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Parris Williams PhD

@ParrisWilliams1

Research fellow at NHLI Imperial College, all things smoking cessation, tobacco control and social justice. Also, do Triathlons. All views my own (She/Her)
london Joined September 2012
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Parris Williams PhD @ParrisWilliams1
Read my editorial on the role of physical activity and exercise interventions for smoking cessation in this month's Thorax @ImperialNHLI
thorax.bmj.com/content/early/…
thorax.bmj.com Running away from the smoke, the role of physical activity in tobacco dependency treatment The tobacco epidemic is far from over. Tobacco smoking still causes an estimated eight million deaths a year and is the largest preventative healthcare issue we face worldwide.1 Tobacco smoking is...
Parris Williams PhD @ParrisWilliams1
Final paper published today from my PhD project. We explored predictors and barriers to smoking cessation support among lung cancer screening participants
bmjopenrespres.bmj.com/content/12/1/e… @COPDdoc @ImperialNHLI @keirphilip 🚭
bmjopenrespres.bmj.com Exploring the predictors and barriers to accepting smoking cessation support within a targeted lung... Background The Quit Smoking Lung Health Intervention Trials (QuLIT-1 and -2), and other studies, show that providing immediate smoking cessation support within lung cancer screening services substa...
Parris Williams PhD @ParrisWilliams1
Lord Darzi highlighting the importance of health polluter pays principle! As stressed is needed in tobacco control by @AshOrgUK @COPDdoc theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
www.theguardian.com My report on the NHS diagnosed its dire condition. Now here’s the cure | Ara Darzi Making healthy life expectancy central to all government policy is the surest way of stemming demand on the health service, says surgeon and former health minister Lord Darzi