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UK policymaker and expert perspectives on the smoke-free generation policy: a qualitative study (2025)
Journal Article
Davies, N., Murray, R., Langley, T., Morling, J., & Bains, M. (2025). UK policymaker and expert perspectives on the smoke-free generation policy: a qualitative study. BMJ Public Health, 3(1), Article e001808. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjph-2024-001808

Introduction The UK smoke-free generation (SFG) proposal seeks to ban the sale of tobacco products to those born in or after 2009. There is substantial evidence for the benefits of raising the age of sale of tobacco but, despite several governments p... Read More about UK policymaker and expert perspectives on the smoke-free generation policy: a qualitative study.

An assessment of cryptocurrencies as a global commercial determinant of health (2024)
Journal Article
Davies, N. (2024). An assessment of cryptocurrencies as a global commercial determinant of health. Health Promotion International, 39(6), Article daae190. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daae190

Through the commercial determinants of health framework, gambling has been identified as a powerful threat to health. This research critically examines cryptocurrency, which is promoted and sold as a highly gamblified product. Using the commercial de... Read More about An assessment of cryptocurrencies as a global commercial determinant of health.

Global rapid review of interventions to tackle the harms of illicit tobacco (2024)
Journal Article
Davies, N., Bogdanovica, I., Bains, M., Jayes, L., & Langley, T. E. (2024). Global rapid review of interventions to tackle the harms of illicit tobacco. Tobacco Control, https://doi.org/10.1136/tc-2024-058728

Objective This review aimed to assess interventions designed to reduce harm from illicit tobacco (IT). We evaluated health outcomes, cost-effectiveness, the advantages and disadvantages of interventions, and contextual factors affecting implementatio... Read More about Global rapid review of interventions to tackle the harms of illicit tobacco.

What is the relationship between raising the minimum legal sales age of tobacco above 20 and cigarette smoking? A systematic review (2024)
Journal Article
Davies, N., Bogdanovica, I., McGill, S., & Murray, R. L. (2024). What is the relationship between raising the minimum legal sales age of tobacco above 20 and cigarette smoking? A systematic review. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntae206

Introduction
There is considerable interest in raising the age of sale of tobacco above the conventional age of 18. We systematically reviewed whether raising the minimum legal sales age of tobacco (MLSA) to 20 or above is associated with reduced pr... Read More about What is the relationship between raising the minimum legal sales age of tobacco above 20 and cigarette smoking? A systematic review.

Attitudes And Exposure To Illicit Tobacco In England, 2022 (2024)
Journal Article
Davies, N., Langley, T., Jayes, L., Bains, M., Brown, J., Arnott, D., & Bogdanovica, I. (2024). Attitudes And Exposure To Illicit Tobacco In England, 2022. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 26(11), 1591-1594. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntae118

Introduction
The UK has achieved reductions in illicit tobacco (IT) market size and share. However, there remains a 17.7% tobacco duty gap, contributing to health inequalities. In January 2024, the UK government announced a new strategy to control I... Read More about Attitudes And Exposure To Illicit Tobacco In England, 2022.

ChatGPT sits the DFPH exam: large language model performance and potential to support public health learning (2024)
Journal Article
Davies, N. P., Wilson, R., Winder, M. S., Tunster, S. J., McVicar, K., Thakrar, S., Williams, J., & Reid, A. (2024). ChatGPT sits the DFPH exam: large language model performance and potential to support public health learning. BMC Medical Education, 24(1), Article 57. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-024-05042-9

Background: Artificial intelligence-based large language models, like ChatGPT, have been rapidly assessed for both risks and potential in health-related assessment and learning. However, their applications in public health professional exams have not... Read More about ChatGPT sits the DFPH exam: large language model performance and potential to support public health learning.

Introducing a framework to support the identification and tackling of health inequalities within specialised services (2024)
Journal Article
McGill, S., Davies, N., Addei, D., Bharkhada, D., Elleray, R., Wilson, R., & Day, M. (2024). Introducing a framework to support the identification and tackling of health inequalities within specialised services. BMJ Leader, 8(3), 264-267. https://doi.org/10.1136/leader-2023-000918

Background: The potential for addressing healthcare inequalities in prescribed specialised services has historically been overlooked. There is evidence that prescribed specialised services can exacerbate inequalities even though they are often access... Read More about Introducing a framework to support the identification and tackling of health inequalities within specialised services.

Initial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public health training: participatory action research to understand experiences in the East Midlands (2021)
Journal Article
Maile, E. L., Horsley, S. M., Dunn, T., Knight, J. M., Brough, G., Davies, N., Pierce, E., Evans, M. S., Rebecca Johnston, H., Turvey, A., Blackmore, C., & Cooper, R. (2024). Initial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public health training: participatory action research to understand experiences in the East Midlands. Journal of Public Health, 45(1), 162-168. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdab348

Background

Specialty public health training consists of 48 months of practice across the domains of health protection, healthcare public health and health improvement. With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, activity pivoted towards pandemic man... Read More about Initial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public health training: participatory action research to understand experiences in the East Midlands.