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Professor Ann McNeill

Academics
Supervisors

Professor of Tobacco Addiction

Research subject areas

Mental Health

Contact details

ann.mcneill@kcl.ac.uk

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.

Latest publications

Non-cigarette combustible tobacco use and its associations with subsequent cessation of smoking among daily cigarette smokers: findings from the International Tobacco Control Four Country Smoking and Vaping Surveys (2016–20)
Li, L., Borland, R., Cummings, K. M., Hyland, A., Le Grande, M., Fong, G. T. & McNeill, A., 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Addiction. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1111/add.16023
Exposure to Negative News Stories About Vaping, and Harm Perceptions of Vaping, Among Youth in England, Canada, and the United States Before and After the Outbreak of E-cigarette or Vaping-Associated Lung Injury ('EVALI')
East, K., Reid, J. L., Burkhalter, R., Wackowski, O. A., Thrasher, J. F., Tattan-Birch, H., Boudreau, C., Bansal-Travers, M., Liber, A. C., McNeill, A. & Hammond, D., 1 Sep 2022, In: Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. 24, 9, p. 1386-1395 10 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntac088
The association between smokers’ self-reported health problems and quitting: Findings from the ITC Four Country Smoking and Vaping Wave 1 Survey
Li, L., Borland, R., O’Connor, R. J., Fong, G. T., McNeill, A., Driezen, P. & Cummings, M. K., 2019, In: Tobacco Prevention and Cessation. 5, December, 49. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.18332/tpc/114085
Protocol for a feasibility study of longitudinal surveys to assess the impact of policies on tobacco use among school-going adolescents in South Asia
Iqbal, R., Mishu, M. P., Siddiqi, K., McNeill, A., Kanaan, M., Jackson, C., Huque, R., Kanan, S., Abdullah, S. M., Fieroze, F., Garg, S., Singh, M. M., Borle, A. L., Deshmukh, C., Akhter, Z., Mazhar, L., Khan, Z., Rehman, K., Ullah, S., Han, L. & 1 others, Readshaw, A., 1 Mar 2022, In: F1000Research. 9, 1123. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.25796.2
E-Cigarette Flavors, Devices, and Brands Used by Youths Before and After Partial Flavor Restrictions in the United States: Canada, England, and the United States, 2017‒2020
Hammond, D., Reid, J. L., Burkhalter, R., Bansal Travers, M., Gravely, S., Hyland, A., Kasza, K. & McNeill, A., 1 Jul 2022, In: American Journal of Public Health. 112, 7, p. 1014-1024 11 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2022.306780
Age-Related Interactions on Key Theoretical Determinants of Smoking Cessation: Findings from the ITC Four Country Smoking and Vaping Surveys (2016-2020)
Le Grande, M., Borland, R., Yong, H. H., McNeill, A., Fong, G. & Cummings, K. M., 1 May 2022, In: Nicotine and Tobacco Research. 24, 5, p. 679-689 11 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntab230
Differences in cigarette smoking quit attempts and cessation between adults who did and did not take up nicotine vaping: Findings from the ITC Four Country Smoking and Vaping Surveys
Gravely, S., Meng, G., Hammond, D., Hyland, A., Cummings, K. M., Borland, R., Kasza, K. A., Yong, H-H., Thompson, M. E., Quah, A. C. K., Ouimet, J., Martin, N., O'Connor, R. J., East, K., McNeill, A., Boudreau, C., Levy, D. T., Sweanor, D. T. & Fong, G. T., 17 Apr 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Addictive Behaviors. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Attitudes towards smoking and COVID-19, and changes in smoking behaviors before and after the outbreak of COVID-19: A nationwide cross-sectional survey study in China
Liao, Y., Tang, J., Quah, A. C. K., Fong, G. T. & McNeill, A., Feb 2022, In: Tobacco Induced Diseases. 20, February, 18. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.18332/tid/144242
Electronic cigarettes and subsequent cigarette smoking in young people
Hartmann-Boyce, J., Begh, R., Lindson, N., Livingstone-Banks, J., Fanshawe, T. R., McNeill, A., Shahab, L., Rigotti, N. A., Kneale, D., Thomas, J. & Aveyard, P., 24 Mar 2022, In: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2022, 3, CD015170. Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD015170
Exposure to negative news stories about vaping, and harm perceptions of vaping, among youth in England, Canada, and the US before and after the outbreak of E-cigarette or Vaping-Associated Lung Injury (EVALI)
East, K., Reid, J. L., Burkhalter, R., Wackowski, O. A., Thrasher, J. F., Tattan-Birch, H., Boudreau, C., Bansal-Travers, M., Liber, A., McNeill, A. & Hammond, D., 28 Mar 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Three vapes on a wooden table

23 February 2021

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…