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QMUL Health & Lifestyle Research @HealthQMUL

Health and Lifestyle Research Unit at Queen Mary University of London. Specialising in smoking cessation and weight management research.

Joined September 2018
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Research opportunity: Are you a vaper who also smokes? Want to help with an important research study? Find out more here: qmul.ac.uk/wolfson/research-… #vaping #smoking #research #vapedaily #Stoptober #Vape #Ecigarette #vapecommunity #vapor #ejuice #eliquid #vapeshop #ecig #dualuser
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Thank you to everyone that joined us today, very engaging and important discussions had. #UKecigbriefing
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Martin Dockrell from @PHE_uk asking is it time for something better? #UKecigbriefing #PHE #QMUL
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Dr. Katie Myers-Smith @KTSmith2012 from @HealthQMUL 63% of smokers offered an ecig starter kit quit smoking at 4 weeks. Salford swap to shop project. #UKecigbriefing
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Dr. Rachna Berg from University of Oxford discussing on going trial of managing smoking in primary care using ecigs #UKecigbriefing #research
Stop Smoking Specialist Kirsten McCalpine. City of London Service offer ecigs in addition to standard treatment of NRT or champix. Ecigs very cost effective. #UKecigbriefing
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Louise Ross from @NCSCT describing experience of ecig friendly service in Leicester. High success rates of quitting in smokers switching to vaping, up to 60%!! #UKecigbriefing #trailblazer #RCT #ecig #vaping
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Stop Smoking Services in UK should offer treatments that are more effective and cost effective to those that want it #UKecigbriefing #RCT #ecig #vaping
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Conclusion: ecigs produce higher quit rates than NRT #UKecigbriefing #RCT #vaping #ecig
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Limtations: could not be blinded, unable to generalise to smokers using ecigs without support, unlikely to apply to first generation ecigs #UKecigbriefing
Why were ecigs more effective? Ecigs better at withdrawl relief and subjective effects #UKecigbriefing #RCT #research #vaping #ecigs
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People who used ecigs reported less respitory infections at 1 year #UKecigbriefing #RCT #ecig #vaping
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NRT cost to NHS for 3 months £120 vs £30.25 for ecig #UKecigbriefing
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Results: At 1 year 18.1% ecig users were abstinent at 1 year compared to 9.9% using NRT #UKecigbriefing
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Results: Ecig users had significantly less urges to smoke than those using NRT at 4 weeks #UKecigbriefing #RCT #ecig #vaping
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Prof. Peter Hajek from @HealthQMUL describing the procedures of our RCT on NRT and E-CIG #UKecigbriefing #QMUL #NRT #ecig #RCT #research
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Talking through the evidence on #ecig efficacy prior to the TEC trial @robertjwest #UKecigbriefing #research #QMUL #UCL
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Thank you for joining us Ann McNeill and chairing today's briefing @KingsNRG #UKecigbriefing #research #QMUL #KCL
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Welcome address by Professor Jack Cuzick #UKecigbriefing #QMUL #ecig #research
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#UKecigbriefing
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Getting set up in this incredible historical room #UKecigbriefing @QMUL @QMULBartsTheLon
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