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Exciting opportunity to work at The University of Sheffield with Robin Purshouse and Alan Brennan to develop a new agent-based model of smoking cessation in partnership with UCL_Tobacco_Alcohol on our new Cancer Research UK programme grant. 3-year post-doc. Apply: jobs.ac.uk/job/CRB035/res…

Thinking about studying a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree? Consider the new interdisciplinary and contemporary online MPH at UCL ucl.ac.uk/prospective-st…

Tune in tomorrow at 11:30 (room: Bratislava) The papers the talks will cover are in the thread. #EHPS2022

If you are attending #EHPS2022 join our symposium on the use of Bayesian analysis in health psychology. I will be talking about the use of Bayes factor’s and NHST

(1/3) New SPECTRUM study finds strong public support for tougher restrictions on buying tobacco in Britain, including ✔️Tobacco retailer licences 🚸Restrict tobacco sales near schools ⬆️Raise age of sale to 21 🚭Reduce number of tobacco retailers More at bit.ly/supportfortoba…

If you are interested in teaching Research Methods and Statistics, see how we have transitioned in-person statistics classes effectively online for the MPH at UCL reflect.ucl.ac.uk/education-conf…

It is important for us to be inclusive in our teaching on the #MPH at UCL see our blog reflect.ucl.ac.uk/education-conf…

Thinking about a #MPH with a strong foundation in both qualitative and quantitative research methods? Come to UCL. See ucl.ac.uk/prospective-st… for more details.

Are adolescent tobacco control interventions in LMICs effective? Sahadat Hossain presents the results of his systematic review and meta-analysis #SRNTE2023

Our study - led by ⁦Queen Mary University of London - shows no evidence of #ecig gateway effects at population level from across divergent jurisdictions. Read more about it in most comprehensive analysis yet ⁩to look at this⁩ issue ⁦Dr Emma V Beard⁩ ⁦⁦UCL_Tobacco_Alcohol⁩ medicalxpress.com/news/2023-09-p…

Excellent stuff by Robert West and Sarah Jackson on what needs to be done to reach the <5% smokefree target, “we don’t need to reinvent the wheel, we just need to keep doing what we’ve been doing.” Inspiring morning Fresh - Making Smoking History

Rishi Sunak promises to raise the age of sale of cigarettes by one year, every year, so that 14 year olds today will never be able to legally buy cigarettes. I welcome this bold policy action to reduce smoking prevalence 🚭 1/6

Important to see this study in context - what it can and cannot tell us. Some insightful expert reactions here: sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reactio…. Bottom line, this study does not show that vaping causes cancer! Science Media Centre UK Cancer Research UK Behavioural Science & Health UCL ASH KCL Nicotine Research Group

Tobacco and Vapes Bill moves to Committee Stage with overwhelming support from MPs backed by tobacco retailers, the public, including smokers, and health leaders #BacktheBill to create a #SmokefreeGeneration

✅ NEW: MPs vote the Tobacco and Vapes Bill through to the next stage in Parliament. Bringing a #SmokefreeGeneration one step closer. 👉 This Bill will protect future generations across the UK from the harmful effects of smoking and tackle youth vaping.

New paper led by Harry Harry Tattan-Birch, PhD asks: what has happened to trends in adult smoking and vaping prevalence in England since disposable vapes started to become popular? Short answer: it’s complicated. 🧵 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

New study led by Vera Buss finds no evidence to suggest implementation of standardised packaging of tobacco products (incl. minimum pack sizes) was associated with meaningful changes in adult cigarette consumption or smoking prevalence among young adults. tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/early/…

Some of you may be interested in this ActionSmoking&Health webinar, supporting hidden populations to quit smoking Lynne Dawkins Dr Emma V Beard KCL Nicotine Research Group Dr Debbie Robson and me! We’ve been thinking a lot about a 3 step approach to reducing smoking- it’s all here 👊🏼 youtube.com/watch?v=W5BQEU…

This paper led by Dr Emma V Beard is an important development in how to include hidden and missing populations in smoking prevalence estimates. The absence of the ‘hidden population’ from current estimates leads to underestimation of smoking rates in the UK. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ad…

Ignoring ‘hidden populations’ in household surveys leads to a significant underestimation of smoking rates. See our new paper in the Journal Addiction onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ad…