Academic articles 2025

Røynesdal ØB, Roberts GC, Pereira HV, Jelsma JG, Wyke S, Andersen E, Gray CM, Hunt K, Silva MN, van Nassau F and Sørensen M (2025). Fostering health behaviour change in overweight male football fans through the European Fans in Training (EuroFIT) program: A self-determination theory perspective. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 76: 102742. doi:10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102742

Elicabe E, Arnaudo MB, Moodie C, Best C, Alexandrou G, Mejia R and the REMAP team (2025). The display and advertising of roll-your-own tobacco at points-of-sale in Argentina, Guatemala, Mexico, and Peru. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, online 4^th January. doi:10.1093/ntr/ntaf002

Brown A, Donnachie C, Critchlow N, Bunn C, Dobbie F, Gray CM, Purves R, Reith G, Wardle H and Hunt K (2025). Changes and continuities in gambling careers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal qualitative study of regular sports bettors in Britain. BMC Public Health, 25: 63. doi:10.1186/s12889-024-21077-5

Nicholls J, Masterton W, Falzon D, McAuley A, Carver H, Skivington K, Dumbrell J, Perkins A, Steele S, Trayner K and Parkes T (2025). The implementation of safer drug consumption facilities in Scotland: a mixed methods needs assessment and feasibility study for the city of Edinburgh. Harm Reduction Journal, 22: 6. doi:10.1186/s12954-024-01144-1

Purves R, Mohan A, O’Donnell R, Egan M, Maani N and Fitzgerald N (2025). Innovation and diversity in public health team engagement in local alcohol premises licensing: qualitative interview findings from the ExILEnS study. Public Health Research, 13(2): 1-19. doi:10.3310/RNVD1542

Nicholls J (2025). Riding the wave or controlling the flow? Commentary on Room (2025) ‘Long waves of alcohol consumption and the Sustainable Development Goals’. International Journal of Drug Policy, 137: 104723. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.104723

Healey A, Patel A, Marks J, Bremner S, Foster R, Gibson SL, Goldsmith LP, Lucock M, Repper J, Rinaldi M, Simpson A, White S, Ussher M and Gillard S (2025). Peer support for discharge from hospital to community mental healthcare: a cost analysis. [Letter] General Psychiatry, 38(1): e101671. doi:10.1136/gpsych-2024-101671

Razai MS, Ussher M, Goldsmith L, Hargreaves S and Oakeshott P (2025). Navigating vaccination in pregnancy: Qualitative study in 21 ethnically diverse pregnant women. PLoS One, 20(1): e0310823. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0310823

Angus C, Oldham M, Burton R, Dina LM, Field M, Hickman M, Kaner E, Loebenberg G, Munafò M, Pizzo E, Brown J and Garnett C (2025). Modeling the Potential Health, Health Economic, and Health Inequality Impact of a Large-Scale Rollout of the Drink Less App in England. Value in Health, 28(2): 215-223. doi:10.1016/j.jval.2024.11.007

Sharp C, Mohan A, Mitchell D and Fitzgerald N (2025). Exploring views and experiences of a unique alcohol assertive outreach model, the primary care alcohol nurse outreach service (PCANOS): a qualitative study. BMC Primary Care, 26: 61. doi:10.1186/s12875-025-02755-8

Semple S, Tigova O, Howell R, Davie E, Gorini G, Turner SW, Vardavas C, Clancy L, Peruga A, Fernández E and O’Donnell R (2025). Protecting children from second-hand tobacco smoke in the home: the need for a new approach. Tobacco Control, online 15^th March. doi:10.1136/tc-2024-059205.

