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Nicotine e-cigarettes for smoking cessation following discharge from smoke-free inpatient alcohol and other drug withdrawal services: a pragmatic two-arm, single-blinded, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial Open

Billie Bonevski, Jane Rich, Dan I. Lubman, Catherine Segan, Amanda Baker , et al. · 2025

National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia.

Tobacco cessation interventions in high-income countries with Chinese, Vietnamese and Arab people who smoke: a scoping review of outcomes and cultural considerations Open

Joshua Trigg, Alice McEntee, Victoria Kostadinov, Sonia Hines, A. Kate Fairweather‐Schmidt , et al. · 2025

Objectives There are large and growing communities of Chinese, Vietnamese and Arab populations within many high-income countries, including Australia. These populations experience disproportionately higher rates of tobacco smoking. Cessati…

“Holding on to Hope”: follow up qualitative findings of a tobacco treatment intervention for people experiencing mental health conditions Open

Tessa‐May Zirnsak, Kristen McCarter, Melissa L. McKinlay, Ashleigh Guillaumier, Nadine Cocks , et al. · 2025

Background Mental health service users are more likely to smoke tobacco and are as likely to make quit attempts as people not experiencing SMI, but they are less likely to succeed. Quitting tobacco can be harder for people experiencing SMI…

Healthcare provider perceptions of support provision for people with stroke: a qualitative study Open

Brigid Clancy, Billie Bonevski, Coralie English, Ashleigh Guillaumier · 2024

The healthcare providers in this study thought people with stroke would benefit from a greater range of available supports. Supports should take into account the diverse experiences and acute and long-term needs of people with stroke, as w…

Interventions for smoking cessation in inpatient psychiatry settings Open

Sally Plever, Steve Kisely, Billie Bonevski, Dan Siskind, Ashleigh Guillaumier , et al. · 2024

This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows: To assess the eﬀects of smoking cessation interventions on tobacco smoking in adults receiving inpatient psychiatry treatment. To assess whether the ef…

The Online Health Information–Seeking Behaviors of People Who Have Experienced Stroke: Qualitative Interview Study Open

Brigid Clancy, Billie Bonevski, Coralie English, Ashleigh Guillaumier · 2024

Background Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide. As health resources become digitized, it is important to understand how people who have experienced stroke engage with online health information. This understanding wi…

Outback Quit Pack: <span>Feasibility</span> trial of outreach smoking cessation for people in rural, regional, and remote <span>Australia</span> Open

Ashleigh Guillaumier, Flora Tzelepis, Christine Paul, Megan Passey, Christopher Oldmeadow , et al. · 2023

Background Tobacco smoking rates are higher in rural, regional, and remote (RRR) areas in Australia, and strategies to improve access to quit supports are required. This pilot study examined the feasibility of a smoking cessation intervent…

Smoking Cessation Interventions and Abstinence Outcomes for People Living in Rural, Regional, and Remote Areas of Three High-Income Countries: A Systematic Review Open

Joshua Trigg, Eliza Skelton, Alistair Lum, Ashleigh Guillaumier, Kristen McCarter , et al. · 2023

Introduction Tobacco smoking rates in high-income countries are greater in rural, regional, and remote (RRR) areas compared to cities. Yet, there is limited knowledge about interventions targeted to RRR smokers. This review describes the e…

Health risk factors in Australian Stroke Survivors: A latent class analysis Open

Brigid Clancy, Billie Bonevski, Coralie English, Robin Callister, Amanda Baker , et al. · 2023

Issues Addressed To (i) determine the prevalence of health risk factors (physical activity, diet, alcohol, smoking, blood pressure medication use and mental health) in community‐dwelling stroke survivors; and (ii) examine how these health …

Evaluation of an online intervention for improving stroke survivors’ health-related quality of life: A randomised controlled trial Open

Ashleigh Guillaumier, Neil J. Spratt, Michael Pollack, Amanda Baker, Parker Magin , et al. · 2022

