Professor Coral Gartner
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Coral Gartner

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Background

Professor Coral Gartner is an international expert in tobacco control policy and the world's leading expert on electronic nicotine delivery systems (or e-cigarettes). She is the Director of the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence on Achieving the Tobacco Endgame (Tobacco Endgame CRE), an Australian Research Council Future Fellow, and the Chair of the Interdisciplinary Tobacco Endgame Research Network, the country lead Investigator for Australia with the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project (ITC Project), and a Co-Investigator with the SewAUs Wastewater Epidemiology Project. She is currently the Director of Research at the University of Queensland's School of Public Health, the Regional Editor for Australasia for the BMJ journal, Tobacco Control, after serving as a senior editor from 2012-2018. She is the immediate Past President of the Oceania Chapter of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT-O).

She leads a multidisciplinary research team of international experts (located in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the USA, England, and the Netherlands) to develop the evidence base for tobacco endgame strategies and to identify the most promising policies that could end the cigarette epidemic in Australia, and beyond. Her research program includes consideration of how these policies could be implemented, while mitigating potential unintended impacts and increasing equity. Her research methods span cohort studies, clinical trials, policy analyses, simulation modelling and mixed methods research.

Professor Gartner joined the University of Queensland in 2006. With undergraduate qualifications in environmental health and a PhD in environmental epidemiology, she completed a postdoctoral fellowship on tobacco control policy and held a NHMRC Career Development Fellowship (2014-2018). In 2019, she led the development of UQ’s flagship cross-faculty postgraduate programs in Environmental Health Sciences.

Professor Gartner has published over 300 academic works, including journal articles, book chapters, and submissions to government inquiries, and has served as an expert witness to a number of government inquiries and consultations. She has also authored articles on tobacco control topics for The Conversation.

Availability

Professor Coral Gartner is:
Available for supervision
Media expert

Fields of research

Biomedical and Clinical Sciences Clinical sciences Epidemiology Health Sciences

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Applied Science, Queensland University of Technology
  • Bachelor (Honours), Queensland University of Technology
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Queensland University of Technology

Search Professor Coral Gartner’s works on UQ eSpace

414 works between 1996 and 2025
All (414) Journal Article (283) Book Chapter (15) Conference Publication (111) Other Outputs (5)

1 - 20 of 414 works

2025

Journal Article

Tobacco retailers’ use of toy displays, and cartoons in signage in Australia

Morphett, Kylie and Gartner, Coral (2025). Tobacco retailers’ use of toy displays, and cartoons in signage in Australia. Tobacco Control. doi: 10.1136/tc-2024-059102

Tobacco retailers’ use of toy displays, and cartoons in signage in Australia

2025

Journal Article

Estimating the number and growth of tobacconists and vape stores in Queensland in the absence of a retailer licensing database

Bendotti, Hollie, Ireland, David, Gartner, Coral, Marshall, Henry M. and Lawler, Sheleigh (2025). Estimating the number and growth of tobacconists and vape stores in Queensland in the absence of a retailer licensing database. Drug and Alcohol Review. doi: 10.1111/dar.14038

Estimating the number and growth of tobacconists and vape stores in Queensland in the absence of a retailer licensing database

2025

Journal Article

Protecting children from tobacco products in retail environments: a review of Australian tobacco control laws

Rooney, Tess, Okninski, Michaela, Morphett, Kylie, Richards, Bernadette and Gartner, Coral (2025). Protecting children from tobacco products in retail environments: a review of Australian tobacco control laws. Drug and Alcohol Review. doi: 10.1111/dar.14033

Protecting children from tobacco products in retail environments: a review of Australian tobacco control laws

2025

Journal Article

Using Bayesian evidence synthesis to quantify uncertainty in population trends in smoking behaviour

Wade, Stephen, Sarich, Peter, Vaneckova, Pavla, Behar-Harpaz, Silvia, Ngo, Preston J., Grogan, Paul B., Cressman, Sonya, Gartner, Coral E., Murray, John M., Blakely, Tony, Banks, Emily, Tammemagi, Martin C., Canfell, Karen, Weber, Marianne F. and Caruana, Michael (2025). Using Bayesian evidence synthesis to quantify uncertainty in population trends in smoking behaviour. Statistical Methods in Medical Research, 1-16. doi: 10.1177/09622802241310326

