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Documenting Impact: An Impact Case Study of Anthropological Collaboration in Tobacco Control (2015)
Journal Article
Russell, A., & Lewis, S. (2015). Documenting Impact: An Impact Case Study of Anthropological Collaboration in Tobacco Control. Anthropology in Action: Journal for Applied Anthropology in Policy and Practice, 22(2), 14-23. https://doi.org/10.3167/aia.2015.220203

In this article we consider the 'impact case study' (ICS) as a specific kind of document, one which, as part of the U.K.'s Research Excellence Framework (REF), enforces a common template for the description and measurement of the social and economic... Read More about Documenting Impact: An Impact Case Study of Anthropological Collaboration in Tobacco Control.

The making and changing of smoking persons in public health policy and practice: Ethnography of a world-first illicit tobacco program. (2013)
Journal Article
Carro-Ripalda, S., Russell, A., Lewis, S., & Heckler, S. (2013). The making and changing of smoking persons in public health policy and practice: Ethnography of a world-first illicit tobacco program. Contemporary Drug Problems, 40(1), 21-46. https://doi.org/10.1177/009145091304000103

In this ethnographic investigation of an “upstream” public health program to tackle illicit tobacco, we identify various processes by which particular kinds of people—both smokers and nonsmokers—are constituted in public health policies and practice,... Read More about The making and changing of smoking persons in public health policy and practice: Ethnography of a world-first illicit tobacco program..

Young smokers' narratives : public health, disadvantage and structural violence (2012)
Journal Article
Lewis, S., & Russell, A. (2013). Young smokers' narratives : public health, disadvantage and structural violence. Sociology of Health & Illness, 53(3), 746-760. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9566.2012.01527.x

This research article on youth smoking in disadvantaged communities is the product of a qualitative study to understand the issues faced by young smokers – and those trying not to be smokers – in such communities. Environmental factors and peer influ... Read More about Young smokers' narratives : public health, disadvantage and structural violence.

Protecting Children and Young People from Tobacco-Related Harm: A Review. (2012)
Journal Article
Lewis, S., & Russell, A. (2014). Protecting Children and Young People from Tobacco-Related Harm: A Review. Children & Society, 28(2), 140-151. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1099-0860.2012.00472.x

Tobacco use continues to be a serious public health issue. Although declining in middle- to high-income countries, smoking rates are often higher in disadvantaged communities and vulnerable groups. Knowledge about tobacco-related harm also tends to b... Read More about Protecting Children and Young People from Tobacco-Related Harm: A Review..

A Hole in the Heart: confronting the drive for evidence-based impact research in arts in health (2011)
Journal Article
Raw, A., Lewis, S., Russell, A., & Macnaughton, J. (2012). A Hole in the Heart: confronting the drive for evidence-based impact research in arts in health. Arts and Health: An International Journal for Research, Policy and Practice, 4(2), 97-108. https://doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2011.619991

The field of arts and health, and associated academic discussion, is beset by a number of interlinked challenges which make it vulnerable to academic dismissal or, at best, poor visibility. One of these is a preoccupation with developing an evidence... Read More about A Hole in the Heart: confronting the drive for evidence-based impact research in arts in health.

The evolution of a UK regional tobacco control office in its early years: social contexts and policy dynamics (2009)
Journal Article
Russell, A., Heckler, S., White, M., Sengupta, S., Chappel, D., Hunter, D., …Lewis, S. (2009). The evolution of a UK regional tobacco control office in its early years: social contexts and policy dynamics. Health Promotion International, 24(3), 262-268. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/dap023

The Smoke Free North East Office (SFNEO) is the first dedicated tobacco control office in the UK coordinating a regional tobacco control network, Smoke Free North East (SFNE). On the basis of ethnographic research conducted between 2006 and 2008, thi... Read More about The evolution of a UK regional tobacco control office in its early years: social contexts and policy dynamics.