Harry Tattan-Birch
tattanbirch.bsky.social
Harry Tattan-Birch
@tattanbirch.bsky.social
Senior Research Fellow at UCL | GradStat | Vaping, Smoking and Behavioural Science | Fan of Open Science
📺 Media coverage:
• BBC: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

• Guardian: www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

• Independent: www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...

I also travelled to the Sky News studio this morning to discuss the findings:
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Nicotine pouch rise is driven by young men, study finds
Around 7.5% of 16 to 24-year-old-men are using the small sachets that fit under the top lip, research suggests.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Reposted by Harry Tattan-Birch
@tattanbirch.bsky.social is a Senior Research Fellow and Statistician at UCL. He has extensive media experience including televised and print news interviews, documentaries, national radio, and podcasts. Harry will offer advice on preparing for media interviews as an addiction researcher.
July 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM

A wider package of carefully-designed measures is required to balance the need to reduce youth vaping while ensuring vapes are available for smoking cessation or reduction.

3/3
January 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Cheap, rechargeable, analogues to popular disposable vapes are already widely available in England.

A ban may protect the environment but, alone, it is unlikely to substantially reduce youth vaping and may have unintended consequences. What can be done?

2/3
January 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM