Project
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Funded by Cancer Research UK.
Collaboration with University of Glasgow.
This study aimed to explore the role of e-cigarettes in the implementation of smoke-free prisons and ongoing management of prisoner populations. The study involved interviews with staff and people in custody (prisoners) to better understand perspectives and experiences of e-cigarettes in the prison setting before and after the implementation of a smoking ban. The study also analysed prisoner spending on items such as tobacco, e-cigarettes and food and drink, against critical stages in the implementation and routine management of smoke-free prisons. This study extends other recently completed research (the Tobacco in Prisons Study, ‘TIPs’) which was designed to inform and evaluate the implementation of a smoking ban in Scotland’s prisons.
Total award value £87,242.83
Professor, ISM
Article
McMeekin N, Wu O, Boyd K, Brown A, Tweed E, Best C, Craig P, Leyland A, Demou E, Pell J, Byrne T, Semple S, Sweeting H, Graham L & Hunt K (2022) Implementation of a national smoke-free prison policy: an economic evaluation within the Tobacco in Prisons (TIPs) study. Tobacco Control. https://doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-056991
Article
O'Donnell R, Brown A, Eadie D, Mitchell D, Bauld L, Demou E, Purves R, Sweeting H & Hunt K (2022) Challenges associated with e-cigarette use by people in custody in Scottish prisons: a qualitative interview study with prison staff. BMJ Open, 12 (2), Art. No.: e051009. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-051009
Article
Brown A, O’Donnell R, Eadie D, Ford A, Mitchell D, Hackett A, Sweeting H, Bauld L & Hunt K (2021) E-cigarette use in prisons with recently established smokefree policies: a qualitative interview study with people in custody in Scotland. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 23 (6), pp. 939-946. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntaa271
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Brown A, O'Donnell R, Eadie D, Purves R, Sweeting H, Ford A, Bauld L & Hunt K (2021) Initial views and experiences of vaping in prisons: a qualitative study with people in custody preparing for the imminent implementation of Scotland's prison smokefree policy. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 23 (3), pp. 543-549. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntaa088