The SSA hosts two major events each year – the Annual Conference and PhD Symposium. This year's PhD Symposium will be held in Newcastle upon Tyne on 13 November.

OxTAG member @drnlindson 's SRNT Europe keynote is now available on YouTube

Excited to present this course come November. We've got some really great tutors and experts on board including @DrKirkChang and Oxford Tobacco Addiction Group (OXTAG). Feel free to DM if you have any questions #education #smoking #behaviourchange #healthchange #oxford

We've just published a summary of all our Cochrane Reviews from 2021 to 2023 in Addiction Journal Check it out if you want to see what we found! #quitsmoking #cytisine #ecigarettes #vaping onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ad…

The November conference will include an SSA-sponsored session with Sharon Cox (2024 Impact Prize winner), @Katie1East (2024 Fred Yates Prize winner), and Sophie Orton (SSA fellow). Browse other confirmed speakers and book your tickets to attend tinyurl.com/93aztu3x

Check out this #blog by OxTAG member Nicola Lindson exploring #harmreduction approaches to health #behaviourchange. Might perfection sometimes be the enemy?: cebm.ox.ac.uk/news/is-perfec…

New, October 1st 2024, search for evidence for living systematic review of #ecig /#vape to #QuitSMOKING found 2 new studies & 3 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…

Fortunate to be sharing my Cochrane systematic review on smoking cessation interventions and health inequalities poster at #LxAddictions24

Next week I will be at the #SSAConf2024 presenting work looking at stakeholder engagement to develop interventions to help social housing residents in Greater Manchester to #quitsmoking. My colleague Annika Theodoulou will also be presenting work from her DPhil study OxPrimaryCareSci

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…

#SSAConf2024 begins!

Making wonderful connections at the #SSAPhD24 symposium

.Annika Theodoulou presenting her (massive!) analysis of associations between different markers of socioeconomic position and smoking outcomes. More work to be done exploring differences in motivation to stop smoking. #SSAConf2024

Please share your thoughts with us so we can do research that actually answers questions that people care about when it comes to #stoppingsmoking #tobacco #smoking #research

New! Cochrane review of Interventions for quitting vaping identifies text messaging (for 13-24 yr olds) & varenicline as promising approaches for vaping cessation. 9 RCTs, 5209 people Low certainty evidence CochraneTAG & Oxford Tobacco Addiction Group (OXTAG) Thanks to Cancer Research UK Policy cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.10…

New Cochrane review! No clear evidence to support using different #QuitSMOKING interventions for people from lower or higher socioeconomic groups, or that any one intervention impacts health inequalities. CochraneTAG & Oxford Tobacco Addiction Group (OXTAG) @jhb19 Nicola Lindson cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.10…

Do weight loss programmes cause or worsen disordered eating? Answer ⬇️ in our systematic review led by brilliant @ElenaTsoRD sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

We conducted an overview of reviews on the impacts of e-cigarette flavours. Non-tobacco flavours may increase appeal & harms; this may vary by flavour & apply across different populations. Impacts of flavours on e-cig and cigarette use are inconclusive. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

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Analysis of #smoking and quitting behaviour by socio economic position in England presented by @anikatheod #SRNT New Orleans. Oxford Tobacco Addiction Group (OXTAG) CochraneTAG