Fitzgerald N, Angus K, Howell R, Labhart H, Morris J, Fenton L, Woodrow N, Castellina M, Oldham M, Garnett C, Holmes J, Brown J and O’Donnell R (2025). Changing public perceptions of alcohol, alcohol harms and alcohol policies: A multi-methods study to develop novel framing approaches. Addiction, 120(4): 655-668. doi:10.1111/add.16743

Tigova O, Stival C, Castellano Y, Lugo A, Fu M, Mar López A, Martínez C, Soriano JB, O’Donnell R, Semple S, López MJ, Fernández E and Gallus S (2025). Prevalence and determinants of smoke-free homes in 12 European countries: the TackSHS Survey. ERJ Open Research, 11(2): 00950-2024. doi:10.1183/23120541.00950-2024

Burton R and Sheron N (2025). Commentary on Kersbergen et al.: Same Price, same choices? Proportional pricing and the heaviest drinkers. Addiction, online 25^th March. doi:10.1111/add.70046

Burton R, Leggio L, Louvet A, Sheron N and Singal AK (2025). Prevention of alcohol-associated liver disease. The American Journal of Gastroenterology, online 26^th March. doi:10.14309/ajg.0000000000003427

Nicholls J and Hunt G. Drinking and pleasure: Interdisciplinarity points the way forward. Addiction, online 27^th March. doi:10.1111/add.70065

Jones D, Morgan A, Moodie C, Alexandrou G, Ford A and Mitchell D (2024). The role of e-cigarette packaging as a health communications tool: a focus group study with adolescents and adults in England and Scotland. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 27(4): 705-713.. doi:10.1093/ntr/ntae107

Røynesdal ØB, Andersen E, Pereira HV, Wyke S, Gray CM, Jelsma JG, Hunt K, Mutrie N, Silva MN, Sørensen M, Roberts GC, van der Ploeg HP and van Nassau F (2025). Changes to men’s walking and the contribution of walking to self-reported physical activity in the EuroFIT programme. Health Education Journal, 84(3): 293-307. doi:10.1177/00178969251323509

MacLean A, Driessen A, Hinton L, Nettleton S, Wild C, Anderson E, Brown A, Hoddinott P, O’Dwyer C, Ziebland S and Hunt K (2025). Rethinking ‘recovery’: A comparative qualitative analysis of experiences of intensive care with COVID and Long Covid in the United Kingdom. Health Expectations, 28(2): e70253. doi:10.1111/hex.70253

Ussher M, Brose L, McNeill A, Notley C, Bauld L, Hajek P, Pesola F and Shahab L (2025). Letter to the Editor: Comments on “Associations between vaping during pregnancy and perinatal outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis” by Deprato et al., (2025). Journal of Hazardous Materials, 492: 138242. doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2025.138242

Fitzgerald N, Egan M, O’Donnell R, Nicholls J, Mahon L, de Vocht F, McQuire C, Angus C, Purves R, Henney M, Mohan A, Maani N, Shortt N and Bauld L (2025). Public health engagement in alcohol licensing in England and Scotland: the ExILEnS mixed-method, natural experiment evaluation. Public Health Research, 13(2): 1-84. doi:10.3310/FSRT4135

Fitzgerald N, Mohan A, Purves R, O’Donnell R, Egan M, Nicholls J, Maani N, Smolar M, Fraser A, Briton T, Mahon L and the ExILEnS consortium (2025). Factors influencing public health engagement in alcohol licensing in England and Scotland including legal and structural differences: comparative interview analysis. Public Health Research, 13(2): 87-128. doi:10.3310/BGTR4277

McCarron A, Semple S, Swanson V, Gillespie C, Braban C & Price HD (2025). Piloting co-developed behaviour change interventions to reduce exposure to air pollution and improve self-reported asthma-related health. Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology, 35: 242-253. doi:10.1038/s41370-024-00661-2

Nicholls J and Hunt G (2025). Taking pleasure seriously: Should alcohol research say more about fun? Addiction, 120(6): 1075-1081. doi:10.1111/add.16747

Cook M, Nicholls J, Mitchell G, O’Donnell R and Fitzgerald N (2025). Identifying innovative approaches to the temporal availability of alcohol in Great Britain—a policy analysis. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, online 2^nd May. doi:10.1080/09687637.2025.2490580

McDonald MD, Hunt K, Moullin J, Smith BJ, Donald F, Kerr DA, Ntoumanis N and Quested E (2025). Implementation of an Australian football themed men’s health program in rural Australia: a mixed-methods study. Health Promotion International, 40(3): daaf052. doi:10.1093/heapro/daaf052

Vetrovsky T, Kral N, Pfeiferova M, Seifert B, Capek V, Jurkova K, Steffl M, Cimler R, Kuhnova J, Harris T, Ussher M, Wahlich C, Malisova K, Pelclova J, Dygryn J, Elavsky S, Maes I, Van Dyck D, Rowlands A and Yates T (2025). mHealth intervention delivered in general practice to increase physical activity and reduce sedentary behaviour of patients with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes (ENERGISED): statistical analysis plan. Trials, 26: 166. doi:10.1186/s13063-025-08865-z

Sheikh N, Haghpanahan H, Lewsey J, Angus C, Emslie C, Fitzgerald N and McIntosh E (2025). Protocol for an economic evaluation alongside a natural experiment to evaluate the impact of later trading hours for bars and clubs in the night-time economy in Scotland: The ELEPHANT study. BMJ Open, 15(5): e095241. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2024-095241

Cardoso DP, Oliveira D, Antunes B, Saraiva R, Angus K, Gallardo E and Rosário F (2025). Portuguese validated versions of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test: A systematic review of academic and grey literature. Drug and Alcohol Review, online 27^th May. doi:10.1111/dar.14081

O’Donnell R, Howell R, Teodorowski P, Tigova O, Fernández E and Semple S (2025). [Editorial] Rise and shine: The Smoke-free Homes International Network (SHINE). Tobacco Prevention & Cessation, 11(May): 27. doi:10.18332/tpc/203919

Arnaudo MB, Elicabe E, Moodie C, Best C, Alexandrou G and Mejía R, (2025). Non-compliance with point-of-sale tobacco regulations in Argentina. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, online 10^th May. doi:10.1080/09687637.2025.2511686

Booth G, Bearne L, D’Lima D, Hudda M and Ussher M (2025). Development of a Physical Activity Maintenance intervention for people with PERsistent musculoskeletal pain (PAMPER): a mixed-methods study protocol. BMJ Open, 15(6): e103763. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2025-103763

Ames HMR, France EF, Cooper S, Bianchim MS, Lewin S, Schmidt BM, Uny I and Noyes J (2024). Assessing qualitative data richness and thickness: Development of an evidence-based tool for use in qualitative evidence synthesis. Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and Methods, 2(7): e12059. doi:10.1002/cesm.12059

Brown A, Woods-Brown C and Hunt K (2025). Identifying potential barriers and enablers to smoking abstinence after leaving a smokefree prison using the capabilities, opportunities, motivations -behaviour (COM-B) model: a qualitative interview study. BMC Public Health, 25: 2100. doi:10.1186/s12889-025-23249-3

Thrasher JF, Petillo S, Sun Y, Xiong L, Hackworth EE, Ferguson SG, Hammond D and Moodie C, on behalf of the Insert Project Team (2025). Evaluating Canada’s innovative policy for health warnings on cigarette sticks: A pre/post assessment among adults who smoke. Preventive Medicine, 198: 108330. doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2025.108330

Soe YN, Thomson M, Reid K, Moore L, Bintoro BS, Dong B, Good S, Hu P, Long E, Mateo NJ, McMeekin N, Padmawati RS, Prabandari YS, Purvis A, Salanga MG, Semple S, Llorin CT, Wang JY and Simpson SA (2025). A Stop Smoking In Schools Trial in three culturally different middle-income countries (ASSIST global): protocol for a randomised feasibility study. BMJ Open, 15(6): e096963. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2024-096963

Calnan S, Matvienko-Sikar K, Fitzgerald N, Gilheany S and Kabir Z (2025). Implementation of a multi-component alcohol policy in Ireland: A qualitative study exploring barriers and facilitators to implementation. International Journal of Drug Policy, 143: 104870. doi:10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.104870

Elicabe E, Arnaudo MB, Moodie C, Best C, Alexandrou G and Mejia R (2025). The display and advertising of roll-your-own tobacco at points-of-sale in Argentina, Guatemala, Mexico, and Peru. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 27(7): 1306-1310. doi:10.1093/ntr/ntaf002

Moodie C, Best C and Jones D (2025). Support for a ban on characterizing flavours in cigarettes in the UK: a longitudinal online survey. European Journal of Public Health, 35(3): 570-572. doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckae181

