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Ann McNeill

Professor Ann McNeill

Professor of Tobacco Addiction

Research interests

  • Mental Health

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Biography

Professor Ann McNeill is Professor of Tobacco Addiction in the Department of Addictions. She believes an essential part of her role is enthusing, engaging and nurturing new and early career researchers and that building a diverse research workforce is critically important for success.

Ann was the IoPPN's inaugural Vice Dean for Culture, Diversity & Inclusion (CD&I), serving as the Chair of the Diversity & Inclusion Self-Assessment Team since 2015. She played a key role in shaping the Faculty's CD&I priorities during her time in post and led a number of executive level initiatives to improve the gender balance and culture of decision making in Senior IoPPN Committees.

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Research

Cigarette
Nicotine Research Group

The Nicotine Research Group leads and collaborates on a variety of projects on tobacco harm reduction and e-cigarettes.

stop-smoking-stock-image
Harm Reduction

Aiming to reduce the harmfulness of nicotine use for those who wish to continue using it, or those who cannot stop smoking.

Project status: Ongoing

Policy and Industry
Policy

To reduce smoking in populations, a comprehensive strategy involving a number of different tobacco control policies is required.

Project status: Ongoing

Nicotine Research Group - PhD Projects

Read more about our current PhD students and their projects.

Project status: Ongoing

Mental Health Inequalities (SPECTRUM): Disrupting the relationship between mental health, stigma and unhealthy commodities

SPECTRUM Work Package 7: Disrupting the relationship between mental health, stigma and unhealthy commodities

Project status: Ongoing

The International Nicotine Product, Policy and Market (INPAM) Study

Predicting and Understanding the Use of nicotine products in a rapidly evolving marketplace: The International Nicotine Product, Policy and Market (INPAM) Study

Project status: Ongoing

Youth responses to e-cigarettes, e-cigarette retailing, and e-cigarette packaging in England, Canada and the United States

Youth responses to e-cigarettes, e-cigarette retailing, and e-cigarette packaging in England, Canada and the United States

Project status: Ongoing

Public Health and Multimorbidity - NIHR ARC South London

NIHR ARC South London: Public Health and Multimorbidity Theme

Project status: Ongoing

Vaping evidence reviews for Public Health England

The NRG leads the annual reviews of the evidence on e-cigarettes commissioned by Public Health England (now Office for Health Improvement and Disparities).

Project status: Ongoing

Biomarker
Vaping and smoking among people aged 16-19 in England

An NIHR funded study comparing toxicant and nicotine exposure among youth who vape with youth who smoke, youth who vape and smoke, and youth who do neither.

Project status: Ongoing

News

£25m NIHR funding to tackle health and social care issues

The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) today awarded King’s £25m to tackle important long-standing and emerging health and social care...

NIHR policy unit

£5.5m NIHR funding to shape effective addictions policy across UK

New NIHR Policy Research Unit will be co-led by King’s College London in collaboration with the University of Sheffield and the University of Glasgow.

addiction-therapy-meeting-thumbnail

Levels of those considered “severely distressed” rise steadily since the start of the pandemic

New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London, the Department of Behavioural Science & Health at...

Woman holding head in distress

Standardised packaging on vapes reduces appeal to teenagers

New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London and Action on Smoking and Health has found that...

Vape white

Vaping substantially less harmful than smoking, largest review of its kind finds

New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London has found that the use of vaping products rather...

New report by King's researchers on vaping in England to inform national policy

Evidence strengthens that vaping is effective for stopping smoking but not reaching its full potential with adult smokers

Smoking remains the largest single risk factor for death and years of life lived in ill-health and is a leading cause of health inequalities in England.

Three vapes on a wooden table

New report by King's researchers on vaping in England to inform national policy

The latest Public Health England (PHE) report on vaping, led by researchers from King’s College London, is published today.

Vaping is less harmful than smoking and could play a crucial role in helping people quit.

Spotlight

Clearing the smoke: the evidence behind vaping

Cigarettes kill over half of their long-term users. The World Health Organisation (WHO) considers the tobacco epidemic to be one of the biggest public health...

New report by King's researchers on vaping in England to inform national policy

The publication feed is not currently available.

Research

Cigarette
Nicotine Research Group

The Nicotine Research Group leads and collaborates on a variety of projects on tobacco harm reduction and e-cigarettes.

stop-smoking-stock-image
Harm Reduction

Aiming to reduce the harmfulness of nicotine use for those who wish to continue using it, or those who cannot stop smoking.

Project status: Ongoing

Policy and Industry
Policy

To reduce smoking in populations, a comprehensive strategy involving a number of different tobacco control policies is required.

Project status: Ongoing

Nicotine Research Group - PhD Projects

Read more about our current PhD students and their projects.

Project status: Ongoing

Mental Health Inequalities (SPECTRUM): Disrupting the relationship between mental health, stigma and unhealthy commodities

SPECTRUM Work Package 7: Disrupting the relationship between mental health, stigma and unhealthy commodities

Project status: Ongoing

The International Nicotine Product, Policy and Market (INPAM) Study

Predicting and Understanding the Use of nicotine products in a rapidly evolving marketplace: The International Nicotine Product, Policy and Market (INPAM) Study

Project status: Ongoing

Youth responses to e-cigarettes, e-cigarette retailing, and e-cigarette packaging in England, Canada and the United States

Youth responses to e-cigarettes, e-cigarette retailing, and e-cigarette packaging in England, Canada and the United States

Project status: Ongoing

Public Health and Multimorbidity - NIHR ARC South London

NIHR ARC South London: Public Health and Multimorbidity Theme

Project status: Ongoing

Vaping evidence reviews for Public Health England

The NRG leads the annual reviews of the evidence on e-cigarettes commissioned by Public Health England (now Office for Health Improvement and Disparities).

Project status: Ongoing

Biomarker
Vaping and smoking among people aged 16-19 in England

An NIHR funded study comparing toxicant and nicotine exposure among youth who vape with youth who smoke, youth who vape and smoke, and youth who do neither.

Project status: Ongoing

News

£25m NIHR funding to tackle health and social care issues

The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) today awarded King’s £25m to tackle important long-standing and emerging health and social care...

NIHR policy unit

£5.5m NIHR funding to shape effective addictions policy across UK

New NIHR Policy Research Unit will be co-led by King’s College London in collaboration with the University of Sheffield and the University of Glasgow.

addiction-therapy-meeting-thumbnail

Levels of those considered “severely distressed” rise steadily since the start of the pandemic

New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London, the Department of Behavioural Science & Health at...

Woman holding head in distress

Standardised packaging on vapes reduces appeal to teenagers

New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London and Action on Smoking and Health has found that...

Vape white

Vaping substantially less harmful than smoking, largest review of its kind finds

New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London has found that the use of vaping products rather...

New report by King's researchers on vaping in England to inform national policy

Evidence strengthens that vaping is effective for stopping smoking but not reaching its full potential with adult smokers

Smoking remains the largest single risk factor for death and years of life lived in ill-health and is a leading cause of health inequalities in England.

Three vapes on a wooden table

New report by King's researchers on vaping in England to inform national policy

The latest Public Health England (PHE) report on vaping, led by researchers from King’s College London, is published today.

Vaping is less harmful than smoking and could play a crucial role in helping people quit.

Spotlight

Clearing the smoke: the evidence behind vaping

Cigarettes kill over half of their long-term users. The World Health Organisation (WHO) considers the tobacco epidemic to be one of the biggest public health...

New report by King's researchers on vaping in England to inform national policy