In this talk Professor Notley will discuss the latest evidence exploring associations between nicotine use and common mental health conditions, including depression. Complex intersectional relationships between nicotine use in different forms and depression will be explored, with consideration of alternative interpretations of observed associations in epidemiological datasets. Interpretive assumptions will be drawn out, including inappropriate… Read more »
Archives: Seminars
Nicotine and pregnant smokers:
One of the controversies surrounding e-cigarettes (EC) is their use by pregnant smokers. Animal studies have demonstrated that nicotine on its own can damage pregnancy, but such studies typically use very large nicotine doses. It is not clear to what extent doses used by human nicotine users affect pregnancy outcomes. The risk is considered much… Read more »
Absolute and relative risks of electronic cigarettes
Despite the major impact of tobacco regulation on smoking prevalence, smoking conventional cigarettes continues to pose a significant public health concern. Among continuing efforts to mitigate this harm, methods to aid smoking cessation have an important role to play. Electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS or e-cigarettes) deliver nicotine at a rate and extent similar to… Read more »
E-cigarette research: Misinterpretation and selective use of evidence guiding regulatory decisions
Evidence-based decisions are necessary in order to tackle public health issues. Policy makers mostly rely on scientists and scientific organizations in order to come up with the best possible regulatory framework for smoking. E-cigarettes have been the focus of intense and conflicting debate over several years, with opposing views about being part of the problem… Read more »
Introduction from the Chair
Panel discussion and live Q&A
Is the UK a trailblazer or outlier – how will we know?
AM BREAK
Could e-cigarettes contribute to harm reduction for children as well as adults?
Current policy approaches to e-cigarette regulation in the USA give primacy to the need to protect children from addiction over fostering increased adult smoking cessation. But, as well as failing to maximise the potential public health gain from adult use of new nicotine delivery products, the focus on minimizing children’s use of e-cigarettes might itself… Read more »
Combustible Tobacco Age-of-Sale Laws: An Opportunity?
Tobacco-21 is the law of the land in the United States and appears to be having the beneficial effect of reducing tobacco use among 18-20 year-olds, so is an important improvement over the status quo. However, is raising age of sales laws for all tobacco products optimal, or could additional benefit accrue to raising the… Read more »
The 2021 review of NICE’s tobacco guidelines
NICE – the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence – is an executive non-departmental public body of the Department of Health and Social Care. NICE’s role is to improve outcomes for people using the NHS and other public health and social care services and produces evidence-based recommendations developed by independent committees, including professionals and… Read more »
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