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Biography

Tessa Langley is a health economist specialising in the field of tobacco control. She graduated with an Honours degree in Economics and Economic History from the University of Warwick in 2007 and went on to work as a Junior Researcher at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Health Technology Assessment in Vienna and as a trainee in DG Health and Consumers at the European Commission in Brussels. She completed a Masters in Public Health at the University of Nottingham in 2009 before continuing to a research role, PhD and subsequently a lectureship at UoN. She currently holds the role of Associate Professor in Health Economics.

Expertise Summary

The main focus of Tessa's research is on polices designed to reduce consumption of unhealthy commodities including tobacco, alcohol and foods high in fat, salt and sugar. Tessa has undertaken consultancy for the World Bank and Cancer Research UK and is a member of the Royal College of Physicians' Tobacco Advisory Group, which has published numerous reports on tobacco, smoking and e-cigarettes which have informed national policy in the UK. She is a Deputy Editor for the journal Nicotine and Tobacco Research. She currently convenes two Masters in Public Health modules and teaches on a number of other modules. She supervises PhD students undertaking research in tobacco control and a range of other public health and health economics topics. Tessa is Deputy Director of Doctoral Programmes for the School of Medicine.

Keywords:

Public health; health economics; evaluation of public health interventions; Commercial Determinants of Health

Teaching Summary

Tessa Langley is a module co-convenor and tutor for two modules on the Masters of Public Health courses (Health Economics and Planning and Evaluating Public Health Interventions). She also supervises… read more

Research Summary

Tessa Langley's research focuses on evaluating the impact of population-level tobacco control interventions on smoking behaviour and the economic impact of tobacco use, as well as other unhealthy… read more

Selected Publications

• LANGLEY, T.E., HUANG, Y., MCNEILL, A., COLEMAN, T., SZATKOWSKI, L. and LEWIS, S., 2011. Prescribing of smoking cessation medication in England since the introduction of varenicline Addiction. 106(7), 1319-1324
• LANGLEY, T.E., SZATKOWSKI, L., MCNEILL, A., COLEMAN, T. and LEWIS, S., 2012. Prescribing of nicotine replacement therapy to cardiovascular disease patients in England Addiction. 107(7), 1341-1348
• LANGLEY, T.E., HUANG, Y., LEWIS, S., MCNEILL, A., COLEMAN, T. and SZATKOWSKI, L., 2011. Prescribing of nicotine replacement therapy to adolescents in England Addiction. 106(8), 1513-1519
• LANGLEY, TESSA E, SZATKOWSKI, LISA, GIBSON, JACK, HUANG, YUE, MCNEILL, ANN, COLEMAN, TIM and LEWIS, SARAH, 2010. Validation of The Health Improvement Network (THIN) primary care database for monitoring prescriptions for smoking cessation medications. Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety. 19(6), 586-90

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Tessa Langley is a module co-convenor and tutor for two modules on the Masters of Public Health courses (Health Economics and Planning and Evaluating Public Health Interventions). She also supervises undergraduate (BMedSci) and postgraduate (Masters and PhD) students.

Current Research

Tessa Langley's research focuses on evaluating the impact of population-level tobacco control interventions on smoking behaviour and the economic impact of tobacco use, as well as other unhealthy commodities such as alcohol and food that is high in fat, salt and sugar.

• YOUNG, B., LEWIS, S., KATIKIREDDI, S. V., BAULD, L., STEAD, M., ANGUS, K., CAMPBELL, M., HILTON, S., THOMAS, J., HINDS, K., ASHIE, A. and LANGLEY, T., 2018. Effectiveness of Mass Media Campaigns to Reduce Alcohol Consumption and Harm: A Systematic Review: Alcohol Alcohol Alcohol Alcohol.
• PATTINSON J, LEWIS S, BAINS M, BRITTON J and LANGLEY T, 2018. Vape shops: who uses them and what do they do? BMC public health. 18(1), 541
• JALLOW IK, BRITTON J and LANGLEY T, 2018. Prevalence and factors associated with exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) among young people: a cross-sectional study from the Gambia. BMJ open. 8(3), e019524
• HAGHPANAHAN H, MACKAY DF, PELL JP, BELL D, LANGLEY T and HAW S, 2017. The impact of TV mass media campaigns on calls to a National Quitline and the use of prescribed nicotine replacement therapy: a structural vector autoregression analysis. Addiction (Abingdon, England). (In Press.)
• LUCY RUTTER, JOHN BRITTON and TESSA LANGLEY, 2017. Price-Minimizing Behaviors in Response to Increasing Tobacco Price: A Cross-Sectional Study of Students: Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse. 1-9
• BOGDANOVICA, ILZE, OPAZO BRETON, MAGDALENA, LANGLEY, TESSA and BRITTON, JOHN, 2017. Awareness of Standardised Tobacco Packaging among Adults and Young People during the Final Phase of Policy Implementation in Great Britain: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health International journal of environmental research and public health. 14(8), 858
• NUGAWELA MD, LEWIS S, SZATKOWSKI L and LANGLEY T, 2017. Rapidly Increasing Trend of Recorded Alcohol Consumption Since the End of the Armed Conflict in Sri Lanka. Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire). 52(5), 550-556
• LANGLEY T, 2016. Mental health, smoking and poverty in the UK
• BELVIN C, BRITTON J, HOLMES J and LANGLEY T, 2015. Parental smoking and child poverty in the UK: an analysis of national survey data. BMC public health. 15, 507
• NUGAWELA MD, LANGLEY T, SZATKOWSKI L and LEWIS S, 2015. Measuring Alcohol Consumption in Population Surveys: A Review of International Guidelines and Comparison with Surveys in England. Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire).
• SARAH LEWIS, MICHELLE SIMS, SOL RICHARDSON, TESSA LANGLEY, LISA SZATKOWSKI, ANN MCNEILL and ANNA GILMORE, 2015. The effectiveness of tobacco control television advertisements in increasing the prevalence of smoke-free homes BMC Public Health.
• LANGLEY T, SZATKOWSKI L, LEWIS S, MCNEILL A, GILMORE A, SALWAY R and SIMS M, 2014. The Freeze On Mass Media Campaigns In England: A Natural Experiment Of The Impact Of Tobacco Control Campaigns On Quitting Behaviour. Addiction. 109(6), 995-1002
• SIMS M, SALWAY R, LANGLEY T, LEWIS S, MCNEILL A, SZATKOWSKI L and GILMORE AB, 2014. Effectiveness of tobacco control television advertising in changing tobacco use in England: a population-based cross-sectional study. Addiction. 109(6), 986-94
• SOL RICHARDSON, ANN MCNEILL, TESSA LANGLEY, MICHELLE SIMS, ANNA GILMORE, LISA SZATKOWSKI, ROBERT HEATH, GEOFFRY FONG and SARAH LEWIS, 2014. The impact of televised tobacco control advertising content on campaign recall: Evidence from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) United Kingdom Survey BMC Public Health. 14, 432
• EDWINAH ATUSINGWIZE, SARAH LEWIS and TESSA LANGLEY, 2014. Economic evaluations of tobacco control mass media campaigns: a systematic review Tobacco Contol.
• RICHARDSON, SOL, LANGLEY, TESSA, SZATKOWSKI, LISA, SIMS, MICHELLE, GILMORE, ANNA, MCNEILL, ANN and LEWIS, SARAH, 2014. How does the emotive content of televised anti-smoking mass media campaigns influence monthly calls to the NHS Stop Smoking helpline in England? PREVENTIVE MEDICINE. 69, 43-48
• LANGLEY T, LEWIS S, MCNEILL A, GILMORE A, SZATKOWSKI L, WEST R and SIMS M, 2013. Characterising tobacco control mass media campaigns in England. Addiction. 108(11), 2001-8
• LANGLEY, T.E., SZATKOWSKI, L., MCNEILL, A., COLEMAN, T. and LEWIS, S., 2012. Prescribing of nicotine replacement therapy to cardiovascular disease patients in England Addiction. 107(7), 1341-1348
• LANGLEY, T.E., MCNEILL, A., LEWIS, S., SZATKOWSKI, L. and QUINN, C., 2012. The impact of media campaigns on smoking cessation activity: a structural vector autoregression analysis Addiction. 107(11), 2043-2050
• LANGLEY, T.E., HUANG, Y., LEWIS, S., MCNEILL, A., COLEMAN, T. and SZATKOWSKI, L., 2011. Prescribing of nicotine replacement therapy to adolescents in England Addiction. 106(8), 1513-1519
• LANGLEY, T.E., HUANG, Y., MCNEILL, A., COLEMAN, T., SZATKOWSKI, L. and LEWIS, S., 2011. Prescribing of smoking cessation medication in England since the introduction of varenicline Addiction. 106(7), 1319-1324
• LANGLEY TE, SZATKOWSKI LC, WYTHE S and LEWIS SA, 2011. Can Primary Care Data Be Used To Monitor Regional Smoking Prevalence? An Analysis Of The Health Improvement Network Primary Care Data. BMC Public Health. 11, 773
• LANGLEY, TESSA E, SZATKOWSKI, LISA, GIBSON, JACK, HUANG, YUE, MCNEILL, ANN, COLEMAN, TIM and LEWIS, SARAH, 2010. Validation of The Health Improvement Network (THIN) primary care database for monitoring prescriptions for smoking cessation medications. Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety. 19(6), 586-90
• THALER, KYLIE, KAMINSKI, ANGELA, CHAPMAN, ANDREA, LANGLEY, TESSA and GARTLEHNER, GERALD, 2009. Bach Flower Remedies for psychological problems and pain: a systematic review. BMC complementary and alternative medicine. 9, 16
• CLAUDIA WILD, TESSA LANGLEY, BEATE GUBA and GERALD GARTLEHNER, 2009. Minimal-invasiver perkutaner Aortenklappenersatz: eine systematische Übersichtsarbeit (Percutaneous aortic valve replacement: A systematic review) Der Kardiologe. 3(2), 164-170