Patient survey examining the experience of care of a hospital-based opt-out tobacco dependency treatment service (the CURE Project)

Hryhorskyj, Lynn; Howle, Freya; Groom, Kathryn; Moore, Ryan; Clegg, Hannah; Shackley, David; Pearce, Cheryl; Baugh, Monique; Rutherford, Michael; Huddart, Helen; Mawson, Alyshia; Manley, Emily; Hewitt, Kath; Coyne, Jane; Benbow, Elizabeth; Crossfield, Andrea; Murray, Rachael L; Evison, Matthew

doi:10.1136/bmjresp-2022-001334

Reducing lung cancer mortality by providing smoking cessation support in the lung cancer screening setting: Missed opportunities and lessons learned on both sides of the Atlantic (2025)
Journal Article
Taylor, K. L., Williams, R. M., Meza, R., Smith, P., & Murray, R. L. (in press). Reducing lung cancer mortality by providing smoking cessation support in the lung cancer screening setting: Missed opportunities and lessons learned on both sides of the Atlantic. Journal of Thoracic Oncology,

National guidelines for the implementation of lung cancer screening (LCS) for high-risk older adults have been issued by several countries, largely in Europe, North America, and Australia. Typically, these guidelines recommend, but do not specify how... Read More about Reducing lung cancer mortality by providing smoking cessation support in the lung cancer screening setting: Missed opportunities and lessons learned on both sides of the Atlantic.

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.

Increasing lung screening uptake: Exploring people who smoke and their family members’ concerns and recommendations regarding screening invitations (2025)
Journal Article
Bell-Williams, R., Bains, M., Thorley, R., O' Dowd, E., Baldwin, D., & Murray, R. (2025). Increasing lung screening uptake: Exploring people who smoke and their family members’ concerns and recommendations regarding screening invitations. Tobacco Prevention & Cessation, 11(January), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.18332/tpc/194630

Introduction:
Challenges with designing invitation materials and accessing high risk communities are all factors in encouraging attendance at lung screening. This study focused on ways to improve participation in those potentially eligible for lung... Read More about Increasing lung screening uptake: Exploring people who smoke and their family members’ concerns and recommendations regarding screening invitations.

Perceptions of Children and Young People in England on the Smokefree Generation Policy: A Focus Group Study (2024)
Journal Article
Davies, N. P., Murray, R., Langley, T., Morling, J. R., & Bains, M. (2025). Perceptions of Children and Young People in England on the Smokefree Generation Policy: A Focus Group Study. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 27(6), 1066-1072. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntae300

Background
Modeling shows smokefree generation (SFG) policies could effectively reduce smoking rates by banning tobacco sales to those born after a specific year. Little is known about how young people perceive the legitimacy and impact of the plann... Read More about Perceptions of Children and Young People in England on the Smokefree Generation Policy: A Focus Group Study.

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. (2025). 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, 27(3), 369-377. 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 years. We systematically reviewed whether raising the minimum legal sales age of tobacco (MLSA) to 20 or above is associated with a re... Read More about What is the relationship between raising the minimum legal sales age of tobacco above 20 and cigarette smoking? A systematic review.

A rapid literature review of the effect of alcohol marketing on people with, or at increased risk of, an alcohol problem. (2024)
Journal Article
Murray, R. L., Leonardi-Bee, J., Barker, A., Brown, O., & Langley, T. (2024). A rapid literature review of the effect of alcohol marketing on people with, or at increased risk of, an alcohol problem. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 59(4), Article agae045. https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agae045

To explore the effect or potential effect of alcohol marketing in people with an alcohol use disorder, in recovery from an alcohol use disorder, and hazardous and harmful drinkers. Relevant literature was identified by searching Medline (OVID), EMBAS... Read More about A rapid literature review of the effect of alcohol marketing on people with, or at increased risk of, an alcohol problem..

