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 (285) Book Chapter (15) Conference Publication (111) Other Outputs (3)

261 - 280 of 414 works

2017

Journal Article

Motivations and limitations associated with vaping among people with mental illness: a qualitative analysis of Reddit discussions

Sharma, Ratika, Wigginton, Britta, Meurk, Carla, Ford, Pauline and Gartner, Coral E. (2017). Motivations and limitations associated with vaping among people with mental illness: a qualitative analysis of Reddit discussions. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 14 (1) 7, 7.1-7.15. doi: 10.3390/ijerph14010007

Motivations and limitations associated with vaping among people with mental illness: a qualitative analysis of Reddit discussions

2017

Conference Publication

Attitudes towards clean nicotine and tobacco harm reduction in Australian adult smokers

Gartner, Coral Elizabeth, Morphett, Kylie, Hall, Wayne Denis (UQCCR) and Carter, Adrian (2017). Attitudes towards clean nicotine and tobacco harm reduction in Australian adult smokers. Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Annual Meeting, Florence, Italy, 8-11 March 2017.

Attitudes towards clean nicotine and tobacco harm reduction in Australian adult smokers

2017

Conference Publication

Do smokers want to quit without help? Attitudes towards assisted and unassisted quitting in Australia

Morphett, Kylie, Carter, Adrian, Hall, Wayne Denis (UQCCR) and Gartner, Coral Elizabeth (2017). Do smokers want to quit without help? Attitudes towards assisted and unassisted quitting in Australia. 15th World Congress on Public Health, Melbourne Convention Centre, Melbourne, Australia, 3-7 April 2017.

Do smokers want to quit without help? Attitudes towards assisted and unassisted quitting in Australia

2017

Journal Article

'Anytime, anywhere': vaping as social practice

Keane, Helen, Weier, Megan, Fraser, Douglas and Gartner, Coral (2017). 'Anytime, anywhere': vaping as social practice. Critical Public Health, 27 (4), 465-476. doi: 10.1080/09581596.2016.1250867

'Anytime, anywhere': vaping as social practice

2017

Conference Publication

One year follow-up of a randomised policy trial of e-cigarettes for smoking cessation and harm reduction

Fraser, D., Borland, R., Walker, N., Bullen, C., Hall, W. and Gartner, C. (2017). One year follow-up of a randomised policy trial of e-cigarettes for smoking cessation and harm reduction. Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Annual Meeting, Florence, Italy, 8-11 March 2017.

One year follow-up of a randomised policy trial of e-cigarettes for smoking cessation and harm reduction

2017

Conference Publication

QUITENDS: A pilot of electronic nicotine devices for smoking cessation with alcohol and other drug treatment clients with abrupt cessation or gradual reduction of cigarettes

Guillaumier, Ashleigh, Dunlop, Adrian J., Baker, Amanda L., Gartner, Coral, Borland, Ron and Bonevski, Billie (2017). QUITENDS: A pilot of electronic nicotine devices for smoking cessation with alcohol and other drug treatment clients with abrupt cessation or gradual reduction of cigarettes. APSAD 2017, Melbourne, VIC., Australia, 12-15 November 2017. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/dar.12613

QUITENDS: A pilot of electronic nicotine devices for smoking cessation with alcohol and other drug treatment clients with abrupt cessation or gradual reduction of cigarettes

2017

Conference Publication

“Vaping not only saved my life, but freed me from a cage": A qualitative analysis of social media discussions about motivations for and barriers to smokers with mental illness switching to e-cigarettes

Sharma, Ratika, Wigginton, Britta, Meurk, Carla, Ford, Pauline and Gartner, Coral Elizabeth (2017). “Vaping not only saved my life, but freed me from a cage": A qualitative analysis of social media discussions about motivations for and barriers to smokers with mental illness switching to e-cigarettes. Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Annual Meeting, Florence, Italy, 8-11 March 2017.

