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Effect of 3 months and 12 months of financial incentives on 12-month postpartum smoking cessation maintenance: a randomised controlled trial (2024)
Journal Article
Lewis, S., Mckell, J., Coleman, T., Cooper, S., Orton, S., Bauld, L., & Usher, J. (in press). Effect of 3 months and 12 months of financial incentives on 12-month postpartum smoking cessation maintenance: a randomised controlled trial. Addiction, https://doi.org/10.1111/add.16487

Background and aims: Offering financial incentives is effective for smoking cessation during pregnancy. We tested effectiveness of financial incentives for maintaining postpartum cessation, comparing 12-months and three-months incentives with each ot... Read More about Effect of 3 months and 12 months of financial incentives on 12-month postpartum smoking cessation maintenance: a randomised controlled trial.

Effect of 3 months and 12 months of financial incentives on 12‐month postpartum smoking cessation maintenance: A randomized controlled trial (2024)
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Ussher, M., Best, C., Lewis, S., McKell, J., Coleman, T., Cooper, S., …Bauld, L. (2024). Effect of 3 months and 12 months of financial incentives on 12‐month postpartum smoking cessation maintenance: A randomized controlled trial. Addiction, https://doi.org/10.1111/add.16487

Background and aims Offering financial incentives is effective for smoking cessation during pregnancy. We tested the effectiveness of financial incentives for maintaining postpartum cessation, comparing 12-month and 3-month incentives with each ot... Read More about Effect of 3 months and 12 months of financial incentives on 12‐month postpartum smoking cessation maintenance: A randomized controlled trial.

The relationship between reported daily nicotine dose from NRT and daily cigarette consumption in pregnant women who smoke in an observational cohort study (2023)
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Orton, S., Szatkowski, L., Naughton, F., Coleman, T., Clark, M., Cooper, S., …Thomson, R. (2024). The relationship between reported daily nicotine dose from NRT and daily cigarette consumption in pregnant women who smoke in an observational cohort study. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 26(2), 212-219. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntad140

Introduction For non-pregnant people unable to quit smoking, the NHS recommends nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) for smoking reduction. This is not recommended during pregnancy due to concerns about higher nicotine intake than smoking alone. We inv... Read More about The relationship between reported daily nicotine dose from NRT and daily cigarette consumption in pregnant women who smoke in an observational cohort study.

Systematic review and meta-analysis investigating nicotine, cotinine and carbon monoxide exposures in people who both smoke and use nicotine replacement therapy (2023)
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Podlasek, A., Clair, R., Campbell, K. A., Orton, S., Thomson, R., & Coleman, T. (2023). Systematic review and meta-analysis investigating nicotine, cotinine and carbon monoxide exposures in people who both smoke and use nicotine replacement therapy. Addiction, 118(11), 2076-2092. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.16279

Aims To determine effects of concurrent smoking and nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) use on reported heaviness of smoking, nicotine (cotinine) body fluid and exhaled air carbon monoxide (CO) concentrations. Methods Systematic review and meta-a... Read More about Systematic review and meta-analysis investigating nicotine, cotinine and carbon monoxide exposures in people who both smoke and use nicotine replacement therapy.

Systematic review and meta‐analysis investigating nicotine, cotinine and carbon monoxide exposures in people who both smoke and use nicotine replacement therapy (2023)
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Podlasek, A., Claire, R., Campbell, K. A., Orton, S., Thomson, R., & Coleman, T. (2023). Systematic review and meta‐analysis investigating nicotine, cotinine and carbon monoxide exposures in people who both smoke and use nicotine replacement therapy. Addiction, 118(11), 2076-2092. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.16279

Aims: To determine effects of concurrent smoking and nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) use on reported heaviness of smoking, nicotine (cotinine) body fluid and exhaled air carbon monoxide (CO) concentrations. Methods: Systematic review and meta‐anal... Read More about Systematic review and meta‐analysis investigating nicotine, cotinine and carbon monoxide exposures in people who both smoke and use nicotine replacement therapy.