Using Bayesian evidence synthesis to quantify uncertainty in population trends in smoking behaviour

2025

Journal Article

Reporting on the <i>“Next Generation of Nicotine Addicts”</i> : A Mixed-Methods Analysis of How the Australian Media has Covered and Constructed Youth Vaping (2018–2023)

Brookfield, Samuel, Chye, Nathan A., Carah, Nicholas and Gartner, Coral (2025). Reporting on the “Next Generation of Nicotine Addicts” : A Mixed-Methods Analysis of How the Australian Media has Covered and Constructed Youth Vaping (2018–2023). Health Communication, 1-14. doi: 10.1080/10410236.2025.2458648

Reporting on the <i>“Next Generation of Nicotine Addicts”</i> : A Mixed-Methods Analysis of How the Australian Media has Covered and Constructed Youth Vaping (2018–2023)

2024

Journal Article

Opposition to banning cigarette filters and the belief that removing filters makes cigarettes much more harmful among adults who smoke: Findings from the 2022 International Tobacco Control Four Country Smoking and Vaping Survey

Gravely, Shannon, Novotny, Thomas E, Cummings, K Michael, East, Katherine A, Hyland, Andrew, Driezen, Pete, Hoek, Janet, Morphett, Kylie, Sellars, David, O’Connor, Richard J, Quah, Anne C K, Fong, Geoffrey T and Gartner, Coral E (2024). Opposition to banning cigarette filters and the belief that removing filters makes cigarettes much more harmful among adults who smoke: Findings from the 2022 International Tobacco Control Four Country Smoking and Vaping Survey. Nicotine and Tobacco Research. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntae270

Opposition to banning cigarette filters and the belief that removing filters makes cigarettes much more harmful among adults who smoke: Findings from the 2022 International Tobacco Control Four Country Smoking and Vaping Survey

2024

Journal Article

How is heated tobacco product use described by people who use them daily?

Borland, Ron, Dhungel, Bibha, Gartner, Coral E, Fong, Geoffrey T, Hyland, Andrew, Cummings, K Michael and East, Katherine A (2024). How is heated tobacco product use described by people who use them daily?. Tobacco Control, tc-2024. doi: 10.1136/tc-2024-058969

How is heated tobacco product use described by people who use them daily?

2024

Journal Article

A content analysis of illicit tobacco-related crimes reported in Australian media

Meciar, Isabel, Puljević, Cheneal, Holland, Alice and Gartner, Coral (2024). A content analysis of illicit tobacco-related crimes reported in Australian media. Nicotine and Tobacco Research. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntae254

A content analysis of illicit tobacco-related crimes reported in Australian media

2024

Journal Article

Interventions for smoking cessation in inpatient psychiatry settings

Plever, Sally, Kisely, Steve R, Bonevski, Billie, Siskind, Dan, Guillaumier, Ashleigh, McCarter, Kristen and Gartner, Coral E (2024). Interventions for smoking cessation in inpatient psychiatry settings. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2024 (9) CD015934. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD015934

Interventions for smoking cessation in inpatient psychiatry settings

2024

Journal Article

Identifying motivational interviewing techniques in Quitline smoking cessation counselling sessions from Queensland, Australia

Bendotti, Hollie, Marshall, Henry M., Gartner, Coral, Ireland, David and Lawler, Sheleigh (2024). Identifying motivational interviewing techniques in Quitline smoking cessation counselling sessions from Queensland, Australia. Journal of Health Psychology, 13591053241274091. doi: 10.1177/13591053241274091

Identifying motivational interviewing techniques in Quitline smoking cessation counselling sessions from Queensland, Australia

2024

Journal Article

Interventions to reduce lung cancer and COPD-related stigma: a systematic review

Yamazaki-Tan, Julia, Harrison, Nathan J., Marshall, Henry, Gartner, Coral, Runge, Catherine E. and Morphett, Kylie (2024). Interventions to reduce lung cancer and COPD-related stigma: a systematic review. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 58 (11), 729-740. doi: 10.1093/abm/kaae048

Interventions to reduce lung cancer and COPD-related stigma: a systematic review

2024

Journal Article

The impact of tobacco tax increases on cost-minimising behaviours and subsequent smoking cessation in Australia: an analysis of the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project

