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Commentary on Jackson et al.: The role of regional tobacco control in centralised nations (2025)
Journal Article
Davies, N., & Langley, T. (2025). Commentary on Jackson et al.: The role of regional tobacco control in centralised nations. Addiction, https://doi.org/10.1111/add.70112

Jackson et al. find the single English region retaining a tobacco control programme recorded the steepest smoking decline between 2006 and 2024. Modestly funded,expert-led regional teams focusing on illicit tobacco,media campaigns and system leadersh... Read More about Commentary on Jackson et al.: The role of regional tobacco control in centralised nations.

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.

Perceptions of Children and Young People in England on the Smokefree Generation Policy: A Focus Group Study (2024)
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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.

Global rapid review of interventions to tackle the harms of illicit tobacco (2024)
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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.

A rapid literature review of the effect of alcohol marketing on people with, or at increased risk of, an alcohol problem. (2024)
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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..

Health net-outcome objectives and approaches for spatial planning and development: a scoping review protocol (2024)
Journal Article
Stewart-Evans, J., Wilson, E., Langley, T., Hands, A., & Leonardi-Bee, J. (2024). Health net-outcome objectives and approaches for spatial planning and development: a scoping review protocol. JBI Evidence Synthesis, 22(11), 2394-2403. https://doi.org/10.11124/JBIES-23-00464

Objective: The objective of this scoping review is to review the body of knowledge on net gain and no net loss (net-outcome) objectives and approaches applicable to health in spatial planning and development policies and practice. Introduction: There... Read More about Health net-outcome objectives and approaches for spatial planning and development: a scoping review protocol.

Attitudes And Exposure To Illicit Tobacco In England, 2022 (2024)
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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.

Bisphosphonate alternative regimens for the prevention of osteoporotic fragility fractures: BLAST-OFF, a mixed-methods study (2024)
Journal Article
Sahota, O., Narayanasamy, M., Bastounis, A., Paskins, Z., Bishop, S., Langley, T., Gittoes, N., Davis, S., Baily, A., Holmes, M., & Leonardi-Bee, J. (2024). Bisphosphonate alternative regimens for the prevention of osteoporotic fragility fractures: BLAST-OFF, a mixed-methods study. Health Technology Assessment, 28(21), https://doi.org/10.3310/WYPF0472

Background: Bisphosphonates are a class of medication commonly used to treat osteoporosis. Alendronate is recommended as the first-line treatment; however, long-term adherence (both treatment compliance and persistence) is poor. Alternative bisphosph... Read More about Bisphosphonate alternative regimens for the prevention of osteoporotic fragility fractures: BLAST-OFF, a mixed-methods study.

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

Developing a Vape Shop-Based Smoking Cessation Intervention: A Delphi Study (2024)
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Langley, T., Young, E., Hunter, A., & Bains, M. (2024). Developing a Vape Shop-Based Smoking Cessation Intervention: A Delphi Study. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 26(10), 1362-1369. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntae105

Introduction
Providing access to a vape shop-based smoking cessation intervention may simultaneously increase e-cigarette use and increase the effectiveness of e-cigarettes for smoking cessation. The aim of this study was to identify the most impor... Read More about Developing a Vape Shop-Based Smoking Cessation Intervention: A Delphi Study.

Potential smoke-free dividend across local areas in England: A cross-sectional analysis (2024)
Journal Article
Morris, D., Gillespie, D., Dockrell, M., Cook, M., Horton, M., Brown, J., & Langley, T. (2024). Potential smoke-free dividend across local areas in England: A cross-sectional analysis. Tobacco Control, https://doi.org/10.1136/tc-2023-058264

Background
The value that might be added to local economies each year through the money that people who smoke tobacco would save if everyone quit smoking is called the “smoke-free dividend”. This study aimed to estimate the value of the smoke-free d... Read More about Potential smoke-free dividend across local areas in England: A cross-sectional analysis.

How Should a Vape Shop-Based Smoking Cessation Intervention Be Delivered? A Qualitative Study (2023)
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Langley, T., Young, E., Hunter, A., & Bains, M. (2024). How Should a Vape Shop-Based Smoking Cessation Intervention Be Delivered? A Qualitative Study. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 26(10), 1355-1361. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntad236

Introduction

Encouraging smokers to quit smoking tobacco using e-cigarettes could substantially reduce smoking-related diseases. Vape shops (VS) therefore have the potential to play an important role in supporting smoking cessation. The aim of thi... Read More about How Should a Vape Shop-Based Smoking Cessation Intervention Be Delivered? A Qualitative Study.

Clinicians’ views of prescribing oral and intravenous bisphosphonates for osteoporosis: a qualitative study (2023)
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Bishop, S., Narayanasamy, M. J., Paskins, Z., Corp, N., Bastounis, A., Griffin, J., Gittoes, N., Leonardi-Bee, J., Langley, T., & Sahota, O. (2023). Clinicians’ views of prescribing oral and intravenous bisphosphonates for osteoporosis: a qualitative study. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 24, Article 770. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-023-06865-1

Background Bisphosphonate medications, including alendronate, ibandronate and risedronate administered orally and zoledronate, administered intravenously, are commonly prescribed for the treatment of osteoporosis based on evidence that, correctly tak... Read More about Clinicians’ views of prescribing oral and intravenous bisphosphonates for osteoporosis: a qualitative study.

Instructor and client views of a community falls prevention service and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative exploration of a service in England (2023)
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Jayes, L., Morling, J. R., Carlisle, S., Bogdanovica, I., & Langley, T. (2023). Instructor and client views of a community falls prevention service and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative exploration of a service in England. Journal of Frailty, Sarcopenia and Falls, 8(1), 9-22. https://doi.org/10.22540/JFSF-08-009

Objectives: Falls are the most common cause of injury related deaths in people over 75 years. The aim of this study was to explore the experience of providers (instructors) and service users (clients) of a fall’s prevention exercise programme and the... Read More about Instructor and client views of a community falls prevention service and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative exploration of a service in England.

Acceptability and engagement amongst patients on oral and intravenous bisphosphonates for the treatment of osteoporosis in older adults (2022)
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Narayanasamy, M., Bishop, S., Sahota, O., Paskins, Z., Gittoes, N., & Langley, T. (2022). Acceptability and engagement amongst patients on oral and intravenous bisphosphonates for the treatment of osteoporosis in older adults. Age and Ageing, 51(11), Article afac255. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afac255

Background: Osteoporosis is common in older adults leading to fragility fractures at enormous individual and economic cost. Improving long-term adherence with bisphosphonate treatments reduces fracture risk, but adherence rates for first line oral bi... Read More about Acceptability and engagement amongst patients on oral and intravenous bisphosphonates for the treatment of osteoporosis in older adults.

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on smoking, vaping and smoking cessation services in the UK: A qualitative study (2022)
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Johnston, E., Bains, M., Hunter, A., & Langley, T. (2023). The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on smoking, vaping and smoking cessation services in the UK: A qualitative study. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 25(2), 339-344. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntac227

BACKGROUND: Existing evidence suggests that while the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic triggered quit attempts among many smokers, it led some to smoke more and others to relapse back to smoking. These diverse effects have the potential t... Read More about The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on smoking, vaping and smoking cessation services in the UK: A qualitative study.

Perspectives of attenders and non-attenders to SARS-CoV-2 asymptomatic community testing in England: a qualitative interview study (2022)
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Jayes, L., Bogdanovica, I., Johnston, E., Chattopadhyay, K., Morling, J. R., Devine, S., Richmond, N., & Langley, T. (2022). Perspectives of attenders and non-attenders to SARS-CoV-2 asymptomatic community testing in England: a qualitative interview study. BMJ Open, 12(9), Article e064542. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-064542

OBJECTIVES: In December 2020, Derbyshire County Council in England introduced 'walk-in' asymptomatic community COVID-19 testing sites. Our study aimed to explore people's views of the newly established COVID-19 community testing (CT) sites among thos... Read More about Perspectives of attenders and non-attenders to SARS-CoV-2 asymptomatic community testing in England: a qualitative interview study.

The epidemiology of diphtheria in Haiti, December 2014-June 2021: A spatial modeling analysis (2022)
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Ikejezie, J., Langley, T., Lewis, S., Bisanzio, D., & Phalkey, R. (2022). The epidemiology of diphtheria in Haiti, December 2014-June 2021: A spatial modeling analysis. PLoS ONE, 17(8), Article e0273398. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0273398

BACKGROUND: Haiti has been experiencing a resurgence of diphtheria since December 2014. Little is known about the factors contributing to the spread and persistence of the disease in the country. Geographic information systems (GIS) and spatial analy... Read More about The epidemiology of diphtheria in Haiti, December 2014-June 2021: A spatial modeling analysis.

The Effect of Tobacco Control Mass Media Campaigns on Smoking-Related Behavior Among People With Mental Illness: A Systematic Literature Review (2022)
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Perman-Howe, P. R., McNeill, A., Brose, L. S., Tildy, B. E., Langley, T. E., & Robson, D. (2022). The Effect of Tobacco Control Mass Media Campaigns on Smoking-Related Behavior Among People With Mental Illness: A Systematic Literature Review. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 24(11), 1695-1704. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntac079

Introduction Tobacco control mass media campaigns (MMCs) can be effective generally, but little is known about their effects among people with mental illness. The objectives of this study were to systematically review: (1) Whether tobacco control MMC... Read More about The Effect of Tobacco Control Mass Media Campaigns on Smoking-Related Behavior Among People With Mental Illness: A Systematic Literature Review.