Professor Linda Bauld holds the Bruce and John Usher Chair in Public Health in the Usher Institute, College of Medicine at the University of Edinburgh. Linda is a behavioural scientist whose research focuses on two main areas: the evaluation of complex interventions to improve health, and how research can inform public health policy. She leads… Read more »
Prior to employment at the MHRA, Craig Copland worked in the health food sector and fitness industry before taking up a position with the Portsmouth Trading Standards Service from 2007 to 2017. In his capacity as a Trading Standards and Financial Intelligence Officer for Portsmouth City Council, Craig has worked across a broad spectrum of… Read more »
Andrea leads the Making Smoking History Strategy for Greater Manchester city region to reduce smoking prevalence further and faster than anywhere else in the UK and globally. With a career long commitment to tackling health inequalities, Andrea was previously CEO at Healthier Futures. She has extensive experience in local government and at director level in… Read more »
Marcus Saxton is the Chief Executive of the ‘Totally Wicked Group’ and Chairman of the Independent British Vape Trade Association (IBVTA). Founded in 2016, the IBVTA is a not-for-profit, non-political trade association, which exists to provide credible knowledge and guidance to support the independent vape sector and promote constructive interaction between this industry sector and… Read more »
Kate Pike is the Lead Officer for Tobacco and Vaping for the Chartered Trading Standards Institute and Co-ordinator for Trading Standards North West. She supports the delivery of Operation Joseph through National Trading Standards to tackle the supply of illegal vapes, and sales of vapes to children. She sits on the Vaping Expert Panel, which… Read more »
In October 2024, Hazel Cheeseman was appointed Chief Executive of Action on Smoking and Health (ASH). Hazel has worked in senior roles at ASH for over 10 years before becoming deputy chief executive in 2021 and has played a key role in the development of the organisation. Prior to joining ASH, Hazel worked in the… Read more »
Debbie’s work focuses on the development and evaluation of tobacco harm reduction strategies, including e-cigarettes, in mental health and substance use settings. She is a co-author of Public Health England commissioned annual evidence reviews of e-cigarettes and is a Trustee of Action on Smoking and Health (ASH).
David Levy has a PhD in Economics from UCLA and is currently a Professor of Oncology at Georgetown. He has published over 200 papers, including articles in the American Economic Review, American Journal of Public Health, JAMA, Lancet, Medical Care, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Obesity Review, Tobacco Control, and the Review of Economics and… Read more »
Prof. Dr. Daniel Kotz is professor in addiction research and clinical epidemiology at the Institute of General Practice, Centre for Health and Society, Medical Faculty of the Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Germany. He also holds research affiliations with Maastricht University, University College London, and the University of Edinburgh. He was trained as a health scientist and epidemiologist…. Read more »
Michael Pesko is a health economist and an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at Georgia State University. Dr. Pesko uses natural experiments from e-cigarette policy changes to study benefits and drawbacks of allowing the sale of e-cigarettes as consumer products. He has received funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Cancer… Read more »
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