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Nicotine addiction as a moral problem: Barriers to e-cigarette use for smoking cessation in two working-class areas in Northern England (2019)
Journal Article
Thirlway, F. (2019). Nicotine addiction as a moral problem: Barriers to e-cigarette use for smoking cessation in two working-class areas in Northern England. Social Science & Medicine, 238, Article 112498. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112498

Tobacco use in high-income countries correlates with socio-economic disadvantage, but although switching to electronic cigarettes could be a safer alternative, little is known about barriers to use. Drawing on eighteen months of data collection in tw... Read More about Nicotine addiction as a moral problem: Barriers to e-cigarette use for smoking cessation in two working-class areas in Northern England.

How will e-cigarettes affect health inequalities? Applying Bourdieu to smoking and cessation (2018)
Journal Article
Thirlway, F. (2018). How will e-cigarettes affect health inequalities? Applying Bourdieu to smoking and cessation. International Journal of Drug Policy, 54, 99-104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2018.01.009

This paper uses the work of Bourdieu to theorise smoking and cessation through a class lens, showing that the struggle for distinction created the social gradient in smoking, with smoking stigma operating as a proxy for class stigma. This led to incr... Read More about How will e-cigarettes affect health inequalities? Applying Bourdieu to smoking and cessation.

Everyday tactics in local moral worlds: e-cigarette practices in a working-class area of the UK (2016)
Journal Article
Thirlway, F. (2016). Everyday tactics in local moral worlds: e-cigarette practices in a working-class area of the UK. Social Science & Medicine, 170, 106-113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.10.012

Research into e-cigarette use has largely focused on their health effects and efficacy for smoking cessation, with little attention given to their potential effect on health inequalities. Drawing on three years of ethnographic research between 2012 a... Read More about Everyday tactics in local moral worlds: e-cigarette practices in a working-class area of the UK.