“Vaping not only saved my life, but freed me from a cage": A qualitative analysis of social media discussions about motivations for and barriers to smokers with mental illness switching to e-cigarettes

2017

Conference Publication

Systematic review of research incorporating biomarker assessments of the health impact of ecigarettes

Wong, Cynthia , Wilson, Nick and Gartner, Coral Elizabeth (2017). Systematic review of research incorporating biomarker assessments of the health impact of ecigarettes. 15th World Congress on Public Health, Melbourne Convention Centre, Melbourne, Australia, 3-7 April 2017.

Systematic review of research incorporating biomarker assessments of the health impact of ecigarettes

2017

Conference Publication

Australian HIV health practitioners’ delivery of the 5As of smoking cessation: a cross-sectional study

Bell, Stephanie Kate, Mena, Gabriela, Judith Dean, Boyd, Mark and Gartner, Coral Elizabeth (2017). Australian HIV health practitioners’ delivery of the 5As of smoking cessation: a cross-sectional study. 15th World Congress on Public Health, Melbourne Convention Centre, Melbourne, Australia, 3-7 April 2017.

Australian HIV health practitioners’ delivery of the 5As of smoking cessation: a cross-sectional study

2017

Conference Publication

Systematic review of biomarker studies on e-cigarettes

Wong, Cynthia , Gartner, Coral Elizabeth and Wilson, N. (2017). Systematic review of biomarker studies on e-cigarettes. Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Annual Meeting, Florence, Italy, 8-11 March 2017.

Systematic review of biomarker studies on e-cigarettes

2017

Conference Publication

Workshop: The practical use of electronic cigarettes for tobacco harm reduction

Mendelsohn, Colin P., Wodak, Alex, Gartner, Coral and Elsom, Stephen (2017). Workshop: The practical use of electronic cigarettes for tobacco harm reduction. APSAD 2017 Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 12–15 November 2017 . Hoboken, NJ United States: Wiley.

Workshop: The practical use of electronic cigarettes for tobacco harm reduction

2016

Journal Article

Is it the nicotine? Australian smokers’ accounts of nicotine addiction and the implications for smoking cessation

Wigginton, Britta, Morphett, Kylie and Gartner, Coral Elizabeth (2016). Is it the nicotine? Australian smokers’ accounts of nicotine addiction and the implications for smoking cessation. Addiction Research and Theory, 25 (4), 293-301. doi: 10.1080/16066359.2016.1269892

Is it the nicotine? Australian smokers’ accounts of nicotine addiction and the implications for smoking cessation

2016

Journal Article

Medicalization, smoking and e-cigarettes: evidence and implications

Morphett, Kylie, Carter, Adrian, Hall, Wayne and Gartner, Coral (2016). Medicalization, smoking and e-cigarettes: evidence and implications. Tobacco Control, 26 (e2), e134-e139. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2016-053348

Medicalization, smoking and e-cigarettes: evidence and implications

2016

Journal Article

Views and preferences for nicotine products as an alternative to smoking: a focus group study of people living with mental disorders

Meurk, Carla, Ford, Pauline, Sharma, Ratika, Fitzgerald, Lisa and Gartner, Coral (2016). Views and preferences for nicotine products as an alternative to smoking: a focus group study of people living with mental disorders. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 13 (11) 1166, 1166. doi: 10.3390/ijerph13111166

Views and preferences for nicotine products as an alternative to smoking: a focus group study of people living with mental disorders

2016

Journal Article

Spatial variations in the consumption of illicit stimulant drugs across Australia: a nationwide application of wastewater-based epidemiology

Lai, Foon Yin, O'Brien, Jake, Bruno, Raimondo, Hall, Wayne, Prichard, Jeremy, Kirkbride, Paul, Gartner, Coral, Thai, Phong, Carter, Steve, Burns, Lucy and Mueller, Jochen (2016). Spatial variations in the consumption of illicit stimulant drugs across Australia: a nationwide application of wastewater-based epidemiology. Science of The Total Environment, 568 (9), 810-818. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.05.207

Spatial variations in the consumption of illicit stimulant drugs across Australia: a nationwide application of wastewater-based epidemiology