Miller M, Howell F, White J, Griffiths D, Noble L, Weir CJ, Niven A, Stoddart A, Ensor H, Wardle H, Purves R and Dobbie F (2025). Preventing gambling-related harm among adolescents (PRoGRAM-A): an embedded multi-modal process evaluation in a pilot cluster random control trial. BMC Public Health, 25: 2327. doi:10.1186/s12889-025-23565-8

Dawkins L, Soar K, Pesola F, Ford A, Notley C, Brown R, Ward E, McMillan L, Robson D, Varley A, Mair C, Lennon J, Brierley J, Edwards A, Hajek P, Tyler A, Parrott S, Li J, Bauld L, Gardner B and Cox S (2025). Smoking cessation for people accessing homeless support centres (SCeTCH): comparing the provision of an e-cigarette versus usual care in a cluster randomised controlled trial in Great Britain. BMC Medicine, 23: 394. doi:10.1186/s12916-025-04167-y

Wood AJ, MacKintosh AM, Stead M and Kao RR (2025). Long-term spatial patterns in COVID-19 booster vaccine uptake. Communications Medicine, 5(1): 257. doi:10.1038/s43856-025-00949-w

Ford A, McMillan L, Soar K, Pesola F, Notley C, Brown R, Ward E, Gardner B, Varley A, Mair C, Lennon J, Brierley J, Edwards A, Mitchell D, Robson D, Hajek P, Tyler A, Parrott S, Li J, Bauld L and Cox S (2025). Exploring how an e-cigarette intervention influenced tobacco smoking behaviour in people accessing homelessness services: Findings from the SCeTCH trial process evaluation. International Journal of Drug Policy, 143: 104901. doi:10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.104901

Dombrowski SU, Hoddinott P, Macaulay L, O’Dolan C, Swingler J, Cotton S, Avenell A, Getaneh AM, Gray C, Hunt K, Kee F, MacLean A, McKinley MC, Torrens C, Turner K, van der Pol M and MacLennan G (2025). Secondary analysis of the Game of Stones trial for men with obesity: examining moderator effects and exploratory outcomes. Obesity, online 9^th July. doi:10.1002/oby.24316

Maclean J, MacLean A, Gray CM, Chambers S, Donnachie C, Jago R and Hunt K (2025). Delivering social and public health programmes through community arms of professional football clubs. Health Promotion International, 40(4): daaf106. doi:10.1093/heapro/daaf106

Pereira HV, Silva MN, Pulido JJ, Roberts GC, Sorensen M, Andersen E, Røynesdal Ø, Wyke S, Gray CM, Hunt K, van Nassau F, van der Ploeg HP, Jelsma JGM and Teixeira PJ (2025). Self-Determination Theory mechanisms in men’s long-term, objectively measured physical activity and sedentary behavior in the European Fans in Training Program. Journal of Physical Activity & Health, online 4^th July. doi:10.1123/jpah.2024-0758

Martin JG, Black D and Coggon J (2025). How societal impact is understood and approached across a newly formed community of researchers with an ambitious ‘health of the public’ agenda. Research Evaluation, 34: rvaf029. doi:10.1093/reseval/rvaf029

Reith G, Biggar B, Bunn C, Deidda M, Donnachie C, Graham F, Gray C, Greenlaw N, Hunt K, Philpott M, Platt N, D Rogers R, Rooksby J, Wyke S and Wardle H (2025). Group-based interventions to reduce gambling involvement among male football fans: a synopsis of findings from a feasibility study. Public Health Research, 13(6): 1-24. doi:10.3310/SWWP9393

Moodie C, Jones D and Best C (2025). The impact of standardised tobacco packaging and warnings on relapse prevention: a longitudinal online survey in the UK. Tobacco Control, online 28^th July. doi: 10.1136/tc-2024-059206

Elicabe E, Arnaudo MB, Mejia R, Alexandrou G and Moodie C (2025). Analysis of roll-your-own tobacco pack design and warning compliance in Argentina. Tobacco Control, online 5^th August. doi:10.1136/tc-2024-059254

O’Donnell R, Howell R, Henderson T, Sinclair L, Mather K, McMeekin N and Semple S (2025). Use of nicotine replacement therapy to create a smoke-free home: study protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial of a smoke-free home intervention in Scotland. BMJ Open, 15(8): e107161. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-107161

