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Katie East

Dr Katie East

  • Society for the Study of Addiction (SSA) Griffith Edwards Academic Fellow

Biography

Research

Cigarette
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

Selection of various vapes against neutral background
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...

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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...

Photo of Dr Katie East

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...

Vape white

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...

New report by King's researchers on vaping in England to inform national policy

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...

Academic CAG Early Career Research Prize Winners

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...

New report by King's researchers on vaping in England to inform national policy

Research

Cigarette
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

Selection of various vapes against neutral background
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...

Vape white

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...

Photo of Dr Katie East

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...

Vape white

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...

New report by King's researchers on vaping in England to inform national policy

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...

Academic CAG Early Career Research Prize Winners

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...

New report by King's researchers on vaping in England to inform national policy