Understanding the Impacts of Vaporised Nicotine Products on Smoking in Australia

Are sex differences in adolescent depression and anxiety driven by adrenarchal hormones? A causal mediation analysis from a prospective cohort study

D Luo, SM Sawyer, N Vijayakumar, SG Dashti

2026-03-15

Background Incident depression and anxiety rise from early adolescence, when sex differences around these disorders first emerge. ..

Trends in Noticing and Responding to, Health Warning Labels on Cigarette Packages Among Adults Who Smoke: Findings from the ITC Four Country Surveys Between 2002 and 2022

B Dhungel, R Borland, HH Yong, C Gartner, KA East, D Hammond, KM Cummings, A Hyland, M Bansal-Travers, A McNeill, S Gravely, GT Fong

2026-03-01

Introduction: We present data on 20-year (2002–2022) trends in reactions of smokers to Health Warning Label (HWL) changes (eg, inc..

Understanding the role of cessation fatigue in smoking relapse: Findings from the International Tobacco Control Four Country Smoking and Vaping Survey

HH Yong, R Borland, M Le Grande, CCY Hu, C Gartner, A Hyland, KM Cummings

2026-02-01

Background and Aim: Relapse risk among people who formerly smoke is influenced by task difficulty. Cessation fatigue (CF) may be a..

Support for banning sale of smoked tobacco products among adults who smoke: findings from the International Tobacco Control Four Country Smoking and Vaping Surveys (2018-2022)

M Le Grande, R Borland, S Gravely, M Cummings, A McNeill, HH Yong, CE Gartner

2025-12-19

BACKGROUND: Many people continue to smoke despite strong policies to deter use, thus stronger regulatory measures may be required...

Tracking the course of vaping and cigarette smoking across adolescence: the Child to Adult Transition Study

SM Sawyer, L Canterford, E Greenhalgh, S Ellul, N Vijayakumar, M Scollo, SG Dashti

2025-11-01

Background: Adolescence is characterised by incident substance use which carries risks for lifelong harms. In Australia, public he..

Do Australians use the prescription pathway when using nicotine vaping products to quit smoking?

Ron Borland, Michael Le Grande, Coral Gartner, Kylie Morphett

2024-06-01

BACKGROUND: In Australia, nicotine vaping products (NVPs) are only legally available to those with a prescription from a doctor. W..

Future nicotine use preferences of current cigarette smokers: Findings from the 2020 International Tobacco Control Four Country Smoking and Vaping Survey

L Li, R Borland, M Le Grande, C Gartner

2024-02-01

Introduction: Consumer preferences should be important factors that are considered when developing health policies and interventio..

Associations between smokers' knowledge of causes of smoking harm and related beliefs and behaviors: Findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Four Country Smoking and Vaping Survey

B King, R Borland, ML Grande, D Diaz, R O'Connor, K East, E Taylor, C Gartner, HH Yong

2023-10-01

Background Most smokers know that smoking is harmful to health, but less is known about their understanding of what causes the har..

Perceived Health and Capacity to Cope with Stress in Recent Ex-smokers: Impact of Vaping Versus Quitting All Nicotine

ML Grande, J Balmford, R Borland, A McNeill

2023-03-01

Introduction: Little is known about the continued use of nicotine following smoking cessation on perceived well-being in compariso..

Non-cigarette combustible tobacco use and its associations with subsequent cessation of smoking among daily cigarette smokers: findings from the International Tobacco Control Four Country Smoking and Vaping Surveys (2016–20)

L Li, R Borland, KM Cummings, A Hyland, M Le Grande, GT Fong, A McNeill

2023-01-01

Aims: To examine whether polyuse of cigarettes and other smoked products (polysmoking) is predictive of quit attempts and quit suc..

Do Smokers' Perceptions of the Harmfulness of Nicotine Replacement Therapy and Nicotine Vaping Products as Compared to Cigarettes Influence Their Use as an Aid for Smoking Cessation? Findings from the ITC Four Country Smoking and Vaping Surveys

HH Yong, S Gravely, R Borland, C Gartner, KM Cummings, K East, S Tagliaferri, T Elton-Marshall, A Hyland, M Bansal-Travers, GT Fong

2022-09-01

Introduction: This study examined whether smokers' harm perceptions of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and nicotine vaping prod..

Experienced Effects on Well-Being following Smoking Cessation: Findings from the 2020 ITC Four Country Smoking and Vaping Survey

L Li, R Borland, HH Yong, S Gravely, GT Fong, KM Cummings, K East, M Le Grande

2022-08-01

Background and Aims: There has been limited research addressing changes in subjective well-being as a result of quitting smoking. ..

Age-Related Interactions on Key Theoretical Determinants of Smoking Cessation: Findings from the ITC Four Country Smoking and Vaping Surveys (2016-2020)

M Le Grande, R Borland, HH Yong, A McNeill, G Fong, KM Cummings

2022-05-01

Background: This paper explores whether plans to quit, wanting to quit, and quit efficacy add predictive value over measures of ha..

The Predictive Utility of Valuing the Future for Smoking Cessation: Findings from the ITC 4 Country Surveys

R Borland, ML Grande, BW Heckman, GT Fong, WK Bickel, JS Stein, KA East, PA Hall, KM Cummings

2022-01-01

Background: Delay discounting (DD) and time perspective (TP) are conceptually related constructs that are theorized as important d..

Patterns of Non-Cigarette Tobacco and Nicotine Use Among Current Cigarette Smokers and Recent Quitters: Findings From the 2020 ITC Four Country Smoking and Vaping Survey

L Li, R Borland, KM Cummings, S Gravely, ACK Quah, GT Fong, CR Miller, ML Goniewicz, M Le Grande, A Mcneill

2021-09-01

Introduction: This study explores patterns of use of non-cigarette tobacco and nicotine products among adult cigarette smokers and..

Smokers' awareness of filter ventilation, and how they believe it affects them: findings from the ITC Four Country Survey

B King, R Borland, M Le Grande, R O'Connor, G Fong, A McNeill, D Hatsukami, M Cummings

2021-06-15

Background Filter ventilation creates sensations of lightness' or smoothness' and is also highly effective for controlling machine..

Predictive Power of Dependence Measures for Quitting Smoking. Findings from the 2016 to 2018 ITC Four Country Smoking and Vaping Surveys

M Le Grande, R Borland, HH Yong, KM Cummings, A Mcneill, ME Thompson, GT Fong

2021-02-01

Introduction: To test whether urges to smoke and perceived addiction to smoking have independent predictive value for quit attempt..