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Academic articles 2025

Røynesdal ØB, Roberts GC, Pereira HV, Jelsma JG, Wyke S, Andersen E, Gray CM, Hunt K, Silva MN, van Nassau F and Sørensen M (2025). Fostering health behaviour change in overweight male football fans through the European Fans in Training (EuroFIT) program: A self-determination theory perspective. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 76: 102742. doi:

Elicabe E, Arnaudo MB, Moodie C, Best C, Alexandrou G, Mejia R and the REMAP team (2025). The display and advertising of roll-your-own tobacco at points-of-sale in Argentina, Guatemala, Mexico, and Peru. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, online 4th January. doi:

Brown A, Donnachie C, Critchlow N, Bunn C, Dobbie F, Gray CM, Purves R, Reith G, Wardle H and Hunt K (2025). Changes and continuities in gambling careers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal qualitative study of regular sports bettors in Britain. BMC Public Health, 25: 63. doi:

Nicholls J, Masterton W, Falzon D, McAuley A, Carver H, Skivington K, Dumbrell J, Perkins A, Steele S, Trayner K and Parkes T (2025). The implementation of safer drug consumption facilities in Scotland: a mixed methods needs assessment and feasibility study for the city of Edinburgh. Harm Reduction Journal, 22: 6. doi:

Purves R, Mohan A, O’Donnell R, Egan M, Maani N and Fitzgerald N (2025). Innovation and diversity in public health team engagement in local alcohol premises licensing: qualitative interview findings from the ExILEnS study. Public Health Research, 13(2): 1-19. doi:

Nicholls J (2025). Riding the wave or controlling the flow? Commentary on Room (2025) ‘Long waves of alcohol consumption and the Sustainable Development Goals’. °®Âþµº Journal of Drug Policy, 137: 104723. doi:

Healey A, Patel A, Marks J, Bremner S, Foster R, Gibson SL, Goldsmith LP, Lucock M, Repper J, Rinaldi M, Simpson A, White S, Ussher M and Gillard S (2025). Peer support for discharge from hospital to community mental healthcare: a cost analysis. [Letter] General Psychiatry, 38(1): e101671. doi:

Razai MS, Ussher M, Goldsmith L, Hargreaves S and Oakeshott P (2025). Navigating vaccination in pregnancy: Qualitative study in 21 ethnically diverse pregnant women. PLoS One, 20(1): e0310823. 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 (2025). Modeling the Potential Health, Health Economic, and Health Inequality Impact of a Large-Scale Rollout of the Drink Less App in England. Value in Health, 28(2): 215-223. doi:

Sharp C, Mohan A, Mitchell D and Fitzgerald N (2025). Exploring views and experiences of a unique alcohol assertive outreach model, the primary care alcohol nurse outreach service (PCANOS): a qualitative study. BMC Primary Care, 26: 61. doi:

Semple S, Tigova O, Howell R, Davie E, Gorini G, Turner SW, Vardavas C, Clancy L, Peruga A, Fernández E and O’Donnell R (2025). Protecting children from second-hand tobacco smoke in the home: the need for a new approach. Tobacco Control, online 15th March. doi:.

Fitzgerald N, Angus K, Howell R, Labhart H, Morris J, Fenton L, Woodrow N, Castellina M, Oldham M, Garnett C, Holmes J, Brown J and O’Donnell R (2025). Changing public perceptions of alcohol, alcohol harms and alcohol policies: A multi-methods study to develop novel framing approaches. Addiction, 120(4): 655-668. doi:

Tigova O, Stival C, Castellano Y, Lugo A, Fu M, Mar López A, Martínez C, Soriano JB, O’Donnell R, Semple S, López MJ, Fernández E and Gallus S (2025). Prevalence and determinants of smoke-free homes in 12 European countries: the TackSHS Survey. ERJ Open Research, 11(2): 00950-2024. doi:

Burton R and Sheron N (2025). Commentary on Kersbergen et al.: Same Price, same choices? Proportional pricing and the heaviest drinkers. Addiction, online 25th March. doi:

Burton R, Leggio L, Louvet A, Sheron N and Singal AK (2025). Prevention of alcohol-associated liver disease. The American Journal of Gastroenterology, online 26th March. doi:

Nicholls J and Hunt G. Drinking and pleasure: Interdisciplinarity points the way forward. Addiction, online 27th March. doi:

Jones D, Morgan A, Moodie C, Alexandrou G, Ford A and Mitchell D (2024). The role of e-cigarette packaging as a health communications tool: a focus group study with adolescents and adults in England and Scotland. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 27(4): 705-713.. doi:

Røynesdal ØB, Andersen E, Pereira HV, Wyke S, Gray CM, Jelsma JG, Hunt K, Mutrie N, Silva MN, Sørensen M, Roberts GC, van der Ploeg HP and van Nassau F (2025). Changes to men’s walking and the contribution of walking to self-reported physical activity in the EuroFIT programme. Health Education Journal, 84(3): 293-307. doi:

MacLean A, Driessen A, Hinton L, Nettleton S, Wild C, Anderson E, Brown A, Hoddinott P, O’Dwyer C, Ziebland S and Hunt K (2025). Rethinking ‘recovery’: A comparative qualitative analysis of experiences of intensive care with COVID and Long Covid in the United Kingdom. Health Expectations, 28(2): e70253. doi:

Ussher M, Brose L, McNeill A, Notley C, Bauld L, Hajek P, Pesola F and Shahab L (2025). Letter to the Editor: Comments on “Associations between vaping during pregnancy and perinatal outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis” by Deprato et al., (2025). Journal of Hazardous Materials, 492: 138242. doi:

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 (2025). Public health engagement in alcohol licensing in England and Scotland: the ExILEnS mixed-method, natural experiment evaluation. Public Health Research, 13(2): 1-84. doi:

Fitzgerald N, Mohan A, Purves R, O’Donnell R, Egan M, Nicholls J, Maani N, Smolar M, Fraser A, Briton T, Mahon L and the ExILEnS consortium (2025). Factors influencing public health engagement in alcohol licensing in England and Scotland including legal and structural differences: comparative interview analysis. Public Health Research, 13(2): 87-128. doi:

McCarron A, Semple S, Swanson V, Gillespie C, Braban C & Price HD (2025). Piloting co-developed behaviour change interventions to reduce exposure to air pollution and improve self-reported asthma-related health. Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology, 35: 242-253. doi:

Nicholls J and Hunt G (2025). Taking pleasure seriously: Should alcohol research say more about fun? Addiction, 120(6): 1075-1081. doi:

Cook M, Nicholls J, Mitchell G, O’Donnell R and Fitzgerald N (2025). Identifying innovative approaches to the temporal availability of alcohol in Great Britain—a policy analysis. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, online 2nd May. doi:

McDonald MD, Hunt K, Moullin J, Smith BJ, Donald F, Kerr DA, Ntoumanis N and Quested E (2025). Implementation of an Australian football themed men’s health program in rural Australia: a mixed-methods study. Health Promotion °®Âþµº, 40(3): daaf052. doi:

Vetrovsky T, Kral N, Pfeiferova M, Seifert B, Capek V, Jurkova K, Steffl M, Cimler R, Kuhnova J, Harris T, Ussher M, Wahlich C, Malisova K, Pelclova J, Dygryn J, Elavsky S, Maes I, Van Dyck D, Rowlands A and Yates T (2025). mHealth intervention delivered in general practice to increase physical activity and reduce sedentary behaviour of patients with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes (ENERGISED): statistical analysis plan. Trials, 26: 166. doi:

Sheikh N, Haghpanahan H, Lewsey J, Angus C, Emslie C, Fitzgerald N and McIntosh E (2025). Protocol for an economic evaluation alongside a natural experiment to evaluate the impact of later trading hours for bars and clubs in the night-time economy in Scotland: The ELEPHANT study. BMJ Open, 15(5): e095241. doi:

Cardoso DP, Oliveira D, Antunes B, Saraiva R, Angus K, Gallardo E and Rosário F (2025). Portuguese validated versions of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test: A systematic review of academic and grey literature. Drug and Alcohol Review, online 27th May. doi:

O’Donnell R, Howell R, Teodorowski P, Tigova O, Fernández E and Semple S (2025). [Editorial] Rise and shine: The Smoke-free Homes °®Âþµº Network (SHINE). Tobacco Prevention & Cessation, 11(May): 27. doi:

Arnaudo MB, Elicabe E, Moodie C, Best C, Alexandrou G and Mejía R, (2025). Non-compliance with point-of-sale tobacco regulations in Argentina. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, online 10th May. doi:

Booth G, Bearne L, D’Lima D, Hudda M and Ussher M (2025). Development of a Physical Activity Maintenance intervention for people with PERsistent musculoskeletal pain (PAMPER): a mixed-methods study protocol. BMJ Open, 15(6): e103763. doi:

Ames HMR, France EF, Cooper S, Bianchim MS, Lewin S, Schmidt BM, Uny I and Noyes J (2024). Assessing qualitative data richness and thickness: Development of an evidence-based tool for use in qualitative evidence synthesis. Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and Methods, 2(7): e12059. doi:

Brown A, Woods-Brown C and Hunt K (2025). Identifying potential barriers and enablers to smoking abstinence after leaving a smokefree prison using the capabilities, opportunities, motivations -behaviour (COM-B) model: a qualitative interview study. BMC Public Health, 25: 2100. doi:

Thrasher JF, Petillo S, Sun Y, Xiong L, Hackworth EE, Ferguson SG, Hammond D and Moodie C, on behalf of the Insert Project Team (2025). Evaluating Canada’s innovative policy for health warnings on cigarette sticks: A pre/post assessment among adults who smoke. Preventive Medicine, 198: 108330. doi:

Soe YN, Thomson M, Reid K, Moore L, Bintoro BS, Dong B, Good S, Hu P, Long E, Mateo NJ, McMeekin N, Padmawati RS, Prabandari YS, Purvis A, Salanga MG, Semple S, Llorin CT, Wang JY and Simpson SA (2025). A Stop Smoking In Schools Trial in three culturally different middle-income countries (ASSIST global): protocol for a randomised feasibility study. BMJ Open, 15(6): e096963. doi:

Calnan S, Matvienko-Sikar K, Fitzgerald N, Gilheany S and Kabir Z (2025). Implementation of a multi-component alcohol policy in Ireland: A qualitative study exploring barriers and facilitators to implementation. °®Âþµº Journal of Drug Policy, 143: 104870. doi:

Elicabe E, Arnaudo MB, Moodie C, Best C, Alexandrou G and Mejia R (2025). The display and advertising of roll-your-own tobacco at points-of-sale in Argentina, Guatemala, Mexico, and Peru. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 27(7): 1306-1310. doi:

Moodie C, Best C and Jones D (2025). Support for a ban on characterizing flavours in cigarettes in the UK: a longitudinal online survey. European Journal of Public Health, 35(3): 570-572. doi:

Miller M, Howell F, White J, Griffiths D, Noble L, Weir CJ, Niven A, Stoddart A, Ensor H, Wardle H, Purves R and Dobbie F (2025). Preventing gambling-related harm among adolescents (PRoGRAM-A): an embedded multi-modal process evaluation in a pilot cluster random control trial. BMC Public Health, 25: 2327. doi:

Dawkins L, Soar K, Pesola F, Ford A, Notley C, Brown R, Ward E, McMillan L, Robson D, Varley A, Mair C, Lennon J, Brierley J, Edwards A, Hajek P, Tyler A, Parrott S, Li J, Bauld L, Gardner B and Cox S (2025). Smoking cessation for people accessing homeless support centres (SCeTCH): comparing the provision of an e-cigarette versus usual care in a cluster randomised controlled trial in Great Britain. BMC Medicine, 23: 394. doi:

Wood AJ, MacKintosh AM, Stead M and Kao RR (2025). Long-term spatial patterns in COVID-19 booster vaccine uptake. Communications Medicine, 5(1): 257. doi:

Ford A, McMillan L, Soar K, Pesola F, Notley C, Brown R, Ward E, Gardner B, Varley A, Mair C, Lennon J, Brierley J, Edwards A, Mitchell D, Robson D, Hajek P, Tyler A, Parrott S, Li J, Bauld L and Cox S (2025). Exploring how an e-cigarette intervention influenced tobacco smoking behaviour in people accessing homelessness services: Findings from the SCeTCH trial process evaluation. °®Âþµº Journal of Drug Policy, 143: 104901. doi:

Dombrowski SU, Hoddinott P, Macaulay L, O’Dolan C, Swingler J, Cotton S, Avenell A, Getaneh AM, Gray C, Hunt K, Kee F, MacLean A, McKinley MC, Torrens C, Turner K, van der Pol M and MacLennan G (2025). Secondary analysis of the Game of Stones trial for men with obesity: examining moderator effects and exploratory outcomes. Obesity, online 9th July. doi:

Maclean J, MacLean A, Gray CM, Chambers S, Donnachie C, Jago R and Hunt K (2025). Delivering social and public health programmes through community arms of professional football clubs. Health Promotion °®Âþµº, 40(4): daaf106. doi:

Pereira HV, Silva MN, Pulido JJ, Roberts GC, Sorensen M, Andersen E, Røynesdal Ø, Wyke S, Gray CM, Hunt K, van Nassau F, van der Ploeg HP, Jelsma JGM and Teixeira PJ (2025). Self-Determination Theory mechanisms in men’s long-term, objectively measured physical activity and sedentary behavior in the European Fans in Training Program. Journal of Physical Activity & Health, online 4th July. doi:

Martin JG, Black D and Coggon J (2025). How societal impact is understood and approached across a newly formed community of researchers with an ambitious ‘health of the public’ agenda. Research Evaluation, 34: rvaf029. doi:

Reith G, Biggar B, Bunn C, Deidda M, Donnachie C, Graham F, Gray C, Greenlaw N, Hunt K, Philpott M, Platt N, D Rogers R, Rooksby J, Wyke S and Wardle H (2025). Group-based interventions to reduce gambling involvement among male football fans: a synopsis of findings from a feasibility study. Public Health Research, 13(6): 1-24. doi:

Moodie C, Jones D and Best C (2025). The impact of standardised tobacco packaging and warnings on relapse prevention: a longitudinal online survey in the UK. Tobacco Control, online 28th July. doi:

Elicabe E, Arnaudo MB, Mejia R, Alexandrou G and Moodie C (2025). Analysis of roll-your-own tobacco pack design and warning compliance in Argentina. Tobacco Control, online 5th August. doi:

O’Donnell R, Howell R, Henderson T, Sinclair L, Mather K, McMeekin N and Semple S (2025). Use of nicotine replacement therapy to create a smoke-free home: study protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial of a smoke-free home intervention in Scotland. BMJ Open, 15(8): e107161. doi:

Pereira HV, Silva MN, Pulido JJ, Roberts GC, Sorensen M, Andersen E, Røynesdal Ø, Wyke S, Gray CM, Hunt K, van Nassau F, van der Ploeg HP, Jelsma JGM and Teixeira PJ (2025). Self-Determination Theory mechanisms in men’s long-term, objectively measured physical activity and sedentary behavior in the European Fans in Training Program. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 22(8): 979-988. doi:

Uny I, Magalasi D, Orgill M, Namanda C, Mitchell G, Tumwesigye NM, Bauld L, Parry C, Fitzgerald N and Kaneka B (2025). Competing coalitions in alcohol policymaking in Malawi: a retrospective case study analysis of the alcohol sachet ban. °®Âþµº Journal of Drug Policy, 145: 104979. doi:

Simpson S, Vettini A, Reid K, Thomson M, Soe YN, Moore, de Salanga MG, Di Matteo NJ, Prabandari YS, Padmawati S, Bintoro BS, Good MS and Semple S (2025). A qualitative evaluation of ASSIST-a peer-led smoking prevention intervention for young people in the Philippines and Indonesia. [Meeting abstract] °®Âþµº Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 32(Suppl. 1): S36. doi:

