Miss Lauren McMillan

Research Assistant

Institute for Social Marketing Stirling

Miss Lauren McMillan

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About me

Lauren has a Masters in Health Psychology and works part-time as a research assistant at ISMH while she completes her PhD.

She works on the qualitative work packages of an NIHR-funded project evaluating the public health impact of reforms to the way the UK government taxes alcohol, accounting for the ongoing effects of the cost-of-living crisis.

Lauren previously worked on Project SCeTCH - a smoking cessation trial based in centres for people experiencing homelessness. The trial evaluated the effectiveness of offering an e-cigarette intervention plus 4 weeks worth of e-liquid vs usual care on smoking abstinence and changes in smoking behaviour. She was responsible for data collection across 6 Scottish sites and was part of the research team at Stirling who led the SCeTCH trial process evaluation.

Previously she was part of a DHSC-funded study that explored women's experiences of accessing contraceptive services during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Outputs (10)

Article

Exploring how an e-cigarette intervention influenced tobacco smoking behaviour in people accessing homelessness services: findings from the SCeTCH trial process evaluation

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 (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, Art. No.: 104901. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.104901

Article

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

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 (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, Art. No.: 394. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-025-04167-y

Conference Paper (unpublished)

A mixed methods process evaluation exploring the mechanisms through which an e-cigarette intervention produced changes in tobacco smoking behaviour among people accessing homelessness services

McMillan L & Ford A (2025) A mixed methods process evaluation exploring the mechanisms through which an e-cigarette intervention produced changes in tobacco smoking behaviour among people accessing homelessness services. Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT), New Orleans, USA, 12.03.2025-15.03.2025.

Conference Paper (unpublished)

Understanding the mechanisms through which an e-cigarette intervention produced changes in smoking behaviour among people accessing homelessness services: findings from a mixed methods process evaluation

McMillan L & Ford A (2024) Understanding the mechanisms through which an e-cigarette intervention produced changes in smoking behaviour among people accessing homelessness services: findings from a mixed methods process evaluation. Society for the Study of Addiction (SSA), Newcastle, 13.11.2024-15.11.2024.