Prof Melanie Wakefield
Honorary (Professorial Fellow)
Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
391 Scholarly works
5 Projects
HIGHLIGHTS
2026
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Australian adolescents’ knowledge of smoking harms and misperceptions about tobacco products: a cross-sectional study
DOI: 10.1136/tc-2024-0590832026
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Do short-term responses to health warnings about product manipulations predict subsequent quitting-related behaviours? Findings from an Australian cohort study
DOI: 10.1136/tc-2025-0599072025
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Impact of health-oriented marketing claims on young adults’ alcohol product perceptions, hypothetical consumption, and beliefs: a randomized experiment
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agaf0612025
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Tobacco packaging littering behaviours among Australian adults who smoke: findings from cross-sectional and observational studies to inform the implementation of cigarette pack inserts
DOI: 10.1136/tc-2023-0585422025
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‘You Can Sort of Justify Having That Drink’: Australian Young Adults' Perspectives on the Appeal and Influence of ‘Better for You’ Alcohol Products
DOI: 10.1111/dar.700012025
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Misperceptions About the Effectiveness of Cutting Down and Low-Rate Daily Smoking for Reducing the Risk of Tobacco-Caused Harm
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntae2632025
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Tobacco package health warnings about product manipulations: An experimental study among Australian adults who smoke
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/daae210
RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS
2025
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Testing public communications about tobacco product bans: An online experiment with Australian adults who smoke
DOI: 10.1136/tc-2025-0593832025
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The Effects of Filter Ventilation and Expanded Tobacco on the Tar, Nicotine and Carbon Monoxide Yields from Cigarettes Sold in Australia
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph220100502024
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Evaluation of the population-level impacts of the LiveLighter® obesity prevention campaign from 2012 to 2019 based on serial cross-sectional surveys
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-18462-5
RECENT PROJECTS
Research Grant
Platypus
Research Grant
Narrative Social Influence: Narrative Communication as an Effective Means of Public Health Campaign
Research Grant
Narrative Social Influence: Narrative Communication as an Effective Means of Public Health Campaign
Research Grant
Epidemiology of Chronic Disease, Health Interventions and DNA Studies
Research Grant
Epidemiology of Chronic Disease, Health Interventions and DNA Studies