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In this episode, Dr Tsen Vei Lim talks to Dr Nathan Davies. Nathan is a specialty registrar in public health at Lincolnshire County Council and an honorary assistant professor at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK. The interview covers Nathan’s article on the effect of the smoke-free generation policy in England on smoking in pregnancy.What is the smoke-free generation policy in the UK? [01:26]How does the smoke-free generation policy affect current smokers? [03:09]The public support for the smoke-free generation policy [04:10]The importance of modelling smoking in pregnancy [05:12]How Nathan modelled the health and economic consequences of the smoke-free generation policy [06:53]Important assumptions when interpreting the findings of Nathan’s study [08:41]The key findings of the study [10:03]The costs of enforcement to the smoke-free generation [12:11]How would we know if the smoke-free policy is effective? [14:20]The barriers for jurisdictions implementing this policy [16:31]Final thoughts from Nathan on the smoke-free generation [18:34]About Tsen Vei Lim: Tsen Vei is an academic fellow supported by the Society for the Study of Addiction, currently based at the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge. His research integrates computational modelling, experimental psychology, and neuroimaging to understand the neuropsychological basis of addictive behaviours. He holds a PhD in Psychiatry from the University of Cambridge (UK) and a BSc in Psychology from the University of Bath (UK). About Nathan Davies: Nathan completed his PhD on the smoke-free generation at the Nottingham Centre for Public Health and Epidemiology at the University of Nottingham. He currently works in practice as a specialty registrar in public health at Lincolnshire County Council and in academia as an honorary assistant professor at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He is associate editor of Public Health in Practice. His research focuses on the commercial determinants of health and translating evidence into local, regional and national action.Nathan’s research was funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). Views expressed are those of the author and not necessarily those of the NIHR or the UK government's Department for Health and Social Care. Tsen Vei and Nathan do not have any other declarations of interest. Original article: An exploratory economic assessment of the effect of the smoke-free generation policy in England on smoking in pregnancy https://doi.org/10.1111/add.70605The opinions expressed in this podcast reflect the views of the host and interviewees and do not necessarily represent the opinions or official positions of the SSA or Addiction journal.The SSA does not endorse or guarantee the accuracy of the information in external sources or links and accepts no responsibility or liability for any consequences arising from the use of such information.Music provided by Jack Shakespeare.

In this episode, Dr Tsen Vei Lim talks to Dr Amelie Zacher and Professor Boris B Quednow. Amelie is a postdoctoral researcher and Boris is a professor, both from the Department of Adult Psychiatry, University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich, University of Zurich, Switzerland. The interview covers Amelie and Boris’s research article on drug-related intrusive memories in cocaine use disorder.What is an addiction memory? [01:20]Examples of addiction memories intruding on those with cocaine use intrusions [02:45]The emotions with reliving addiction memories [04:40]The practical importance of characterising intrusions in cocaine use disorder [06:09]How Amelie and Boris measured the intrusions [08:28]The key findings from the study [09:44]Existing treatments that already target intrusive memories [12:15]What is memory reconsolidation? [15:31]How far are we from implementing treatment of intrusive memories in clinical practice? [17:22]About Tsen Vei Lim: Tsen Vei is an academic fellow supported by the Society for the Study of Addiction, currently based at the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge. His research integrates computational modelling, experimental psychology, and neuroimaging to understand the neuropsychological basis of addictive behaviours. He holds a PhD in Psychiatry from the University of Cambridge and a BSc in Psychology from the University of Bath in the UK. About Amelie Zacher: Amelie is a postdoctoral researcher in Professor Boris B Quednow’s lab for Experimental Pharmacopsychology and Psychological Addiction Research at the University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich and the University of Zurich, Switzerland. Her research focuses on the intersection of addiction, trauma, and memory, particularly intrusive memories and their relationship with craving and emotional distress. Using ecological momentary assessment and experimental approaches, she investigates shared and distinct mechanisms underlying intrusive memories in cocaine use disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder, as well as the potential of memory reconsolidation-based interventions to modify these memories.About Boris B Quednow: Boris studied psychology at the University of Bonn, Germany, and obtained his PhD in neuroscience from Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. He is currently Full Professor of Experimental Pharmacopsychology and Psychological Addiction Research at the Department of Adult Psychiatry, University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich, University of Zurich, Switzerland. His research focuses on understanding the neuropsychopharmacological mechanisms underlying alterations in social and non-social cognition and decision-making, impulsivity, and reward processing associated with recreational substance use and substance use disorders.Tsen Vei, Amelie and Boris have no conflicts of interest to declare.Original article: Substance-related intrusive memories in cocaine use disorder are different from but associated with craving https://doi.org/10.1111/add.70449The opinions expressed in this podcast reflect the views of the host and interviewees and do not necessarily represent the opinions or official positions of the SSA or Addiction journal.The SSA does not endorse or guarantee the accuracy of the information in external sources or links and accepts no responsibility or liability for any consequences arising from the use of such information.Music provided by Jack Shakespeare.

