Share: Complete your PhD in data science & epidemiology with real-world impact! Join us at @uob-ieu.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social through the @gw4biomeddtp.bsky.social. Fully funded project exploring biological mechanisms linking smoking & mental health. gw4biomed.ac.uk/what-are-the...

In the latest episode of Addiction Audio, @katieeast.bsky.social‬ talks about an online experiment evaluating the impact of vaping fact films among young people in the UK tinyurl.com/2myub2b2 | Addiction Audio is the podcast from @addictionjournal.bsky.social‬

🚨 Research Fellow position at BSMS 🚨 Colleagues at @bsmspcph.bsky.social are recruiting a Research Fellow in Public Health and Social Care. The position would suit a qualitative researcher with an interest in care, quality of life, food and nutrition. jobs.sussex.ac.uk/job/ea6b9123...

New in @addictionjournal.bsky.social , we find adults who smoke cigarettes non-daily tend to be more motivated to quit smoking than those who smoke every day, especially among older and less advantaged people. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Interventions to change vaping harm perceptions and associations between harm perceptions and vaping and smoking behaviours: A systematic review buff.ly/fchFEYC @katieeast.bsky.social

Our systematic review of vaping harm perceptions, interventions to change them, and associations with subsequent vaping/smoking behaviours is now available @addictionjournal.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @kingsnrg.bsky.social @bsmspcph.bsky.social

Evaluating the impact of vaping facts films on vaping harm perceptions among young adults in the UK: A randomized on-line experiment buff.ly/LllFqQu @katieeast.bsky.social

New commentary with @hazelcheeseman.bsky.social, @jamiebrown.bsky.social, and @katieeast.bsky.social To reduce smoking harms, there is an urgent need to correct misperceptions about the risks of vaping. www.bmj.com/content/388/...

We asked experts to give evidence based answers to some of the common concerns about nicotine vaping. Here are their answers in our series of short films - 'Vaping, the facts' youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Experts talk about the evidence on nicotine vaping: www.youtube.com/@ueaaddictio...

New study finds expert-led TikTok-style videos can bust vaping myths among young adults. BSMS researchers show that brief, evidence-based content significantly improves understanding of vaping vs smoking risks. 📲 bit.ly/45VAkxd #PublicHealth #VapingFacts @katieeast.bsky.social @bsmspcph.bsky.social

Come and work with us in #PrimaryCare and #PublicHealth. New post: Senior Research Fellow in Public Health. Contribute to the development & delivery of primary & community health research activities delivered by @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social and the NIHR. Pls share! 🩺 jobs.sussex.ac.uk/job/d5e1eb0d...

New job opportunity - seeking a Senior Research Fellow at Brighton & Sussex Medical School. Come and work with a fab team in primary care & public health jobs.sussex.ac.uk/job/d5e1eb0d... @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social @bsmspcph.bsky.social @arckss.bsky.social

BSMS's Dept of Primary Care & Public Health @bsmspcph.bsky.social are recruiting a Senior Research Fellow! This will involve working with @profcdllewellyn.bsky.social and the Dept to support sustainable primary and community care provision. More detail/to apply 👇 jobs.sussex.ac.uk/job/d5e1eb0d...

🚬👩‍💻 4-month Research Assistant role 👩‍💻 🚬 Come work with me at @bsmspcph.bsky.social on a project using ITC youth data to assess non-cigarette tobacco product use, with @ucl-targ.bsky.social @uwaterloo.ca : tiny.cc/fmsd001 @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social @ashorguk.bsky.social @cancerresearchuk.org

Attending #SRNT2025? Join us on Wed 3/12 from 9AM-12PM for the #pre-conference workshop: "Leveraging Complex Survey Data to Inform Nicotine and Tobacco Regulatory Science Globally." We'll share best practices/insights on leveraging survey data to inform #tobacco & #nicotine #policy research.

The @policysrnt.bsky.social is now on Bluesky! Pop us a follow to stay up-to-date with #tobacco and #nicotine policy events and the network's activities, including those at next week's SRNT Annual Meeting.

New Addiction Audio: Communicating public health research with @drsarahejackson.bsky.social, Martin Jarvis and @robertjwest.bsky.social. Elle Wadsworth talks to 3 generations of tobacco/nicotine researchers about their recent editorial ‘The price of a cigarette: 20 minutes of life?’

The SSA is now accepting submissions for oral presentations, poster presentations, and workshops at the 2025 Annual Conference. ⏰Apply by 4 June: www.addiction-ssa.org/events/annua... #SSAConf25 #AcademicSky

Since 2013, the proportion of adults in England reporting single and multiple non-combustible nicotine product use has risen, with the prevalence of single product use almost tripling and multiple product use doubling, find Sharon Cox et al. academic.oup.com/ntr/advance-... @sharoncox.bsky.social

New paper in @ntrjournal.bsky.social 🚬 Using ALSPAC data among young adults, we found that perceiving #vaping as less harmful than #smoking was associated with switching from smoking to vaping six years later. Read the paper here tinyurl.com/4yehtzj3

. @katieeast.bsky.social and friends came to slay not play with this @ntrjournal.bsky.social paper. Perceived Harm of Vaping Relative to Smoking and Associations With Subsequent Smoking and Vaping Behaviors Among Young Adults: Evidence From a UK Cohort Study t.co/70PMqkXTv9

The SRNT-E debate is back! Please submit your ideas to me! DO NOT REPLY HERE [email protected] 1. What is the topic? 2. Why does it matter/now? 3. Why should we care? 4. What could we learn from this debate? Submissions into me, rated by a panel (blind) @drsarahejackson.bsky.social

***Job Opportunity*** Join King's College London's work on the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Addictions, focusing on tobacco/nicotine. You'll have the chance to work on research directly impacting government policy (and collaborate with our team at Sheffield). www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLR998/r...

New paper explores changing patterns of 'dual use' of vaping and smoking in England in the context of a rapidly evolving vape market. Dual use prevalence has increased but there's been a shift away from more frequent smoking toward more frequent vaping. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Will the disposable vape ban help reduce youth vaping? We discuss this in our editorial out today. Our conclusion: 1/3 Great to work alongside Katie East and Eve Taylor on this one! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

New paper examines the prevalence and real-world effectiveness of smoking cessation aids in England. Results show that while a range of effective aids are available, around half of people try to quit using less effective forms of support or none at all. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

New editorial in @AddictionJrnl argues England's disposable vape ban is 'an inadequate solution to youth vaping with potential unintended consequences' onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @tattanbirch.bsky.social @katieeast.bsky.social @ucl-targ.bsky.social

Great slide from the UK e-cig summit showcasing how vaping harm perceptions are increasingly out of line with evidence. Unfortunately, misinformation is running rampant which causes smokers to keep smoking at the expense of public health. #vaping #thr #tobaccoharmreduction #vape #ecigarette

Listen when the experts tell you

Dr Sharon Cox sharing the findings of the SCeTCH trial, which offered e-cigarettes to smokers experiencing homelessness to help them quit. Results can’t yet be shared on social media, but a very impressive effort by a fantastic team… watch this space! #EcigSummit @sharoncox.bsky.social

Dr Eve Taylor outlines potential impacts of regulating the way e-cigarettes are packaged and branded. Important to understand in the context of potential policies that will be introduced as part of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill. #EcigSummit

Dr Jasmine Khouja outlines findings of an e-cigarette policy decision aid. On balance, banning flavours is likely to have a negative overall impact on public health. Same for banning disposables. #EcigSummit @jasminekhouja.bsky.social

Dr Tom Freeman and colleagues collected ~500 vapes from schools across England. They found surprisingly high numbers contained synthetic cannabinoids (spice). Potentially explains news reports of kids collapsing in schools after vaping? #EcigSummit

Dr Katie East outlines why we should care about misperceptions of the harms of vaping vs smoking. Adults with inaccurate perceptions are less likely to quit smoking and more likely to relapse. Perceptions don’t seem to be affecting patterns of youth vaping… #EcigSummit @katieeast.bsky.social

‪The good news is that misperceptions can be corrected - for example, by mythbusting videos from credible sources. ‬ ‪#EcigSummit‬ @katieeast.bsky.social

Really pleased to be at the e-cigarette summit presenting alongside @katieeast.bsky.social @jasminekhouja.bsky.social #womeninscience 👊🏼