Academic articles 2024
McCarron A, Semple S, Swanson V, Braban CF, Gillespie C and Price HD (2024). “I have to stay inside …”: Experiences of air pollution for people with asthma. Health & Place, 85: 103150. doi:
Maharaj T, Fitzgerald N, Gilligan E, Quirke M, MacHale S and Ryan JD (2024). Alcohol-related emergency department presentations and hospital admissions around the time of minimum unit pricing in Ireland. Public Health, 227: 38-41. doi:
Newall P, Allami Y, Andrade M, Ayton P, Baker-Frampton R, Bennett D, Browne M, Bunn C, Bush-Evans R, Chen S, Collard S, De Jans S, Derevensky J, Dowling NA, Dymond S, Froude A, Goyder E, Heirene RM, Hing N, Hudders L, Hunt K, James RJE, Li E, Ludvig EA, Marionneau V, McGrane E, Merkouris SS, Orford J, Parrado-González A, Pryce R, Rockloff M, Romild U, Rossi R, Russell AMT, Singmann H, Quosai TS, Stark S, Suomi A, Swanton TB, Talberg N, Thoma V, Torrance J, Tulloch C, van Holst RJ, Walasek L, Wardle H, West J, Wheaton J, Xiao LY, Young MM, Bellringer ME, Sharman S and Roberts A (2024). ‘No evidence of harm’ implies no evidence of safety: Framing the lack of causal evidence in gambling advertising research. [Letter] Addiction, 119(2):391-396. doi:
Pesola F, Smith KM, Phillips-Waller A, Przulj D, Griffiths C, Walton R, McRobbie H, Coleman T, Lewis S, Whitemore R, Clark M, Ussher M, Sinclair L, Seager E, Cooper S, Bauld L, Naughton F, Sasieni P, Manyonda I and Hajek P (2024 Online). Safety of e-cigarettes and nicotine patches as stop-smoking aids in pregnancy: Secondary analysis of the Pregnancy Trial of E-cigarettes and Patches (PREP) randomized controlled trial. Addiction, online 17th January. doi:
Chacon L, Mitchell G and Golder S (2024). The commercial promotion of electronic cigarettes on social media and its influence on positive perceptions of vaping and vaping behaviours in Anglophone countries: A scoping review. PLOS Global Public Health, 4(1): e0002736. doi:
Nafees AA, Allana A, Kadir MM, Potts J, Minelli C, Semple S, De Matteis S, Burney P & Cullinan P (2024). A cluster randomised controlled trial to reduce respiratory effects of cotton dust exposure among textile workers: the MultiTex RCT study. The European Respiratory Journal, 63(1): 2301028. doi:
Goldsmith LP, Roberts A, Flohr C, Boyle RJ, Ussher M & Perkin M (2024). Routine infant skincare advice in the UK: A cross-sectional survey. Clinical & Experimental Allergy, 54(1): 56-60. doi:
Manca F, Lewsey J, Mackay D, Angus C, Fitzpatrick D and Fitzgerald N (2024 Online). The effect of a minimum price per unit of alcohol in Scotland on alcohol-related ambulance call-outs: A controlled interrupted time-series analysis. Addiction, online 29th January. doi:
Donin AS, Goldsmith LP, Sharp C, Wahlich C, Whincup PH and Ussher MH (2024). Identifying barriers and facilitators to increase fibre intakes in UK Primary school children and exploring the acceptability of intervention components: a UK qualitative study. Public Health Nutrition, 27(1): e59. doi:
Cook M, Critchlow N, O’Donnell R and MacLean S (2024). Alcohol’s contribution to climate change and other environmental degradation: a call for research. Health Promotion °®Âþµº, 39(1): daae004.
