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The relationship between reported daily nicotine dose from NRT and daily cigarette consumption in pregnant women who smoke in an observational cohort study (2023)
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Orton, S., Szatkowski, L., Naughton, F., Coleman, T., Clark, M., Cooper, S., …Thomson, R. (2024). The relationship between reported daily nicotine dose from NRT and daily cigarette consumption in pregnant women who smoke in an observational cohort study. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 26(2), 212-219. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntad140

Introduction For non-pregnant people unable to quit smoking, the NHS recommends nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) for smoking reduction. This is not recommended during pregnancy due to concerns about higher nicotine intake than smoking alone. We inv... Read More about The relationship between reported daily nicotine dose from NRT and daily cigarette consumption in pregnant women who smoke in an observational cohort study.

Development of “Baby, Me, & NRT”: A Behavioral Intervention to Improve the Effectiveness of Nicotine Replacement Therapy in Pregnancy (2023)
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McDaid, L., Emery, J., Thomson, R., Coleman, T., Cooper, S., Dickinson, A., …Naughton, F. (2023). Development of “Baby, Me, & NRT”: A Behavioral Intervention to Improve the Effectiveness of Nicotine Replacement Therapy in Pregnancy. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 25(11), 1770-1780. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntad102

Background The effectiveness of Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) for smoking cessation in pregnancy is limited by inconsistent and incorrect use. This paper describes the development process for “Baby, Me, & NRT”, a novel pregnancy-specific interv... Read More about Development of “Baby, Me, & NRT”: A Behavioral Intervention to Improve the Effectiveness of Nicotine Replacement Therapy in Pregnancy.

Comparison of a Daily Smartphone App and Retrospective Questionnaire Measures of Adherence to Nicotine Replacement Therapy Among Pregnant Women: Observational Study (2023)
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Emery, J., Naughton, F., Huang, Y., Cooper, S., McDaid, L., Dickinson, A., …Coleman, T. (2023). Comparison of a Daily Smartphone App and Retrospective Questionnaire Measures of Adherence to Nicotine Replacement Therapy Among Pregnant Women: Observational Study. JMIR Formative Research, 7, Article e35045. https://doi.org/10.2196/35045

Background: Few studies have investigated how to best measure adherence to smoking cessation medications, but continuous usage measures are recommended. Objective: In this first study of its kind, we compared methods for measuring adherence to nicoti... Read More about Comparison of a Daily Smartphone App and Retrospective Questionnaire Measures of Adherence to Nicotine Replacement Therapy Among Pregnant Women: Observational Study.

Development and Content Validation of a Questionnaire for Measuring Beliefs About Using Nicotine Replacement Therapy for Smoking Cessation in Pregnancy (2023)
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Emery, J., Mcdaid, L., Coleman, T., Cooper, S., Thomson, R., Kinahan-Goodwin, D., …Naughton, F. (2023). Development and Content Validation of a Questionnaire for Measuring Beliefs About Using Nicotine Replacement Therapy for Smoking Cessation in Pregnancy. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 25(7), 1310-1318. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntad030

Introduction Improving adherence to nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) in pregnancy may result in higher smoking cessation rates. Informed by the Necessities and Concerns Framework, we developed an intervention targeting pregnancy NRT adherence. To... Read More about Development and Content Validation of a Questionnaire for Measuring Beliefs About Using Nicotine Replacement Therapy for Smoking Cessation in Pregnancy.

The development and acceptability testing of an app-based smart survey system to record smoking behaviour, use of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and e-cigarettes (2022)
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Huang, Y., Emery, J., Naughton, F., Cooper, S., McDaid, L., Dickinson, A., …Coleman, T. (2022). The development and acceptability testing of an app-based smart survey system to record smoking behaviour, use of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and e-cigarettes. BMC Research Notes, 15(1), Article 100. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-022-05983-8

Objective: Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) helps people stop smoking. Monitoring treatment adherence is important as poor adherence to NRT limits its effectiveness. As e-cigarettes contain nicotine, their use (‘vaping’) is likely to affect both NR... Read More about The development and acceptability testing of an app-based smart survey system to record smoking behaviour, use of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and e-cigarettes.

Comparison of saliva cotinine and exhaled carbon monoxide concentrations when smoking and after being offered dual nicotine replacement therapy in pregnancy (2021)
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Slaich, B., Claire, R., Emery, J., Lewis, S., Cooper, S., Thomson, R., …Coleman, T. (2022). Comparison of saliva cotinine and exhaled carbon monoxide concentrations when smoking and after being offered dual nicotine replacement therapy in pregnancy. Addiction, 117(3), 751-759. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15671

Background and Aims Although English Stop Smoking Services routinely offer dual nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) to help pregnant women quit smoking, little is known about how nicotine and tobacco smoke exposures following this compares with that... Read More about Comparison of saliva cotinine and exhaled carbon monoxide concentrations when smoking and after being offered dual nicotine replacement therapy in pregnancy.

