Amanda Farley
@drafarley.bsky.social
Associate Professor at University of Birmingham, UK. Public Health/Epidemiology/Behaviour change/Tobacco/Vaping/Addiction Recovery
HEA Fellow ~ PGR Lead ~ IPCRG Research Lead ~ Associate Editor Addiction Journal ~ President SRNT-Europe
HEA Fellow ~ PGR Lead ~ IPCRG Research Lead ~ Associate Editor Addiction Journal ~ President SRNT-Europe
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We are now accepting registrations for #SCaH2026.
Super Early Bird rates are available for in-person and online delegates.
Birmingham | Online | 15.09.26
smokingcessationandhealth.co.uk/register-for...
Super Early Bird rates are available for in-person and online delegates.
Birmingham | Online | 15.09.26
smokingcessationandhealth.co.uk/register-for...
October 2, 2025 at 5:23 PM
We are now accepting registrations for #SCaH2026.
Super Early Bird rates are available for in-person and online delegates.
Birmingham | Online | 15.09.26
smokingcessationandhealth.co.uk/register-for...
Super Early Bird rates are available for in-person and online delegates.
Birmingham | Online | 15.09.26
smokingcessationandhealth.co.uk/register-for...
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Among people who use heroin, tobacco smoking and illegal drugs cause a similar number of premature deaths buff.ly/tIC0Fqp @danlewer.bsky.social @tattanbirch.bsky.social @sharoncox.bsky.social
buff.ly
July 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Among people who use heroin, tobacco smoking and illegal drugs cause a similar number of premature deaths buff.ly/tIC0Fqp @danlewer.bsky.social @tattanbirch.bsky.social @sharoncox.bsky.social
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We are excited to launch the SRNT Treatment Research Network Bluesky account! Follow for the latest treatment research and professional activities from @ntrjournal.bsky.social and the field of nicotine and tobacco science🎉🎉🎉
May 15, 2025 at 10:02 PM
We are excited to launch the SRNT Treatment Research Network Bluesky account! Follow for the latest treatment research and professional activities from @ntrjournal.bsky.social and the field of nicotine and tobacco science🎉🎉🎉
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🚨 Deadline Extended! 🚨 You now have 2 extra weeks to submit your abstract! The new deadline is Sunday, 13 April at 23:59 CET. Don’t miss this chance—get your submissions in! 🔗srnt-e.org #SRNTE2025 #CallForAbstracts #DeadlineExtension
March 28, 2025 at 6:41 AM
🚨 Deadline Extended! 🚨 You now have 2 extra weeks to submit your abstract! The new deadline is Sunday, 13 April at 23:59 CET. Don’t miss this chance—get your submissions in! 🔗srnt-e.org #SRNTE2025 #CallForAbstracts #DeadlineExtension
Had a great time presenting our poster at #SRNT2025 about #smoking in people in recovery from drug/alcohol #addiction. V high prevalence and smoking related harms in this group. People are stopping smoking but more to do to further #support this.
March 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Had a great time presenting our poster at #SRNT2025 about #smoking in people in recovery from drug/alcohol #addiction. V high prevalence and smoking related harms in this group. People are stopping smoking but more to do to further #support this.
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Today is International Day of Women & Girls in Science.
Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM
Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM
February 11, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Today is International Day of Women & Girls in Science.
Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM
Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM
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New study backs up what a lot of us have been saying for a while now: smartphone bans in school aren't a magic fix for everything we're worrying about. It's time to start seriously thinking about how we build better digital literacy skills: www.theguardian.com/education/20...
School ban on phones does not improve grades or health, says UK study
Researchers find restrictive policies do not lower overall time children spend on their phones throughout the day
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2025 at 9:22 AM
New study backs up what a lot of us have been saying for a while now: smartphone bans in school aren't a magic fix for everything we're worrying about. It's time to start seriously thinking about how we build better digital literacy skills: www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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The SRNT-E debate is back!