Are E-cigarettes associated with postpartum return to smoking? Secondary analyses of a UK pregnancy longitudinal cohort (2022)
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Orton, S., Taylor, L., Laing, L., Lewis, S., Ussher, M., Coleman, T., & Cooper, S. (2022). Are E-cigarettes associated with postpartum return to smoking? Secondary analyses of a UK pregnancy longitudinal cohort. BMJ Open, 12(4), Article e061028. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061028

Objectives: Postpartum return to smoking (PPRS) is an important public health problem. E-cigarette (EC) use has increased in recent years, and in a contemporary UK pregnancy cohort, we investigated factors, including ECs use, associated with PPRS.... Read More about Are E-cigarettes associated with postpartum return to smoking? Secondary analyses of a UK pregnancy longitudinal cohort.

The development and acceptability testing of an app-based smart survey system to record smoking behaviour, use of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and e-cigarettes (2022)
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Huang, Y., Emery, J., Naughton, F., Cooper, S., McDaid, L., Dickinson, A., …Coleman, T. (2022). The development and acceptability testing of an app-based smart survey system to record smoking behaviour, use of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and e-cigarettes. BMC Research Notes, 15(1), Article 100. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-022-05983-8

Objective: Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) helps people stop smoking. Monitoring treatment adherence is important as poor adherence to NRT limits its effectiveness. As e-cigarettes contain nicotine, their use (‘vaping’) is likely to affect both NR... Read More about The development and acceptability testing of an app-based smart survey system to record smoking behaviour, use of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and e-cigarettes.

Development of a Smoke-Free Home Intervention for Families of Babies Admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care (2022)
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Notley, C., Brown, T. J., Bauld, L., Boyle, E. M., Clarke, P., Hardeman, W., …Ward, E. (2022). Development of a Smoke-Free Home Intervention for Families of Babies Admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(6), Article 3670. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063670

Neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) have a disproportionately higher number of parents who smoke tobacco compared to the general population. A baby’s NICU admission offers a unique time to prompt behaviour change, and to emphasise the dangerous hea... Read More about Development of a Smoke-Free Home Intervention for Families of Babies Admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care.

Barriers and Facilitators to Staying Smoke-Free after Having a Baby, a Qualitative Study: Women’s Views on Support Needed to Prevent Returning to Smoking Postpartum (2021)
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Phillips, L., Campbell, K. A., Coleman, T., Ussher, M., Cooper, S., Lewis, S., & Orton, S. (2021). Barriers and Facilitators to Staying Smoke-Free after Having a Baby, a Qualitative Study: Women’s Views on Support Needed to Prevent Returning to Smoking Postpartum. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(21), Article 11358. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182111358

Background: Postpartum return to smoking (PPRS) is a common and important public health problem. Interventions to prevent PPRS have not been shown to be effective. We aimed to qualitatively explore the barriers and facilitators to staying smoke-free... Read More about Barriers and Facilitators to Staying Smoke-Free after Having a Baby, a Qualitative Study: Women’s Views on Support Needed to Prevent Returning to Smoking Postpartum.

Financial Incentives for Preventing Postpartum return to Smoking (FIPPS): study protocol for a three-arm randomised controlled trial (2021)
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Ussher, M., Best, C., Lewis, S., McKell, J., Coleman, T., Cooper, S., …Bauld, L. (2021). Financial Incentives for Preventing Postpartum return to Smoking (FIPPS): study protocol for a three-arm randomised controlled trial. Trials, 22(1), Article 512. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-021-05480-6

Background: Financial incentives are an effective way of helping women to stop smoking during pregnancy. Unfortunately, most women who stop smoking at this time return to smoking within 12 months of the infant’s birth. There is no evidence for interv... Read More about Financial Incentives for Preventing Postpartum return to Smoking (FIPPS): study protocol for a three-arm randomised controlled trial.

Smoking and vaping patterns during pregnancy and the postpartum: a longitudinal UK cohort survey (2021)
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Bowker, K., Lewis, S., Ussher, M., Naughton, F., Phillips, L., Coleman, T., …Cooper, S. (2021). Smoking and vaping patterns during pregnancy and the postpartum: a longitudinal UK cohort survey. Addictive Behaviors, 123, Article 107050. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.107050

Introduction: There is limited information about longitudinal patterns of vaping during pregnancy and the postpartum. We describe the prevalence, frequency, and reasons for vaping throughout pregnancy and postpartum. We also describe temporal pattern... Read More about Smoking and vaping patterns during pregnancy and the postpartum: a longitudinal UK cohort survey.

Pregnant women’s use of e-cigarettes in the UK: a cross-sectional survey (2020)
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Bowker, K., Lewis, S., Phillips, L., Orton, S., Ussher, M., Naughton, F., …Cooper, S. (2021). Pregnant women’s use of e-cigarettes in the UK: a cross-sectional survey. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 128(6), 984-993. https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.16553

Objective: To estimate prevalence of vaping in pregnancy. Compare characteristics and attitudes between exclusive smokers and vapers, and between exclusive vapers and dual users (smoke and vape). Design: Cross-sectional survey. Setting: Hospitals acr... Read More about Pregnant women’s use of e-cigarettes in the UK: a cross-sectional survey.

Addressing and overcoming barriers to e-cigarette use for smoking cessation in pregnancy: A qualitative study (2020)
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Bowker, K., Ussher, M., Cooper, S., Orton, S., Coleman, T., & Campbell, K. A. (2020). Addressing and overcoming barriers to e-cigarette use for smoking cessation in pregnancy: A qualitative study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(13), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17134823

© 2020 by the authors. E-cigarettes may have a role in supporting pregnant women who would otherwise smoke to stop smoking. The study aimed to understand pregnant women’s vaping experiences, in particular how vaping to stop smoking is facilitated and... Read More about Addressing and overcoming barriers to e-cigarette use for smoking cessation in pregnancy: A qualitative study.

Re-Configuring Identity Postpartum and Sustained Abstinence or Relapse to Tobacco Smoking (2019)
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Brown, T. J., Bauld, L., Hardeman, W., Holland, R., Naughton, F., Orton, S., …Notley, C. (2019). Re-Configuring Identity Postpartum and Sustained Abstinence or Relapse to Tobacco Smoking. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(17), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16173139

Relapse to smoking postpartum is a common and important public health problem. Difficulty in adjusting to a non-smoking identity is a key factor prompting relapse. However, postpartum relapse prevention interventions rarely focus upon offering suppor... Read More about Re-Configuring Identity Postpartum and Sustained Abstinence or Relapse to Tobacco Smoking.

Interest in and use of smoking cessation support across pregnancy and postpartum (2019)
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Naughton, F., Reeves Vaz, L., Coleman, T., Orton, S., Bowker, K., Leonardi-Bee, J., …Ussher, M. (2020). Interest in and use of smoking cessation support across pregnancy and postpartum. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 22(7), 1178–1186. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntz151

Background: Limited research exists on interest in and use of smoking cessation support in pregnancy and postpartum. Methods: A longitudinal cohort of pregnant smokers and recent ex-smokers were recruited in Nottinghamshire, UK (N=850). Data were... Read More about Interest in and use of smoking cessation support across pregnancy and postpartum.

Safety of electronic cigarette use during breastfeeding: qualitative study using online forum discussions (2019)
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Johnston, E. J., Campbell, K., Coleman, T., Lewis, S., Orton, S., & Cooper, S. (2019). Safety of electronic cigarette use during breastfeeding: qualitative study using online forum discussions. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 21(8), Article e11506. https://doi.org/10.2196/11506

Background: E-cigarettes are an increasingly popular alternative to smoking, helping to prevent relapse in those trying to quit, and with potential for harm reduction as they are likely to be safer than smoking. Many women return to smoking in the po... Read More about Safety of electronic cigarette use during breastfeeding: qualitative study using online forum discussions.

Effects of Self-Esteem on the Association between Negative Life Events and Suicidal Ideation in Adolescents (2019)
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Wan, Y., Chen, R., Wang, S., Orton, S., Wang, D., Zhang, S., …Tao, F. (2019). Effects of Self-Esteem on the Association between Negative Life Events and Suicidal Ideation in Adolescents. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(16), Article 2846. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16162846

Negative life events (NLEs) increase the risk of suicidal ideation (SI) in adolescents. However, it is not known whether the association between NLEs and SI can be moderated by self-esteem and varies with gender. The aim of the current paper was to e... Read More about Effects of Self-Esteem on the Association between Negative Life Events and Suicidal Ideation in Adolescents.