Tobacco, e-cigarette and alcohol content in popular UK soap operas: a content analysis to explore changes in social norms and scene location (2024)
Journal Article
Scott, N. J., Murray, R. L., Barker, A. B., Critchlow, N., Best, C., & Semple, S. (2025). Tobacco, e-cigarette and alcohol content in popular UK soap operas: a content analysis to explore changes in social norms and scene location. Drugs: Education, Prevention, and Policy, 32(3), 220-226. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2024.2341006

Background
Exposure to tobacco and alcohol on-screen promotes use and despite regulations and policies to limit impact, these behaviours remain common. We report a longitudinal analysis of tobacco, e-cigarette and alcohol content in three popular UK... Read More about Tobacco, e-cigarette and alcohol content in popular UK soap operas: a content analysis to explore changes in social norms and scene location.

E-cigarettes and harm reduction: An evidence review (2024)
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Agrawal, S., Angus, K., Arnott, D., Ashcroft, R., Aveyard, P., Barry, R., Bauld, L., Beard, E., Benowitz, N., Bogdanovica, I., Braznell, S., Brennan, A., Britton, J., Brown, J., Bunce, L., Butler, A., Butler, S., Cheeseman, H., Cox, S., Dawkins, L., …Wilson, L. (2024). E-cigarettes and harm reduction: An evidence review. Royal College of Physicians

Uptake and 4-week quit rates from an opt-out co-located smoking cessation service delivered alongside community-based low-dose computed tomography screening within the Yorkshire Lung Screening Trial (2024)
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Murray, R. L., Alexandris, P., Baldwin, D., Brain, K., Britton, J., Crosbie, P. A. J., Gabe, R., Lewis, S., Parrott, S., Quaife, S. L., Tam, H. Z., Wu, Q., Beeken, R., Copeland, H., Eckert, C., Hancock, N., Lindop, J., McCutchan, G., Marshall, C., Neal, R. D., …Callister, M. E. (2024). Uptake and 4-week quit rates from an opt-out co-located smoking cessation service delivered alongside community-based low-dose computed tomography screening within the Yorkshire Lung Screening Trial. European Respiratory Journal, 63(4), Article 2301768. https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.01768-2023

BACKGROUND: Up to 50% of those attending for low-dose computed tomography screening for lung cancer continue to smoke and co-delivery of smoking cessation services alongside screening may maximise clinical benefit. Here we present data from an opt-ou... Read More about Uptake and 4-week quit rates from an opt-out co-located smoking cessation service delivered alongside community-based low-dose computed tomography screening within the Yorkshire Lung Screening Trial.

The Prehabilitation Radiotherapy Exercise, smoking Habit cessation and Balanced diet Study (PREHABS) protocol to explore the feasibility of embedding behavioural modifications into the clinical pathway for patients undergoing radical radiotherapy for lung cancer (2024)
Journal Article
Burnett, C., Bestall, J., Boland, A., Burke, S., Callister, M., Greenwood-Wilson, S., Hewison, J., Morgan, E., Murray, R. L., Pompili, C., Sloss, A., Williams, G., & Franks, K. (2024). The Prehabilitation Radiotherapy Exercise, smoking Habit cessation and Balanced diet Study (PREHABS) protocol to explore the feasibility of embedding behavioural modifications into the clinical pathway for patients undergoing radical radiotherapy for lung cancer. BMJ Open, 14(1), Article e081365. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081365

Patients with curable non-surgical lung cancer are often current smokers, have co-existing medical comorbidities and are treated with curative radiotherapy. To maximise the benefits of modern radiotherapy, there is an urgent need to optimise the pati... Read More about The Prehabilitation Radiotherapy Exercise, smoking Habit cessation and Balanced diet Study (PREHABS) protocol to explore the feasibility of embedding behavioural modifications into the clinical pathway for patients undergoing radical radiotherapy for lung cancer.