Pereira HV, Silva MN, Pulido JJ, Roberts GC, Sorensen M, Andersen E, Røynesdal Ø, Wyke S, Gray CM, Hunt K, van Nassau F, van der Ploeg HP, Jelsma JGM and Teixeira PJ (2025). Self-Determination Theory mechanisms in men’s long-term, objectively measured physical activity and sedentary behavior in the European Fans in Training Program. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 22(8): 979-988. doi:10.1123/jpah.2024-0758

Uny I, Magalasi D, Orgill M, Namanda C, Mitchell G, Tumwesigye NM, Bauld L, Parry C, Fitzgerald N and Kaneka B (2025). Competing coalitions in alcohol policymaking in Malawi: a retrospective case study analysis of the alcohol sachet ban. International Journal of Drug Policy, 145: 104979. doi:10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.104979

Simpson S, Vettini A, Reid K, Thomson M, Soe YN, Moore, de Salanga MG, Di Matteo NJ, Prabandari YS, Padmawati S, Bintoro BS, Good MS and Semple S (2025). A qualitative evaluation of ASSIST-a peer-led smoking prevention intervention for young people in the Philippines and Indonesia. [Meeting abstract] International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 32(Suppl. 1): S36. doi:10.1007/s12529-025-10383-w

Clarke J, Thomson G, Crossland N, Dombrowski S, Hoddinott P, Ingram J, Johnson D, MacArthur C, McKell J, Moss N, Sanders J, Savory N, Taylor B, Jolly K and the ABA‐Feed Study Group (2025). ABA-feed infant feeding training for peer supporters and coordinators: development and mixed-methods evaluation. Maternal & Child Nutrition, online 21^st September. doi:10.1111/mcn.70115

Goff LM, Johnson DA, Bell V, Blyden S, Bower P, Dale J, Harris T, Healey A, Hoverd E, Jin H, Kelly T, Rivas C, Robinson C, Thorpe J, Tomlinson S, Ussher M, Wahlich C and McGowan B (2025). Culturally tailored diabetes self-management education and support programs in Black African and Caribbean adults with type 2 diabetes (HEAL-D): Protocol for a multicenter, pragmatic randomized controlled trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 14: e71861. doi:10.2196/71861

Ussher M, Lewis S, Marczylo T, Blount B, Brown J, Bailey A, Coleman T, Cooper S, Marks J, George M, Bhandari D, Wang L, El Zein A, Laycock A, Oteng-Ntim E and Shahab L (2025). Toxicant and nicotine exposure in pregnant smokers, vapers, and nicotine-replacement users: cross-sectional study. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 27(10): 1786-1794: ntaf103. doi:10.1093/ntr/ntaf103

Clarke J, Crossland N, Dombrowski S, Hoddinott P, Ingram J, Johnson D, Jolly K, MacArthur C, McKell J, Moss N, Sanders J, Savory N, Taylor B and Thomson G (2025). Experiences of the ABA-feed infant feeding intervention: a qualitative study with women, peer supporters and coordinators. Maternal & Child Nutrition, online 7^th October. doi:10.1111/mcn.70124

O’Donnell R, Bintoro BS, Rustandi AW, Farahdilla ZA, Sadewa DMA, Padmawati RS, Ahmad AI, Misban NH, Shu'ah IAM, Safee NS, Zamri WT, Kamni SNAB, Zulkifli A, Uny I, Zainal Abidin E, Prabandari YS and Semple S (2025). COmmunities Facilitating incREasing Smoke-free Homes (CO-FRESH): co-developing a toolkit with local stakeholders in Indonesia and Malaysia. BMJ Global Health, 10(10): e018102. doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2024-018102

Nomatshila ZB, O’Donnell R, Gonah L, Nanjoh M, Faleni M, Apalata TR and Crockett R (2025). Perceived quality of life and its optimal drivers in people living with HIV, beyond HIV viral suppression in South Africa. Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services, online 11^th September. doi:10.1080/15381501.2025.2551967

Notley C, Bauld L, Clark A, Duneclift S, Gilroy V, Holland R, Naughton F, Ussher M, Harris T and Belderson P (2025). A17 Definitive findings from the BabyBreathe Trial - Preventing return to smoking postpartum. [Meeting abstract] Tobacco Induced Diseases, 23(Suppl 1): 26. doi:10.18332/852498tivblr

