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jamiebrown.bsky.social
Professor of Beh Sci & Health @UCL; Director @ UTARG. Beh sci & pub health (tobacco, e-cigarettes, alcohol & digital health). Also, Labour & Spurs.
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***Job Opportunity*** Join King's College London's work on the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Addictions, focusing on tobacco/nicotine. You'll have the chance to work on research directly impacting government policy (and collaborate with our team at Sheffield). www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLR998/r...

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One in 20 adults in England both smoke and vape, a figure that has risen sharply since 2021, with a growing proportion vaping more often than they smoke, finds a new study led by @drsarahejackson.bsky.social and Prof @jamiebrown.bsky.social @uclpophealthsci.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ja...

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BR-UK's January 2025 webinar on artificial intelligence in behavioural research is open for registration now.📅 🎙With speakers @jannahastings.bsky.social, @susanmichie.bsky.social and @robertjwest.bsky.social us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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I wrote a blog post for @instalcstud.bsky.social about the recent alcohol deaths figures for England and what might be behind them. Also features some pretty troubling news for the North East of England.

submitted 72 days ago • 1 comment

🌟New pre-print🌟 With @jschoeley.bsky.social, we used methods developed for estimating cause-specific excess deaths and applied them to UK alcohol duty revenue, both overall and by drink type, to estimate how recent trends in alcohol sales compared to pre-pandemic. 🧵 doi.org/10.1101/2024...

submitted 72 days ago • 2 comments

Prof Jamie Brown outlines potential reasons for the discrepancy between estimates of smoking prevalence in the APS and Smoking Toolkit Study. Changes in APS question wording may mean it’s missing a chunk of non-daily smoking - which has become more common. #EcigSummit @jamiebrown.bsky.social

submitted 83 days ago • 1 comment

NTR is officially on BlueSky! We're looking forward to sharing all of the exciting research published in our journal with you. Follow along for updates...

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For those joining BlueSky recently, you may be interested in joining this Behavioural Science starter pack - just let me know if you would like to be added - see go.bsky.app/CzLwTyZ

submitted 85 days ago • 34 comments

Our new paper, led by @drsarahejackson.bsky.social, looks at financial hardship and psychological distress during the cost-of-living crisis. We find high rates of reported financial difficulties and a strong association between these and psychological distress. doi.org/10.1016/j.so...

submitted 89 days ago • 1 comment

It would add real weight to Labour and @gwynnemp.bsky.social stated support for WHO FCTC if the UK Govt would commit to funding FCTC implementation - 0.008% of the aid budget and, once we pass tobacco legislation, something the UK will genuinely lead the world on 👇 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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New paper finds 1 in 8 adults (~7 million) in Great Britain in 2023 were finding it difficult to manage financially and 1 in 15 (~3.5m) had been in rent/mortgage arrears in the past year. Odds of psychological distress were much higher among these groups. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Excellent and considered debate at 2nd Reading of the Tobacco & Vapes Bill MP voting: 415 Ayes; 47 Noes A significant step forward towards a #SmokefreeUK

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New blogpost: deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/11/why-...

submitted 94 days ago • 168 comments

Our new training module about financial incentives for stopping smoking during pregnancy is here! elearning.ncsct.co.uk/financial_in...

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New @cancerresearchuk.org modelling suggests smoking could cause 300k new cancer cases in the UK in the next 5 years. The charity call on MPs to back the Tobacco & Vapes Bill tomorrow. The article also mentions our recent estimate of smoking uptake - paper here: academic.oup.com/ntr/advance-...

submitted 94 days ago • 1 comment

My starter for 10 on tobacco control people (and those with a more general interest that overlaps). Haven't managed to find anywhere near enough of you! Let me know who I should add: go.bsky.app/JFgppAm

submitted 105 days ago • 11 comments

Sharing a starter pack of colleagues on the journal editorial board. Please let us know if you're on Bluesky and we don't follow you yet, and we'll add you to the list! go.bsky.app/Fqgysj7

submitted 96 days ago • 2 comments

The updated website for the Drink Less app has just been launched - drinklessalcohol.com 💻🥳

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A new version of the @hbcproject.bsky.social paper summarising our first attempts at using AI/ML to extract information from smoking cessation RCT reports and predict outcomes has just been published. wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/8-4...

submitted 98 days ago • 1 comment

New paper shows a substantial rise in vaping among ex-smokers in England over the past decade. bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

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📢 EHPS Open Science SIG Webinar: Introduction to Registered Reports #OpenScience #BehaviouralScience 🗓️ Join us Thursday, November 28th at 12pm GMT, 1pm CET for a 1-hour webinar presented by Dr Aoife O'Mahony Register today to secure your spot: forms.gle/xyVYygK2jURe...

submitted 98 days ago • 0 comments

We’re advertising 3 new PhD Studentships within Equalise our new ESRC Centre for Lifecourse Health Equity. Please share widely..

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The new US Surgeon General's report on tobacco is out, and it is worth a read, not only if you are a tobacco researcher but also if you are interested in health disparities. For those who don't know, these are well-researched reports that come out every year. www.cdc.gov/tobacco-surg...

submitted 98 days ago • 1 comment

Want to know what the new Tobacco and Vapes Bill is all about and the timetable from here? Quick explainer from our PA lead Helen. First debate will be next Tuesday when the Bill reaches second reading. Follow @ashorguk.bsky.social for more of this

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