A stop-smoking intervention (e-cigarette starter kit plus brief cessation advice) was cost-effective compared with signposting to local stop smoking services. Read the open access research by Jinshuo Li Dept Health Sciences and colleagues buff.ly/3NTxApO

A stop smoking pill called varenicline, now available on the NHS again after the previous version was withdrawn, could prevent about 9,500 smoking-related deaths over the next five years, suggests research led by Sarah Jackson UCL IEHC bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Registration now open for our dissemination event ⁦⁦⁦@ProjectSCeTCH⁩ SCeTCH: Smoking cessation trial in people experiencing homelessness Tickets, Fri 6 Dec 2024 at 15:00 | Eventbrite ⁦London South Bank University - LSBU⁩ eventbrite.co.uk/e/scetch-smoki…

New, Nov 1st 2024, search for evidence for living systematic review of #ecig /#vape to #QuitSMOKING found 1 new ongoing study & 2 linked papers. See our webpage under 'Monthly search findings'. Cancer Research UK Policy funded. University of Oxford Oxford Tobacco Addiction Group (OXTAG) cebm.ox.ac.uk/research/elect…

So honoured to see @ProjectSCeTCH has been shortlisted for this award 🥇

AddictionResearchUEA Caitlin Notley presenting the updated Cochrane review on financial incentives for smoking cessation in pregnancy

.Ann McNeill giving the #SSAConf2024 society lecture on tobacco harm reduction 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Society for the Study of Addiction

So proud of this study. The first cRCT offering an e-cig or usual care to people experiencing homelessness. We can’t share the results just yet! But the trial was completed and 488 people recruited = people do want to address their smoking Lynne Dawkins Dr Kirstie Soar Society for the Study of Addiction

Lynne Dawkins co-PI of our project presenting trial findings and this years #SSAConf2024 Dr Kirstie Soar Sharon Cox London South Bank University - LSBU #lsburesearch

Excellent presentation by dimitra kale outlines some of the challenges recruiting people from mental health services for smoking cessation trials. But some evidence offering e-cigarettes to this population can contribute to harm reduction, eg smoking reduction #SSAConf2024

Brilliant talk of some of the process evaluation data from @ProjectSCeTCH

Follow the work and activities of our UEA Addictions Research group on bluesky AddictionResearchUEA.bsky.social

At #ECigSummit, Martin Dockrell says (paraphrasing): when we implement policies that seek to protect some underage from the dangers of vaping, we could be actually protecting cigarettes and smoking from vaping. And smoking hurts everyone in the family.

Important new Editorial from our new Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco SRNT Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Caitlin Notley about using person first language buff.ly/426VCGj

Join us in September in beautiful Cluj Napoca, Romania, for SRNT Europe's annual conference. Submit your abstract by 30 March! easyacademia.org/srnte2025

Out now. The Cochrane Library living review of #ecig to #QuitSMOKING. Now 90 studies & over 29,000 participants. High certainty evidence nicotine #vapes help more people to quit at 6 mths+ than NRT. Cancer Research UK Policy funded. Oxford Tobacco Addiction Group (OXTAG) cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.10…

🎉 Last night MPs voted to pass the historic Tobacco and Vapes Bill which will phase out the sale of tobacco to the next generation, protecting children from the harms of smoking.

People experiencing homelessness have high mortality and morbidity from preventable or treatable conditions. This article explores the health impacts of homelessness and practical considerations for clinicians providing care bmj.com/content/388/bm…

We are looking for new #SRNTE board members! 👉srnt-e.org/about/board-me…

I loved working with Martin and I loved making this video. There’s a whole load of them here: youtube.com/playlist?list=…