Clarke J, Thomson G, Crossland N, Dombrowski S, Hoddinott P, Ingram J, Johnson D, MacArthur C, McKell J, Moss N, Sanders J, Savory N, Taylor B, Jolly K and the ABA©\Feed Study Group (2025). ABA-feed infant feeding training for peer supporters and coordinators: development and mixed-methods evaluation. Maternal & Child Nutrition, online 21st September. doi:

Goff LM, Johnson DA, Bell V, Blyden S, Bower P, Dale J, Harris T, Healey A, Hoverd E, Jin H, Kelly T, Rivas C, Robinson C, Thorpe J, Tomlinson S, Ussher M, Wahlich C and McGowan B (2025). Culturally tailored diabetes self-management education and support programs in Black African and Caribbean adults with type 2 diabetes (HEAL-D): Protocol for a multicenter, pragmatic randomized controlled trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 14: e71861. doi:

Ussher M, Lewis S, Marczylo T, Blount B, Brown J, Bailey A, Coleman T, Cooper S, Marks J, George M, Bhandari D, Wang L, El Zein A, Laycock A, Oteng-Ntim E and Shahab L (2025). Toxicant and nicotine exposure in pregnant smokers, vapers, and nicotine-replacement users: cross-sectional study. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 27(10): 1786-1794: ntaf103. doi:

Clarke J, Crossland N, Dombrowski S, Hoddinott P, Ingram J, Johnson D, Jolly K, MacArthur C, McKell J, Moss N, Sanders J, Savory N, Taylor B and Thomson G (2025). Experiences of the ABA-feed infant feeding intervention: a qualitative study with women, peer supporters and coordinators. Maternal & Child Nutrition, online 7th October. doi:

O’Donnell R, Bintoro BS, Rustandi AW, Farahdilla ZA, Sadewa DMA, Padmawati RS, Ahmad AI, Misban NH, Shu'ah IAM, Safee NS, Zamri WT, Kamni SNAB, Zulkifli A, Uny I, Zainal Abidin E, Prabandari YS and Semple S (2025). COmmunities Facilitating incREasing Smoke-free Homes (CO-FRESH): co-developing a toolkit with local stakeholders in Indonesia and Malaysia. BMJ Global Health, 10(10): e018102. doi:

Nomatshila ZB, O’Donnell R, Gonah L, Nanjoh M, Faleni M, Apalata TR and Crockett R (2025). Perceived quality of life and its optimal drivers in people living with HIV, beyond HIV viral suppression in South Africa. Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services, online 11th September. doi:

Notley C, Bauld L, Clark A, Duneclift S, Gilroy V, Holland R, Naughton F, Ussher M, Harris T and Belderson P (2025). A17 Definitive findings from the BabyBreathe Trial - Preventing return to smoking postpartum. [Meeting abstract] Tobacco Induced Diseases, 23(Suppl 1): 26. doi:

Elicabe E, Belén Arnaudo M, Alexandrou G, Moodie C, Uny I and Mejía R (2025). A110 Adolescents’ perceptions of flavoured and capsule cigarette packaging and point-of-sale marketing in Argentina. [Meeting abstract] Tobacco Induced Diseases, 23(Suppl 1): 64-65. doi:

Petillo S, Sun Y, Hackworth E, Vidaña-Perez D, Niederdeppe J, Ferguson S, Moodie C, Thrasher J (2025). A147 Evaluation of an innovative on-cigarette stick warning policy in Canada: Post-policy trends among adults who smoke. [Meeting abstract] Tobacco Induced Diseases, 23(Suppl 1): 80. doi:

Myers V, Guttman N, Theitler N, Levin-Zamir D, Moodie C, Thrasher J and Rosen L (2025). A305 Development of tobacco pack inserts in Israel – qualitative and quantitative research: Opportunity to reach people who smoke with motivational messages. [Meeting abstract] Tobacco Induced Diseases, 23(Suppl 1): 143. doi:

Belén Arnaudo M, Elicabe E, Moodie C, Alexandrou G, Uny I and Mejía R (2025). A353 Cigarette design: How do adolescents perceive warnings on cigarette sticks in Argentina? [Meeting abstract] Tobacco Induced Diseases, 23(Suppl 1): 160. doi:

Kjellgren R, Savinc J, Dougall N, Kurdi A, Leyland A, Tweed E, Watson J, Hunt K and Connell C (2025). Access to services for mental ill-health and substance use among people released from prison in Scotland (RELEASE): Retrospective observational cohort study protocol. °®Âþµº Journal of Population Data Science, 10(1): 2971. doi:

Moodie C, Best C and Jones D (2025). The impact of new health warnings on standardized packaging on warning salience and effectiveness, and longer-term response to warnings on standardized packs: a longitudinal online survey in the United Kingdom. Addiction Research & Theory, online 17th October. doi:

Uny I, Martin JG, Mitchell D, Ford A, Begley A, Howell R, Fitzpatrick D, Mackay D, Lewsey J and Fitzgerald N (2025). “It has some major knock-on effects”: ambulance clinicians’ experiences of attending alcohol-related call-outs and perceived impact on the Scottish ambulance service (IMPAACT study). Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, online 26th October. doi:

Nicholls J and Fitzgerald N (2025). Regulatory capture in UK alcohol licensing policy: The 2025 ‘licensing taskforce’ report. Addiction, 27th October. doi:

Dudman K, Schulte K and Dobson R (2025). Update air quality management to support meaningful public participation. Communications Earth & Environment, 6: 848. doi:

Connell C, Kjellgren R, Savinc J, Dougall N, Kurdi A, Leyland A, Watson J and Hunt K (2025). Post-imprisonment healthcare contacts for mental health and substance use: A Scottish cohort study. [Conference abstract] European Journal of Public Health, 35(Suppl. 4): iv32-iv33. doi:

Burton R, Leggio L, Louvet A, Sheron N and Singal AK (2025). Prevention of alcohol-associated liver disease. The American Journal of Gastroenterology, 120(11): 2487-2501. doi:

Khan SA, Zahra FT, Farzeen M, Khan A, Siddiqi K, Bauld L and Moodie C (2025). The perceptions of nicotine pouches (Velo) among adolescents in Pakistan: A qualitative study. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, online 3rd November. doi:

MacGregor A, Shields J, Hamid A, Holman E, Biggs H, Minty S, Pearce J and Ford A (2025). ‘I’d rather have worse gums than worse lungs’: Young people’s views of nicotine pouches in the UK. Addiction, online 5th November. doi:

Mitchell G, Baker C, Schalkwyk MCV, Maani N and Petticrew M (2025). Do alcohol industry-funded organisations act to correct misinformation? A qualitative study of pregnancy and infant health content following independent analysis. Globalization and Health, 21: 68. doi:

Li J, Wu Q, Parrott S, Cox S, Pesola F, Soar K, Brown R, Ford A, Hajek P, Notley C, Robson D, Ward E, Varley A, Mair C, McMillan L, Lennon J, Brierley J, Edwards A, Gardner B, Tyler A, Bauld L and Dawkins L (2025). Cost-effectiveness of e-cigarettes for smoking cessation at homeless support centres: SCeTCH cRCT. Public Health Research, online 12th November: 1-45. doi:

Burton R, Theron M, Semple S, Shield K and Parry CDH (2025). Mind the gap: rethinking global alcohol metrics in high-abstention low-income and middle-income countries. The Lancet Global Health, online 12th November. doi:

Tappin D, Mackay D, Reynolds L and Fitzgerald N (2025). A prospective cohort study to assess if alcohol intake measured by routine pregnancy self-report predicts developmental concerns uncovered by routine health visitor screening of children at 30 months of age. Archives Public Health, 83: 283. doi:

Burton R, Trangenstein P, Cook M, Fitzgerald N and Nicholls J (2025). Quantitative controls on the number and/or location of alcohol retail outlets: an overview of approaches in the USA and Canada. °®Âþµº Journal of Drug Policy, 147: 105075. doi:

Morojele N, Laslett AM, Taylor N, Cook M and Martin JG (2025). Editorial: Alcohol harms, alcohol use disorder predictors, alcohol-free mock beverages, and health and social services. °®Âþµº Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research, 13(2): 28-30. doi:

Critchlow N, MacKintosh AM and Ford A (2025). Where do adults see alcohol marketing? Insight from a cross-sectional survey in the United Kingdom. Journal of Public Health, 47(4): e586-e596. doi:

Hackworth EE, Sun Y, Petillo S, Xiong L, Vidaña-Pérez D, Yang CH, Kim M, Moodie C, Ferguson S, Hammond D, Niederdeppe J and Thrasher JF (2025). Evaluating early implementation of the innovative Canadian policy of cigarette stick warnings among adults in Canada who smoke: An assessment using repeat cross-sectional surveys and daily diaries. Tobacco Induced Diseases, 23(Nov): 185. doi:

Dobbie F, Miller M, Niven A, Wardle H, Weir C, Ensor H, Stoddart A, Griffiths D, Noble L, Purves R and White J (2025). Preventing gambling-related harm in adolescents (PRoGRAM-A), a secondary school-based social network intervention: Results from a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial. Addiction, online 12th December. doi:

Valério I, Uny I, Burela A, Piazza M, Petticrew M, Fitzgerald N and Sanchez ZM (2025). Untangling the complex web of alcohol policy needs and potential solutions in Brazil: evidence from civil society and political stakeholders. Health Policy and Planning, online 18th December: czaf104. doi:

Villarroel-Williams N, Teodorowski P, Semple S, Tigova O, Fernández E and O’Donnell R (2025). 215 Involving migrant communities: a Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) case study from Scotland and future research reflections. [Conference abstract] European Journal of Public Health, 35(Suppl. 6): vi19. doi:

Jones D, Best C and Moodie C (2025). No change in illicit tobacco use following the introduction of standardised packaging? A longitudinal online survey in the United Kingdom. Tobacco Use Insights, online 18th December. doi:

Maxwell KJ, Emslie C, O’Donnell R, Mitchell G, Cook M, Uny I, Lewsey J, McIntosh E, Mohan A, Angus C and Fitzgerald N (2025). Public perceptions of harms and benefits of increasing alcohol venue trading hours: a deliberative focus group study. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, online 18th December. doi:

MacKintosh AM, Mitchell D, Hilton S, Smith M and Ford A (2025). Young people’s smoking and vaping behaviour, and comparative perceptions of appeal, imagery and harm, across different vape devices and a tobacco cigarette: findings from UK cross-sectional surveys in 2020 and 2023. Frontiers in Public Health, 13: 1689766. doi:

Papachristou Nadal I, Xanthopoulou P and Ussher M (2025). Smoking cessation advisors’ perspectives on pregnant women’s attitudes on the risks and consequences of smoking while pregnant. Healthcare, 13(23): 3018. doi:

Alexandrou G and Moodie C (2025). Latest developments in the nicotine pouch market in Scotland. Tobacco Control, online 21st December. doi:

Farzeen M, Ansari S, Khan A, Moodie C, Sheikh A, Hewitt C, Khan SA, Khan Z, Ross H, Bauld L and Siddiqi K (2025). Exposure, access, susceptibility to and use of nicotine and tobacco products among 10-16 year-olds: National cross-sectional survey of 14,232 in-school and out-of-school children in Pakistan. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 28(1):108-116. doi:

Parkes T, Carver H, Boyd J, Cotton S, Breeman S, Cooper D, Forrest M, Foster R, Hawthorn J, Hunt K, Kilonzo M, Matheson C, Maxwell M, Mercer SW, Pauly B, Scotland G, Steele W, Sumnall H, Wallace J, Macaulay L and MacLennan G (2025). Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a peer-delivered, relational, harm reduction intervention to improve mental health, quality of life, and related outcomes, for people experiencing homelessness and substance use problems: protocol for the ‘SHARPS’ cluster randomised controlled trial. Trials, 27: 18. doi: