Oxford Tobacco Addiction Group

Our group produces primary research and systematic reviews of the evidence on interventions to prevent and treat tobacco addiction. This includes interventions for smoking cessation, for preventing smoking uptake, and public policy interventions for reducing smoking prevalence.

WHO WE ARE

We are a group of researchers and doctoral students based within the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine and the Interdisciplinary Research in Health Sciences team at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, chaired by Dr Nicola Lindson. We work together to produce research that reduces the burden of tobacco use and smoking-related disease. We do not take any funding from the tobacco or vape industry.

Tobacco reduction & cessation interventions

Emerging nicotine products (e-cigarettes, heated tobacco, nicotine pouches)

Smoking reduction strategies, including behavioural support and pharmacotherapies

Brief advice and intervention delivery

Evaluating effectiveness, safety, and implementation

Smoking and quitting in priority populations

Smoking behaviours and cessation in marginalised groups, including:

People experiencing financial hardship
People with chronic / long-term conditions (e.g., cardiovascular disease)
People with mental health conditions
Various cultural communities

Research Methods

Systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and scoping reviews

Randomised controlled trials and service evaluations

Epidemiology and psychological experiments

Stakeholder engagement and public & patient involvement (PPI)

Qualitative approaches (interviews, conversation analysis)

Intervention development and knowledge translation

Teaching & Supervision

Health behaviour change and evidence-based healthcare

Systematic review methodology

Tobacco, smoking, and nicotine research

Evolutionary medicine and translational health sciences

Implementation science and knowledge translation

Advanced qualitative research methods and NVivo training

MSc & DPhil supervision

Training health care professionals

Key Projects

Electronic Cigarettes for Smoking Cessation and Interventions for Quitting Vaping: Cochrane Living Systematic Review

Exploring vaping and later smoking in young people an evidence mapping synthesis programme

Brief opportunistic Smoking cessation Advice for financially Vulnerable Individuals accessiNG financial Support (SAVINGS): a randomised controlled trial

Tobacco RIsk reDuction with E-cigarette Nicotine Therapy among adults with serious mental illness (TRIDENT)

Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group Twentieth Anniversary Priority Setting

DOCTORAL RESEARCH PROJECTS

Socioeconomic inequalities and smoking cessation behaviours and outcomes (Annika Theodoulou)

Culturally-tailored tobacco use harm reduction and cessation: defining elements for an evidence-based intervention for Arab populations using a mixed methods approach (Andrea Leinberger-Jabari)

Exploring the role of mood in early relapse in both smoking and vaping quit attempts, particularly in individuals with a history of mood disorders (Ethan Knight)

MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS

Policy Documents

SONGS and Podcasts

Our Team

Nicola Lindson

Associate Professor
Ailsa Butler

Postdoctoral Researcher & Systematic Reviewer
Amelia Talbot

Postdoctoral Qualitative Researcher
Andrea Leinberger-Jabari

DPhil Candidate
Angela Wu

Senior Researcher & Lecturer
Annika Theodoulou

Researcher
Ethan Knight

Research Assistant
Jack Joyce

Research Programme Manager
Jonathan Livingstone-Banks

Lecturer & Senior Researcher in Evidence-Based Healthcare
Monserrat Guilherme Conde

Researcher
Rachna Begh

Deputy Course Director, MSc Translational Health Sciences & University Research Lecturer
Xinxin Yang

Qualitative Researcher