Dr. Nicola Lindson

Associate Professor in the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine

University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Biography

Dr Nicola Lindson is an Associate Professor in the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine at the University of Oxford. She has been involved in tobacco smoking research since 2008. Her work has mainly focused on ways to help people to stop smoking and she is a core member of the Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group, leading their living systematic review of ‘Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation’, which has informed international policy and guidelines. Nicola leads the Oxford Tobacco Addiction research Group (OxTAG) and is currently carrying out research looking at the best ways to provide smoking cessation support to people using financial support services, including social housing. In 2025, she will begin leading a programme grant investigating the provision of smoking cessation advice and e-cigarettes within outpatient mental health services.