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Highlights:

• East, K., Taylor, E., McNeill, A., Bakolis, I., Taylor, A., Maynard, O., Munafò, M. R., Khouja, J. (2025). Perceived Harm of Vaping Relative to Smoking and Associations With Subsequent Smoking and Vaping Behaviors Among Young Adults: Evidence From a UK Cohort Study. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntaf018.

• East, K., Vu, G., Sun, T., D’Mello, K., Perman-Howe, P.R., Taylor, E., Nottage, M., Brose, L., Robson, D. McNeill, A. (2024). Harm perceptions across vaping product features: an online cross-sectional survey of adults who smoke and/or vape in the United Kingdom. Addiction. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/add.16572

• East, K., Taylor, E. V., Simonavičius, E., Reid, J. L., Burkhalter, R., McNeill, A., Hammond, D. (2024). Use of ‘Elf Bar’ Among Youth and Young Adults who Currently Vape in England: Cross-Sectional Associations with Demographics, Dependence Indicators, and Reasons for Use. Addiction. DOI: 10.1111/add.16463.

• East, K., Taylor, E. V., Simonavičius, E., Nottage, M., Reid, J. L., Burkhalter, R., Brose, L., Wackowski, O., Liber, A., McNeill, A., Hammond, D. (2024). Noticing education campaigns or public health messages about vaping among youth in the United States, Canada and England from 2018 to 2022. Health Education Research, cyad044. DOI: 10.1093/her/cyad044.

• Taylor, E., Arnott, D., Cheeseman, H., Hammond, D., Reid, J. L., McNeill, A., Driezen, P., East, K. (2023). Association of Fully Branded and Standardized e-Cigarette Packaging With Interest in Trying Products Among Youths and Adults in Great Britain. JAMA Network Open, 6(3), e231799-e231799. DOI: doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.1799. Link.

• East, K., Reid, J. L., Burkhalter, R., Kock, L., Hyland, A., Fong, G. T., Hammond, D. (2022) Menthol cigarette smoking among youth in England, Canada, and the US, 2018-2020: Evaluating the impact of the menthol cigarette ban in England. JAMA Network Open. DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.10029. Link.

• East, K., Miller, C. R., Hitchman, S. C., McNeill, A., & Tompkins, C. N. E. T. (2022) ‘It’s not what you’d term normal smoking’: A qualitative exploration of language used to describe Heated Tobacco Product (HTP) use and associated user identity. Addiction. DOI: doi.org/10.1111/add.16051. Link.

• D’Mello, K., Hammond, D., Mahamad, S., Wiggers, W., & East, K. (2022). Nicotine content, labelling, and flavours of e-cigarettes in Canada: a scan of the online retail market. Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, 42(1): 4-11 DOI: 10.24095/hpcdp.42.1.02. Link.

• Yong, H., Tagliaferri, S., Gravely, S., Borland, R., Cummings, K. M., East, K., Hyland, A., Bansal-Travers, M., Fong, G. T. (2022). Do smokers’ perceptions of the harmfulness of nicotine replacement therapy and nicotine vaping products as compared to cigarettes influence their use as an aid for smoking cessation? Findings from the ITC Four Country Smoking and Vaping Surveys. Nicotine and Tobacco Research. DOI: doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntac087. Link.

• East, K., Tompkins, C. N. E. T., McNeill, A., & Hitchman, S. C. (2021). I perceive it to be less harmful, I have no idea if it is or not:’ A qualitative exploration of the harm perceptions of IQOS among adult users. Harm Reduction Journal, 18:42. DOI: 10.1186/s12954-021-00490-8. Link.

• East, K., Reid, J. L., Rynard, V. L., & Hammond, D. (2021). Trends and patterns of tobacco and nicotine product use among youth in Canada, England, and the US from 2017-2019. Journal of Adolescent Health. DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.02.011. Link.

• East, K., Hitchman, S. C., McNeill, A., Ferguson, S., Yong, H. H., Cummings, M. K., Fong, G. T., & Borland, R. (2021). Trends in social norms towards smoking between 2002 and 2015 among daily smokers: Findings from the International Tobacco Control Four Country Survey (ITC 4C). Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 23 (1), 203-211. DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntz179. Link.

• East, K., Hitchman, S. C., Bakolis, I., Williams, S., Cheeseman, H., Arnott, D., & McNeill, A. (2018). The association between smoking and electronic cigarette use in a cohort of young people. Journal of Adolescent Health, 62(5), 539-547. DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2017.11.301. Link.