Name: Smoking, Quitting and Vaping
Start: 2022-04-13T18:00:00+01:00
End: 2022-04-13T20:00:00+01:00
Location: London South Bank University

Smoking, Quitting and Vaping

LSBU

Recognising & celebrating our recently appointed professors & their work. This lecture will be given by Professor Lynne Dawkins.

London South Bank University

Inaugural Lectures at LSBU

LSBU are proud to announce our Inaugural Lectures for 2023 . These are an occasion of significance in our recently appointed professors’ careers & provide an opportunity to celebrate their achievements in research, innovation, engagement & teaching.

LSBU are proud to present this inaugural lecture by Professor Lynne Dawkins as part of our inaugural lectures programme for 2022.Professor Dawkins is Professor of Nicotine and Tobacco Studies at LSBU’s School of Applied Sciences. She is one of the UK’s leading authorities on electric cigarettes, with over 20 years’ experience of working with smokers and, more recently, e-cigarette users. 
You can read more about her lecture, accomplishments and career below. We hope you&#x27;ll join us as she presents the factors that may influence the extent to which e-cigarettes could provide a safer alternative to smoking. 
Inaugural lectures are an occasion of significance in our professors’ careers at the University. They provide an opportunity to recognise and celebrate the achievements of our recently appointed professors who are undertaking research, innovation, engagement and teaching activities in their field of expertise. Our lectures are open to all LSBU Group staff &amp; students as well as to members of the public and are free of charge.You can check out the full programme of our inaugural lectures <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/inaugural-lectures-at-lsbu-181109?utm-campaign=social&amp;utm-content=attendeeshare&amp;utm-medium=discovery&amp;utm-term=odclsxcollection&amp;utm-source=cp&amp;aff=odclsxcollection" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a>.________________________________________________________________________________________________<h3>Smoking, Quitting and Vaping</h3>Why do people smoke? And why is it so difficult to quit? Could vaping be part of the solution?By Professor Lynne Dawkins, Professor of Nicotine and Tobacco Studies, School of Applied Sciences, LSBU Description: E-cigarettes have become the most popular aid for stopping smoking in the UK and their use is widespread across the world. This has raised important questions about their effectiveness and safety. In an evidence review of e-cigarette research, Public Health England have stated that they are 95% safer than smoking. Public perceptions of e- cigarettes however, are often inaccurate with many believing that they are just as harmful, or more harmful than smoking. Understanding how we can make e-cigarettes a viable and attractive alternative to smokers whilst ensuring vaping is as safe as it can be, could ultimately save many lives. In this inaugural lecture, Professor Dawkins will give an overview of over 2 decades of work on smoking and vaping. This will begin with a presentation of findings from her PhD and post-doctoral work on motivational, emotional and cognitive effects of nicotine, nicotine abstinence and predictors of relapse. She will then explore how vaping can replace smoking and why e-cigarettes work for some smokers but not others. She will present studies on e-cigarette usage behaviour, effects on urge to smoke, pharmacokinetic data on blood nicotine delivery as well as more recent work on e-cigarette pack messages. She will explain why regulators don’t always get it right and how well-intended policies can have unintended consequences.Biography:
 Professor Dawkins is a widely published academic in the field of addiction psychology, specialising in the effects of tobacco smoking, nicotine and electronic cigarette usage. 
Dawkins holds a PhD from Goldsmiths, University of London where she also completed postdoctoral studies. Her research has covered profiles of use, acute effects, puffing topographies and nicotine delivery. She has shared her work through various academic conferences, public lectures and online media and her current work is funded by Cancer Research UK and the National Institute of Health Research.
She is an assistant editor in the journal Addiction and editor for the Special Edition on Tobacco Harm Reduction in the Harm Reduction Journal. She has been a fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) since 2012.
Dawkins is currently Professor of Nicotine and Tobacco Studies at LSBU’s School of Applied Sciences, where she teaches modules on addiction psychology and research methods at Bachelors and Masters level courses, as well as supervising a number of BSc and MSc research projects and PhD students. 
________________________________________________________________________________________________Programme5.45pm – Arrival &amp; registration6pm – Welcome &amp; introduction - Professor Tara Dean, Provost, LSBU6.05pm – Inaugural lecture: Smoking, Quitting and Vaping - By Professor Lynne Dawkins, Professor of Nicotine and Tobacco Studies, School of Applied Sciences, LSBU 7pm – Closing remarks - Professor Marcantonio Spada, Dean, School of Applied Sciences7.15pm – Networking &amp; refreshments8pm - Close

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