The Centre for 21st Century Public Health produces high-quality and policy-relevant research. Across a broad range of public health domains, our work directly informs and strengthens evidence-based policymaking. This page lists publications authored and co-authored by Centre members.

2026

-Cochrane Review- Pharmaceutical industry information and promotional strategies aimed at prescribers, Dr Alice Fabbri - Which types of research and knowledge translation are most likely to lead to public health-informed policy responses to unhealthy commodities? A UK-based cross-sectional survey and focus group-based study, Dr Alice Fabbri and Dr Britta Matthes, - Reshaping the social meaning of smoking: the UK’s tobacco-free generation policy, Dr Britta Matthes - Investigation of differences in tobacco use language between groups: corpus-associated analysis, Dr Iona Fitzpatrick - The policy implementation playbook: a cross-policy taxonomy of post-adoption tobacco industry tactics, Dr Britta Matthes, Dr Karen Evans-Reeves, Tom Gatehouse, Dr Rosemary Hiscock, Dr Iona Fitzpatrick and Professor Anna Gilmore - Reviewing ecosystems of evidence: synthesising the evidence on the commercial determinants of health from a complex systems perspective, Professor Harry Rutter and Eadaoin Cott - Reducing tobacco supplier profits and pricing power: Modelling the impact of a tobacco price cap and tax increase on socioeconomic inequalities in England, Dr Rob Branston - Pan-European Commission on Climate and Health: call to Action, Professor Anna Gilmore - Big tobacco and the dental team: what you need to know,Karin Silver and Dr Britta K Matthes - Flue-Cured Tobacco Fact Sheet - Beginner's guide to newer nicotine and Tobacco products: Nicotine pouches, heated Tobacco and E-cigarettes, Dr Sophie Braznell and Dr Rosemary Hiscock - Implementing sustainable liver health in Europe: a second EASL-Lancet commission, Professor Harry Rutter - Exposing tobacco companies retail presence and highlighting regulatory options, Hussein A Faeq, Dr Rosemary Hiscock and Dr Raouf Alebshehy - Developing guidance on assessing and managing conflicts of interest for a complex public health research consortium, Dr Amber van den Akker, Professor Anna Gilmore and Dr Alice Fabbri - The shifting political economy of Tobacco production in Malawi, Dr Michael Bloomfield - The Lancet Commission on improving population health post-COVID 19, Professor Harry Rutter - Complicit in illicit? Tobacco industry tactics in the Philippines, Dr Allen Gallagher - The case against duty-free tobacco sales: an analysis from Aotearoa (New Zealand), Dr Rob Branston - Flue-cured tobacco in Zimbabwe: a particularly harmful commodity requiring the attention of tobacco control, Dr Rosemary Hiscock, Dr Britta K Matthes and Dr Michael Bloomfield

2025

• The tobacco industry at the health-environment nexus: a framing analysis of the UK 'disposable' e-cigarette ban, Dr Rosemary Hiscock, Dr Karen Evens-Reeves and Dr Britta K Matthes
• Development and validation of a multi-agent AI pipeline for automated credibility assessment of tobacco misinformation: a proof of-concept study, Dr Sherif Elmitwalli, Dr John Mehegan, Dr Sophie Braznell and Dr Allen Gallagher
• The commercial determinants of maternal health, Professor Anna Gilmore
• Industry influence on public health policy formulation in the UK: a complex systems approach, Dr Amber van den Akker, Dr Alice Fabbri, Professor Anna Gilmore and Professor Harry Rutter
• 20th anniversary of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control coming into force: time for a step change in ambition, Professor Anna Gilmore
• Learning from tobacco control to tackle gambling industry harms, Professor Anna Gilmore
• Constructing and contesting industry's role in multistakeholder governance: a qualitative analysis of responses to WHO consultations, Dr Amber van den Akker, Dr Britta K Matthes and Professor Anna Gilmore
• Why addressing conflicts of interest is essential to progress in reducing commercially driven health harms: Lessons from tobacco, Professor Anna Gilmore, Dr Rachel Barry, Dr Alice Fabbri
• The UK Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2025, Tobacco Control Research Group
• The UK Tobacco and Vapes Bill (2023/4): framing strategies used by tobacco and nicotine industry actors faced with an endgame policy (a generational sales ban of tobacco products) and nicotine product restrictions, Dr Britta Matthes, Dr Tess Legg, Dr Rosemary Hiscock, Dr Allen Gallagher, Karin Silver, Dr Hala Alaouie, Dr Duncan Thomas and Professor Anna Gilmore
• No Change in Illicit Tobacco Use Following the Introduction of Standardised Packaging? A Longitudinal Online Survey in the United Kingdom, Dr Daniel Jones
• Changes in household purchasing of soft drinks following the UK soft drinks industry levy by household income and composition: controlled interrupted time series analysis, March 2014 to November 2019, Professor Harry Rutter