Examining the effectiveness of general practitioner and nurse promotion of electronic cigarettes versus standard care for smoking reduction and abstinence in hardcore smokers with smoking-related chronic disease: Protocol for a randomised controlled trial (2019)
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Begh, R., Coleman, T., Yardley, L., Barnes, R., Naughton, F., Gilbert, H., …Aveyard, P. (2019). Examining the effectiveness of general practitioner and nurse promotion of electronic cigarettes versus standard care for smoking reduction and abstinence in hardcore smokers with smoking-related chronic disease: Protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 20(1), Article 659. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-019-3850-1

© 2019 The Author(s). Background: Despite the clear harm associated with smoking tobacco, many people with smoking-related chronic diseases or serious mental illnesses (SMI) are unwilling or unable to stop smoking. In many cases, these smokers have t... Read More about Examining the effectiveness of general practitioner and nurse promotion of electronic cigarettes versus standard care for smoking reduction and abstinence in hardcore smokers with smoking-related chronic disease: Protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Attitudes to E-Cigarettes and Cessation Support for Pregnant Women from English Stop Smoking Services: A Mixed Methods Study (2019)
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Cooper, S., Orton, S., Campbell, K., Ussher, M., Coleman-Haynes, N., Whitemore, R., …Coleman, T. (2019). Attitudes to E-Cigarettes and Cessation Support for Pregnant Women from English Stop Smoking Services: A Mixed Methods Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(1), Article 110. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16010110

Smoking in pregnancy remains a public health problem. In the UK e-cigarettes are the most popular aid to quitting smoking outside of pregnancy, but we don’t know the extent of e-cigarette use in pregnancy or how English Stop Smoking Services (SSS) re... Read More about Attitudes to E-Cigarettes and Cessation Support for Pregnant Women from English Stop Smoking Services: A Mixed Methods Study.

Nicotine preloading for smoking cessation: the Preloading RCT (2018)
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Aveyard, P., Lindson, N., Tearne, S., Adams, R., Ahmed, K., Alekna, R., …Pokhrel, S. (2018). Nicotine preloading for smoking cessation: the Preloading RCT. Health Technology Assessment, 22(41), 1-84. https://doi.org/10.3310/hta22410

Background: Nicotine preloading means using nicotine replacement therapy prior to a quit date while smoking normally. The aim is to reduce the drive to smoke, thereby reducing cravings for smoking after quit day, which are the main cause of early rel... Read More about Nicotine preloading for smoking cessation: the Preloading RCT.

Views on and experiences of electronic cigarettes: a qualitative study of women who are pregnant or have recently given birth. (2018)
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Bowker, K., Orton, S., Cooper, S., Naughton, F., Whitemore, R., Lewis, S., …Ussher, M. (in press). Views on and experiences of electronic cigarettes: a qualitative study of women who are pregnant or have recently given birth. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 18, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-018-1856-4

Background: Electronic cigarettes (ECs) are increasingly used for reducing or stopping smoking, with some studies showing positive outcomes. However, little is known about views on ECs during pregnancy or postpartum and previous studies have nearly a... Read More about Views on and experiences of electronic cigarettes: a qualitative study of women who are pregnant or have recently given birth..

Effects on abstinence of nicotine patch treatment prior to quitting smoking: a parallel, two-arm, pragmatic randomised trial (2018)
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Aveyard, P., Lewis, S., Coleman, T., Dickinson, A., Randall, C., Orton, S., & Perdue, J. (2018). Effects on abstinence of nicotine patch treatment prior to quitting smoking: a parallel, two-arm, pragmatic randomised trial. BMJ, 361, Article k2164. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k2164

Objectives: Standard smoking cessation pharmacotherapy is recommended in the post-quit period, but may also facilitate abstinence if used prior to quitting. The objective was to examine the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of nicotine patch worn... Read More about Effects on abstinence of nicotine patch treatment prior to quitting smoking: a parallel, two-arm, pragmatic randomised trial.

Effect of nicotine patches in pregnancy on infant and maternal outcomes at 2 years: follow-up from the randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled SNAP trial (2014)
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Cooper, S., Taggar, J., Lewis, S., Marlow, N., Dickinson, A., Whitemore, R., & Coleman, T. (2014). Effect of nicotine patches in pregnancy on infant and maternal outcomes at 2 years: follow-up from the randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled SNAP trial. Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 2(9), https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600%2814%2970157-2

BACKGROUND: The SNAP (Smoking and Nicotine in Pregnancy) trial compared nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) patches with placebo in pregnant smokers; although NRT doubled cessation rates in the first 4 weeks, by delivery no differences in maternal sm... Read More about Effect of nicotine patches in pregnancy on infant and maternal outcomes at 2 years: follow-up from the randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled SNAP trial.

Effectiveness of a mobile, drop-in stop smoking service in reaching and supporting disadvantaged UK smokers to quit (2014)
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Venn, A., Dickinson, A., Murray, R., Jones, L., Li, J., Parrott, S., & McNeill, A. (2014). Effectiveness of a mobile, drop-in stop smoking service in reaching and supporting disadvantaged UK smokers to quit. Tobacco Control, 25(1), 33-38. https://doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2014-051760

Background: In countries where there are large disparities in smoking with persistent high rates among disadvantaged groups, there is a need to ensure that stop smoking services (SSS) reach such smokers. The primary aim of this study was to evaluate... Read More about Effectiveness of a mobile, drop-in stop smoking service in reaching and supporting disadvantaged UK smokers to quit.

The SNAP trial: A randomised placebo-controlled trial of nicotine replacement therapy in pregnancy - Clinical effectiveness and safety until 2 years after delivery, with economic evaluation (2014)
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Cooper, S., Lewis, S., Thornton, J., Marlow, N., Watts, K., Britton, J., …Coleman, T. (2014). The SNAP trial: A randomised placebo-controlled trial of nicotine replacement therapy in pregnancy - Clinical effectiveness and safety until 2 years after delivery, with economic evaluation. Health Technology Assessment, 18(54), 1-128. https://doi.org/10.3310/hta18540

Background: Smoking during pregnancy causes many adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes. Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) is effective for cessation outside pregnancy but efficacy and safety in pregnancy are unknown. We hypothesised that NRT would in... Read More about The SNAP trial: A randomised placebo-controlled trial of nicotine replacement therapy in pregnancy - Clinical effectiveness and safety until 2 years after delivery, with economic evaluation.