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

451 works between 1996 and 2025
All (451) Journal Article (302) Other Outputs (3) Conference Publication (130) Book Chapter (16)

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2018

Journal Article

Smoking behaviour and preferences for cessation support among clients of an Indigenous community-controlled health service

Cockburn, Nicole, Gartner, Coral and Ford, Pauline J. (2018). Smoking behaviour and preferences for cessation support among clients of an Indigenous community-controlled health service. Drug and Alcohol Review, 37 (5), 676-682. doi: 10.1111/dar.12691

Smoking behaviour and preferences for cessation support among clients of an Indigenous community-controlled health service

2018

Journal Article

Australian mental health care practitioners’ practices and attitudes for encouraging smoking cessation and tobacco harm reduction in smokers with severe mental illness

Sharma, Ratika, Meurk, Carla, Bell, Stephanie, Ford, Pauline and Gartner, Coral (2018). Australian mental health care practitioners’ practices and attitudes for encouraging smoking cessation and tobacco harm reduction in smokers with severe mental illness. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 27 (1), 247-257. doi: 10.1111/inm.12314

Australian mental health care practitioners’ practices and attitudes for encouraging smoking cessation and tobacco harm reduction in smokers with severe mental illness

2018

Journal Article

How can we protect youth from putative vaping gateway effects without denying smokers a less harmful option?

Gartner, Coral (2018). How can we protect youth from putative vaping gateway effects without denying smokers a less harmful option?. Addiction (Abingdon, England), 113 (10), 1784-1785. doi: 10.1111/add.14126

How can we protect youth from putative vaping gateway effects without denying smokers a less harmful option?

2018

Conference Publication

High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) for smoking cessation in women

Pavey, Toby, Gartner, Coral and Brown, Wendy (2018). High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) for smoking cessation in women. 7th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress, London, United Kingdom, 15-17 October 2018. Champaign, IL United States: Human Kinetics.

High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) for smoking cessation in women

2018

Conference Publication

Smoke-free policies in Queensland, Australia

Gartner, Coral (2018). Smoke-free policies in Queensland, Australia. SE Asia Conference On Tobacco Control, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 11-13 May 2018.

Smoke-free policies in Queensland, Australia

2018

Book Chapter

Smokers’ attitudes to and beliefs about addiction

Hall, W., Gartner, C. and Vittiglia, A. (2018). Smokers’ attitudes to and beliefs about addiction. Tobacco in Australia: Facts and issues. (pp. 6.14-6.14) edited by Scollo, M. and Winstanley, M.. Melbourne, VIC Australia: Cancer Council Victoria.

Smokers’ attitudes to and beliefs about addiction

2018

Conference Publication

What is the relationship between co-administration of cannabis with tobacco and persistence of frequent cannabis use?

Alghamdi, Abdullah, Gartner, Coral and Smirnov, Andrew (2018). What is the relationship between co-administration of cannabis with tobacco and persistence of frequent cannabis use?. APSAD 2018 Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, 4-7 November 2018. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/dar.12862

What is the relationship between co-administration of cannabis with tobacco and persistence of frequent cannabis use?

2018

Conference Publication

Cessation And Relapse Prevention (CARP) trial

Gartner, Coral, Boyd, Mark, Bonevski, Billie, Gilks, Charles, Borland, Ron, Courtney, Ryan, Cobiac, Linda, McRobbie, Hayden, Baker, Peter and Mueller, Jochen (2018). Cessation And Relapse Prevention (CARP) trial. The Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, 5 November 2018.

Cessation And Relapse Prevention (CARP) trial

2018

Conference Publication

Discussions between health professionals and smokers about e-cigarettes: results from the ITC Policy Evaluation Project

Gravely, S., Thrasher, J., Cummings, K. M., Ouimet, J., Mcneill, A., Meng, G., Lindblom, E. N., Loewen, R., O'Connor, R., Thompson, M. E., Hitchman, S. C., Hammond, D., Heckman, B. W., Borland, R., Yong, H., Elton-Marshall, T., Travers, M. Bansal, Gartner, C. and Fong, G. (2018). Discussions between health professionals and smokers about e-cigarettes: results from the ITC Policy Evaluation Project. IASLC 19th World Conference on Lung Cancer, Toronto, Canada, 23-26 September 2018. New York, NY, United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jtho.2018.08.283

Discussions between health professionals and smokers about e-cigarettes: results from the ITC Policy Evaluation Project

2018

Journal Article

Australian urban Indigenous smokers' perspectives on nicotine products and tobacco harm reduction

Yuke, Kym, Ford, Pauline, Foley, Wendy, Mutch, Allyson, Fitzgerald, Lisa and Gartner, Coral (2018). Australian urban Indigenous smokers' perspectives on nicotine products and tobacco harm reduction. Drug and Alcohol Review, 37 (1), 87-96. doi: 10.1111/dar.12549

Australian urban Indigenous smokers' perspectives on nicotine products and tobacco harm reduction

2018

Conference Publication

Symposium: Vaporised nicotine products for smoking cessation amongst people receiving drug and alcohol treatment or those with comorbidities

Bonevski, Billie, Walker, Natalie, Bullen, Chris, Gartner, Coral, Manning, Victoria, Skelton, Eliza and Laking, George (2018). Symposium: Vaporised nicotine products for smoking cessation amongst people receiving drug and alcohol treatment or those with comorbidities. APSAD 2018 Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, 4-7 November 2018. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/dar.12862

