Julian Aviles is a statistician at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. His duties include providing statistical support to Center research projects, data file development for CHIS, and program development in SAS and R.
Prior to joining the Center, Aviles worked as an administrative analyst for UCLA Health in the Patient Business Services department.
Aviles received his bachelor’s degree in mathematics from UCLA.
Journal Article
State and local policies prohibiting the sales of flavored tobacco have been effective in curtailing retail availability and sales of products across the United States. Less is known about the use of flavored tobacco which could vary as a function of type of ordinance, product category, policy implementation, and other factors. The 2019–2020 CHIS were used to estimate flavored and nonflavored tobacco use among adults residing in a California jurisdiction...