Publications by authors named "L L Clancy"

Ireland's Smoking Ban reduced health inequalities known to be associated with smoking but some groups may not have benefitted. Mental ill-health and smoking are known to be associated with health inequalities. Whether similar patterns exist for e-cigarette use is less clear, as few data exist.

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Objectives: The Action To promote brain HEalth iN Adults study aimed to determine the feasibility and applicability of recruitment using home blood pressure (BP) monitoring, routine blood biochemistry and videoconference measures of cognition, in adults at high risk of dementia.

Design: A decentralised double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised feasibility trial with a four-stage screening process.

Setting: Conducted with participants online in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

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Introduction: Tobacco use is a major threat to health globally. A number of countries have adopted "endgame goals" to minimize smoking prevalence. The INSPIRED project aims to describe and compare the experiences of the first six countries to adopt an endgame goal.

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Background: Children with a parent who smokes are more likely to become substance users than those who do not have a parent who smokes. In this study, we examined whether childhood or early adolescent exposure to primary parent smoking increased the risk of subsequent teenage alcohol and drug use at ages 17-18 years.

Methods: For this longitudinal observational study, we analysed data from 6039 teenagers and their parents from the waves 1-3 of the Growing up in Ireland Cohort 98' Study.

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