Cho, Ara, Scollo, Michelle, Chan, Gary, Driezen, Pete, Hyland, Andrew, Shang, Ce and Gartner, Coral E. (2024). The impact of tobacco tax increases on cost-minimising behaviours and subsequent smoking cessation in Australia: an analysis of the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project. Tobacco Control tc-2024-058776, tc-2024. doi: 10.1136/tc-2024-058776

The impact of tobacco tax increases on cost-minimising behaviours and subsequent smoking cessation in Australia: an analysis of the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project

2024

Journal Article

Evidence and policy is certainly more complex than it seems

Berridge, Virginia, Hall, Wayne, Morphett, Kylie, Fairchild, Amy, Bayer, Ron and Gartner, Coral (2024). Evidence and policy is certainly more complex than it seems. Addiction, 119 (11), 1877-1878. doi: 10.1111/add.16660

Evidence and policy is certainly more complex than it seems

2024

Journal Article

Swipe to inhale: tobacco-related content on social media and susceptibility to tobacco use

Lim, Carmen C. W., Sun, Tianze, Hall, Wayne, Gartner, Coral and Connor, Jason P. (2024). Swipe to inhale: tobacco-related content on social media and susceptibility to tobacco use. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 67 (6), 968-972. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2024.07.020

Swipe to inhale: tobacco-related content on social media and susceptibility to tobacco use

2024

Journal Article

Co-Designing a Smoking Cessation Chatbot: Focus Group Study of End Users and Smoking Cessation Professionals

Bendotti, Hollie, Lawler, Sheleigh, Ireland, David, Gartner, Coral and Marshall, Henry M (2024). Co-Designing a Smoking Cessation Chatbot: Focus Group Study of End Users and Smoking Cessation Professionals. JMIR Human Factors, 11 e56505, e56505. doi: 10.2196/56505

Co-Designing a Smoking Cessation Chatbot: Focus Group Study of End Users and Smoking Cessation Professionals

2024

Journal Article

Perceptions of nicotine vaping products among Australians living with HIV

Edwards, Stephanie, Puljevic, Cheneal, Dean, Judith A., Gilks, Charles, Boyd, Mark A., Watts, Peter, Howard, Chris and Gartner, Coral E. (2024). Perceptions of nicotine vaping products among Australians living with HIV. AIDS Care-Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, 36 (12), 1-11. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2024.2372718

Perceptions of nicotine vaping products among Australians living with HIV

2024

Journal Article

Global policy scan of commercial combustible tobacco product retailing regulations by WHO region

Canty, Ruth, Gartner, Coral E, Hoek, Janet and Hefler, Marita (2024). Global policy scan of commercial combustible tobacco product retailing regulations by WHO region. Tobacco Control. doi: 10.1136/tc-2023-058523

Global policy scan of commercial combustible tobacco product retailing regulations by WHO region

2024

Journal Article

"I've lost my children to vaping": A frame analysis of the Australian media's construction of the "Youth vaping crisis"

Brookfield, Samuel, Chye, Nathan A., Carah, Nicholas and Gartner, Coral (2024). "I've lost my children to vaping": A frame analysis of the Australian media's construction of the "Youth vaping crisis". International Journal of Drug Policy, 130 104513, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104513

"I've lost my children to vaping": A frame analysis of the Australian media's construction of the "Youth vaping crisis"

2024

Journal Article

The effect of tobacco tax increase on price-minimizing tobacco purchasing behaviours: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Cho, Ara, Lim, Carmen, Sun, Tianze, Chan, Gary and Gartner, Coral (2024). The effect of tobacco tax increase on price-minimizing tobacco purchasing behaviours: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Addiction, 119 (11), 1923-1936. doi: 10.1111/add.16618

The effect of tobacco tax increase on price-minimizing tobacco purchasing behaviours: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2024

Journal Article

Exploring associations of population characteristics and tobacco and vape retailer density and proximity in Australia: a scoping review

Bendotti, Hollie, Gartner, Coral E., Marshall, Henry M., Ireland, David, Garvey, Gail and Lawler, Sheleigh (2024). Exploring associations of population characteristics and tobacco and vape retailer density and proximity in Australia: a scoping review. Tobacco control, 1-8. doi: 10.1136/tc-2024-058760

Exploring associations of population characteristics and tobacco and vape retailer density and proximity in Australia: a scoping review

Current funding

  • 2024 - 2028
    Effectiveness of a Healthy Lifestyle and Resilience Program in New-Onset Rheumatoid Arthritis
    NHMRC MRFF Clinician Researchers Applied Research in Health
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2028
    The Interdisciplinary Tobacco Endgame Research Network (INTER-Net)
    NHMRC Synergy Grants
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2026
    Transforming tobacco policy to deliver societal benefits
    ARC Future Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2025
    Understanding Australia by analysing wastewater during the Census 2021
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2025
    The Centre of Research Excellence on Achieving the Tobacco Endgame (CREATE)
    NHMRC Centres of Research Excellence
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2024
    Illicit tobacco and vape supply - A review of international media and marketing campaigns that aim to deter purchasing of illicit tobacco and/or vaping products
    Queensland Police Service
    Open grant
  • 2023
    Developing the Monitoring and Evaluation Frameworks for Tobacco Reduction Reforms and Skin Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Project in Queensland
    Queensland Health
    Open grant
  • 2022
    Wellbeing and Healthy Lifestyle Program for People with Rheumatoid Arthritis (Arthritis Australia Project Grant led by Griffith University)
    Griffith University
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2022
    The impacts of a changing nicotine marketplace on health professionals
    UQ Knowledge Exchange & Translation Fund
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2023
    Estimating use of tobacco and nicotine products through wastewater analysis
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2023
    A trial of vaporised nicotine products for smoking cessation following discharge from drug and alcohol residential withdrawal services (NHMRC Project Grant administered by Flinders University)
    Open grant
  • 2019
    The effect of E-cigarette use on clinical parameters and inflammatory biomarkers of non-periodontitis patients in response to routine scaling and cleaning
    Australian Dental Research Fund Inc
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2022
    10,000 Lives Project
    Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2019
    E Cigarettes: history, evidence and policy
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2022
    A Pragmatic Randomised Clinical Trial of Nicotine Vaporisers added to Smoking Cessation Treatment for Priority Populations Living with Comorbidities
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2020
    Adding an electronic-cigarette to standard behavioural treatment for low-socioeconomic status smokers: A randomised trial (NHMRC Project Grant led by UNSW)
    University of New South Wales
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2020
    Estimating per capita use and release of chemicals by wastewater analysis
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2019
    A non-inferiority trial of cytisine versus varenicline for smoking cessation (NHMRC Project Grant administered by the University of New South Wales)
    University of New South Wales
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2021
    Understanding the impacts of Vaporised Nicotine Products on smoking in Australia (NHMRC Project Grant administered by Cancer Council Victoria)
    Cancer Council Victoria
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2016
    Development and evaluation of a tailored video resource to help people from high risk populations to quit smoking
    Quit Victoria
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2017
    Vaporising smoking-related harms in people with severe and persistent mental illness: A study of the acceptability of vaporised nicotine products for smoking cessation or long-term substitution
    Monash University
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2018
    A harm reduction trial using novel nicotine replacement products among smokers who are living with HIV in Australia
    HIVFQ HIV Research Grants
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2019
    Quit Smoking Video Project (funding from VicHealth)
    Victorian Health Promotion Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2016
    Tobacco and alcohol metabolites in water to estimate gaps in excise revenue products
    Australian Taxation Office
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2016
    Assessing the effectiveness of High Intensity Interval Training for smoking cessation in women
    National Heart Foundation Vanguard Grant
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2019
    Enhancing pharmacological and behavioural support to reduce smoking relapse: A factorial RCT (NHMRC/NIHR Collaborative Research Grant administered by Cancer Council Victoria)
    Cancer Council Victoria
    Open grant
  • 2014
    Economics of tobacco harm reduction
    Victorian Health Promotion Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2017
    NHMRC CDF (Population Health; Level 1): Public health policies and interventions to reduce tobacco-related harms among socially disadvantaged populations and 'low probability quitters'
    NHMRC Career Development Fellowship
    Open grant
  • 2013
    Test of a new motivational intervention for smoking cessation, incorporating mobile phone reminders
    UQ Early Career Researcher
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2015
    'A disease of the brain': How do neurobiological explanations of addiction influence the attitudes and behaviour of smokers?
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2017
    An open-label randomised pragmatic policy trial of nicotine products for short-term cessation assistance or long-term substitution in smokers
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2010 - 2012
    Estimating illicit drug usage through analysis of drugs in wastewater
    Queensland Health Forensic and Scientific Services
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2010
    Occurrence and fate of illicit drugs in Australian sewage treatment work
    UQ FirstLink Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2011
    ResTeach 2009 0.2 FTE SChool of Population Health
    UQ ResTeach
    Open grant
  • 2009
    UQ Travel Awards Category 2, Dr Coral Gartner
    UQ Travel Grants Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2013
    NHMRC Training Fellowship (Aust. Based Public Health): Evaluating the effectiveness of future tobacco control strategies
    NHMRC Training (Postdoctoral) Fellowship
    Open grant

Availability

Professor Coral Gartner is:
Available for supervision

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Available projects

  • Projects related to tobacco control policy and smoking cessation

    Tobacco smoking is the leading cause of preventable death globally, killing over 7 million people per year. In Australia, smoking causes 20,933 deaths per year, accounting for nearly 1 in 7 deaths and 9% of disease burden. Discussion is growing about how to end the cigarette epidemic, meaning reducing smoking prevalence to a level that is no longer a major public health issue. Once seen as ‘unthinkable’, this goal is now part of mainstream tobacco control research and government health policy. A range of endgame strategies have been proposed; some have been implemented or are under serious consideration in other countries. The NHMRC-funded Centre of Research Excellence on Achieving the Tobacco Endgame (Tobacco Endgame CRE) will develop the evidence base for and outline a roadmap for Australia to end smoking in Australia.

    Please note, I am currently only considering inquiries from PhD applicants with relevant track records in tobacco control policy or smoking cessation research or practice, particularly those with experience/knowledge of the Australian situation.

    Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are especially encouraged to apply.

  • Research on ending the tobacco smoking epidemic in Australia

    Tobacco smoking is the leading cause of preventable death globally, killing over 7 million people per year. In Australia, smoking causes 20,933 deaths per year, accounting for nearly 1 in 7 deaths and 9% of disease burden. Discussion is growing about how to end the cigarette epidemic, meaning reducing smoking prevalence to a level that is no longer a major public health issue. Once seen as ‘unthinkable’, this goal is now part of mainstream tobacco control research and government health policy. A range of endgame strategies have been proposed; some have been implemented or are under serious consideration in other countries. The NHMRC-funded Centre of Research Excellence on Achieving the Tobacco Endgame (Tobacco Endgame CRE) will develop the evidence base for and outline a roadmap for Australia to end smoking in Australia.

    Preferred educational background: Undergraduate Class I or IIA honours or Masters degree in Public Health, Health Sciences, Chemistry, Behavioural Sciences, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Environmental Health, Regulatory Science, Health Law, Health Policy, Political Science, Business, Economics, Communications, Psychology or a related field. Knowledge and experience in health policy or product regulation would be highly valued. Applicants must have excellent academic track records. Relevant experience in tobacco control related research or practice will be highly valued.

    If you are interested in one of these topics, please contact Professor Gartner to discuss. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are especially encouraged to apply.

  • Projects related to tobacco control policy and smoking cessation

    Tobacco smoking is the leading cause of preventable death globally, killing over 7 million people per year. In Australia, smoking causes nearly 21,000 deaths per year, accounting for nearly 1 in 7 deaths and 9% of disease burden. Discussion is growing about how to end the cigarette epidemic, meaning reducing smoking prevalence to a level that is no longer a major public health issue. Once seen as ‘unthinkable’, this goal is now part of mainstream tobacco control research and government health policy. A range of endgame strategies have been proposed; some have been implemented or are under serious consideration in other countries. The NHMRC-funded Centre of Research Excellence on Achieving the Tobacco Endgame (Tobacco Endgame CRE) is developing the evidence base for a roadmap for how Australia can reduce smoking to very low levels to end the large preventable disease burden.

    Please note, I am currently only considering inquiries from domestic PhD applicants or international applicants with very strong relevant track records in tobacco control policy or smoking cessation research or practice, particularly those with experience/knowledge of the Australian situation.

    Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are especially encouraged to apply.

Supervision history

Current supervision

Completed supervision

Enquiries

Contact Professor Coral Gartner directly for media enquiries about:

  • electronic cigarettes
  • Public health - smoking reduction
  • Smoking - health
  • Smoking - public health policy
  • Smoking - quitting
  • Snus (smokeless tobacco)
  • Tobacco - health
  • Tobacco - snus
  • vaping

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