Elicabe E, Belén Arnaudo M, Alexandrou G, Moodie C, Uny I and Mejía R (2025). A110 Adolescents’ perceptions of flavoured and capsule cigarette packaging and point-of-sale marketing in Argentina. [Meeting abstract] Tobacco Induced Diseases, 23(Suppl 1): 64-65. doi:10.18332/852498tivblr

Petillo S, Sun Y, Hackworth E, Vidaña-Perez D, Niederdeppe J, Ferguson S, Moodie C, Thrasher J (2025). A147 Evaluation of an innovative on-cigarette stick warning policy in Canada: Post-policy trends among adults who smoke. [Meeting abstract] Tobacco Induced Diseases, 23(Suppl 1): 80. doi:10.18332/852498tivblr

Myers V, Guttman N, Theitler N, Levin-Zamir D, Moodie C, Thrasher J and Rosen L (2025). A305 Development of tobacco pack inserts in Israel – qualitative and quantitative research: Opportunity to reach people who smoke with motivational messages. [Meeting abstract] Tobacco Induced Diseases, 23(Suppl 1): 143. doi:10.18332/852498tivblr

Belén Arnaudo M, Elicabe E, Moodie C, Alexandrou G, Uny I and Mejía R (2025). A353 Cigarette design: How do adolescents perceive warnings on cigarette sticks in Argentina? [Meeting abstract] Tobacco Induced Diseases, 23(Suppl 1): 160. doi:10.18332/852498tivblr

Kjellgren R, Savinc J, Dougall N, Kurdi A, Leyland A, Tweed E, Watson J, Hunt K and Connell C (2025). Access to services for mental ill-health and substance use among people released from prison in Scotland (RELEASE): Retrospective observational cohort study protocol. International Journal of Population Data Science, 10(1): 2971. doi:10.23889/ijpds.v10i1.2971

Moodie C, Best C and Jones D (2025). The impact of new health warnings on standardized packaging on warning salience and effectiveness, and longer-term response to warnings on standardized packs: a longitudinal online survey in the United Kingdom. Addiction Research & Theory, online 17^th October. doi:10.1080/16066359.2025.2574970

Uny I, Martin JG, Mitchell D, Ford A, Begley A, Howell R, Fitzpatrick D, Mackay D, Lewsey J and Fitzgerald N (2025). “It has some major knock-on effects”: ambulance clinicians’ experiences of attending alcohol-related call-outs and perceived impact on the Scottish ambulance service (IMPAACT study). Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, online 26^th October. doi:10.1080/09687637.2025.2576804

Nicholls J and Fitzgerald N (2025). Regulatory capture in UK alcohol licensing policy: The 2025 ‘licensing taskforce’ report. Addiction, 27^th October. doi:10.1111/add.70241

Dudman K, Schulte K and Dobson R (2025). Update air quality management to support meaningful public participation. Communications Earth & Environment, 6: 848. doi:10.1038/s43247-025-02818-9

Connell C, Kjellgren R, Savinc J, Dougall N, Kurdi A, Leyland A, Watson J and Hunt K (2025). Post-imprisonment healthcare contacts for mental health and substance use: A Scottish cohort study. [Conference abstract] European Journal of Public Health, 35(Suppl. 4): iv32-iv33. doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckaf161.078

Burton R, Leggio L, Louvet A, Sheron N and Singal AK (2025). Prevention of alcohol-associated liver disease. The American Journal of Gastroenterology, 120(11): 2487-2501. doi:10.14309/ajg.0000000000003427

Khan SA, Zahra FT, Farzeen M, Khan A, Siddiqi K, Bauld L and Moodie C (2025). The perceptions of nicotine pouches (Velo) among adolescents in Pakistan: A qualitative study. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, online 3^rd November. doi:10.1093/ntr/ntaf223

MacGregor A, Shields J, Hamid A, Holman E, Biggs H, Minty S, Pearce J and Ford A (2025). ‘I’d rather have worse gums than worse lungs’: Young people’s views of nicotine pouches in the UK. Addiction, online 5^th November. doi:10.1111/add.70214

