All Outputs (9)

Pharmacological interventions for promoting smoking cessation during pregnancy (2015)
Journal Article

Background Smoking in pregnancy is a public health problem. When used by non-pregnant smokers, pharmacotherapies (nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), bupropion and varenicline) are effective for smoking cessation, however, their efficacy and safet... Read More about Pharmacological interventions for promoting smoking cessation during pregnancy.

Small area synthetic estimates of smoking prevalence during pregnancy in England (2015)
Journal Article

Background: Complete and accurate data on maternal smoking prevalence during pregnancy are not available at a local geographical scale in England. We employ a synthetic estimation approach to predict the expected prevalence of smoking during pregnanc... Read More about Small area synthetic estimates of smoking prevalence during pregnancy in England.

What is the quality of smoking cessation advice in guidelines of tobacco-related diseases? (2015)
Journal Article

Smoking is a major risk factor for a range of diseases, and quitting smoking provides considerable benefits to health. It therefore follows that clinical guidelines on disease management, particularly for diseases caused by smoking, should include sm... Read More about What is the quality of smoking cessation advice in guidelines of tobacco-related diseases?.

The adaptation and uptake evaluation of an SMS text message smoking cessation programme (MiQuit) for use in antenatal care (2015)
Journal Article

Objectives: To adapt a tailored SMS text message smoking cessation intervention (MiQuit) for use without active health professional endorsement in routine antenatal care settings, to estimate ‘real world’ uptake and test the feasibility of its use. D... Read More about The adaptation and uptake evaluation of an SMS text message smoking cessation programme (MiQuit) for use in antenatal care.

Self?help educational booklets for the prevention of smoking relapse following smoking cessation treatment: a randomized controlled trial (2015)
Journal Article

Aims: Most people who quit smoking for a short term will return to smoking again in 12 months. We tested whether self-help booklets can reduce relapse in short-term quitters after receiving behavioural and pharmacological cessation treatment. Des... Read More about Self?help educational booklets for the prevention of smoking relapse following smoking cessation treatment: a randomized controlled trial.

Abstinence and relapse among smokers who use varenicline in a quit attempt-a pooled analysis of randomized controlled trials: Relapse and abstinence in smokers treated with varenicline (2015)
Journal Article

Background and aims Varenicline increases the likelihood of long-term abstinence following a quit attempt. It has been suggested that 1) part of its benefit arises from ‘recruiting into abstinence’ smokers who are not able to stop on the target quit... Read More about Abstinence and relapse among smokers who use varenicline in a quit attempt-a pooled analysis of randomized controlled trials: Relapse and abstinence in smokers treated with varenicline.

Male involvement and maternal health outcomes: systematic review and meta-analysis (2015)
Journal Article

Background: The developing world accounts for 99% of global maternal deaths. Men in developing countries are the chief decision-makers, determining women's access to maternal health services and influencing their health outcomes. At present, it is un... Read More about Male involvement and maternal health outcomes: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Adolescents' exposure to tobacco and alcohol content in YouTube music videos (2015)
Journal Article

AIMS: To quantify tobacco and alcohol content, including branding, in popular contemporary YouTube music videos; and measure adolescent exposure to such content. DESIGN: Ten-second interval content analysis of alcohol, tobacco or electronic cigarette... Read More about Adolescents' exposure to tobacco and alcohol content in YouTube music videos.

Pilot study to evaluate a tailored text message intervention for pregnant smokers (MiQuit): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (2015)
Journal Article

Background Smoking in pregnancy is a public health problem. Self-help smoking cessation support can help pregnant women to stop smoking, but the effects of delivering this kind of support via SMS text message are not known. A previous randomised... Read More about Pilot study to evaluate a tailored text message intervention for pregnant smokers (MiQuit): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.