Development of a Complex Intervention for the Maintenance of Postpartum Smoking Abstinence: Process for Defining Evidence-Based Intervention (2019)
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Notley, C., Brown, T. J., Bauld, L., Hardeman, W., Holland, R., Naughton, F., …Ussher, M. (2019). Development of a Complex Intervention for the Maintenance of Postpartum Smoking Abstinence: Process for Defining Evidence-Based Intervention. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(11), Article 1968. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16111968

Relapse to tobacco smoking for pregnant women who quit is a major public health problem. Evidence-based approaches to intervention are urgently required. This study aimed to develop an intervention to be integrated into existing healthcare. A mixed m... Read More about Development of a Complex Intervention for the Maintenance of Postpartum Smoking Abstinence: Process for Defining Evidence-Based Intervention.

Feasibility and Acceptability of ‘Opt-In’ Referrals for Stop Smoking Support in Pregnancy (2019)
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Campbell, K. A., Campbell, K. A., Orton, S., Bowker, K., Cooper, S., & Coleman, T. (2019). Feasibility and Acceptability of ‘Opt-In’ Referrals for Stop Smoking Support in Pregnancy. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(8), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16081358

Background: International guidelines recommend that following an early-pregnancy 'opt-out' referral for smoking cessation support, pregnant women who smoke should also be offered referrals at subsequent antenatal appointments ('opt-in' referrals). We... Read More about Feasibility and Acceptability of ‘Opt-In’ Referrals for Stop Smoking Support in Pregnancy.

Attitudes to E-Cigarettes and Cessation Support for Pregnant Women from English Stop Smoking Services: A Mixed Methods Study (2019)
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Cooper, S., Orton, S., Campbell, K., Ussher, M., Coleman-Haynes, N., Whitemore, R., …Coleman, T. (2019). Attitudes to E-Cigarettes and Cessation Support for Pregnant Women from English Stop Smoking Services: A Mixed Methods Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(1), Article 110. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16010110

Smoking in pregnancy remains a public health problem. In the UK e-cigarettes are the most popular aid to quitting smoking outside of pregnancy, but we don’t know the extent of e-cigarette use in pregnancy or how English Stop Smoking Services (SSS) re... Read More about Attitudes to E-Cigarettes and Cessation Support for Pregnant Women from English Stop Smoking Services: A Mixed Methods Study.

A systematic review of behaviour change techniques within interventions to prevent return to smoking postpartum (2018)
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Brown, T. J., Hardeman, W., Bauld, L., Holland, R., Maskrey, V., Naughton, F., …Notley, C. (2019). A systematic review of behaviour change techniques within interventions to prevent return to smoking postpartum. Addictive Behaviors, 92, 236-243. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.12.031

Introduction: There is no routine support to prevent postpartum smoking relapse, due to lack of effective interventions. Previous reviews have identified behaviour change techniques (BCTs) within pregnancy cessation trials to specify which components... Read More about A systematic review of behaviour change techniques within interventions to prevent return to smoking postpartum.

Nicotine preloading for smoking cessation: the Preloading RCT (2018)
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Aveyard, P., Lindson, N., Tearne, S., Adams, R., Ahmed, K., Alekna, R., …Pokhrel, S. (2018). Nicotine preloading for smoking cessation: the Preloading RCT. Health Technology Assessment, 22(41), 1-84. https://doi.org/10.3310/hta22410

Background: Nicotine preloading means using nicotine replacement therapy prior to a quit date while smoking normally. The aim is to reduce the drive to smoke, thereby reducing cravings for smoking after quit day, which are the main cause of early rel... Read More about Nicotine preloading for smoking cessation: the Preloading RCT.

Views on and experiences of electronic cigarettes: a qualitative study of women who are pregnant or have recently given birth. (2018)
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Bowker, K., Orton, S., Cooper, S., Naughton, F., Whitemore, R., Lewis, S., …Ussher, M. (in press). Views on and experiences of electronic cigarettes: a qualitative study of women who are pregnant or have recently given birth. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 18, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-018-1856-4

Background: Electronic cigarettes (ECs) are increasingly used for reducing or stopping smoking, with some studies showing positive outcomes. However, little is known about views on ECs during pregnancy or postpartum and previous studies have nearly a... Read More about Views on and experiences of electronic cigarettes: a qualitative study of women who are pregnant or have recently given birth..