Fitzgerald N, Egan M, O’Donnell R, Nicholls J, Mahon L, de Vocht F, McQuire C, Angus C, Purves R, Henney M, Mohan A, Maani N, Shortt N and Bauld L (2024 Online). Public health engagement in alcohol licensing in England and Scotland: the ExILEnS mixed-method, natural experiment evaluation. Public Health Research, online 7th February: 1-76. doi:
Woods-Brown C, Hunt K and Sweeting H (2024). Bricolage as an expression of self and of cultural and familial foodways among people living in prison–’You make what you can with anything you can get’. Sociology of Health & Illness, 46(2):183-199. doi:
Goldsmith LP, Perkin MR, Wahlich C, Chandrasekaran L, Cornelius V, Boyle RJ, Flohr C, Roberts A, Willis K and Ussher M (2024). Development of an intervention for reducing infant bathing frequency. PLoS One, 19(2): e0298335. doi:
Borgini A, Veronese C, De Marco C, Boffi R, Tittarelli A, Bertoldi M, Fernández E, Tigova O, Gallus S, Lugo A, Gorini G, Carreras G, López MJ, Continente X, Semple S, Dobson R, Clancy L, Keogan S, Tzortzi A, Vardavas C, Nicolás ÁL, Starchenko P, Soriano JB, Ruprecht AA and TackSHS Project Investigators (2024). Particulate matter in aerosols produced by two last generation electronic cigarettes: a comparison in a real-world environment. Pulmonology, 30(2):137-144. doi:
Perkin MR, Ussher M, Goldsmith LP, Flohr C, Roberts A, Cornelius V, Wahlich C, Willis K and Boyle RJ (2024). BabyBathe study protocol: A randomised controlled feasibility trial to change baby bathing practice during the first months of life. [Letter] Clinical & Experimental Allergy, 55(5): 353-355. doi:
Critchlow N (2024). Commentary on Manthey et al.: No more missed opportunities-We need to address the absence of robust and comprehensive evaluations about the real-world impact of statutory restrictions on alcohol marketing. Addiction, 119(5): 812-14. doi:
Anderson E, Hunt K, Wild C, Nettleton S, Ziebland S & MacLean A (2024 Online). Episodic disability and adjustments for work: the ‘rehabilitative work’ of returning to employment with Long Covid. Disability & Society, online 26th March. doi:
Wild C, MacLean A, Nettleton S, Hunt K and Ziebland S (2024). The double invisibility of Long Covid in children. Social Science & Medicine, 347: 116770. doi:
Peña S, Wilkinson C, Aresi G, Barrett L, Boniface S, Fitzgerald N, Norambuena P, Paradis C, Román F and Sierralta P (2024). Alcohol policy changes during the first three-months of the COVID-19 pandemic: Development and application of a classification scheme. °®Âþµº Journal of Drug Policy, 127: 104373. doi:
Novak J, Jurkova K, Lojkaskova A, Jaklova A, Kuhnova J, Pfeiferova M, Kral N, Janek M, Omcirk D, Malisova K, Maes I, Dyck DV, Wahlich C, Ussher M, Elavsky S, Cimler R, Pelclova J, Tufano JJ, Steffl M, Seifert B, Yates T, Harris T, Vetrovsky T (2024). Participatory development of an mHealth intervention delivered in general practice to increase physical activity and reduce sedentary behaviour of patients with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes (ENERGISED). BMC Public Health, 24: 927. doi:
Critchlow N, Holmes J and Fitzgerald N (2024 Online). Alibi marketing? Surrogate marketing? Brand sharing? What is the correct terminology to discuss marketing for alcohol-free and low-alcohol products which share branding with regular strength alcohol products? [Editorial] Addiction, online 17th April. doi:
Arnaudo MB, Elicabe E, Moodie C, Alexandrou G and Mejia R (2024). Mate, an Argentinian icon used to promote cigarettes. Tobacco Control, online 16th April. doi:
Petrie G, Angus K and O’Donnell R (2024). A scoping review of academic and grey literature on migrant health research conducted in Scotland. BMC Public Health, 24: 1156. doi:
Pesola F, Smith KM, Phillips-Waller A, Przulj D, Walton R, McRobbie H, Coleman T, Lewis S, Clark M, Ussher M, Naughton F and Hajek P (2024). Pregnant smokers can be encouraged to switch to vaping. [Letter] Addiction, online 23rd April. doi:
Manca F, Zhang L, Fitzgerald N, Ho F, Innes H, Jani B, Katikireddi SV, McAuley A, Sharp C and Lewsey J (2024). Pharmacological treatments for alcohol dependence: Evidence on uptake, inequalities and comparative effectiveness from a UK population-based cohort. Drug and Alcohol Review, 43(5): 1183-1193. doi:
Razai MS, Mansour R, Ravindran P, Freeman S, Mason-Apps C, Morris J, Majeed A, Ussher M, Hargreaves S and Oakeshott P (2024). Facilitators and barriers to vaccination uptake in pregnancy: A qualitative systematic review. PLoS One, 19(4): e0298407. doi:
Scott NJ, Murray RL, Barker AB, Critchlow N, Best C and Semple S (2024). Tobacco, e-cigarette and alcohol content in popular UK soap operas: a content analysis to explore changes in social norms and scene location. Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, online 7th May. doi:
