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Development and evaluation of an intervention providing insight into the tobacco industry to prevent smoking uptake: a mixed-methods study (2016)
Journal Article
Szatkowski, L., Taylor, J. A., Taylor, A., Lewis, S., Britton, J., McNeill, A., …Bains, M. (2016). Development and evaluation of an intervention providing insight into the tobacco industry to prevent smoking uptake: a mixed-methods study. Public Health Research, 4(9), https://doi.org/10.3310/phr04090

Background Smokers who start smoking at an early age are less likely to quit and more likely to die from their habit. Evidence from the US Truth® campaign suggests that interventions focusing on tobacco industry practices and ethics may be effecti... Read More about Development and evaluation of an intervention providing insight into the tobacco industry to prevent smoking uptake: a mixed-methods study.

Protecting children from secondhand smoke: a mixed-methods feasibility study of a novel smoke-free home intervention (2016)
Journal Article
Marsh, J., McNeill, A., Lewis, S., Coleman, T., Bains, M., Larwood, A., …Jones, L. L. (2016). Protecting children from secondhand smoke: a mixed-methods feasibility study of a novel smoke-free home intervention. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 2, Article 53. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-016-0094-7

Background: Globally, 40 % of children under 14 years are regularly exposed to secondhand smoke (SHS), typically in their homes. There is limited evidence of the effectiveness of interventions to reduce children’s SHS exposure,and so the aim of this... Read More about Protecting children from secondhand smoke: a mixed-methods feasibility study of a novel smoke-free home intervention.

A qualitative evaluation of a novel intervention using insight into tobacco industry tactics to prevent the uptake of smoking in school-aged children (2016)
Journal Article
Taylor, J., Taylor, A., Lewis, S., McNeill, A., Britton, J., Jones, L. L., …Bains, M. (2016). A qualitative evaluation of a novel intervention using insight into tobacco industry tactics to prevent the uptake of smoking in school-aged children. BMC Public Health, 16(539), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-3205-8

Background: Evidence from the US Truth campaign suggests that interventions focusing on tobacco industry tactics can be effective in preventing smoking uptake by children. Operation Smoke Storm is the first school-based intervention based on this pre... Read More about A qualitative evaluation of a novel intervention using insight into tobacco industry tactics to prevent the uptake of smoking in school-aged children.

“I was a full time proper smoker”: A qualitative exploration of smoking in the home after childbirth among women who relapse postpartum (2016)
Journal Article
Orton, S., Coleman, T., Lewis, S., Cooper, S., & Jones, L. L. (2016). “I was a full time proper smoker”: A qualitative exploration of smoking in the home after childbirth among women who relapse postpartum. PLoS ONE, 11(6), e0157525. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0157525

Background: Many women stop smoking during pregnancy but relapse shortly afterwards, potentially putting their infants at risk of secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure. Women who were able to stop during pregnancy may be a motivated group, receptive to m... Read More about “I was a full time proper smoker”: A qualitative exploration of smoking in the home after childbirth among women who relapse postpartum.

Which measures of cigarette dependence are predictors of smoking cessation during pregnancy? Analysis of data from a randomized controlled trial (2016)
Journal Article
Riaz, M., Lewis, S., Coleman, T., Aveyard, P., West, R., Naughton, F., & Ussher, M. (in press). Which measures of cigarette dependence are predictors of smoking cessation during pregnancy? Analysis of data from a randomized controlled trial. Addiction, 111(9), https://doi.org/10.1111/add.13395

Aims: To examine the ability of different common measures of cigarette dependence to predict smoking cessation during pregnancy. Design: Secondary analysis of data from a parallel-group randomized controlled trial of physical activity for smoking... Read More about Which measures of cigarette dependence are predictors of smoking cessation during pregnancy? Analysis of data from a randomized controlled trial.

Screening for atrial fibrillation: a cross-sectional survey of healthcare professionals in primary care (2016)
Journal Article
Taggar, J., Coleman, T., Lewis, S., & Jones, M. (2016). Screening for atrial fibrillation: a cross-sectional survey of healthcare professionals in primary care. PLoS ONE, 11(4), Article e0152086. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0152086

Introduction: Screening for atrial fibrillation (AF) in primary care has been recommended; however, the views of healthcare professionals (HCPs) are not known. This study aimed to determine the opinions of HCP about the feasibility of implementing s... Read More about Screening for atrial fibrillation: a cross-sectional survey of healthcare professionals in primary care.

Re-starting smoking in the postpartum period after receiving a smoking cessation intervention: a systematic review (2016)
Journal Article
Jones, M., Lewis, S., Parrott, S., Wormall, S., & Coleman, T. (2016). Re-starting smoking in the postpartum period after receiving a smoking cessation intervention: a systematic review. Addiction, 111(6), 981-990. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.13309

Aims: In pregnant smoking cessation trial participants, to estimate (1) among women abstinent at the end of pregnancy, the proportion who re-start smoking at time-points afterwards (primary analysis) and (2) among all trial participants, the proporti... Read More about Re-starting smoking in the postpartum period after receiving a smoking cessation intervention: a systematic review.