{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5eaeb1c98ad11b317bf47794/6af188fcc0e4053770d54e85?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The effect of the UK’s smokefree generation policy on smoking in pregnancy with Nathan Davies","description":"<p>In this episode, Dr Tsen Vei Lim talks to Dr Nathan Davies. Nathan is a specialty registrar in public health at Lincolnshire County Council and an honorary assistant professor at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK. The interview covers Nathan’s article on the effect of the smoke-free generation policy in England on smoking in pregnancy.</p><ul><li>What is the smoke-free generation policy in the UK? [01:26]</li><li>How does the smoke-free generation policy affect current smokers? [03:09]</li><li>The public support for the smoke-free generation policy [04:10]</li><li>The importance of modelling smoking in pregnancy [05:12]</li><li>How Nathan modelled the health and economic consequences of the smoke-free generation policy [06:53]</li><li>Important assumptions when interpreting the findings of Nathan’s study [08:41]</li><li>The key findings of the study [10:03]</li><li>The costs of enforcement to the smoke-free generation [12:11]</li><li>How would we know if the smoke-free policy is effective? [14:20]</li><li>The barriers for jurisdictions implementing this policy [16:31]</li><li>Final thoughts from Nathan on the smoke-free generation [18:34]</li></ul><p>About Tsen Vei Lim: Tsen Vei is an academic fellow supported by the Society for the Study of Addiction, currently based at the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge. His research integrates computational modelling, experimental psychology, and neuroimaging to understand the neuropsychological basis of addictive behaviours. He holds a PhD in Psychiatry from the University of Cambridge (UK) and a BSc in Psychology from the University of Bath (UK). </p><p>About Nathan Davies: Nathan completed his PhD on the smoke-free generation at the Nottingham Centre for Public Health and Epidemiology at the University of Nottingham. He currently works in practice as a specialty registrar in public health at Lincolnshire County Council and in academia as an honorary assistant professor at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He is associate editor of Public Health in Practice. His research focuses on the commercial determinants of health and translating evidence into local, regional and national action.</p><p>Nathan’s research was funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). Views expressed are those of the author and not necessarily those of the NIHR or the UK government&#39;s Department for Health and Social Care. Tsen Vei and Nathan do not have any other declarations of interest. </p><p>Original article: An exploratory economic assessment of the effect of the smoke-free generation policy in England on smoking in pregnancy <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1111/add.70605\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://doi.org/10.1111/add.70605</a></p><p><em>The opinions expressed in this podcast reflect the views of the host and interviewees and do not necessarily represent the opinions or official positions of the SSA or Addiction journal.</em></p><p><em>The SSA does not endorse or guarantee the accuracy of the information in external sources or links and accepts no responsibility or liability for any consequences arising from the use of such information.</em></p><p>Music provided by Jack Shakespeare.</p>","author_name":"Addiction journal"}