Background The aim of this trial was to evaluate the effectiveness of an online health behaviour change intervention—Prevent 2nd Stroke (P2S)—at improving health-related quality of life (HRQoL) amongst stroke survivors at 6 months of follo…

Access to and Use of Internet and Social Media by Low-Morbidity Stroke Survivors Participating in a National Web-Based Secondary Stroke Prevention Trial: Cross-sectional Survey Open

Brigid Clancy, Billie Bonevski, Coralie English, Amanda Baker, Alyna Turner , et al. · 2022

Background eHealth applications for stroke are a growing area of research that has yielded promising results. However, little is known about how stroke survivors engage with the internet, social media, and other digital technologies on a d…

QuitNic: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Nicotine Vaping Products With Nicotine Replacement Therapy for Smoking Cessation Following Residential Detoxification Open

Billie Bonevski, Victoria Manning, Olivia Wynne, Coral Gartner, Ron Borland , et al. · 2020

Introduction The QuitNic pilot trial aimed to test the feasibility of providing a nicotine vaping product (NVP) compared with combination nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) to smokers upon discharge from a smoke-free residential substance …

A cross sectional survey of internet use among a highly socially disadvantaged population of tobacco smokers Open

Sam McCrabb, Laura Twyman, Kerrin Palazzi, Ashleigh Guillaumier, Christine Paul , et al. · 2019

Background Tobacco smoking is highest among population groups which are the most socially disadvantaged. Internet-based smoking cessation programs have been found to be effective, though rates of internet access are not well known in these…

An online intervention for improving stroke survivors’ health-related quality of life: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial Open

Ashleigh Guillaumier, Sam McCrabb, Neil J. Spratt, Michael Pollack, Amanda Baker , et al. · 2019

Integrating Smoking Cessation Care into a Medically Supervised Injecting Facility Using an Organizational Change Intervention: A Qualitative Study of Staff and Client Views Open

Eliza Skelton, Flora Tzelepis, Anthony Shakeshaft, Ashleigh Guillaumier, William R. Wood , et al. · 2019

Background: Clients accessing supervised injecting facilities (SIFs) smoke at high rates. An SIF piloted an organizational change intervention to integrate smoking cessation care as routine treatment. This study aims to explore staff accep…

Primary outcomes data from a cluster-randomised controlled trial testing the effect of an organisational change intervention for increasing the delivery of smoking cessation treatment in alcohol and other drug service settings Open

Billie Bonevski, Ashleigh Guillaumier, Robert Stirling, Carrie Fowlie, Peter Kelly , et al. · 2019

The data was collected from clients of alcohol and other drug (AOD) services participating in a cluster-randomised controlled trial (Tackling Nicotine Together (TNT) trial) testing the effect of an organisational change intervention for in…

Electronic nicotine devices to aid smoking cessation by alcohol- and drug-dependent clients: protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial Open

Ashleigh Guillaumier, Victoria Manning, Olivia Wynne, Coral Gartner, Ron Borland , et al. · 2018

Signs, Fines and Compliance Officers: A Systematic Review of Strategies for Enforcing Smoke-Free Policy Open

Olivia Wynne, Ashleigh Guillaumier, Laura Twyman, Sam McCrabb, Alexandra M. J. Denham , et al. · 2018

Background. Smoke-free environment policies limit or eliminate the use of smoke-producing tobacco in designated areas thereby reducing second hand smoke. Enforcement is perceived as critical to the successful adoption of a smoke-free polic…

Prevent 2nd Stroke: a pilot study of an online secondary prevention program for stroke survivors Open

Alexandra M. J. Denham, Sean Halpin, Laura Twyman, Ashleigh Guillaumier, Billie Bonevski · 2018

The results indicated that online programs are an acceptable way to address these health outcomes. Implications to public health: Further research is needed to assess the effectiveness of these interventions using powered trials.

The unmet needs of informal carers of stroke survivors: a protocol for a systematic review of quantitative and qualitative studies Open

Alexandra M. J. Denham, Amanda Baker, Neil J. Spratt, Ashleigh Guillaumier, Olivia Wynne , et al. · 2018

Introduction Stroke events deeply affect not only the stroke survivor but also often the quality of life and physical and psychological health of the family and friends who care for them. There is a need for further information about the u…

Free smoking cessation mobile apps available in Australia: a quality review and content analysis Open

Louise Thornton, Catherine Quinn, Louise Birrell, Ashleigh Guillaumier, Brad Shaw , et al. · 2017

In lieu of more substantial research in this area, it is suggested that the high-quality apps identified in this review may be more likely than other available apps to encourage smoking cessation. Implications for public health: Smoking ce…

Addressing tobacco in Australian alcohol and other drug treatment settings: a cross-sectional survey of staff attitudes and perceived barriers Open

Eliza Skelton, Flora Tzelepis, Anthony Shakeshaft, Ashleigh Guillaumier, Adrian Dunlop , et al. · 2017

Overall, staff hold largely supportive smoking cessation care attitudes but perceive a large number of barriers to providing smoking cessation care.

Smoking cessation care provision in Australian alcohol and other drug treatment services: A cross-sectional survey of staff self-reported practices Open

Eliza Skelton, Flora Tzelepis, Anthony Shakeshaft, Ashleigh Guillaumier, Adrian Dunlop , et al. · 2017

Financial Stress and Smoking within a Large Sample of Socially Disadvantaged Australians Open

Ashleigh Guillaumier, Laura Twyman, Christine Paul, Mohammad Siahpush, Kerrin Palazzi , et al. · 2017

Financial stress is associated with fewer quit attempts and higher relapse rates. This study aimed to compare financial stress among smokers, ex-smokers and never smokers in a highly socioeconomically disadvantaged sample. The study also a…

Tobacco smoking policies in Australian alcohol and other drug treatment services, agreement between staff awareness and the written policy document Open

Eliza Skelton, Billie Bonevski, Flora Tzelepis, Anthony Shakeshaft, Ashleigh Guillaumier , et al. · 2017

Tobacco smoking within Australian AOD services is mostly regulated by a written policy document. Staff policy awareness was modest and perceived policy enforcement was poor.

The association between cannabis use and motivation and intentions to quit tobacco within a sample of Australian socioeconomically disadvantaged smokers Open

Laura Twyman, Billie Bonevski, Christine Paul, Frances Kay‐Lambkin, Jamie Bryant , et al. · 2016

This study aimed to (i) describe concurrent and simultaneous tobacco and cannabis use and (ii) investigate the association between cannabis use and motivation and intentions to quit tobacco in a sample of socioeconomically disadvantaged sm…

Smoking cessation care among patients with head and neck cancer: a systematic review Open

Kristen McCarter, Úrsula Martínez, Ben Britton, Amanda Baker, Billie Bonevski , et al. · 2016

Objective To examine the effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions in improving cessation rates and smoking related behaviour in patients with head and neck cancer (HNC). Design A systematic review of randomised and non-randomised c…

An organisational change intervention for increasing the delivery of smoking cessation support in addiction treatment centres: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial Open

Billie Bonevski, Ashleigh Guillaumier, Anthony Shakeshaft, Michael Farrell, Flora Tzelepis , et al. · 2016

Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry, ACTRN12615000204549 . Registered on 3 March 2015.

Self-Exempting Beliefs and Intention to Quit Smoking within a Socially Disadvantaged Australian Sample of Smokers Open

Ashleigh Guillaumier, Billie Bonevski, Christine Paul, Catherine D’Este, Laura Twyman , et al. · 2016

An investigation of beliefs used to rationalise smoking will have important implications for the content of anti-smoking programs targeted at socioeconomically disadvantaged groups, who show the lowest rates of cessation in the population.…

Smoking cessation care among patients with head and neck cancer Open

Kristen McCarter, Úrsula Martínez, Luke Wolfenden, Ben Britton, Amanda Baker , et al. · 2016

Objective To examine the effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions in improving cessation rates and smoking related behaviour in patients with head and neck cancer (HNC). Design A systematic review of randomised and non-randomised c…

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