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

453 works between 1996 and 2025
All (453) Journal Article (304) Other Outputs (3) Conference Publication (130) Book Chapter (16)

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2025

Conference Publication

Support for ending tobacco sales in supermarkets, convenience stores, and petrol stations: ITC Four Country Smoking and Vaping Survey findings

Morphett, Kylie, Cho, Ara, Bendotti, Hollie, East, Katherine A., Gravely, Shannon, McNeill, Ann, Hyland, Andrew, Fong, Geoffrey T. and Gartner, Coral (2025). Support for ending tobacco sales in supermarkets, convenience stores, and petrol stations: ITC Four Country Smoking and Vaping Survey findings. HERAKLION: EUROPEAN PUBLISHING.

Support for ending tobacco sales in supermarkets, convenience stores, and petrol stations: ITC Four Country Smoking and Vaping Survey findings

2025

Conference Publication

Modelling the health impact of achieving a tobacco endgame in Australia: Considering inequity

Howe, Samantha, Wilson, Tim, Blakely, Tony, Gartner, Coral and Ouakrim, Driss Ait (2025). Modelling the health impact of achieving a tobacco endgame in Australia: Considering inequity. HERAKLION: EUROPEAN PUBLISHING.

Modelling the health impact of achieving a tobacco endgame in Australia: Considering inequity

2025

Conference Publication

Estimating the number and longitudinal growth of specialty tobacco and vape retailers in Queensland, Australia

Bendotti, Hollie, Ireland, David, Smyth, Colleen, Marshall, Henry, Gartner, Coral and Lawler, Sheleigh (2025). Estimating the number and longitudinal growth of specialty tobacco and vape retailers in Queensland, Australia. HERAKLION: EUROPEAN PUBLISHING.

Estimating the number and longitudinal growth of specialty tobacco and vape retailers in Queensland, Australia

2025

Conference Publication

Trends and correlates of smoking-induced deprivation: Findings from the 2016-2022 International Tobacco Control Four Country Smoking and Vaping Surveys

Cho, Ara, Nargis, Nigar, Yong, Hua-Hie, Fong, Geoffrey T., McNeill, Ann, East, Katherine A., Hyland, Andrew, Borland, Ron, Gravely, Shannon and Gartner, Coral (2025). Trends and correlates of smoking-induced deprivation: Findings from the 2016-2022 International Tobacco Control Four Country Smoking and Vaping Surveys. HERAKLION: EUROPEAN PUBLISHING.

Trends and correlates of smoking-induced deprivation: Findings from the 2016-2022 International Tobacco Control Four Country Smoking and Vaping Surveys

2025

Conference Publication

Modelling the health, economic, and equity impacts of a tobacco-free generation policy in Australia

Howe, Samantha, Wilson, Tim, Blakely, Tony, Gartner, Coral and Ouakrim, Driss Ait (2025). Modelling the health, economic, and equity impacts of a tobacco-free generation policy in Australia. HERAKLION: EUROPEAN PUBLISHING.

Modelling the health, economic, and equity impacts of a tobacco-free generation policy in Australia

2025

Journal Article

Targeting Illicit Tobacco Trade in Australia: Recent Amendments to State and Territory Tobacco Control Laws

Okninski, Michaela, Puljević, Cheneal and Gartner, Coral (2025). Targeting Illicit Tobacco Trade in Australia: Recent Amendments to State and Territory Tobacco Control Laws. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 22 (4), 775-780. doi: 10.1007/s11673-025-10534-4

Targeting Illicit Tobacco Trade in Australia: Recent Amendments to State and Territory Tobacco Control Laws

2025

Conference Publication

Latent class analysis of people who vape e-cigarettes in Australia: An analysis of the 2022-23 National Drug Strategy Household Survey

Lim, Carmen, Gartner, Coral, Teo, Yin Mun, Wong, Kwun Hung, Lai, Germaine and Cho, Ara (2025). Latent class analysis of people who vape e-cigarettes in Australia: An analysis of the 2022-23 National Drug Strategy Household Survey. HERAKLION: EUROPEAN PUBLISHING.

Latent class analysis of people who vape e-cigarettes in Australia: An analysis of the 2022-23 National Drug Strategy Household Survey

2025

Conference Publication

The bidirectional associations between tobacco-related content online and youth e-cigarette use: Results from a prospective cohort study, 2019-2021

Teo, Yin Mun, Gartner, Coral, Cho, Ara, Sun, Tianze and Lim, Carmen (2025). The bidirectional associations between tobacco-related content online and youth e-cigarette use: Results from a prospective cohort study, 2019-2021. HERAKLION: EUROPEAN PUBLISHING.

The bidirectional associations between tobacco-related content online and youth e-cigarette use: Results from a prospective cohort study, 2019-2021

2025

Conference Publication

Smoking cessation advice from healthcare professionals: Findings from the 2022 ITC Four Country Smoking and Vaping Survey

Fong, Geoffrey T., Gravely, Shannon, East, Katherine A., Gartner, Coral E., Driezen, Pete, Quah, Anne C. K., McNeill, Ann and Hyland, Andrew (2025). Smoking cessation advice from healthcare professionals: Findings from the 2022 ITC Four Country Smoking and Vaping Survey. HERAKLION: EUROPEAN PUBLISHING.

Smoking cessation advice from healthcare professionals: Findings from the 2022 ITC Four Country Smoking and Vaping Survey

2025

Conference Publication

Your rights versus my rights: Media representation of smoking and secondhand smoke-drift in homes, 2015-2024

Lai, Germaine, Gartner, Coral and Morphett, Kylie (2025). Your rights versus my rights: Media representation of smoking and secondhand smoke-drift in homes, 2015-2024. HERAKLION: EUROPEAN PUBLISHING.

Your rights versus my rights: Media representation of smoking and secondhand smoke-drift in homes, 2015-2024

2025

Journal Article

Systematic review and meta-analysis of text messaging interventions to support tobacco cessation

Puljević, Cheneal, Meciar, Isabel, Holland, Alice, Stjepanović, Daniel, Snoswell, Centaine L., Thomas, Emma E., Morphett, Kylie, Kang, Heewon, Chan, Gary, Grobler, Etienne and Gartner, Coral E. (2025). Systematic review and meta-analysis of text messaging interventions to support tobacco cessation. Tobacco Control, 34 (2), 228-238. doi: 10.1136/tc-2023-058323

Systematic review and meta-analysis of text messaging interventions to support tobacco cessation

2025

Conference Publication

Inequities in support towards commercial tobacco endgame policies: Findings from 2022 International Tobacco Control Four Country Smoking and Vaping Survey

Feliu, Ariadna, Driezen, Pete, Gravely, Shannon, Hyland, Andrew, East, Katherine A., McNeill, Ann, Gartner, Coral E., Vardavas, Constantine, Fong, Geoffrey T. and Filippidis, Filippos T. (2025). Inequities in support towards commercial tobacco endgame policies: Findings from 2022 International Tobacco Control Four Country Smoking and Vaping Survey. HERAKLION: EUROPEAN PUBLISHING.

Inequities in support towards commercial tobacco endgame policies: Findings from 2022 International Tobacco Control Four Country Smoking and Vaping Survey

2025

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 (2025). Identifying motivational interviewing techniques in Quitline smoking cessation counselling sessions from Queensland, Australia. Journal of Health Psychology, 30 (7), 1653-1664. doi: 10.1177/13591053241274091

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

2025

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 (2025). Global policy scan of commercial combustible tobacco product retailing regulations by WHO region. Tobacco Control, 34 (6), 726-732. doi: 10.1136/tc-2023-058523

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

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. doi: 10.1136/tc-2024-058969

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

2024

Journal Article

Systematic review and meta-analyses of cytisine to support tobacco cessation

Puljević, Cheneal, Stjepanović, Daniel, Meciar, Isabel, Kang, Heewon, Chan, Gary, Morphett, Kylie, Bendotti, Hollie, Kunwar, Garry and Gartner, Coral (2024). Systematic review and meta-analyses of cytisine to support tobacco cessation. Addiction, 119 (10), 1713-1725. doi: 10.1111/add.16592

Systematic review and meta-analyses of cytisine to support tobacco cessation

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, CD015934. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD015934

Interventions for smoking cessation in inpatient psychiatry settings

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

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

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
  • 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
  • 2021 - 2025
    Understanding Australia by analysing wastewater during the Census 2021
    ARC Linkage Projects
    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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