Mitchell G, Baker C, Schalkwyk MCV, Maani N and Petticrew M (2025). Do alcohol industry-funded organisations act to correct misinformation? A qualitative study of pregnancy and infant health content following independent analysis. Globalization and Health, 21: 68. doi:10.1186/s12992-025-01125-4

Li J, Wu Q, Parrott S, Cox S, Pesola F, Soar K, Brown R, Ford A, Hajek P, Notley C, Robson D, Ward E, Varley A, Mair C, McMillan L, Lennon J, Brierley J, Edwards A, Gardner B, Tyler A, Bauld L and Dawkins L (2025). Cost-effectiveness of e-cigarettes for smoking cessation at homeless support centres: SCeTCH cRCT. Public Health Research, online 12^th November: 1-45. doi:10.3310/GJLD2428

Burton R, Theron M, Semple S, Shield K and Parry CDH (2025). Mind the gap: rethinking global alcohol metrics in high-abstention low-income and middle-income countries. The Lancet Global Health, online 12^th November. doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(25)00396-1

Tappin D, Mackay D, Reynolds L and Fitzgerald N (2025). A prospective cohort study to assess if alcohol intake measured by routine pregnancy self-report predicts developmental concerns uncovered by routine health visitor screening of children at 30 months of age. Archives Public Health, 83: 283. doi:10.1186/s13690-025-01766-2

Burton R, Trangenstein P, Cook M, Fitzgerald N and Nicholls J (2025). Quantitative controls on the number and/or location of alcohol retail outlets: an overview of approaches in the USA and Canada. International Journal of Drug Policy, 147: 105075. doi:10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.105075

Morojele N, Laslett AM, Taylor N, Cook M and Martin JG (2025). Editorial: Alcohol harms, alcohol use disorder predictors, alcohol-free mock beverages, and health and social services. International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research, 13(2): 28-30. doi:10.7895/ijadr.661

Critchlow N, MacKintosh AM and Ford A (2025). Where do adults see alcohol marketing? Insight from a cross-sectional survey in the United Kingdom. Journal of Public Health, 47(4): e586-e596. doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdaf118

Hackworth EE, Sun Y, Petillo S, Xiong L, Vidaña-Pérez D, Yang CH, Kim M, Moodie C, Ferguson S, Hammond D, Niederdeppe J and Thrasher JF (2025). Evaluating early implementation of the innovative Canadian policy of cigarette stick warnings among adults in Canada who smoke: An assessment using repeat cross-sectional surveys and daily diaries. Tobacco Induced Diseases, 23(Nov): 185. doi:10.18332/tid/211649

Dobbie F, Miller M, Niven A, Wardle H, Weir C, Ensor H, Stoddart A, Griffiths D, Noble L, Purves R and White J (2025). Preventing gambling-related harm in adolescents (PRoGRAM-A), a secondary school-based social network intervention: Results from a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial. Addiction, online 12^th December. doi:10.1111/add.70267

Valério I, Uny I, Burela A, Piazza M, Petticrew M, Fitzgerald N and Sanchez ZM (2025). Untangling the complex web of alcohol policy needs and potential solutions in Brazil: evidence from civil society and political stakeholders. Health Policy and Planning, online 18^th December: czaf104. doi:10.1093/heapol/czaf104

Villarroel-Williams N, Teodorowski P, Semple S, Tigova O, Fernández E and O’Donnell R (2025). 215 Involving migrant communities: a Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) case study from Scotland and future research reflections. [Conference abstract] European Journal of Public Health, 35(Suppl. 6): vi19. doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckaf180.053

Jones D, Best C and Moodie C (2025). No change in illicit tobacco use following the introduction of standardised packaging? A longitudinal online survey in the United Kingdom. Tobacco Use Insights, online 18^th December. doi:10.1177/1179173X251405166

Maxwell KJ, Emslie C, O’Donnell R, Mitchell G, Cook M, Uny I, Lewsey J, McIntosh E, Mohan A, Angus C and Fitzgerald N (2025). Public perceptions of harms and benefits of increasing alcohol venue trading hours: a deliberative focus group study. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, online 18^th December. doi:10.1080/09687637.2025.2599910

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