Professor Ann McNeill
Professor of Tobacco Addiction
Research interests
- Mental Health
Contact details
Biography
Professor Ann McNeill is Professor of Tobacco Addiction in the Department of Addictions. She believes an essential part of her role is enthusing, engaging and nurturing new and early career researchers and that building a diverse research workforce is critically important for success.
Ann was the IoPPN's inaugural Vice Dean for Culture, Diversity & Inclusion (CD&I), serving as the Chair of the Diversity & Inclusion Self-Assessment Team since 2015. She played a key role in shaping the Faculty's CD&I priorities during her time in post and led a number of executive level initiatives to improve the gender balance and culture of decision making in Senior IoPPN Committees.
Research
Nicotine Research Group
Our research is translational, collaborative, impactful and truly international, and you can find out more about the various areas of our work via the project links below.
Harm Reduction
Aiming to reduce the harmfulness of nicotine use for those who wish to continue using it, or those who cannot stop smoking.
Project status: Ongoing
Policy
To reduce smoking in populations, a comprehensive strategy involving a number of different tobacco control policies is required.
Project status: Ongoing
Nicotine Research Group - PhD Projects
Read more about our current PhD students and their projects.
Project status: Ongoing
Mental Health Inequalities (SPECTRUM): Disrupting the relationship between mental health, stigma and unhealthy commodities
SPECTRUM Work Package 7: Disrupting the relationship between mental health, stigma and unhealthy commodities
Project status: Ongoing
The International Nicotine Product, Policy and Market (INPAM) Study
Predicting and Understanding the Use of nicotine products in a rapidly evolving marketplace: The International Nicotine Product, Policy and Market (INPAM) Study
Project status: Ongoing
Youth responses to e-cigarettes, e-cigarette retailing, and e-cigarette packaging in England, Canada and the United States
Youth responses to e-cigarettes, e-cigarette retailing, and e-cigarette packaging in England, Canada and the United States
Project status: Ongoing
Public Health and Multimorbidity - NIHR ARC South London
NIHR ARC South London: Public Health and Multimorbidity Theme
Project status: Ongoing
Vaping evidence reviews for Public Health England
The NRG leads the annual reviews of the evidence on e-cigarettes commissioned by Public Health England (now Office for Health Improvement and Disparities).
Project status: Ongoing
Vaping and smoking among people aged 16-19 in England
An NIHR funded study comparing toxicant and nicotine exposure among youth who vape with youth who smoke, youth who vape and smoke, and youth who do neither.
Project status: Ongoing
News
£5.5m NIHR funding to shape effective addictions policy across UK
New NIHR Policy Research Unit will be co-led by King’s College London in collaboration with the University of Sheffield and the University of Glasgow.
£25m NIHR funding to tackle health and social care issues
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) today awarded King’s £25m to tackle important long-standing and emerging health and social care...
Levels of those considered “severely distressed” rise steadily since the start of the pandemic
New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London, the Department of Behavioural Science & Health at...
Standardised packaging on vapes reduces appeal to teenagers
New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London and Action on Smoking and Health has found that...
Vaping substantially less harmful than smoking, largest review of its kind finds
New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London has found that the use of vaping products rather...
Evidence strengthens that vaping is effective for stopping smoking but not reaching its full potential with adult smokers
Smoking remains the largest single risk factor for death and years of life lived in ill-health and is a leading cause of health inequalities in England.
New report by King's researchers on vaping in England to inform national policy
The latest Public Health England (PHE) report on vaping, led by researchers from King’s College London, is published today.
Spotlight
Clearing the smoke: the evidence behind vaping
Cigarettes kill over half of their long-term users. The World Health Organisation (WHO) considers the tobacco epidemic to be one of the biggest public health...
Research
Nicotine Research Group
Our research is translational, collaborative, impactful and truly international, and you can find out more about the various areas of our work via the project links below.
Harm Reduction
Aiming to reduce the harmfulness of nicotine use for those who wish to continue using it, or those who cannot stop smoking.
Project status: Ongoing
Policy
To reduce smoking in populations, a comprehensive strategy involving a number of different tobacco control policies is required.
Project status: Ongoing
Nicotine Research Group - PhD Projects
Read more about our current PhD students and their projects.
Project status: Ongoing
Mental Health Inequalities (SPECTRUM): Disrupting the relationship between mental health, stigma and unhealthy commodities
SPECTRUM Work Package 7: Disrupting the relationship between mental health, stigma and unhealthy commodities
Project status: Ongoing
The International Nicotine Product, Policy and Market (INPAM) Study
Predicting and Understanding the Use of nicotine products in a rapidly evolving marketplace: The International Nicotine Product, Policy and Market (INPAM) Study
Project status: Ongoing
Youth responses to e-cigarettes, e-cigarette retailing, and e-cigarette packaging in England, Canada and the United States
Youth responses to e-cigarettes, e-cigarette retailing, and e-cigarette packaging in England, Canada and the United States
Project status: Ongoing
Public Health and Multimorbidity - NIHR ARC South London
NIHR ARC South London: Public Health and Multimorbidity Theme
Project status: Ongoing
Vaping evidence reviews for Public Health England
The NRG leads the annual reviews of the evidence on e-cigarettes commissioned by Public Health England (now Office for Health Improvement and Disparities).
Project status: Ongoing
Vaping and smoking among people aged 16-19 in England
An NIHR funded study comparing toxicant and nicotine exposure among youth who vape with youth who smoke, youth who vape and smoke, and youth who do neither.
Project status: Ongoing
News
£5.5m NIHR funding to shape effective addictions policy across UK
New NIHR Policy Research Unit will be co-led by King’s College London in collaboration with the University of Sheffield and the University of Glasgow.
£25m NIHR funding to tackle health and social care issues
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) today awarded King’s £25m to tackle important long-standing and emerging health and social care...
Levels of those considered “severely distressed” rise steadily since the start of the pandemic
New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London, the Department of Behavioural Science & Health at...
Standardised packaging on vapes reduces appeal to teenagers
New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London and Action on Smoking and Health has found that...
Vaping substantially less harmful than smoking, largest review of its kind finds
New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London has found that the use of vaping products rather...
Evidence strengthens that vaping is effective for stopping smoking but not reaching its full potential with adult smokers
Smoking remains the largest single risk factor for death and years of life lived in ill-health and is a leading cause of health inequalities in England.
New report by King's researchers on vaping in England to inform national policy
The latest Public Health England (PHE) report on vaping, led by researchers from King’s College London, is published today.
Spotlight
Clearing the smoke: the evidence behind vaping
Cigarettes kill over half of their long-term users. The World Health Organisation (WHO) considers the tobacco epidemic to be one of the biggest public health...