In this episode, Dr Elle Wadsworth talks to Dr Julie Brummer, an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research at Aarhus University in Denmark. The interview covers Julie’s article on drug use disorders among people convicted of large-, moderate- and small-scale drug supply crimes in Denmark.A background on the relationship between drug use and drug supply [00:55]The motivation to examine drug use disorders among people convicted of drug supply crimes [02:45]The methods used in the study [05:15]The key findings on the prevalence of drug use disorders [08:31]The key findings on the group characteristics of drug use history among those convicted of a serious drug crime [10:01]The implications of the findings on drug treatment [11:21]The interpretation of ‘fringe’ players [12:06]Drug treatment in prisons [13:22]The take home messages [14:09]The next steps for Julie’s group with this dataset [14:45]The replicability of this study in other jurisdictions [16:10]About Elle Wadsworth: Elle is an academic fellow with the Society for the Study of Addiction. She is based at the University of Bath with the Addiction and Mental Health Group and her research interests include drug policy, cannabis legalisation, and public health. Elle holds a voluntary role at The Loop, a non-profit service provider of drug checking in the UK. About Julie Elizabeth Brummer: Julie is an assistant professor at the Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research, Aarhus University, Denmark. She is an editor of Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy and an associate editor of Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. She was a consultant for the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe’s Alcohol and Illicit Drugs and Health in Prisons Programmes from 2011 to 2018. Her current research focuses on trajectories into serious drug crime, alcohol’s harms to others, adolescent heavy drinking, young people in treatment for opioid use disorders, and register-based methods.Declarations of interest: None Original article: Drug use disorders among people convicted of large-, moderate- and small-scale drug supply crimes: A register-based retrospective comparative study https://doi.org/10.1111/add.70612 The opinions expressed in this podcast reflect the views of the host and interviewees and do not necessarily represent the opinions or official positions of the SSA or Addiction journal.The SSA does not endorse or guarantee the accuracy of the information in external sources or links and accepts no responsibility or liability for any consequences arising from the use of such information.

In this episode, Dr Elle Wadsworth talks to Rose Laing, a PhD candidate at the Monash Addiction Research Centre in Melbourne, Australia. The interview covers Rose’s article on psychosocial health and hazardous alcohol use among 50- to 70-year-olds in south-east Melbourne, Australia.Psychosocial health and the motivation to look at the relationship between psychosocial health and alcohol use [01:00]Why 50–70-year-olds are an important population for studying this topic [03:03]The methods used in the study [03:43]What is Latent Profile Analysis [04:50]The four profiles found in the Latent Profile Analysis [06:24]Socialising and drinking alcohol at the time of retirement [07:42]The key findings in terms of alcohol use outcomes [08:12]Rose’s interpretation of the ‘socially connected poor mental health’ group having the greatest probability of hazardous use [09:15]What we can do with Rose’s findings [10:56]The take home messages [12:40]The next steps for the Beyond 50 study [14:02]About Elle Wadsworth: Elle is an academic fellow with the Society for the Study of Addiction. She is based at the University of Bath with the Addiction and Mental Health Group and her research interests include drug policy, cannabis legalisation, and public health. Elle holds a voluntary role at The Loop, a non-profit service provider of drug checking in the UK. About Rose Laing: Rose is a researcher and PhD candidate at the Monash Addiction Research Centre at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. Her work focuses on the intersection of population health, ageing and substance use. Her PhD program of work centres on the Beyond 50 cohort study, which is investigating how physical and mental health, social wellbeing, and substance use in adults aged 50 to 70 years can impact individuals’ ability to age healthily. Rose's thesis is investigating the relationship between social isolation, loneliness and alcohol use within this cohort.Declarations of interest: None Original article: Psychosocial health and hazardous alcohol use among 50- to 70-year-olds: A cross-sectional latent profile analysis in south-east Melbourne, Australia https://doi.org/10.1111/add.70603The opinions expressed in this podcast reflect the views of the host and interviewees and do not necessarily represent the opinions or official positions of the SSA or Addiction journal.The SSA does not endorse or guarantee the accuracy of the information in external sources or links and accepts no responsibility or liability for any consequences arising from the use of such information.