Orina F, Amukoye E, Bowyer C, Chakaya J, Das D, Devereux G, Dobson R, Dragosits U, Gray C, Kiplimo R, Lesosky M, Loh M, Meme H, Mortimer K, Ndombi A, Pearson C, Price H, Twigg M, West S and Semple S (2024). Household carbon monoxide (CO) concentrations in a large African city: an unquantified public health burden? Environmental Pollution, 351: 124054. doi:
Hoddinott P, O’Dolan C, Macaulay L, Dombrowski SU, Swingler J, Cotton S, Avenell A, Getaneh AM, Gray C, Hunt K, Kee F, MacLean A, McKinley M, Torrens C, Turner K, van der Pol M and MacLennan G (2024). Text messages with financial incentives for men with obesity: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA, 332(1): 31-40. doi:
Burton R, Henn C, Fitzgerald N and Sheron N (2024). The early impact of the UK’s new alcohol taxation system on product strength and price: an exploratory comparative descriptive study. Public Health, 232: 61-67. doi:
Clark MM, Cooper S, Naughton F, Ussher M, Emery J, McDaid L, Thomson R, Phillips L, Bauld L, Aveyard P, Torgerson D, Berlin I, Lewis S, Parrott S, Hewitt C, Welch C, Parkinson G, Dickinson A, Sutton S, Brimicombe J, Bowker K, McEwen A, Vedhara K and Coleman T (2024). Smoking, nicotine and pregnancy 2 (SNAP2) trial: protocol for a randomised controlled trial of an intervention to improve adherence to nicotine replacement therapy during pregnancy. BMJ Open, 14(5): e087175. doi:
Critchlow N, Moodie C, Gallopel-Morvan K (2024). Restricting the content of alcohol advertising and including text health warnings: A between-group online experiment with a non-probability adult sample in the United Kingdom. Alcohol, Clinical and Experimental Research, 48(6): 1155-1167. doi:
Moodie C, Morgan AJ and Alexandrou G (2024 Online). Perceptions of gambling marketing among young adults who gamble in Ireland. °®Âþµº Gambling Studies, online 20th May. doi:
Fitzgerald N, O’Donnell R, Uny I, Martin JG, Cook M, Graham K, Stockwell T, Hughes K, Wilkinson C, McGill E, Miller PG, Reynolds J, Quigg Z and Angus C (2024). Reducing alcohol harms whilst minimising impact on hospitality businesses: ‘Sweetspot’ policy options. °®Âþµº Journal of Drug Policy, 129: 104465. doi:
Chew A, Davila G, Moodie C, Thrasher J and Barnoya J (2024 Online). Iluma-nating: IQOS variant enters the Guatemalan market. Tobacco Control, online 10th June. doi:
Ussher M, Fleming J and Brose L (2024). Vaping during pregnancy: a systematic review of health outcomes. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth, 24: 435. doi:
O’Donnell R, Tigova O, Teodorowski P, Villarroel-Williams N, Shevchuk A, Nesterova O, Arabska Y, Ylli A, Qirjako G, Fernández E and Semple S (2024). Supporting migrant groups to reduce tobacco-related harms and create smoke-free family environments: Future priorities and research gaps. Tobacco Induced Diseases, 22. doi:
Sharpe C, Bhuptani S, Jecks M, Sheron N, Henn C and Burton R (2024). Availability of alcohol on an online third-party delivery platform across London Boroughs, England: exploratory cross-sectional study. JMIR Formative Research, 8: e54587. doi:
Ussher M, Best C, Lewis S, McKell J, Coleman T, Cooper S, Orton S and Bauld L (2024). Effect of 3 months and 12 months of financial incentives on 12-month postpartum smoking cessation maintenance: A randomized controlled trial. Addiction, 119(8): 1352-1363. doi:
Awokola B, Lawin H, Johnson O, Humphrey A, Nzogo D, Zubar L, Okello G, Semple S, Awokola E, Amusa G, Mohammed N, Jewell C, Erhart A, Mortimer K, Devereux G and Mbatchou-Ngahane BH (2024). Non-communicable airway disease and air pollution in three African Countries: Benin, Cameroon and The Gambia. °®Âþµº Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Open, 1(4): 174-181. doi:
Silveira Bianchim M, Caes L, Forbat L, Jordan A, Noyes J, Thomson K, Turley R, Uny I and France EF (2024). Understanding how children and young people with chronic non-cancer pain and their families experience living with pain, pain management and services: a meta-ethnography. Health and Social Care Delivery Research, 12(17): 1-218. doi:
Lee P, Hargreaves E, Jiang Y, Calder A, Marsh S, Gray C, Hunt K, Eyles H, Draper N, Heke I, Kara S, Maddison R and Gao L (2024). Long-term cost-effectiveness analysis of rugby fans in training-New Zealand: a body weight reduction programme for males. BMJ Open, 14(7): e073740. doi:
Moodie C, Alexandrou G and Siddiqi K (2024 Online). Chasing a buzz: developments in the nicotine pouch market in the UK. Tobacco Control, online 1st August. doi:
Smith BJ, Maiorana A, Ntoumanis N, McVeigh JA, McCaffrey TA, Kerr DA, Hillis G, Wright H, Ng H, Legrand S, Donald F, Hunt K, McDonald MD and Quested E (2024). An Australian football themed health behaviour change intervention for men with cardiovascular disease is feasible and acceptable: results from a feasibility randomised trial. Heart, Lung and Circulation, 33(9): 1365-1378. doi:
Uny I, Kambalame L, Price H, Caes L, Kalumbi LR, Semple S, Lucas S, Orina F, Chasima T, Chamba MVM and Meme H (2024). Beyond high-level recommendations and rule books: doing the ‘hard work’ of global health research - lessons and recommendations from an interdisciplinary global partnership. BMJ Global Health. 9(10): e015169. doi:
Brown A, Woods-Brown C, Angus K, McMeekin N, Hunt K and Demou E (2024 Online). Recent evidence on rates and factors influencing smoking behaviours after release from smoke-free prisons: a scoping review. °®Âþµº Journal of Prison Health, online 17th October. doi:
McMillan L, Gadsby E, Howell R, Ussher M, Hunt K and Ford A (2024). Understanding the impact of COVID-19 on women’s access to and experiences of contraceptive services in England: a qualitative study. BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health, 50(4): 242-251. doi:
Siddiqi K, Welch C, Huque R, Iqbal R, Kanaan M, Mishu MP, Khokhar MA, Semple S and the CLASS III Trial Team (2024). The effect of adult smoking behavior on children’s exposure to secondhand smoke. an analysis based on salivary cotinine levels among children in Dhaka and Karachi. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 26(11): 1512-1520. doi:
Patsouras M, Cook M, Pennay A, Kuntsche E, Manning V, He Z and Riordan BC (2024). Support for a browser plug-in blocking online alcohol imagery among Australian participants: A qualitative interview study. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 35(4): 1285-1294. doi:
MacLean S, Cook M, Dillon P and Wright C (2024). Educating students about volatile substance use in Australian schools: Is the current approach evidence-based, and how should we do it? Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 35(4): 1393-1396. doi:
Caluzzi G, Cook M, Patsouras M, Wright CJC, Kuntsche E and Kuntsche S (2024). Uncorking the ‘wine mum’: Exploring the complexity of Australian women’s everyday lives and drinking practices. °®Âþµº Journal of Drug Policy, 134: 104637. doi:
Hunt K, Maclean A, Locock L, O’Dwyer C, Nettleton S, Ziebland S and Wild C (2024). Young adults’ experiences of biographical retrogression whilst living with long COVID. Sociology of Health & Illness, 46(8): 1526-1546. doi:
Holloway A, Waller G, Ferguson J, Guthrie V, Smith JB, Boyd J, Mercado S, Rees J, Anthony Parker R, Stoddart A, Bray JW, Coulton S, Hunt K, Stadler G, Sondhi A, Smith P, Stenhouse R, Conaglen P, Sheikh A and Newbury-Birch D (2024). A self-efficacy enhancement alcohol reduction intervention for men on-remand in prison: the APPRAISE feasibility pilot RCT. Public Health Research, 12(11): 1-186. doi:
Maclean J, Rocha C, Piggin J, Hunt K, Philpott M, Fitzgerald N and Purves RI (2024). ‘We wouldn’t have missed it for the world’: hosting a polycentric sporting mega event in pandemic times. °®Âþµº Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, online 8th November. doi:
Kamni SNA, Bahron NANBS, Zulkifli A, Uny I, O'Donnell R, Prabandari YS, Bintoro BS, Abidin EZ and Semple S (2024). Knowledge, beliefs, perceptions and barriers related to implementing smoke-free home practices in two rural settlement areas in Malaysia. Tobacco Prevention & Cessation, 10(November): 60. doi:
O’Donnell R, Dobson R and Semple S (2024). “Why should care workers be any different from prison workers?” A qualitative study of second-hand smoke exposure during home-care visits and potential measures to eliminate exposure. Annals of Work Exposures and Health, 68(9):999-1003. doi:
Alexandrou G and Moodie C (2024). Keeping pace with nicotine pouch market developments. Tobacco Control, online 2nd December. doi:
Angus C, Oldham M, Burton R, Dina LM, Field M, Hickman M, Kaner E, Loebenberg G, Munafò M, Pizzo E, Brown J and Garnett C (2024). Modelling the potential health, health economic and health inequality impact of a large-scale rollout of the Drink Less app in England. Value in Health, online 16th December. doi:
Uny I, Chasima T, Caes L, Kambalame L, Chamba MVM, Kalumbi L, Orina F, Price H, Lucas S, Nyikuri M, Semple S and Meme H (2024). Exploring the use of solid fuels for cooking and household air pollution in informal settlements through photovoice: The Fuel to Pot study in Ndirande (Malawi) and Mukuru (Kenya). PLoS One, 19(12): e0316095. doi:
Ford A, MacKintosh AM, Morgan A, Jones D, Moodie C, Hunt K and Angus K (2024). A content analysis of nicotine descriptors on the front of vape packaging in the United Kingdom. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 27(1): 152-156. doi: