The Tobacco & Vapes Bill could help create the first #SmokefreeGeneration . Michelle Mitchell gave evidence to the committee & set out why it’s vital to raise the age of sale so no one born after the start of 2009 can legally be sold tobacco - the biggest cause of cancer in the UK.

Great to work with Katherine Körner (she/her) May van Schalkwyk and Mark Petticrew to design and run this action research through which we have developed, tested and improved a set of practical materials for local public health teams to run briefing sessions on Commercial Determinants of Health

This is a brilliant article by #BMJinvestigation on how alcohol industry funded educational programmes serve commercial interests and are embedded in UK schools and universities #CDoH Mark Petticrew May van Schalkwyk Commercial Determinants Research Group at LSHTM IAS SHAAP Alcohol Change UK Alcohol Focus Scotland

🎉Congratulations Hazel Cheeseman
on your upcoming appointment as CEO ASH.

We look forward to continuing working closely with you to achieve #SmokefreeGeneration 🚭

ash.org.uk/media-centre/n…

New paper shows there has been an increase in people trying to stop smoking because it’s too expensive since 2020.

~1 in 4 quit attempts by adult smokers in England are now motivated by cost

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🗓️ Our next Alcohol Occasional webinar will be taking place on Wednesday between 12.45 and 2pm (online).

💡 Our seminars give an opportunity to hear about, and discuss, new or ongoing research in the alcohol field.

✍️Register here: bit.ly/4aiZ8Oy (by 9am, Wed 24th)

The rising price of cigarettes is motivating more people to give up smoking, research suggests. When people were asked why they had tried to stop, a quarter said it was down to the price of cigarettes - up from a fifth before the pandemic. bbc.co.uk/news/health-68…

We are hiring @GHPU! Details below for a 2 year research fellow post on commercial determinants working with our work package on the UKRI health hub on commercial determinants. Deadline 20/5! Do get in touch with any questions! #CDoH School of Social & Political Science Edinburgh GECI-PH network elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…

Our new report ‘E-cigarettes and harm reduction: An evidence review 2024’ looks at the role vaping can play in preventing death, disability and avoidable health issues from tobacco use.

It makes several recommendations for regulation on e-cigarette use: ow.ly/BWex50RiNYw

🆕📢 NEW PUBLICATION🆕📢

Research led by Institute for Social Marketing and Health - UoS examining the impact of financial incentives on postpartum smoking cessation is out now in Addiction Journal

You can read the full paper open access (£0) here:

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onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

For anyone interested in harm reduction, the new Royal College of Physicians report on #ecigs will be an invaluable resource of information. Huge amount of work from brilliant contributors, expertly coordinated by the ingenious Sanjay Agrawal! rcplondon.ac.uk/projects/outpu…

⏰ Just under a week to go until the next SHAAP / SARN Alcohol Occasional seminar!

John Holmes and Niamh Fitzgerald will talk about no- and low-alcohol drinks and their implications for public health.

Register now (for free!) here: bit.ly/4aiZ8Oy

Thanks to my co-author Katherine Körner (she/her) + all those who contributed to toolkit and to the speakers greg fell FFPH Niamh Fitzgerald and panellists Mark Petticrew Dr Lauren Carters-White & Jeff Collin, and for helping with the launch Alice Kadri Stefanie Gissing plus Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) & SPECTRUM Research Consortium

SPECTRUM is proud to support the Tobacco and Vapes Bill which will be voted on by MPs today. See briefing on the historic generation smoking ban: d2z8x79ef6cyvd.cloudfront.net/uploads/SFAC-S…

Today, MPs vote on new laws to protect our future generations across the UK from the harmful effects of smoking and to tackle youth vaping.

The UK’s Chief Medical Officers explain why they're supporting our plans for a #SmokefreeGeneration 🔽

gov.uk/government/new…

A comprehensive briefing on Minimum Unit Pricing published by SPICe.

Very good read if you have any questions about the policy

bprcdn.parliament.scot/published/2024…

Thanks to Edinburgh Science for inviting me to the annual church service St Giles' Cathedral in #Edinburgh . A privilege to speak on the festival's theme of Shaping the Future (for #publichealth ) while building on the past #EdSciFest Live stream link (32:45 mins in) youtube.com/watch?v=NIIedW…

CRUK is one of many leading health organisations calling on MPs to #BacktheBill for a #SmokefreeFuture smokefreeaction.org.uk/smokefree-2030…

📣Launched today! A cross-sector, nation-wide survey to build an inclusive picture of who is working on what kinds of behavioural research and in which parts of the UK💬 Take the survey now: qualtrics.ucl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_bI…

🚨New paper 🚨 How is alcohol consumption and heavy episodic drinking spread across different types of drinking occasion in Great Britain: An event-level latent class analysis in International Journal of Drug Policy

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