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Professor

Nick Wilson

MB ChB, DIH, MPH
Professor
Nick Wilson

Nick is a medical doctor who subsequently specialised as a public health physician and then moved into university-based research. He has over 450 Medline-indexed publications in peer-reviewed journals. His research interests include:

Recent publications

  2. Hoek, J.
    Graham-DeMello, A.
    Wilson, N.
    Perceptions of illicit tobacco sources following a proposed reduction in tobacco availability: A qualitative analysis of New Zealanders who smoke
    Nicotine and Tobacco Research.
  8. Summers, J. A. Ouakrim, D. A.
    Wilson, N.
    Blakely, T.
    Updated health and cost impacts of electronic nicotine delivery systems, using recent estimates of relative harm for vaping compared to smoking.
    Nicotine & Tobacco Research,
    Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntab178
  18. Wilson, N.
    Hoek, J.
    Nghiem, N. Summers, J. Grout, L.
    Edwards, R.
    Report on Preliminary High-Level Modelling Estimates of Impacts on Smoking Prevalence of Major Tobacco Control Interventions in Aotearoa New Zealand.
    University of Otago, Wellington
  35. Thomson, G. Nee-Nee, J. Sutherland, K. Holland, R. Wilson, M.
    Wilson, N.
    Observed vaping and smoking in outdoor public places: Piloting objective data collection for policies on outdoor vaping.
    Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health,
    43(4), 401-402.
  36. Nee-Nee, J. Thomson, G.
    Hoek, J.
    Wilson, N.
    Health promotion by more effective pack regulation: Reduction in tobacco pack display at hospitality venues after the introduction of standardised tobacco packaging with new pictorial warnings [Paper presentation].
    The 23rd International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) World Conference on Health Promotion, Rotorua, New Zealand,
    2019, April 7-11
  38. Gurram, N. Thomson, G.
    Wilson, N.
    Hoek, J.
    Vape marketing online: Protections for children? [Oral presentation].
    The 23rd International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) World Conference on Health Promotion, Rotorua, New Zealand,
    2019, April 7-11
  41. Nee-Nee, J. Sutherland, K. Holland, R. Wilson, M. Ackland, S. Bocock, C. Cartmell, A. Earp, J. Grove, C. Hewson, C. Jefferies, W. Keefe, L. Lockyer, J. Patel, S. Quintans, M. Robbie, M. Teape, L. Yang, J.
    Wilson, N.
    Hoek, J.
    Thomson, G.
    Tobacco pack display at hospitality venues after the introduction of standardised tobacco packaging in New Zealand: A field observation study.
    BMJ Open,
    9(9), Article e027868.
  51. van der Deen, F.S.
    Wilson, N.
    Cleghorn, C.L. Kvizhinadze, G. Cobiac, L.J. Nghiem, N. Blakely, T.
    Impact of five tobacco endgame strategies on future smoking prevalence, population health and health system costs: two modelling studies to inform the tobacco endgame.
    Tobacco Control,
    2018;27:278-286 .
  52. Nghiem, N. Cleghorn, C.L. Leung, W. Nair, N. Deen, F.S.V. Blakely, T.
    Wilson, N.
    A national quitline service and its promotion in the mass media: modelling the health gain, health equity and cost-utility.
    Tobacco Control,
    2018 (4):434-441 .
  53. Cleghorn, C.L. Blakely, T. Kvizhinadze, G. van der Deen, F.S. Nghiem, N. Cobiac, L.J.
    Wilson, N.
    Impact of increasing tobacco taxes on working-age adults: Short-term health gain, health equity and cost savings.
    Tobacco Control,
    2018; 27:e167-e170.
  55. Wilson, N.
    Petrovic-van der Deen, F.S. Cleghorn, C.L. Nghiem, N. Kvizhinadze, G. Blakely, T.
    The BODE3 online interactive league table: Results for tobacco control interventions.
    ASPIRE-NIHI Smokefree 2025 Research Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand,
    2018
  62. Wilson, N.
    Hoek, J.
    Thomson, G.
    Edwards, R.
    Regulations to ban vaping in indoor settings (Oral presentation).
    International Conference on Tobacco Control. Taipei, Taiwan,
    2017, October
  63. Thomson, G.
    Wilson, N.
    Gage, R.
    Healthy playgrounds: Simple methods to gather data for monitoring health risks and for advocacy (Oral presentation).
    PHANZ Conference, Ōtautahi, Christchurch,
    2017, October
  64. Thomson, G.
    Wilson, N.
    Health promotion opportunities: Smokefree signage at sports facilities and racecourses with outdoor stands (Oral presentation).
    PHANZ Conference, Ōtautahi, Christchurch,
    2017, October
  67. Teng, A. Atkinson, J. Disney, G.
    Wilson, N.
    Blakely, T.
    Changing smoking-mortality association over time and across social groups: National census-mortality cohort studies from 1981 to 2011.
    Scientific Reports,
    7(1).
  74. Wilson, N.
    Pearson, A.L. Thomson, G.
    Edwards, R.
    Actual and potential use of Google street view for studying tobacco issues: A review (Oral presentation).
    Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 23rd Annual Meeting, Florence, Italy,
    2017, March
  75. Wilson, N.
    Nghiem, N. Leung, W. Cleghorn, C. Nair, N. van der Deen, F.S. Blakely, T.
    Mass media and quitline combined: Modelling the health gain (QALYS), equity impacts and health cost savings (Oral presentation).
    Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 23rd Annual Meeting, Florence, Italy,
    2017, March
  76. van der Deen, F.S.
    Wilson, N.
    Cleghorn, C. Kvizhinadze, G. Cobiac, L. Blakely, T.
    Can endgame interventions achieve a tobacco-free world by 2040? And with what QALY gains and cost savings? (Oral presentation).
    Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 23rd Annual Meeting, Florence, Italy,
    2017, March
  77. van der Deen, F.S.
    Wilson, N.
    Pharmacists’ views on restricting tobacco and e-cigarettes sales to pharmacies only: A cross-sectional survey in New Zealand (Oral presentation).
    Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 23rd Annual Meeting, Florence, Italy,
    2017, March
  78. Pearson, A. Cleghorn, C. van der Deen, F.S. Cobiac, L. Kvizhinadze, G. Nghiem, N.
    Wilson, N.
    Reduced access to tobacco retailers: Modelling health, equity and cost impacts at a national (Oral presentation).
    Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 23rd Annual Meeting, Florence, Italy,
    2017, March
  79. Gifford, H. Thomson, G. Martin, J. Parata, K.
    Wilson, N.
    Issues and options for progress towards a smokefree city: A case study for smokefree outdoor policies (Oral presentation).
    Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 23rd Annual Meeting, Florence, Italy,
    2017, March
  80. Gartner, C.
    Wilson, N.
    Systematic review of biomarker studies on e-cigarettes (Oral presentation).
    Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 23rd Annual Meeting, Florence, Italy,
    2017, March
  82. Thomson, G.
    Wilson, N.
    Global Tobacco Industry.
    International Encyclopedia of Public Health,
    S. R. Quah & W. Cockerham (Eds.), (2nd ed., pp. 292-300): Elsevier.
  84. Teng, A.M. Atkinson, J. Disney, G.
    Wilson, N.
    Blakely, T.
    Changing socioeconomic inequalities in cancer incidence and mortality: Cohort study with 54 million person-years follow-up 1981–2011.
    International Journal of Cancer,
    140(6), 1306-1316.
  85. Pearson, A.L. Cleghorn, C.L. van der Deen, F.S. Cobiac, L.J. Kvizhinadze, G. Nghiem, N.
    Wilson, N.
    Tobacco retail outlet restrictions: health and cost impacts from multistate life-table modelling in a national population.
    Tobacco Control,
    26(5), 579-585.
  92. Wilson, N.
    Thomson, G.
    Survey of smokefree signage at playgrounds: The potential value of comparisons with dog control signage.
    Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health,
    2016; 40: 395. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12540
  94. Gendall, P.
    Hoek, J.
    Eckert, C. Louviere, J. Farley, T.
    Edwards, R.
    Wilson, N.
    Impact of standardised packaging relative to a tobacco price increase: Results of two experiments (Poster).
    22nd Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) Annual Meeting, Chicago, USA,
    March 2016.
  95. Edwards, R.
    Thomson, G.
    Wilson, N.
    Collins, D.
    Attitudes to outdoor smokefree policies in the USA and Canada (Poster).
    22nd Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) Annual Meeting, Chicago, USA,
    March 2016.
  96. Edwards, R.
    Hoek, J.
    Thomson, G. Jaine, R.
    Wilson, N.
    The world’s first regulated legal market for psychoactive substances: Relevance to tobacco control? (Poster).
    22nd Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) Annual Meeting, Chicago, USA,
    March 2016.
  107. Delany, L. Thomson, G.
    Wilson, N.
    Curtis, H.
    Edwards, R.
    An Act for Smokefree Aotearoa 2015.
    Presented at NZ Public Health Association Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand,
    September, 2015
  114. Thomson, G.
    Wilson, N.
    The Global Tobacco Industry.
    Reference Module in Biomedical Sciences,
    Waltham, MA, Elsevier, 2015.
  117. Martin, N. McHugh, H. Murtagh, J. Oliver-Rose, C. Panesar, D. Pengelly, H. Rieper, S. Schofield, H. Singh, V. Speed, A. Strachan, R. Tapsell, T. Trafford, S. van Ryn, S. Ward, E. Whiting, R. Wilson-van Duin, M. Wu, Z. Purdie, G. van der Deen, F.S. Thomson, G. Pearson, A.L.
    Wilson, N.
    Observational study of the visibility of branded tobacco packaging and smoking at outdoor bars/cafés in Wellington, New Zealand.
    NZ Med J,
    2014;127(1404):27-36
  118. Oliver, J. Thomson, G.
    Wilson, N.
    Quantifying smoking behaviour, cigarette butt disposal and rates of butt accumulation in public transportation settings – Novel approaches to inform smokefree policies.
    Accepted in Abstract Book at New Zealand Population Health Congress, Auckland, New Zealand,
    6-8 October 2014.
  119. Kelly, A. Tavite, S. Thomson, G.
    Wilson, N.
    Prospects for advancing tobacco control in Tokelau.
    New Zealand Population Health Congress, Auckland, New Zealand,
    6-8 October 2014.
  120. Edwards, R.
    Beaglehole, R. Blakely, T.
    Wilson, N.
    Hoek, J.
    Master class: Smoke Free 2025.
    New Zealand Population Health Congress, Auckland, New Zealand,
    6-8 October 2014.
  121. Thomson, G. Martin, N. McHugh, H. Murtagh, J. Oliver-Rose, C. Panesar, D. Pengelly, H. Rieper, S. Schofield, H. Singh, V. Speed, A. Strachan, R. Tapsell, T. Trafford, S. van Ryn, S. Ward, E. Whiting, R. Wilson-van Duin, M. Wua, Z. Pearson, A.
    Wilson, N.
    Van der Deen, F.
    The visibility of tobacco brand imagery on cigarette packs outside of bars and cafés.
    SRNT Europe Conference: Santiago de Compostela,
    September 18-20, 2014.
  122. Thomson, G. Pearson, A.
    Wilson, N.
    Van der Deen, F. two fourth year medical student groups.
    Observed smoking by time of day.
    SRNT Europe Conference: Santiago de Compostela,
    September 18-20, 2014.
  126. Chan, J. Burnett, T. Baillie, R. Blomfield, S. Cameron-Christie, P. Dickson, J. Fleishl, W. Ghandi, S. Gordon, K. Heo, J. Kesy, A. Yu Kao, A. Kenny, C. Knight, A.
    Wilson, N.
    Thomson, G.
    Smoking in outdoor areas of bars and cafés: Large differences between midday and evening prevalences.
    Drugs: education, prevention and policy,
    (0), 1-5.
  129. Edwards, R.
    Wilson, N.
    Sustainable regulation of psychoactive substances – but what about tobacco?
    BMJ,
    2014;348:g2033.
  132. Wilson, N.
    The Tobacco Endgame in New Zealand: How Might Tobacco Taxation Contribute for Maori and All New Zealanders? (Oral Presentation).
    Presented at Smokefree Oceania, Auckland, NZ,
    23-25 October, 2013.
  133. Thomson, G.
    Wilson, N.
    Edwards, R.
    Smoking Denormalisation: What Can We Do Now? (Oral Presentation).
    Presented at Smokefree Oceania, Auckland, NZ,
    23-25 October, 2013.
  134. Thomson, G. Pearson, A. Nutsford, D. Jayasinghe, S.
    Wilson, N.
    The Visibility of Smoking Outside Bars and Cafes: New Methodology and Results (Oral Presentation).
    Presented at Smokefree Oceania, Auckland, NZ,
    23-25 October, 2013.
  135. Ikeda, T. Cobiac, L.
    Wilson, N.
    Carter, K. Blakely, T.
    What is Needed to Achieve New Zealand’s Smokefree Nation Goal: Results from a Forecasting Model (Oral Presentation).
    Presented at Smokefree Oceania, Auckland, NZ,
    23-25 October, 2013.
  136. Edwards, R.
    Marshall, A. Thomson, G. Peace, J.
    Wilson, N.
    Impact of foreign tobacco carried into New Zealand : evidence from a discarded pack collection study (Oral Presentation).
    Presented at Smokefree Oceania, Auckland, NZ,
    23-25 October, 2013.
  137. Edwards, R.
    Marshall, A. Thomson, G. Peace, J.
    Wilson, N.
    How are Tobacco Companies preparing for Standardised Packaging? A Survey of discarded Tobacco Packs in New Zealand (Oral Presentation).
    Presented at Smokefree Oceania, Auckland, NZ,
    23-25 October, 2013.
  141. Ikeda, T. Cobiac, L.
    Wilson, N.
    Carter, K. Blakely, T.
    What will it take to get to under 5% smoking prevalence by 2025? Modelling in a country with a smokefree goal.
    Tobacco Control,
    Published Online First:[ 26 Sept 2103] doi:10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2013-051196
  142. Ikeda, T. Cobiac, L. Nghiem, N. Carter, K.
    Wilson, N.
    Blakely, T.
    What is Needed to Achieve New Zealand’s Smokefree Nation Goal: Results from a Forecasting Model (Poster).
    Presented at the 10th APACT conference, Japan,
    18-21 August.
  143. Edwards, R.
    Healey, B. Thomson, G.
    Wilson, N.
    Hoek, J.
    Taylor, S.
    Secondhand smoke exposure in cars and homes is associated with susceptibility to smoking in 14-15 year old children: Repeated national survey data (Poster).
    Presented at the 10th APACT conference, Japan,
    18-21 August.
  144. Edwards, R.
    Wilson, N.
    Thomson, G. Russell, M. Peace, J. Gifford, H.
    Daring to dream: Policy-maker and practitioner views of an ‘endgame’ solution to tobacco smoking at a country level (Oral Presentation).
    Presented at the 10th APACT conference, Japan,
    18-21 August.
  145. Edwards, R.
    Healey, B.
    Hoek, J.
    Wilson, N.
    Thomson, G. Taylor, S.
    Second-hand smoke exposure of children in cars in New Zealand: Repeated national survey data (Oral Presentation).
    Presented at the 10th APACT conference, Japan,
    18-21 August.
  147. Thomson, G.
    Wilson, N.
    Taking denormalisation seriously: Local government and outdoor smokefree places (Oral Presentation).
    Presented at the 21st National Conference of the Australian Health Promotion Association (AHPA), Sydney, Australia,
    17-19 June 2013.
  148. Thomson, G.
    Wilson, N.
    Measuring smoking in outdoor public spaces (Oral Presentation).
    Presented at the 21st National Conference of the Australian Health Promotion Association (AHPA), Sydney, Australia,
    17-19 June 2013.
  149. Thomson, G. Jayasinghe, S. Pearson, A.
    Wilson, N.
    Nutsford, D.
    The geography of smoking outside bars and cafés in the Wellington CBD (Oral Presentation).
    Presented at the 21st National Conference of the Australian Health Promotion Association (AHPA), Sydney, Australia,
    17-19 June 2013.
  150. Thomson, G. Russell, M. Jenkin, G. Patel, V.
    Wilson, N.
    The presence of children in outdoor public spaces (Oral Presentation).
    Presented at the 21st National Conference of the Australian Health Promotion Association (AHPA), Sydney, Australia,
    17-19 June 2013.
  153. Wilson, N.
    Thomson, G. Blakely, T.
    Edwards, R.
    Advantages and Disadvantages of a “Sinking Lid” Tobacco Endgame Strategy (Poster).
    Presented at the 19th Annual International Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT), Boston USA,
    13-16 March 2013.
  154. Wilson, N.
    Thomson, G.
    Edwards, R.
    Lessons for the Tobacco Endgame from Past Successes with Eliminating Other Hazards: Examples from New Zealand (Poster).
    Presented at the 19th Annual International Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT), Boston USA,
    13-16 March 2013.
  157. Patel, V. Nowostawski, M. Thomson, G.
    Wilson, N.
    Medlin, H.
    Developing a smartphone ‘app’ for public health research: the example of measuring observed smoking in vehicles.
    Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health,
  160. Edwards, R.
    Wilson, N.
    Peace, J. Weerasekera, D. Thomson, G.W. Gifford, H.
    Support for a tobacco endgame and increased regulation of the tobacco industry among New Zealand smokers: results from a National Survey.
    Tobacco Control,
    2013;22:e86-e93 Published Online First : 25 April 2012 doi:10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2011-050324

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