Symposium: Vaporised nicotine products for smoking cessation amongst people receiving drug and alcohol treatment or those with comorbidities

2018

Conference Publication

Cessation and relapse prevention trial: Vaporised nicotine products for people on opiate substitution therapy, or who are living with hepatitis C or HIV

Gartner, Coral, Boyd, Mark, Bonevski, Billie, Gilks, Charles, Borland, Ron, Courtney, Ryan, Cobiac, Linda, McRobbie, Hayden, Baker, Peter and Mueller, Jochen (2018). Cessation and relapse prevention trial: Vaporised nicotine products for people on opiate substitution therapy, or who are living with hepatitis C or HIV. APSAD 2018 Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, 4–7 November 2018. Hoboken, NJ United States: Wiley.

Cessation and relapse prevention trial: Vaporised nicotine products for people on opiate substitution therapy, or who are living with hepatitis C or HIV

2018

Conference Publication

Smokers lack understanding of the causes of harm from cigarette smoking

Borland, Ron, King, Bill, Gartner, Coral, Hammond, David, Lewandowsky, Stephan, O'Connor, Richard and Yong, Hua (2018). Smokers lack understanding of the causes of harm from cigarette smoking. 15th International Congress of Behavioral Medicine, Santiago, Chile, 14-17 November 2018. New York, NY, United States: Springer. doi: 10.1007/s12529-018-9740-1

Smokers lack understanding of the causes of harm from cigarette smoking

2018

Conference Publication

Smoke free environment; protection vs denormalization

Garter, Coral (2018). Smoke free environment; protection vs denormalization. SE Asia Conference On Tobacco Control, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 11-13 May 2018.

Smoke free environment; protection vs denormalization

2017

Journal Article

Extending survival for people with hepatitis C using tobacco dependence treatment

Gartner, Coral , Miller, Alleshia and Bonevski, Billie (2017). Extending survival for people with hepatitis C using tobacco dependence treatment. Lancet, 390 (10107), 2033-2033. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32460-1

Extending survival for people with hepatitis C using tobacco dependence treatment

2017

Journal Article

An appraisal of practice guidelines for smoking cessation in people with severe mental illness

Sharma, Ratika, Alla, Kristel, Pfeffer, Daniel, Meurk, Carla, Ford, Pauline, Kisely, Steve and Gartner, Coral (2017). An appraisal of practice guidelines for smoking cessation in people with severe mental illness. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 51 (11), 1106-1120. doi: 10.1177/0004867417726176

An appraisal of practice guidelines for smoking cessation in people with severe mental illness

2017

Conference Publication

Trends in nicotine consumption between 2010 and 2017 in an Australian city using the wastewater-based epidemiology approach

Mackie, Rachel, Tscharke, Benjamin, O'Brien, Jake, Choi, Phil, Thomas, Kevin, Gartner, Coral and Mueller, Jochen (2017). Trends in nicotine consumption between 2010 and 2017 in an Australian city using the wastewater-based epidemiology approach. 6th What's in Our Water (WiOW) Symposium, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 29 - 31 October 2017.

Trends in nicotine consumption between 2010 and 2017 in an Australian city using the wastewater-based epidemiology approach

2017

Journal Article

Smokers' understandings of addiction to nicotine and tobacco: a systematic review and interpretive synthesis of quantitative and qualitative research

Pfeffer, Daniel, Wigginton, Britta, Gartner, Coral and Morphett, Kylie (2017). Smokers' understandings of addiction to nicotine and tobacco: a systematic review and interpretive synthesis of quantitative and qualitative research. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 20 (9), 1038-1046. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntx186

Smokers' understandings of addiction to nicotine and tobacco: a systematic review and interpretive synthesis of quantitative and qualitative research

2017

Journal Article

Vaporised nicotine and tobacco harm reduction for addressing smoking among people living with HIV: a cross-sectional survey of Australian HIV health practitioners’ attitudes

Bell, Stephanie K., Mena, Gabriela, Dean, Judith, Boyd, Mark, Gilks, Charles and Gartner, Coral (2017). Vaporised nicotine and tobacco harm reduction for addressing smoking among people living with HIV: a cross-sectional survey of Australian HIV health practitioners’ attitudes. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 177, 67-70. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.03.023

Vaporised nicotine and tobacco harm reduction for addressing smoking among people living with HIV: a cross-sectional survey of Australian HIV health practitioners’ attitudes

2017

Journal Article

No smoker left behind: it's time to tackle tobacco in Australian priority populations

Bonevski, Billie, Borland, Ron, Paul, Christine L., Richmond, Robyn L., Farrell, Michael, Baker, Amanda, Gartner, Coral E., Lawn, Sharon, Thomas, David P. and Walker, Natalie (2017). No smoker left behind: it's time to tackle tobacco in Australian priority populations. Medical Journal of Australia, 207 (4), 141-142.e1. doi: 10.5694/mja16.01425

No smoker left behind: it's time to tackle tobacco in Australian priority populations

Current funding

  • 2026 - 2029
    Monitoring Australia's illicit tobacco and vaping product markets
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2025 - 2026
    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

    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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