A content analysis of tobacco content in season 1 of ‘And Just Like That’ (2023)
Journal Article
Barker, A. B., Bal, J., & Murray, R. L. (2024). A content analysis of tobacco content in season 1 of ‘And Just Like That’. Journal of Public Health, 32, 2101-2104. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-023-01975-5

Aim
‘Sex and the City’ regularly featured smoking as a plot device, often linked with sexuality and female empowerment. Eighteen years later, the follow up ‘And Just Like That’ was released. The aim of this paper was to explore the amount of tobacco... Read More about A content analysis of tobacco content in season 1 of ‘And Just Like That’.

Have yourself a ‘merry’ little Christmas: Alcohol adverts and alcohol content within adverts in the run-up to Christmas (2023)
Journal Article
Barker, A. B., Thorley, R., & Murray, R. L. (2023). Have yourself a ‘merry’ little Christmas: Alcohol adverts and alcohol content within adverts in the run-up to Christmas. Public Health In Practice, 6, Article 100390. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhip.2023.100390

Exposure to alcohol adverts or other audio-visual content (AVC) in the media is associated with alcohol initiation and subsequent use by adolescents and adults, especially those with or at risk of an alcohol use disorder. The Christmas period is char... Read More about Have yourself a ‘merry’ little Christmas: Alcohol adverts and alcohol content within adverts in the run-up to Christmas.

Defining the road map to a UK national lung cancer screening programme (2023)
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O'Dowd, E. L., Lee, R. W., Akram, A. R., Bartlett, E. C., Bradley, S. H., Brain, K., Callister, M. E. J., Chen, Y., Devaraj, A., Eccles, S. R., Field, J. K., Fox, J., Grundy, S., Janes, S. M., Ledson, M., MacKean, M., Mackie, A., McManus, K. G., Murray, R. L., Nair, A., …Crosbie, P. (2023). Defining the road map to a UK national lung cancer screening programme. Lancet Oncology, 24(5), e207-e218. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045%2823%2900104-3

Lung cancer screening with low-dose CT was recommended by the UK National Screening Committee (UKNSC) in September, 2022, on the basis of data from trials showing a reduction in lung cancer mortality. These trials provide sufficient evidence to show... Read More about Defining the road map to a UK national lung cancer screening programme.

Integrating the patients' voice in designing and delivering a research study: The Yorkshire Cancer Research funded PREHABS study's experience (2023)
Journal Article
Burnett, C., Bestall, J. C., Burke, S., Hewison, J., Morgan, E., Murray, R. L., Pawson, R., Sloss, A., Greenwood-Wilson, S., Williams, G. F., & Franks, K. N. (2023). Integrating the patients' voice in designing and delivering a research study: The Yorkshire Cancer Research funded PREHABS study's experience. Radiography, 29(3), 653-660. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2023.04.006

Introduction
Engaging with patients when designing a clinical or research project is beneficial; feedback from the intended audience provides invaluable insight form the patients’ perspective. Working with patients can result in developing successfu... Read More about Integrating the patients' voice in designing and delivering a research study: The Yorkshire Cancer Research funded PREHABS study's experience.

Diagnosis and treatment outcomes from prebronchodilator spirometry performed alongside lung cancer screening in a Lung Health Check programme (2023)
Journal Article
Bradley, C., Boland, A., Clarke, L., Dallinson, N., Eckert, C., Ellames, D., Finn, J., Gabe, R., Hancock, N., Kennedy, M. P., Lindop, J., Mohamed, A., Mullen, G., Murray, R. L., Rogerson, S., Shinkins, B., Simmonds, I., Upperton, S., Wilkinson, A., Crosbie, P. A., & Callister, M. E. (2023). Diagnosis and treatment outcomes from prebronchodilator spirometry performed alongside lung cancer screening in a Lung Health Check programme. Thorax, Article 219683. https://doi.org/10.1136/thorax-2022-219683

Introduction: Incorporating spirometry into low-dose CT (LDCT) screening for lung cancer may help identify people with undiagnosed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), although the downstream impacts are not well described. Methods: Particip... Read More about Diagnosis and treatment outcomes from prebronchodilator spirometry performed alongside lung cancer screening in a Lung Health Check programme.

Effectiveness and cost‐effectiveness of behavioural support for prolonged abstinence for smokers wishing to reduce but not quit: Randomised controlled trial of physical activity assisted reduction of smoking (TARS) (2023)
Journal Article
Taylor, A. H., Thompson, T. P., Streeter, A., Chynoweth, J., Snowsill, T., Ingram, W., Ussher, M., Aveyard, P., Murray, R. L., Harris, T., Callaghan, L., Green, C., Greaves, C. J., Price, L., & Creanor, S. (2023). Effectiveness and cost‐effectiveness of behavioural support for prolonged abstinence for smokers wishing to reduce but not quit: Randomised controlled trial of physical activity assisted reduction of smoking (TARS). Addiction, 118(6), 1140-1152. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.16129

Aims: For smokers unmotivated to quit, we assessed the effectiveness and cost‐effectiveness of behavioural support to reduce smoking and increase physical activity on prolonged abstinence and related outcomes. Design: A multi‐centred pragmatic two‐ar... Read More about Effectiveness and cost‐effectiveness of behavioural support for prolonged abstinence for smokers wishing to reduce but not quit: Randomised controlled trial of physical activity assisted reduction of smoking (TARS).

A Qualitative Study of the Implementation and Continued Delivery of Complete and Partial Smoke-Free Policies Across England's Prison Estate (2023)
Journal Article
Jayes, L., Waddingham, J., Britton, J., & Murray, R. (2023). A Qualitative Study of the Implementation and Continued Delivery of Complete and Partial Smoke-Free Policies Across England's Prison Estate. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 25(6), 1099-1108. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntac296

Introduction In the UK, smoking among prisoners is up to five times more prevalent than the national average. Between 2015 and 2018, HMPPS introduced a complete smoke-free policy in all closed prisons, and a partial policy permitting smoking only in... Read More about A Qualitative Study of the Implementation and Continued Delivery of Complete and Partial Smoke-Free Policies Across England's Prison Estate.

Co-development of an evidence-based personalised smoking cessation intervention for use in a lung cancer screening context (2022)
Journal Article
Quinn-Scoggins, H. D., Murray, R. L., Quaife, S. L., Smith, P., Brain, K. E., Callister, M. E. J., Baldwin, D. R., Britton, J., Crosbie, P. A. J., Thorley, R., & McCutchan, G. M. (2022). Co-development of an evidence-based personalised smoking cessation intervention for use in a lung cancer screening context. BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 22(1), Article 478. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-022-02263-w

Background: Optimising smoking cessation services within a low radiation-dose computed tomography (LDCT) lung cancer screening programme has the potential to improve cost-effectiveness and overall efficacy of the programme. However, evidence on the o... Read More about Co-development of an evidence-based personalised smoking cessation intervention for use in a lung cancer screening context.

Patient survey examining the experience of care of a hospital-based opt-out tobacco dependency treatment service (the CURE Project) (2022)
Journal Article
Hryhorskyj, L., Howle, F., Groom, K., Moore, R., Clegg, H., Shackley, D., Pearce, C., Baugh, M., Rutherford, M., Huddart, H., Mawson, A., Manley, E., Hewitt, K., Coyne, J., Benbow, E., Crossfield, A., Murray, R. L., & Evison, M. (2022). Patient survey examining the experience of care of a hospital-based opt-out tobacco dependency treatment service (the CURE Project). BMJ Open Respiratory Research, 9(1), Article e001334. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjresp-2022-001334

INTRODUCTION: Treating tobacco dependency in patients admitted to hospital is a key priority in the National Health Service long-term plan. This service evaluation assessed the perception, needs and experience of care within an opt-out hospital-based... Read More about Patient survey examining the experience of care of a hospital-based opt-out tobacco dependency treatment service (the CURE Project).

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