Research into Smoking and Substance Misuse

Research into smoking and substance misuse in the centre for public health has focused on identifying interventions to reduce smoking and drug related harm.

Previous research:

Digital Health Interventions for Cancer Prevention (Caroline Wright et al)

FRANK Friends study

PRoGRAM-A (PReventing Gambling RelAted Harm in Adolescents) (Campbell et al)

ASSIST: A Stop Smoking in Schools Trial

ASSIST + Frank: Adapting and piloting the ASSIST model of informal peer-led intervention delivery to the Talk to Frank drug prevention programme in UK secondary schools (ASSIST+Frank): intervention development and a pilot trial

Th e Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) and adolescent substance use trajectories: consolidation of a UK research resource

The effects of Positive Youth Development interventions on substance use, violence and inequalities: systematic review of theories of change, processes and outcomes

Evaluating Smokefree Homes Service in Stoke-on-Trent

The Filter FE Challenge: pilot trial and process evaluation of a multi-level smoking prevention intervention in further education settings

How can mainstream subject lessons in schools help to prevent substance misuse and violence among young people? Systematic review and evidence sythesis.

Interventions integrating health and academic interventions to prevent substance use and violence: a systematic review and synthesis of process evaluations (Campbell et al)

Script in a Day: A feasibility trial for injecting drug users

A systematic review and synthesis of theories of change of school-based interventions integrating health and academic education as a novel means of preventing violence and substance use among students (Campbell et al)