Hello, world. Today we’re launching The File Room, an X-Files rewatch podcast in which Michaela Livingstone and Edwin Davies rewatch the show and talk about its themes, how it changed TV, and what it says about the 90s. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

Published today! The Cochrane Library living review of #ecig to #QuitSMOKING. 10 new studies. Now 88 studies. High certainty evidence nicotine #vapes help more people to quit at 6 mths+ than NRT. @CRUK funded cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.10…

This week, Edwin Davies and Michaela Livingstone talk about of the best, scariest, and most important episodes of the X-Files, “Squeeze.” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

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Are you a #researcher or #policymaker w/ an interest in #ecigarettes & #tobacco control #research? Give your input on recommendations for future research into links between #vaping & #smoking in young people Oxford Tobacco Addiction Group (OXTAG) @mikepekso Lion Shahab Thanks! Link forms.office.com/e/FaqtgY75cg

Tobacco use is a leading cause of death and illness, but policy must be evidence-based. On #NoSmokingDay, OxPrimaryCareSci researchers @JepBanksc and Nicola Lindson share research into e-cigarette flavours and the implications for international policy. ow.ly/zBBY50QR8s6

New OxTAG paper scoping evidence on opportunistic #smoking cessation support in #financial support settings published in Addiction Journal - people generally happy to discuss their smoking and welcome support. More evidence on effective interventions needed onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ad…

📢Do you publish living evidence synthesis? To better understand the decision-making processes and experiences of those involved in #LES, complete a short survey: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/oxford/livin… Please share! Closes 4 Sept 2024. #EBHC

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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…

Cochrane reviews since 2021 have found that NRT, varenicline, cytisine, buproprion, nicotine e-cigarettes, behavioural counselling and financial incentives are all effective ways to quit smoking. Read the open access review by Jon Livingstone-Banks Nicola Lindson @jhb19 buff.ly/3MADNGD

Top-tier poster from Melanie Golob at the Global Evidence Summit 2024. Do you have view on #livingevidencesynthesis? Let her know! #GES2024 GESummit

Must be awesome poster season because check out this belter! Love it!

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…

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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What does philosophy have to do with evidence-based healthcare? Philosophical questions permeate everything we do, including the research and practice of healthcare. So thinking philosophically about healthcare evidence is essential. More in this blog: bit.ly/4iHy7J0

New brief piece on the shocking underuse of effective smoking cessation medications in the UK by Jon Livingstone-Banks, dimitra kale and myself. There’s a need to get the message out to smokers trying to stop theconversation.com/two-of-the-bes…

Check out piece in The Conversation on varenicline & cytisine, available but under used tools to help people #quitsmoking Jon Livingstone-Banks CochraneTAG Oxford Tobacco Addiction Group (OXTAG) Lion Shahab & Dimitra Kale of UCL theconversation.com/two-of-the-bes…

'If we’re serious about prevention, then effective smoking cessation support must be top of the agenda.' Why almost no one is using the stop-smoking drug that could save thousands of lives. Read more ⬇️