameron OG (1992). The effects of menstrual phase and nicotine withdrawal on nicotine intake and on biochemical and subjective measures in women smokers: A preliminary report. Psychoneuro-endocrinology 17:627-638.
Pomerleau CS, Ehrlich E, Tate JC, Marks JL, Flessland KA, Pomerleau OF (1993). The female weight-control smoker: A profile. Journal of Substance Abuse, 5:391-400.
Pomerleau CS, Cole PG, Lumley MA, Marks JL, Pomerleau OF (1994). Effects of menstrual phase on nicotine, alcohol, and caffeine intake in smokers. Journal of Substance Abuse 6:227-234.
Marks JL, Hair CS, Klock SC, Ginsburg BE, Pomerleau CS (1994). Effects of menstrual phase on intake of nicotine, caffeine, and alcohol and nonprescribed drugs in women with Late Luteal Phase Dysphoric Disorder. Journal of Substance Abuse 6:235-244.
Pomerleau CS, Teuscher F, Goeters S, Pomerleau OF (1994). Effects of nicotine abstinence and menstrual phase on task performance. Addictive Behaviors 19:357-362.
Pomerleau CS, Tate JC, Lumley MA, Pomerleau OF (1994). Gender differences in prospectively- vs. retrospectively assessed smoking withdrawal symptoms. Journal of Substance Abuse 6:433-440.
Pomerleau CS, Berman BA, Gritz ER, Marks JL, Goeters S. (1994). Why women smoke. In Watson RR (Ed.), Drug and Alcohol Abuse Reviews (vol. 5, Addictive behaviors in women, pp. 39-70). Totowa, NJ: The Humana Press.
Pomerleau CS (1996). Smoking and nicotine replacement treatment issues specific to women (invited article). American Journal of Health Behavior 20:291-299.
Pomerleau CS, Kurth CL (1996). Willingness of female smokers to tolerate postcessation weight gain. Journal of Substance Abuse 8:371-378.
Pomerleau CS, Pomerleau OF (1997). Do men and women differ in exposure per cigarette? (Letter to the Editor).Tobacco Control 6:61.
Pomerleau CS, Aubin H-J, Pomerleau OF (1997). Self-reported alcohol use patterns in a sample of male and female heavy smokers. Journal of Addictive Diseases 16:19-24.
Pomerleau OF, Pomerleau CS, Namenek RJ (1998). Early experiences with nicotine among women smokers, ex-smokers, and never-smokers. Addiction 93:595-599.
Marks JL, Pomerleau CS, Pomerleau OF (1999). Effects of menstrual phase on reactivity to nicotine. Addictive Behaviors 24:127-134.
Pomerleau CS, Pomerleau OF, Namenek RJ, Marks JL (1999). Initial exposure to nicotine in college-age women smokers and never-smokers: A replication and extension. Journal of Addictive Diseases 18: 13-19.
Pomerleau CS (1999). Issues for women who wish to stop smoking. In Seidman D, Covey L (Eds.), Helping the Hard-Core Smoker: A Clinician’s Guide. (pp. 73-91). New York, NY: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Pomerleau CS, Pomerleau OF, Namenek RJ, Mehringer AM (2000). Short-term weight gain in abstaining women smokers. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment,18: 339-342.
Pomerleau CS, Mehringer AM, Marks JL, Downey KK, Pomerleau OF (2000). Effects of menstrual phase and smoking abstinence in smokers with and without a history of Major Depressive Disorder. Addictive Behaviors 25:483-497.
Pomerleau CS, Namenek Brouwer RJ, Jones LT (2000). Weight concerns in women smokers during pregnancy and postpartum. Addictive Behaviors 25:759-767.
Namenek Brouwer RJ, Pomerleau CS (2000). “Pre-quit attrition” among weight-concerned women smokers. Eating Behaviors 1:145-151.
Pomerleau CS, Namenek Brouwer RJ, Pomerleau OF (2001). Emergence of depression during early abstinence in depressed and non-depressed women smokers. Journal of Addictive Diseases 20:73-80.
Pomerleau CS, Zucker AN, Stewart AJ (2001). Characterizing concerns about postcessation weight gain: Results from a national survey of women smokers. Nicotine & Tobacco Research 3:55-64.
Pomerleau CS, Zucker AN, Namenek Brouwer RJ, Pomerleau OF, Stewart AJ (2001). Race differences in weight concerns among women smokers: Results from two independent samples. Addictive Behaviors 26:651-663.
Zucker AN, Harrell ZA, Miner-Rubino K, Stewart AJ, Pomerleau CS, Boyd CJ (2001). Smoking in college women: The role of thinness pressures, media exposure, and critical consciousness. Psychology of Women Quarterly 25, 233-241.
