Research Fellow, Health Psychologist and Health behaviour specialist at QMUL
Joined December 2012
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Dr Katie Myers Smith retweeted
9 Aug 2023
Still looking for a PhD student to come and work with me & @cat_kimber @LSBU @CABR_LSBU on vaping dependence in young people. Fully funded, home students only. Please RT. DM me for further info.
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Dr Katie Myers Smith retweeted
2 Aug 2023
NEW #HealthTechnologyAssessment report led by @QMUL_WIPH authors shows #ecigs probably more effective than #nicotine patches to help pregnant smokers quit may also reduce incidence of low birthweight babies born to pregnant smokers
Read more here: qmul.ac.uk/wiph/news/latest-…
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Dr Katie Myers Smith retweeted
New report by our @QMULQuitSmoking team:
➡️E-cigarettes may be better than nicotine patches to help pregnant smokers quit 🤰
➡️E-cigarettes may reduce the incidence of low birthweight in babies born to pregnant smokers 👶
qmul.ac.uk/wiph/news/latest-…
@QMUL_WIPH @StopSmokingLDN
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Dr Katie Myers Smith retweeted
Shout out to our @QMULQuitSmoking team, led by Prof Peter Hajek, whose research is changing treatment advice & policies around #smoking cessation during #pregnancy to reduce maternal and child morbidity! 🚭🤰👶👏
ALT Picture of presentation taking place in lecture theatre, with slides showcasing impact of Peter Hajek's research into smoking cessation during pregnancy
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Please encourage all vapers, whether friends, family, clients or colleagues, to support this survey. Please RT too, thank you
forms.gle/DAfEvr8XVjfrqZ6A7
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Dr Katie Myers Smith retweeted
2 Jul 2020
URGENT MISSING PERSON!
Pardeep Kaur Plaha 23yrs Old from Leytonstone, East London,
She has been missing since 10:30 this morning went for her normal daily walk and has not been in contact at all with any family friend since. Sikh Youth UK team 07983 693537.
#Missingperson
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16 May 2020
Henry turns 5 next week so we are celebrating by raising money for the wonderful charity @PeepsHie x Donate at givi.ng/gh9u
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3 May 2020
I need to stop reading @Nigella_Lawson recipe books to relax. I end up making hokey pokey for breakfast!
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Dr Katie Myers Smith retweeted
29 Jan 2020
Prof Taylor kicks off #BTOG2020 highlighting that MRI is as good as PET for #LungCancer staging and is quicker, cheaper and preferred by patients, so why is it not in routine use?
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17 Dec 2019
So pleased our study is getting the coverage it deserves. We hope the message is filtering down to smokers @NCSCT @grannylouisa
17 Dec 2019
A study led by Professor Peter Hajek from Queen Mary suggesting e-cigarettes are more effective than nicotine replacement therapy in supporting smokers to quit is one of the year’s most talked about research papers. bit.ly/2sxNgsw
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Dr Katie Myers Smith retweeted
16 Dec 2019
Using e‐cigarettes with standard behavioural support in stop‐smoking services in England is likely to be more cost‐effective than using nicotine replacement therapy onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Dr Katie Myers Smith retweeted
13 Dec 2019
Calling all UK dentists and dental hygienists & therapists working in primary care!
Please complete this rapid survey to give your views on a proposed trial on enhancing smoking cessation in dentistry.
6 questions - 5 minutes - anonymous
response.questback.com/nhsed…
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Dr Katie Myers Smith retweeted
Congratulations to the PREP team, @KTSmith2012 and colleagues have recruited to target 4 months early! PREP is a trial looking at E-cigarettes and patches during pregnancy, run by @HealthQMUL #ecigarettes #vaping
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Dr Katie Myers Smith retweeted
10 Nov 2019
Please could you take 2 minutes to vote for Peeps? We could be in with a chance of winning £1000 😀!All you need to do is enter our charity number 1179495. Many thanks!
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Dr Katie Myers Smith retweeted
6 Nov 2019
New @CRUK_Policy funded project, v important, led by QMUL
& Kings @UKCTAS @SPECTRUMRes:
They are creating a huge bank of long-term health data on vapers, and they need your help!: mailchi.mp/3f9d75b34377/ecre…
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Dr Katie Myers Smith retweeted
12 Oct 2019
I enjoyed watching it so much I made a longer version...
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Dr Katie Myers Smith retweeted
12 Sep 2019
Our advice on e-cigarettes remains unchanged - vaping isn’t completely risk free but is far less harmful than smoking tobacco. There is no situation where it would be better for your health to continue smoking rather than switching completely to vaping publichealthmatters.blog.gov…
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Vital information for stop smoking services who want to include vaping in their list of options. Thank you @KTSmith2012
ncsct.co.uk/usr/pub/Trial …
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