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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2024

Journal Article

Public support for tobacco endgame policies: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Kim, Hana, Gartner, Coral, Edwards, Richard, Puljević, Cheneal, Morphett, Kylie, Kim, Dong Ha, Chun, Hae-Ryoung, Ekdahl, Martin and Kang, Heewon (2024). Public support for tobacco endgame policies: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 27 (4) ntae149, 586-597. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntae149

Public support for tobacco endgame policies: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2024

Journal Article

Support for banning sale of smoked tobacco products among adults who smoke: findings from the International Tobacco Control Four Country Smoking and Vaping Surveys (2018–2022)

Le Grande, Michael, Borland, Ron, Gravely, Shannon, Cummings, Michael, McNeill, Ann, Yong, Hua H and Gartner, Coral E (2024). Support for banning sale of smoked tobacco products among adults who smoke: findings from the International Tobacco Control Four Country Smoking and Vaping Surveys (2018–2022). Tobacco Control, 2023. doi: 10.1136/tc-2023-058532

Support for banning sale of smoked tobacco products among adults who smoke: findings from the International Tobacco Control Four Country Smoking and Vaping Surveys (2018–2022)

2024

Journal Article

Do Australians use the prescription pathway when using nicotine vaping products to quit smoking?

Borland, Ron, Le Grande, Michael, Gartner, Coral and Morphett, Kylie (2024). Do Australians use the prescription pathway when using nicotine vaping products to quit smoking?. International Journal of Drug Policy, 128 104460, 1-4. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104460

Do Australians use the prescription pathway when using nicotine vaping products to quit smoking?

2024

Journal Article

Smoking out Australia's growing illicit tobacco market: current trends and future challenges

Puljević, Cheneal, King, Michael, Meciar, Isabel and Gartner, Coral (2024). Smoking out Australia's growing illicit tobacco market: current trends and future challenges. International Journal of Drug Policy, 127 104424, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104424

Smoking out Australia's growing illicit tobacco market: current trends and future challenges

2024

Journal Article

Introducing Quin: the design and development of a prototype chatbot to support smoking cessation

Bendotti, Hollie, Ireland, David, Lawler, Sheleigh, Oates, David, Gartner, Coral and Marshall, Henry (2024). Introducing Quin: the design and development of a prototype chatbot to support smoking cessation. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 26 (5), 612-620. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntad217

Introducing Quin: the design and development of a prototype chatbot to support smoking cessation

2024

Journal Article

A qualitative study of using nicotine products for smoking cessation after discharge from residential drug and alcohol treatment in Australia

Trigg, Joshua, Rich, Jane, Williams, Edwina, Baker, Amanda, Bauld, Linda, Borland, Ron, Bullen, Chris, Daglish, Mark, Dunlop, Adrian, Gartner, Coral, Jacka, David, Lubman, Dan, Manning, Victoria, McCrohan, Rose, Segan, Cathy, Walker, Natalie and Bonevski, Billie (2024). A qualitative study of using nicotine products for smoking cessation after discharge from residential drug and alcohol treatment in Australia. Drug and Alcohol Review, 43 (5), 1116-1131. doi: 10.1111/dar.13850

A qualitative study of using nicotine products for smoking cessation after discharge from residential drug and alcohol treatment in Australia

2024

Journal Article

Mixed progress in global tobacco control

Gartner, Coral and Hall, Wayne D. (2024). Mixed progress in global tobacco control. PLOS Medicine, 21 (4) e1004392, e1004392. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004392

Mixed progress in global tobacco control

2024

Journal Article

More research is needed on how to prevent vaping among young people

Gartner, Coral and Hall, Wayne D. (2024). More research is needed on how to prevent vaping among young people. PLOS Medicine, 21 (4) e1004391, e1004391. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004391

More research is needed on how to prevent vaping among young people

2024

Journal Article

Systematic review of tobacco smoking prevalence among young people in treatment for first‐episode psychosis

Thaker, Parth, Gartner, Coral, Kisely, Steve and Plever, Sally (2024). Systematic review of tobacco smoking prevalence among young people in treatment for first‐episode psychosis. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 33 (5), 1381-1387. doi: 10.1111/inm.13332

Systematic review of tobacco smoking prevalence among young people in treatment for first‐episode psychosis

2024

Journal Article

Restricting supply of tobacco products to pharmacies: a scoping review

Kang, Heewon, Steadman, Kathryn J., Hoek, Janet, Hall, Wayne D. and Gartner, Coral E. (2024). Restricting supply of tobacco products to pharmacies: a scoping review. Tobacco Control tc-2023-058486, 1-8. doi: 10.1136/tc-2023-058486

Restricting supply of tobacco products to pharmacies: a scoping review

2024

Journal Article

Pharmacist-only supply of nicotine vaping products: proposing an alternative regulatory model for Australia

Brookfield, Samuel, Steadman, Kathryn J., Nissen, Lisa and Gartner, Coral E. (2024). Pharmacist-only supply of nicotine vaping products: proposing an alternative regulatory model for Australia. Tobacco Control 058414, 1-7. doi: 10.1136/tc-2023-058414

Pharmacist-only supply of nicotine vaping products: proposing an alternative regulatory model for Australia

2024

Journal Article

Tobacco control interventions for populations living in subsidised, low-income housing: a scoping review

