Sarah Jackson
@DrSarahEJackson
UCL Tobacco and Alcohol Research Group. Smoking, vaping, and alcohol research. President @SRNT_Europe. Senior Editor @AddictionJrnl. Also on Bluesky: same name.
The Smoking Toolkit Study shows substantial declines in smoking prevalence and cigarette consumption among adults in England since 2007. However, the extent of these changes differs according to how the outcomes are defined. Research letter in @TC_BMJ tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/early/…
New commentary with @AshOrgUK's @HazelCheeseman, @jamiebrown10 and Katie East: To reduce smoking harms, there is an urgent need to correct misperceptions about the risks of vaping. bmj.com/content/388/bm…
Now open access! 🔓
Concerns have been raised that vaping has created a 'new generation of nicotine addicts'. Using NYTS data, we examined changes in the proportion of US high-school students reporting symptoms of nicotine dependence over the past decade, in the context of changing patterns of…
🚀 SRNT‑E 2025 programme is live! Join us 10–12 Sept in Cluj‑Napoca, Romania for cutting‑edge nicotine & tobacco research. Plan your schedule 👉 srnt-e.org/conference/202… #SRNTE2025 #TobaccoResearch
The SRNT-E 2025 conference programme is now online! 🎉 See what we've got lined up here: srnt-e.org/conference/202… Looking forward to seeing many of you in Romania!
Around 28.6 billion cigarettes are smoked in Great Britain each year, find Sarah Jackson et al. There are persistent disparities in consumption across socioeconomic groups, regions, and nations, reflecting broader patterns of inequality. academic.oup.com/ntr/advance-ar… @DrSarahEJackson
Enjoying listening to this on my commute… and adding ‘profsplaining’ to my vocabulary! open.spotify.com/episode/5L7P1f…
Worth a read. We need to move beyond arbitrary categorisation of continuous variables or assuming that associations are linear - and use more flexible modelling approaches to capture non-linear relationships. bmj.com/content/390/bm…
Changing patterns of nicotine product use and nicotine dependence among United States high-school students: The National Youth Tobacco Survey, 2014–2023 buff.ly/XL93VOm @DrSarahEJackson @jamiebrown10 @TattanBirch
🚨 Call for participants 🚨 UCL and Cancer Research UK are conducting research on the provision of support for non-cigarette tobacco cessation in England. If you: - work in a stop smoking service or another healthcare setting - provide advice or support for smoking/tobacco…
Can vapes help people accessing homeless services to quit and reduce smoking? Yes, more reduce than quit but signs of real harm reduction. + Some signs that switching needs time Years and years of work 👇🏼 @projectscetch et al link.springer.com/article/10.118…
Interesting new study in @AddictionJrnl: E-cigarettes containing synthetic cannabinoids were identified in three quarters of 27 secondary schools in England that were sampled. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…
The UK government is considering a pre-watershed ban according to a Telegraph report telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/…, following up on earlier reports based on a document leaked to Sky News. It does not confirm the omission of MUP and retail opening hours. x.com/alcohol_review…
"Alcohol advertising could be facing a complete ban across the UK, according to the latest leak [to Sky News] from the Department of Health & Social Care." But limiting retail hours and minimum pricing reportedly do not get a mention. thegrocer.co.uk/news/alcohol-a…