Pomerleau CS (2001). Health consequences of tobacco use among women: Depression and other psychiatric disorders. In Women and Smoking: A report of the Surgeon General (pp. 333- 336). USDHHS, Public Health Service, Office of the Surgeon General; Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Pomerleau CS (2001). Efforts to reduce tobacco use among women: Smoking cessation issues unique among women - Hormonal influences. In Women and Smoking: A report of the Surgeon General (pp. 558-562). USDHHS, Public Health Service, Office of the Surgeon General; Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Bay-Cheng LY, Zucker AN, Stewart AJ, Pomerleau CS (2002). Linking femininity, weight concern, and mental health among Latina, Black, and White women. Psychology of Women Quarterly 26:36-45.
Pomerleau CS. Patterns of depressive symptomatology in women current smokers, ex-smokers, and never-smokers. Addictive Behaviors 28:575-582.
Saules KK, Pomerleau CS, Snedecor SM, Mehringer AM, Shadle MB, Kurth CL, Krahn DD (2004). Relationship of onset of cigarette smoking during college to alcohol use, dieting concerns, and depressed mood: Results from the Young Women’s Health Survey. Addictive Behaviors 29:893-899.
Pomerleau OF, Pomerleau CS, Snedecor SM, Gaulrapp S, Brouwer RN, Cameron OG (2004). Depression, smoking abstinence, and HPA function in women smokers. Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical & Experimental 19:467-476.
Pomerleau OF, Pomerleau CS, Mehringer AM, Snedecor SM, Ninowski R, Sen A (2005). Nicotine dependence, depression, and gender: Characterizing phenotypes based on withdrawal discomfort, response to smoking, and ability to abstain. Nicotine & Tobacco Research 7:91-102.
Zucker AN, Stewart AJ, Pomerleau CS, Boyd CJ (2005). Resisting gendered smoking pressures: Critical consciousness as a correlate of women’s smoking status. Sex Roles, 53:261-272.
Harrell ZA, Fredrickson BL, Pomerleau CS, Nolen-Hoeksema S (2006). The role of trait self-objectification in smoking among college women. Sex Roles 54:735-743.
Saules KK, Vannest NO, Mehringer AM, Pomerleau CS, Lee K, Opipari A, Midgley R, Kleinsmith L, Sen A (2007). Actual vs. perceived risk of cervical cancer among college women smokers. Journal of American College Health 55:207-213.
Pomerleau CS, Saules KK (2007). Body image, body satisfaction, and eating patterns in normal-weight and overweight/obese women current smokers and neversmokers. Addictive Behaviors, 32:2329-2334.
Saules KK, Levine MD, Marcus MD, Pomerleau CS (2007). Differences in smoking patterns among women smokers with childhood vs. later onset of weight problems. Eating Behaviors 8:418-422.
Lee K, Saules KK, Pomerleau CS, Opipari A, Snedecor SM, Sen A, Vannest N, Midgley R, Kleinsmith L (2007). Evaluating the ability of visual images to inform college women about the link between smoking and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) and to motivate quitting: Critical dimenstions. Journal of Cancer Education 22:154-158.
Mehringer AM, Pomerleau CS, Snedecor SM, Finkenauer R (2008). Favorite cigarette of the day in a random sample of women smokers. Addictive Behaviors 33:848-852.
Saules KK, Tate JC, Pomerleau CS (2008). Weight control smoking in women (invited chapter). In Tolson KP, Veksler E (Eds.), Smoking and Women’s Health Research, pp. 61-92. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Langenecker SA, Finkenauer R, Snedecor SM, Zubieta JK, Young EA, Marcus S, Kerber K, Pomerleau CS (2008). Increased incidence of cigarette smoking in women with psychiatric illness and willingness to be contacted about smoking cessation programs (invited chapter). In Hernandez P, Alonso S (Eds.), Women and Depression, pp. 1-14. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Allen SS, Allen AM, Pomerleau CS (2009). Influence of phase-related variability in premenstrual symptomatology, mood, smoking withdrawal, and smoking behavior during ad libitum smoking on smoking cessation outcome. Addictive Behaviors, 34:107-111.
Pomerleau CS (2009). Life After Cigarettes: Why Women Smoke AND How to Quit, Look Great, and Manage Your Weight. Alameda, CA: Hunter House Publishers. Website and blog: http://lifeaftercigarettes.com.
Pomerleau OF, Pomerleau CS, Snedecor SM, Finkenauer R, Mehringer AM, Langenecker SA, Sirevaag EJ (2009). Substance use, trait measures, and subjective response to nicotine in never-smokers stratified on parental smoking history and sex. Nicotine & Tobacco Research 11:1055-1066.
Allen AM, Allen SS, Lunos S, Pomerleau CS (2010). Severity of withdrawal symptomatology in follicular versus luteal quitters: The combined effects of menstrual phase and withdrawal on smoking cessation outcome. Addictive Behaviors 35:549-552.
OTHER
Pomerleau CS (1976). Cardiovascular disease as a women's health problem. Women & Health 1 (6):12-15.