2016

Journal Article

The challenge of reducing smoking in people with serious mental illness

Sharma, Ratika, Gartner, Coral E. and Hall, Wayne D. (2016). The challenge of reducing smoking in people with serious mental illness. Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 4 (10), 835-844. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(16)30228-4

The challenge of reducing smoking in people with serious mental illness

2016

Journal Article

Cocaine, MDMA and methamphetamine residues in wastewater: consumption trends (2009-2015) in South East Queensland, Australia

Lai, Foon Yin, O'Brien, Jake W., Thai, Phong K., Hall, Wayne, Chan, Gary, Bruno, Raimondo, Ort, Christoph, Prichard, Jeremy, Carter, Steve, Anuj, Shalona, Kirkbride, K. Paul, Gartner, Coral, Humphries, Melissa and Mueller, Jochen F. (2016). Cocaine, MDMA and methamphetamine residues in wastewater: consumption trends (2009-2015) in South East Queensland, Australia. Science of The Total Environment, 568, 803-809. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.05.181

Cocaine, MDMA and methamphetamine residues in wastewater: consumption trends (2009-2015) in South East Queensland, Australia

2016

Journal Article

Stuck in the catch 22: attitudes towards smoking cessation among populations vulnerable to social disadvantage

Pateman, Kelsey, Ford, Pauline, Fitzgerald, Lisa, Mutch, Allyson, Yuke, Kym, Bonevski, Billie and Gartner, Coral (2016). Stuck in the catch 22: attitudes towards smoking cessation among populations vulnerable to social disadvantage. Addiction, 111 (6), 1048-1056. doi: 10.1111/add.13253

Stuck in the catch 22: attitudes towards smoking cessation among populations vulnerable to social disadvantage

2016

Journal Article

Survey of patients attending dental clinics: Smoking and preferences for cessation support

Ford, Pauline, Tran, Peter, Cockburn, Nicole, Keen, Brittany, Kavanagh, David J. and Gartner, Coral (2016). Survey of patients attending dental clinics: Smoking and preferences for cessation support. Australian Dental Journal, 61 (2), 219-226. doi: 10.1111/adj.12345

Survey of patients attending dental clinics: Smoking and preferences for cessation support

2016

Journal Article

The potential impact of vaporized nicotine products on vulnerable subpopulations

Gartner, Coral (2016). The potential impact of vaporized nicotine products on vulnerable subpopulations. Addiction, 112 (1), 18-19. doi: 10.1111/add.13404

The potential impact of vaporized nicotine products on vulnerable subpopulations

Current funding

  • 2025
    Through the smoke: Exploring drivers and deterrents of illicit tobacco use to inform public policy
    Australian Institute of Criminology
    Open grant
  • 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 - 2026
    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 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

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Smoking Cessation in People with a Serious Mental Illness

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Dan Siskind, Professor Steve Kisely

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The availability and use of illicit tobacco and nicotine vaping products in Australia

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Cheneal Puljevic

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Exploring Civil and Criminal Litigation and Policy Frameworks of Australia's Tobacco Industry

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The Tobacco Endgame: The legal framework to end the tobacco epidemic in Australia

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Bernadette Richards

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Regulating the design and construction of nicotine and tobacco products

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Kylie Morphett

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Support for Commercial Tobacco Endgame Policies among People Who Experience Tobacco-Related Stigma

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Henry Marshall, Associate Professor Bernadette Richards, Dr Kylie Morphett

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Determinants of alcohol drinking, and tobacco smoking, and e-cigarette vaping in Vietnamese young people and young Vietnamese migrant in Australia : implications for public health interventions and substance-use control policies

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Jason Connor, Associate Professor Phong Thai, Associate Professor Gary Chung Kai Chan

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Expansion of smoking bans into contentious spaces and the tobacco endgame

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Kylie Morphett

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The Illicit Tobacco Market in Australia

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Cheneal Puljevic

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Digital Deterrence: Exploring innovative social media interventions to curtail youth vaping

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Jason Connor, Dr Carmen Lim

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Understanding drivers and deterrents of Australia's illicit tobacco market

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Cheneal Puljevic

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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