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Prevalence and determinants of tobacco use among young people in the Gambia (2017)
Journal Article
Jallow, I. K., Britton, J., & Langley, T. (2017). Prevalence and determinants of tobacco use among young people in the Gambia. BMJ Global Health, 2(4), Article e000482. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000482

Introduction: Tobacco consumption, and consequent morbidity and mortality, are expected to grow most markedly over coming decades in low and middle income countries (LMICs). Preventing tobacco experimentation and uptake among young people in LMICs is... Read More about Prevalence and determinants of tobacco use among young people in the Gambia.

The effect of alcohol consumption on the risk of ARDS: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2017)
Journal Article
Simou, E., Leonardi-Bee, J., & Britton, J. (in press). The effect of alcohol consumption on the risk of ARDS: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Chest, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2017.11.041

BACKGROUND: To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis evaluating the association between alcohol consumption and the risk of ARDS in adults. METHODS: Medline, EMBASE and Web of Science were searched to identify observational studies evaluatin... Read More about The effect of alcohol consumption on the risk of ARDS: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Evaluation of a novel intervention providing insight into the tobacco industry to prevent the uptake of smoking in school-aged children: a mixed-methods study (2017)
Journal Article
Szatkowski, L., Taylor, J., Taylor, A., Lewis, S., Qi, W., Parrott, S., …Bains, M. (2017). Evaluation of a novel intervention providing insight into the tobacco industry to prevent the uptake of smoking in school-aged children: a mixed-methods study. BMJ Open, 7, Article e018031. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018031

Objectives: Evidence from the US Truth® campaign suggests that interventions focusing on tobacco industry practices and ethics may be effective in preventing youth smoking uptake. We developed, piloted and evaluated a school-based intervention based... Read More about Evaluation of a novel intervention providing insight into the tobacco industry to prevent the uptake of smoking in school-aged children: a mixed-methods study.

Smoke-free policy and child health (2017)
Journal Article
Britton, J. (in press). Smoke-free policy and child health. Lancet Public Health, 2(9), Article e392-e393. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667%2817%2930169-X

On March 24, 2004, Ireland became the first country in the world to implement legislation prohibiting tobacco smoking in workplaces and enclosed public places. The political process leading up to the legislation was long, with opposition from stakeho... Read More about Smoke-free policy and child health.

Awareness of standardised tobacco packaging among adults and young people during the final phase of policy implementation in Great Britain (2017)
Journal Article
Bogdanovica, I., Opazo-Breton, M., Langley, T., & Britton, J. (2017). Awareness of standardised tobacco packaging among adults and young people during the final phase of policy implementation in Great Britain. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 14(8), https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14080858

Background: In May 2016, along with the latest European Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), standardised packaging legislation was implemented in the UK. During the following 12-month transition period, both new and old types of packaging were allowed... Read More about Awareness of standardised tobacco packaging among adults and young people during the final phase of policy implementation in Great Britain.

Price-minimizing behaviors in response to increasing tobacco price: a cross-sectional study of students (2017)
Journal Article
Rutter, L., Britton, J., & Langley, T. (in press). Price-minimizing behaviors in response to increasing tobacco price: a cross-sectional study of students. Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 26(5), https://doi.org/10.1080/1067828X.2017.1306472

Background: The public health benefits of tobacco taxation are undermined when smokers engage in price-minimising behaviours other than quitting in response to rising prices. These include switching from smoking manufactured cigarettes to cheaper alt... Read More about Price-minimizing behaviors in response to increasing tobacco price: a cross-sectional study of students.

A randomised controlled trial of a complex intervention to reduce children’s exposure to secondhand smoke in the home (2017)
Journal Article
Ratschen, E., Thorley, R., Jones, L. L., Opazo Breton, M., Cook, J., McNeill, A., …Lewis, S. (2018). A randomised controlled trial of a complex intervention to reduce children’s exposure to secondhand smoke in the home. Tobacco Control, 27(2), 155-162. https://doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2016-053279

Objectives: Exposing children to secondhand tobacco smoke (SHS) causes significant harm and occurs predominantly through smoking by caregivers in the family home. We report a trial of a complex intervention designed to reduce secondhand smoke exposur... Read More about A randomised controlled trial of a complex intervention to reduce children’s exposure to secondhand smoke in the home.

A cohort study investigating the effects of first stage of the English tobacco point-of-sale display ban on awareness, susceptibility and smoking uptake among adolescents (2017)
Journal Article
Bogdanovica, I., McNeill, A., & Britton, J. (2017). A cohort study investigating the effects of first stage of the English tobacco point-of-sale display ban on awareness, susceptibility and smoking uptake among adolescents. BMJ Open, 7(1), Article e01245. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012451

Objective: A prospective evaluation of the effect of 2012 point-of-sale (PoS) display ban in supermarkets in England on perceived exposure to PoS displays, and on changes in susceptibility and smoking uptake among young people. Design: Cohort study... Read More about A cohort study investigating the effects of first stage of the English tobacco point-of-sale display ban on awareness, susceptibility and smoking uptake among adolescents.