Research unit at King's College London focusing on policies across addiction prevention, treatment, harm reduction and recovery. Directed by Prof Leonie Brose and Prof John Holmes.
🌐: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/nihr-policy-research-unit-in-addictions
Policy Research Unit in Addictions
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Best of luck to our researcher Ellen McGrane who'll be presenting at
@kettilbruunsociety.bsky.social
#KBS2026!
You can read more on Ellen's work on alcohol policy modelling here: sarg-sheffield.ac.uk/blog/advanci...
AHTO Alcohol Harm To Others, important topic, over 1 milj people affected in NL and numbers are increasing.., very interesting presentation Koen Smit! #KBS2026 #AHTO
With a heavy heart, we thank our Co-Director, Professor Ann McNeill, as she retires after 40+ years of research into nicotine and tobacco addiction. We’re proud to celebrate her CBE for Services to Addiction and Mental Health, a fitting recognition of an extraordinary career.
Best of luck to our Gambling researcher Sarah Tipping who'll be presenting at @cagrconference.bsky.social! ✨ You can see some of Sarah's work and publications here: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/soci...
@shwardle.bsky.social
Best of luck to our Gambling researcher Sarah Tipping who'll be presenting at @cagrconference.bsky.social! ✨ You can see some of Sarah's work and publications here: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/soci...
@shwardle.bsky.social
New research from the Policy Research Unit in Addictions suggests the UK’s “Swap to Stop” scheme led to ~125,000 more people in England trying vaping to quit smoking in its first year.
Read the paper in @addictionjournal.bsky.social⬇️
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41785407/
Best of luck to our researcher Vera Buss who'll be presenting at @kettilbruunsociety.bsky.social #KBS2026! The PRU's Co-Director @jholmessheff.bsky.social is also in attendance.
You can read more on our work on alcohol here: www.kcl.ac.uk/research/nih...
The PRU will continue to be led by @jholmessheff.bsky.social and Prof. Leonie Brose who steps into Ann's role as the new co-director. @joneale.bsky.social will take up Leonie's previous role as the PRU's new deputy director.
More details about the study and the “Swap to Stop” scheme are available in the press release ⬇️
The analysis, based on Smoking Toolkit Study data, found an increase in vape-assisted quit attempts after the scheme launched in Dec 2023.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/governm...
KBS26 @kettilbruunsociety.bsky.social in Kaunas is on! Brilliant opening by President Gillian Shorter @gwshorter.bsky.social