Please submit your ideas to me! DO NOT REPLY HERE
s.cox@ucl.ac.uk
1. What is the topic?
2. Why does it matter/now?
3. Why should we care?
4. What could we learn from this debate?
Submissions into me, rated by a panel (blind)
@drsarahejackson.bsky.social
Please submit your ideas to me! DO NOT REPLY HERE
s.cox@ucl.ac.uk
1. What is the topic?
2. Why does it matter/now?
3. Why should we care?
4. What could we learn from this debate?
Submissions into me, rated by a panel (blind)
@drsarahejackson.bsky.social
January 22, 2025 at 8:04 AM
The SRNT-E debate is back!
Please submit your ideas to me! DO NOT REPLY HERE
s.cox@ucl.ac.uk
1. What is the topic?
2. Why does it matter/now?
3. Why should we care?
4. What could we learn from this debate?
Submissions into me, rated by a panel (blind)
@drsarahejackson.bsky.social
Please submit your ideas to me! DO NOT REPLY HERE
s.cox@ucl.ac.uk
1. What is the topic?
2. Why does it matter/now?
3. Why should we care?
4. What could we learn from this debate?
Submissions into me, rated by a panel (blind)
@drsarahejackson.bsky.social
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Some of you may be interested in this webinar: Supporting hidden populations with smoking
We discuss 3 approaches to reduce inequalities
1. Better estimates
2. Changing culture
3. Acceptable interventions
With thanks to @ashorg.bsky.social
@ucl-targ.bsky.social
m.youtube.com/watch?v=W5BQ...
We discuss 3 approaches to reduce inequalities
1. Better estimates
2. Changing culture
3. Acceptable interventions
With thanks to @ashorg.bsky.social
@ucl-targ.bsky.social
m.youtube.com/watch?v=W5BQ...
ASH Webinar: Supporting Hidden Populations with Smoking Cessation
YouTube video by ASH UK
m.youtube.com
January 20, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Some of you may be interested in this webinar: Supporting hidden populations with smoking
We discuss 3 approaches to reduce inequalities
1. Better estimates
2. Changing culture
3. Acceptable interventions
With thanks to @ashorg.bsky.social
@ucl-targ.bsky.social
m.youtube.com/watch?v=W5BQ...
We discuss 3 approaches to reduce inequalities
1. Better estimates
2. Changing culture
3. Acceptable interventions
With thanks to @ashorg.bsky.social
@ucl-targ.bsky.social
m.youtube.com/watch?v=W5BQ...
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New Cochrane review on interventions for quitting vaping - out today! www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10....
Interventions for quitting vaping - Butler, AR - 2025 | Cochrane Library
Select your preferred language for Cochrane reviews and other content. Sections without translation will be in English.
www.cochranelibrary.com
January 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
New Cochrane review on interventions for quitting vaping - out today! www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10....
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"Tobacco is still our biggest killer. This Bill will represent a sea change in terms of reducing harm caused by tobacco."
Our policy lead for addiction, Alison Challenger, Director of Public Health @wsccnews.bsky.social, has this afternoon given evidence to the Tobacco & Vapes Bill Committee.
Our policy lead for addiction, Alison Challenger, Director of Public Health @wsccnews.bsky.social, has this afternoon given evidence to the Tobacco & Vapes Bill Committee.
January 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
"Tobacco is still our biggest killer. This Bill will represent a sea change in terms of reducing harm caused by tobacco."
Our policy lead for addiction, Alison Challenger, Director of Public Health @wsccnews.bsky.social, has this afternoon given evidence to the Tobacco & Vapes Bill Committee.
Our policy lead for addiction, Alison Challenger, Director of Public Health @wsccnews.bsky.social, has this afternoon given evidence to the Tobacco & Vapes Bill Committee.
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Smoking kills.
It’s a message most people will have heard. But just how much does smoking affect life expectancy?
In a new editorial, we estimate that on average, each cigarette steals approximately 20 minutes of life.
@robertjwest.bsky.social @ucl-targ.bsky.social
It’s a message most people will have heard. But just how much does smoking affect life expectancy?
In a new editorial, we estimate that on average, each cigarette steals approximately 20 minutes of life.
@robertjwest.bsky.social @ucl-targ.bsky.social
The price of a cigarette: 20 minutes of life?
Click on the article title to read more.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 30, 2024 at 6:52 AM
Smoking kills.
It’s a message most people will have heard. But just how much does smoking affect life expectancy?
In a new editorial, we estimate that on average, each cigarette steals approximately 20 minutes of life.
@robertjwest.bsky.social @ucl-targ.bsky.social
It’s a message most people will have heard. But just how much does smoking affect life expectancy?
In a new editorial, we estimate that on average, each cigarette steals approximately 20 minutes of life.
@robertjwest.bsky.social @ucl-targ.bsky.social
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Scientists, academics, researchers: We’re excited to share that @altmetric.com is now tracking mentions of your research on Bluesky! 🧪
There are already many articles for which there is more attention on Bluesky than on other comparable micro-blogging sites, meaning the academic community and the general public have clearly adopted Bluesky as one of its core places to disseminate and discuss new research.
A Place of Joy.
A Place of Joy.
December 3, 2024 at 2:10 PM
Scientists, academics, researchers: We’re excited to share that @altmetric.com is now tracking mentions of your research on Bluesky! 🧪
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Honoured to be giving the Royal College of Psychiatrists President’s lecture today. My talk ‘Comorbidity, collaboration and compassion’ will cover substance use and MH disorders, service models, stigma, the role of experts by experience and more.
December 6, 2024 at 10:16 AM
Honoured to be giving the Royal College of Psychiatrists President’s lecture today. My talk ‘Comorbidity, collaboration and compassion’ will cover substance use and MH disorders, service models, stigma, the role of experts by experience and more.
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OHID’s Richard Boden outlines the measures included in the Tobacco and Vapes Bill.
Text in red indicates new additions to this version of the bill.
#EcigSummit
Text in red indicates new additions to this version of the bill.
#EcigSummit
December 5, 2024 at 9:30 AM
OHID’s Richard Boden outlines the measures included in the Tobacco and Vapes Bill.
Text in red indicates new additions to this version of the bill.
#EcigSummit
Text in red indicates new additions to this version of the bill.
#EcigSummit
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Prof Alan Boobis mythbusting on the harms of e-cigarettes.
There is no evidence of a link between vaping and popcorn lung.
The chemical that causes popcorn lung (diacetyl) has been banned from use in e-cigs since 2016.
There have been no cases linked to vaping.
#EcigSummit
There is no evidence of a link between vaping and popcorn lung.
The chemical that causes popcorn lung (diacetyl) has been banned from use in e-cigs since 2016.
There have been no cases linked to vaping.
#EcigSummit
December 5, 2024 at 10:24 AM
Prof Alan Boobis mythbusting on the harms of e-cigarettes.
There is no evidence of a link between vaping and popcorn lung.
The chemical that causes popcorn lung (diacetyl) has been banned from use in e-cigs since 2016.
There have been no cases linked to vaping.
#EcigSummit
There is no evidence of a link between vaping and popcorn lung.
The chemical that causes popcorn lung (diacetyl) has been banned from use in e-cigs since 2016.
There have been no cases linked to vaping.
#EcigSummit
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There's still time to sign up for the UKSBM Early Career Network webinar on December 5th! We'll hear from Dr Jo Davan Wetton @drjodw.bsky.social and Dr Laura Wright about cross-sector working in Behavioural Science. Register here events.teams.microsoft.com/event/6dc609...
November 29, 2024 at 4:01 PM
There's still time to sign up for the UKSBM Early Career Network webinar on December 5th! We'll hear from Dr Jo Davan Wetton @drjodw.bsky.social and Dr Laura Wright about cross-sector working in Behavioural Science. Register here events.teams.microsoft.com/event/6dc609...
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The Behavioural Science Unit in Public Health Wales has issued the first issue of 'Bitesize BeSci' a great new quarterly bulletin aimed at sharing resources, info and case studies in behavioural science. Here's a link sway.cloud.microsoft/yWJTuJ5eDwZ4...
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Welcome to the first issue of Bitesize Be-Sci, a new quarterly publication from Public Health Wales' Behavioural Science Unit. Here, we'll feature examples of applied behavioural science from across t
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November 27, 2024 at 12:05 PM
The Behavioural Science Unit in Public Health Wales has issued the first issue of 'Bitesize BeSci' a great new quarterly bulletin aimed at sharing resources, info and case studies in behavioural science. Here's a link sway.cloud.microsoft/yWJTuJ5eDwZ4...
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This is so powerful. Lib Dem MP Helen Morgan discusses how she changed her mind to support to Tobacco & Vapes Bill after hearing from smoking survivors how addiction takes away personal choice.
Lived experience is so important.
Lived experience is so important.
Wonderful to hear @helenmorganlibdem.bsky.social speak about the impact of hearing personal stories shared at the APPG on Smoking and Health's Smoking Survivors event. #TobaccoAndVapesBill
November 27, 2024 at 9:08 AM
This is so powerful. Lib Dem MP Helen Morgan discusses how she changed her mind to support to Tobacco & Vapes Bill after hearing from smoking survivors how addiction takes away personal choice.
Lived experience is so important.
Lived experience is so important.
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Wonderful to hear @helenmorganlibdem.bsky.social speak about the impact of hearing personal stories shared at the APPG on Smoking and Health's Smoking Survivors event. #TobaccoAndVapesBill
November 26, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Wonderful to hear @helenmorganlibdem.bsky.social speak about the impact of hearing personal stories shared at the APPG on Smoking and Health's Smoking Survivors event. #TobaccoAndVapesBill
The Tobacco and Vapes bill has passed its second reading in the Commons by 415 votes to 47 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
To track the bill through parliament, see here: bills.parliament.uk/bills/3879
To track the bill through parliament, see here: bills.parliament.uk/bills/3879
MPs back plans for phased smoking ban
The legislation would make it illegal for anyone aged 15 or younger to ever buy cigarettes in the UK.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2024 at 10:08 PM
The Tobacco and Vapes bill has passed its second reading in the Commons by 415 votes to 47 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
To track the bill through parliament, see here: bills.parliament.uk/bills/3879
To track the bill through parliament, see here: bills.parliament.uk/bills/3879
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Interested in Public Health? Find out more about our MPH programme at our University of Birmingham virtual open day event - 9am UK time 3rd December. Register here pg.bham.ac.uk/events/event...
Discover MPH Public Health at Birmingham - Postgraduate Online Events
Opportunity to hear from Dr Derek Ward and Dr Laura Kudrna and ask any questions you have about studying Public Health at Birmingham. Covering all main domains of public health, as well as the theoret...
pg.bham.ac.uk
November 25, 2024 at 3:47 PM
Interested in Public Health? Find out more about our MPH programme at our University of Birmingham virtual open day event - 9am UK time 3rd December. Register here pg.bham.ac.uk/events/event...
Great to see you today Lisa and team! Really interesting to hear about all your great work, lots of scope for collaboration ahead 😊
I enjoyed spending time today with staff from the Dept of Applied Health Sciences at University of Birmingham.
My Worcestershire Public Health colleagues were there to talk about some exciting new work that we have underway and explore possible collaborations with UoB.
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My Worcestershire Public Health colleagues were there to talk about some exciting new work that we have underway and explore possible collaborations with UoB.
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November 25, 2024 at 9:48 PM
Great to see you today Lisa and team! Really interesting to hear about all your great work, lots of scope for collaboration ahead 😊
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New figures from @cancerresearchuk.org reveal smoking could cause nearly 300,000 cancer cases by 2029. Tomorrow’s second reading of the Tobacco & Vapes Bill is a key moment for MPs to consider measures to protect future generations.
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Smoking could cause 300,000 cancer cases in UK by 2029, study finds
Cancer Research urges MPs to back tobacco and vapes bill, saying damage caused by cigarettes cannot be ignored
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2024 at 2:08 PM
New figures from @cancerresearchuk.org reveal smoking could cause nearly 300,000 cancer cases by 2029. Tomorrow’s second reading of the Tobacco & Vapes Bill is a key moment for MPs to consider measures to protect future generations.
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...