
Dr Katie East
- Society for the Study of Addiction (SSA) Griffith Edwards Academic Fellow
Contact details
Biography
Research

Nicotine Research Group
The Nicotine Research Group leads and collaborates on a variety of projects on tobacco harm reduction and e-cigarettes.

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

Vaping evidence reviews for Public Health England & OHID
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: Completed

Society for the Study of Addiction (SSA) Fellowship Projects
Society for the Study of Addiction SSA Fellowship Projects at King's College London KCL
Project status: Ongoing
News
Plain packaging may help tackle teen vaping
Plain packaging of vape pods reduces young people’s interest in trying them, but does not reduce interest among adults, according to a new study led by UCL...

Dr Katie East awarded the Fred Yates Prize for Early Career Researchers
Presented by the Society for the Study of Addiction (SSA), Dr Katie East was recognised for her outstanding contribution, predominantly in nicotine product...

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...

Winners of the 2022 Addictions Clinical Academic Group Early Career Research Prize announced
Dr Katie East, Dr Basak Tas, Alice Bowen, Eileen Brobbin, and Dr Will Lawn have been announced as Addictions Clinical Academic Group (CAG) Early Career...

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
The Nicotine Research Group leads and collaborates on a variety of projects on tobacco harm reduction and e-cigarettes.

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

Vaping evidence reviews for Public Health England & OHID
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: Completed

Society for the Study of Addiction (SSA) Fellowship Projects
Society for the Study of Addiction SSA Fellowship Projects at King's College London KCL
Project status: Ongoing
News
Plain packaging may help tackle teen vaping
Plain packaging of vape pods reduces young people’s interest in trying them, but does not reduce interest among adults, according to a new study led by UCL...

Dr Katie East awarded the Fred Yates Prize for Early Career Researchers
Presented by the Society for the Study of Addiction (SSA), Dr Katie East was recognised for her outstanding contribution, predominantly in nicotine product...

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...

Winners of the 2022 Addictions Clinical Academic Group Early Career Research Prize announced
Dr Katie East, Dr Basak Tas, Alice Bowen, Eileen Brobbin, and Dr Will Lawn have been announced as Addictions Clinical Academic Group (CAG) Early Career...

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...
