Thanks again to all our collaborators and partner organisations who attended the first SPECTRUM management meeting this Monday. A few photographs from the day. Now the real work begins! #Collaboration #Interdisciplinary #prevention #NCDs

I really cannot recommend this analysis of the US and UK strategies on #vaping highly enough. Well done Linda Bauld Lion Shahab Cancer Research UK Policy @PHE_uk Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) Faculty of Public Health Royal Society for Public Health bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Excited to be at the James Lind Alliance priority setting partnership final workshop on e-cigarettes at Uni of Nottingham #WeAreUoN #ecigpsp Dr Abby Hunter #vaping #research

This The BMJ blog from Dr John Britton (UKCTAS) aligns pretty well with my priors regarding the importance of pursuing #RethinkNicotine. blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2019/09/20…

UKCTAS now Prof John Britton on vaping and lung disease. Sets out risks which are real but significantly lower than from tobacco smoking. #ECigSummit US showing acute lung injury patterns. Isolated in time, place +person. Something special happening not routine vaping caused.

We’re in Edinburgh for the 6th Alcohol Evidence In Policy & Practice workshop now run by SPECTRUM Research Consortium | It’s so great to see such a wide variety of delegates excited to learn about alcohol policy and practise! #alcoholpolicy19

First up at the #alcoholpolicy19 workshop is Mark Petticrew on the value of taking a systems perspective of alcohol marketing SPECTRUM Research Consortium @ism_uos

Anyone in need a fix of truth, candour and wisdom? The 2019 London E-cigarette Summit resources are now available: Presentation graphics: e-cigarette-summit.com/resources/ Presentation videos: vimeo.com/showcase/59678… Mine: vimeo.com/showcase/59678…

Conservatives join the Lib Dems in using supporting whisky *exports* (on which no UK excise duty is paid) as a justification for 'reviewing' UK excise duty on spirits.

"The European Respiratory Journal editorial is wrong in relation to each and every one of the seven arguments put forward." - Prof John Britton of UKCTAS responds to the cannabis case study featured in the media today. #vaping sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reactio…

👏👏👏 UKCTAS on the ERS publications paper: “There’s nothing in this new paper that should change advice to smokers. If you smoke, switch. If you don’t smoke, don’t vape. And just as you wouldn’t buy unlicensed alcoholic drinks, don’t vape cannabis or other bootleg products.”

"Vaping enables smokers to quit for good. It’s helping smokers, not harming them." Prof John Britton

Professor John Britton, Director of UKCTAS puts down Stanton Glantz with a stinging letter to the The Times and The Sunday Times about the "fundamentally flawed" study on vaping and respiratory disease.

No they don't, not based on this study. See published Letter to the The Times and The Sunday Times (cut and pasted below due to paywall) from UKCTAS Director, SPECTRUM Research Consortium colleague and respiratory physician Prof John Britton

A must-attend for ECRs, practitioners, policy-makers and NGOs working in tobacco/nicotine! Fantastic speakers and networking at the SPECTRUM Research Consortium workshop - building on the success of the @ukctas CPD courses. Link below.

Scholarships available for UK policy and practice partners (criteria apply) to attend this renowned workshop run by Institute for Social Marketing and Health. Fantastic programme of learning for researchers/practice/policy folks.

Now in #Addisababa for the 2nd ⁦GCRF Tobacco Control Capacity Programme⁩ Communications Workshop with ⁦Priscilla Tiigah⁩ from ⁦Cancer Research UK Policy⁩, UKCTAS⁩ colleagues & Noreen Mdege⁩. Looking forward to seeing ⁦Selam⁩ later & getting started tomorrow 😊

Fab chance to work w Stirling Health Sciences and Sport Athena SWAN and Institute for Social Marketing and Health - UoS via new open-ended Senior Lecturer in Public Health job University of Stirling. #publichealthjobs Research interests in CDOH, NCD prevention, critical marketing & PH policy/global health and remote working welcome tinyurl.com/jrk2f32b

Join Institute for Social Marketing and Health - UoS Deputy Director Martine Stead, as she reflects on 30 years in public health & behaviour change in a lecture to mark her (early) retirement: "A Personal History of Social Marketing Research in 9 Objects" 9/6/22, 15h BST. Sign up: eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-personal-h… @Eventbrite

I'm so excited to announce our new @ISMH_UoS Hastings Research Fellowship scheme which offers a fantastic opportunity to work with our lovely team on high impact studies including on alcohol, tobacco & vaping 1/ stir.ac.uk/about/work-at-…