Effects on abstinence of nicotine patch treatment prior to quitting smoking: a parallel, two-arm, pragmatic randomised trial (2018)
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Aveyard, P., Lewis, S., Coleman, T., Dickinson, A., Randall, C., Orton, S., & Perdue, J. (2018). Effects on abstinence of nicotine patch treatment prior to quitting smoking: a parallel, two-arm, pragmatic randomised trial. BMJ, 361, Article k2164. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k2164

Objectives: Standard smoking cessation pharmacotherapy is recommended in the post-quit period, but may also facilitate abstinence if used prior to quitting. The objective was to examine the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of nicotine patch worn... Read More about Effects on abstinence of nicotine patch treatment prior to quitting smoking: a parallel, two-arm, pragmatic randomised trial.

Smoking and quit attempts during pregnancy and postpartum: a longitudinal UK cohort (2017)
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Cooper, S., Orton, S., Leonardi-Bee, J., Brotherton, E., Vanderbloemen, L., Bowker, K., …Coleman, T. (2017). Smoking and quit attempts during pregnancy and postpartum: a longitudinal UK cohort. BMJ Open, 7(11), Article e018746. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018746

Objectives Pregnancy motivates women to try stopping smoking, but little is known about timing of their quit attempts and how quitting intentions change during pregnancy and postpartum. Using longitudinal data, this study aimed to document women’s sm... Read More about Smoking and quit attempts during pregnancy and postpartum: a longitudinal UK cohort.

Predictors of postpartum return to smoking: a systematic review (2017)
Journal Article
Orton, S., Coleman, T., Coleman-Haynes, T., & Ussher, M. (in press). Predictors of postpartum return to smoking: a systematic review. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntx163

Background: Finding effective ways to help pregnant women quit smoking and remain abstinent is a major public health issue. Approximately half of UK women who smoke attempt cessation after conception; unfortunately, up to 75% return to smoking within... Read More about Predictors of postpartum return to smoking: a systematic review.

Smoking in pregnancy: who makes quit attempts whilst pregnant and what types of cessation support do they prefer? (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Brotherton, E., Orton, S., & Coleman, T. (2016). Smoking in pregnancy: who makes quit attempts whilst pregnant and what types of cessation support do they prefer?.

Background Smoking in pregnancy is strongly associated with adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes. In England, 26% of women smoke at some point during pregnancy, and 12% smoke throughout. Reducing smoking during pregnancy is therefore an NHS priority... Read More about Smoking in pregnancy: who makes quit attempts whilst pregnant and what types of cessation support do they prefer?.

“I was a full time proper smoker”: A qualitative exploration of smoking in the home after childbirth among women who relapse postpartum (2016)
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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.

Smoking in the home after childbirth: prevalence and determinants in an English cohort (2015)
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Orton, S., Coleman, T., Jones, L. L., Cooper, S., & Lewis, S. (2015). Smoking in the home after childbirth: prevalence and determinants in an English cohort. BMJ Open, 5(9), Article e008856. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008856

Objectives Children's exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) is causally linked to childhood morbidity and mortality. Over 38% of English children (aged 4–15) whose parents are smokers are exposed to SHS in the home. Little is known about the prevale... Read More about Smoking in the home after childbirth: prevalence and determinants in an English cohort.

Predictors of children's secondhand smoke exposure at home: a systematic review and narrative synthesis of the evidence (2014)
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Orton, S., Jones, L. L., Cooper, S., Lewis, S., & Coleman, T. (2014). Predictors of children's secondhand smoke exposure at home: a systematic review and narrative synthesis of the evidence. PLoS ONE, 9(11), Article e112690. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0112690

BACKGROUND: Children's exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) has been causally linked to a number of childhood morbidities and mortalities. Over 50% of UK children whose parents are smokers are regularly exposed to SHS at home. No previous review has id... Read More about Predictors of children's secondhand smoke exposure at home: a systematic review and narrative synthesis of the evidence.

Longitudinal cohort survey of women's smoking behaviour and attitudes in pregnancy: study methods and baseline data (2014)
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Orton, S., Bowker, K., Cooper, S., Naughton, F., Ussher, M., Pickett, K. E., …Coleman, T. (2014). Longitudinal cohort survey of women's smoking behaviour and attitudes in pregnancy: study methods and baseline data. BMJ Open, 4(5), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-004915

Objectives: To report methods used to assemble a contemporary pregnancy cohort for investigating influences on smoking behaviour before, during and after pregnancy and to report characteristics of women recruited. Design: Longitudinal cohort surve... Read More about Longitudinal cohort survey of women's smoking behaviour and attitudes in pregnancy: study methods and baseline data.