Lai, Germaine, Morphett, Kylie, Ait Ouakrim, Driss, Mason, Kate, Howe, Samantha, Rees, Vaughan, Li, Stephen and Gartner, Coral (2024). Tobacco control interventions for populations living in subsidised, low-income housing: a scoping review. Public Health Research and Practice, 34 (1) e3412407, 1-9. doi: 10.17061/phrp3412407

Tobacco control interventions for populations living in subsidised, low-income housing: a scoping review

2024

Conference Publication

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

Puljevic, Cheneal, Meciar, Isabel, Holland, Alice, Stjepanovic, Daniel, Snoswell, Centaine L., Thomas, Emma, Morphett, Kylie, Kang, Heewon, Chan, Gary, Grobler, Etienne and Gartner, Coral (2024). A systematic review and meta-analysis of text messaging interventions to support tobacco cessation. Society For Research On Nicotine & Tobacco (SRNT) Conference 2024, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 20-23 March 2024. Madison, WI United States: Society For Research On Nicotine & Tobacco.

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

2024

Journal Article

Industry responds to Australia’s disposable vape import ban with cheap alternatives and encouraging illegal imports

Gartner, Coral E. (2024). Industry responds to Australia’s disposable vape import ban with cheap alternatives and encouraging illegal imports. Tobacco Control, 34 (3) tc-2024-058647, 1-1. doi: 10.1136/tc-2024-058647

Industry responds to Australia’s disposable vape import ban with cheap alternatives and encouraging illegal imports

2024

Journal Article

E‐cigarettes: A framework for comparative history and policy

Berridge, Virginia, Fairchild, Amy Lauren, Morphett, Kylie, Gartner, Coral, Hall, Wayne and Bayer, Ronald (2024). E‐cigarettes: A framework for comparative history and policy. Addiction, 119 (11), 1864-1870. doi: 10.1111/add.16462

E‐cigarettes: A framework for comparative history and policy

2024

Journal Article

A systematic review of second-hand smoking mass media campaigns (2002–2022)

Lim, Carmen C. W., Rutherford, Brienna, Gartner, Coral, McClure-Thomas, Caitlin, Foo, Shaun, Su, Fang-Yi, Scheurer, Roman, Sebayang, Susy, Chan, Gary, Stjepanović, Daniel, Fausiah, Fitri, Farassania, Ghea and Leung, Janni (2024). A systematic review of second-hand smoking mass media campaigns (2002–2022). BMC Public Health, 24 (1) 693, 693. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-18222-5

A systematic review of second-hand smoking mass media campaigns (2002–2022)

2024

Conference Publication

Smartphone applications for tobacco cessation: A systematic review and meta-analyses

Bendotti, H., Meciar, Sun, T., Lawler, S., Lim, C., Kang, H., Morphett, K., Chan, G., Marshall, H. and Gartner, C. (2024). Smartphone applications for tobacco cessation: A systematic review and meta-analyses. TSANZSRS 2024 The Australia and New Zealand Society of Respiratory Science and The Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (ANZSRS/TSANZ) Annual Scientific Meeting for Leaders in Lung Health and Respiratory Science, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 22-26 March 2024. Richmond, VIC Australia: John Wiley & Sons.

Smartphone applications for tobacco cessation: A systematic review and meta-analyses

2024

Journal Article

Evaluating the implementation of a prescription only regulatory model for nicotine vaping products: A qualitative study on the experiences and views of healthcare professionals

Morphett, Kylie, Holland, Alice, Ward, Stephanie, Steadman, Kathryn J., Zwar, Nicholas A. and Gartner, Coral (2024). Evaluating the implementation of a prescription only regulatory model for nicotine vaping products: A qualitative study on the experiences and views of healthcare professionals. International Journal of Drug Policy, 125 104353, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104353

Evaluating the implementation of a prescription only regulatory model for nicotine vaping products: A qualitative study on the experiences and views of healthcare professionals

2024

Conference Publication

Screen2Quit: Engagement with a remote smoking cessation smartphone app randomized controlled trial in persons eligible for lung cancer screening

Peek, J., Vardon, P., Passmore, L., Peek, H., Yang,, Stone, E., Manser, R., Fogarty, P., Brims, F., McWilliams, A., Gartner, C., Hides, L., Lawler, S., Fong, K. and Marshall, H. (2024). Screen2Quit: Engagement with a remote smoking cessation smartphone app randomized controlled trial in persons eligible for lung cancer screening. TSANZSRS 2024 The Australia & New Zealand Society of Respiratory Science and The Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (ANZSRS/TSANZ) Annual Scientific Meeting for Leaders in Lung Health & Respiratory Science, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 22–26 March 2024. Richmond, VIC, Australia: John Wiley & Sons.

Screen2Quit: Engagement with a remote smoking cessation smartphone app randomized controlled trial in persons eligible for lung cancer screening

2024

Journal Article

Public support for tobacco endgame policies in South Korea: Findings from the 2020 International Tobacco Control Korea Survey

Kang, Heewon, Yoon, Wonjeong, Seo, Hong Gwan, Lee, Sungkyu, Lim, Sujin, Kim, Gil-yong, Kim, Su Young, Xu, Steve S., Yan, Mi, Quah, Anne C. K., Chung-Hall, Janet, Craig, Lorraine V, Gartner, Coral E, Fong, Geoffrey T and Cho, Sung-il (2024). Public support for tobacco endgame policies in South Korea: Findings from the 2020 International Tobacco Control Korea Survey. Tobacco Control tc-2023-058454. doi: 10.1136/tc-2023-058454

Public support for tobacco endgame policies in South Korea: Findings from the 2020 International Tobacco Control Korea Survey

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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