All Outputs (10)

The emerging norms of e-cigarette use among adolescents: A meta-ethnography of qualitative evidence (2021)
Journal Article
Smith, H., Lucherini, M., Amos, A., & Hill, S. (2021). The emerging norms of e-cigarette use among adolescents: A meta-ethnography of qualitative evidence. International Journal of Drug Policy, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103227

While qualitative research has indicated that adolescents’ motivation for e-cigarette use is different than adults’, this body of literature has not yet been brought together and synthesised. We reviewed qualitative evidence on perceptions and uses o... Read More about The emerging norms of e-cigarette use among adolescents: A meta-ethnography of qualitative evidence.

The affective economy of vaping: a qualitative analysis of responses to an online questionnaire (2021)
Journal Article
Lucherini. (2021). The affective economy of vaping: a qualitative analysis of responses to an online questionnaire. Critical Public Health, https://doi.org/10.1080/09581596.2021.1950638

E-cigarettes are believed to be less harmful than combustible tobacco. However, e-cigarettes have created divisions in public health: within and between academia, policy and practice. As e-cigarettes proliferate, and public health debates intensify,... Read More about The affective economy of vaping: a qualitative analysis of responses to an online questionnaire.

Inequalities, harm reduction and non-combustible nicotine products: a meta-ethnography of qualitative evidence (2020)
Journal Article
Lucherini, M., Hill, S., & Smith, K. (2020). Inequalities, harm reduction and non-combustible nicotine products: a meta-ethnography of qualitative evidence. BMC Public Health, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09083-9

Background
We sought to review qualitative evidence on how smokers in different socioeconomic groups engage with non-combustible nicotine products (NCNP), including electronic cigarettes and nicotine replacement therapies, in order to provide insigh... Read More about Inequalities, harm reduction and non-combustible nicotine products: a meta-ethnography of qualitative evidence.

Potential for non-combustible nicotine products to reduce socioeconomic inequalities in smoking: a systematic review and synthesis of best available evidence (2019)
Journal Article
Lucherini, M., Hill, S., & Smith, K. (2019). Potential for non-combustible nicotine products to reduce socioeconomic inequalities in smoking: a systematic review and synthesis of best available evidence. BMC Public Health, 1469 -1469. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7836-4

While some experts have emphasised the potential for e-cigarettes to facilitate cessation among smokers with low socioeconomic status (SES), there is limited evidence of their likely equity impact. We assessed the potential for electronic cigarettes... Read More about Potential for non-combustible nicotine products to reduce socioeconomic inequalities in smoking: a systematic review and synthesis of best available evidence.

Representing diabetes: ‘Brightside’ and ‘chaos’ in autobiography (2019)
Journal Article
Lucherini. (2019). Representing diabetes: ‘Brightside’ and ‘chaos’ in autobiography. Emotion, Space and Society, 10-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emospa.2019.02.004

This paper examines six autobiographical sources written by people with type 1 diabetes. In seeking to improve the understanding of diabetic lifeworlds; some of the autobiographies present heroic stories of ‘overcoming’ diabetes while others present... Read More about Representing diabetes: ‘Brightside’ and ‘chaos’ in autobiography.

Caught in the middle: early career researchers, public health and the emotional production of research (2018)
Journal Article
Lucherini. (2018). Caught in the middle: early career researchers, public health and the emotional production of research. Critical Public Health, https://doi.org/10.1080/09581596.2018.1550252

In this short report, I discuss how public health research, its assessment, and its dissemination outside the academy are produced, in part, through emotional circumstances. Using current debates on e-cigarettes as an example, I show that researchers... Read More about Caught in the middle: early career researchers, public health and the emotional production of research.

E-cigarettes, vaping and performativity in the context of tobacco denormalisation. (2018)
Journal Article
Lucherini, M., Rooke, C., & Amos, A. (2018). E-cigarettes, vaping and performativity in the context of tobacco denormalisation. Sociology of Health and Illness, 1037 - 1052. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.12741

E-cigarettes are devices through which a nicotine solution is 'vapourised' and inhaled by the user. Unlike cigarettes, the process involves no tobacco combustion. However, the inhalation and exhalation of vapour is reminiscent of smoking and there is... Read More about E-cigarettes, vaping and performativity in the context of tobacco denormalisation..

"They're thinking, well it's not as bad, I probably won't get addicted to that. But it's still got the nicotine in it, so…": Maturity, control and socialising: Negotiating identities in relation to smoking and vaping. A qualitative study of young adults in Scotland. (2017)
Journal Article
Lucherini, M., Rooke, C., & Amos, A. (2017). "They're thinking, well it's not as bad, I probably won't get addicted to that. But it's still got the nicotine in it, so…": Maturity, control and socialising: Negotiating identities in relation to smoking and vaping. A qualitative study of young adults in Scotland. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntx245

Objective: To explore the understandings of and engagement with e-cigarettes, of young adults from disadvantaged backgrounds, and how these may be impacting upon existing smoking identities. Methods: Twenty-two small group and 11 individual qualitati... Read More about "They're thinking, well it's not as bad, I probably won't get addicted to that. But it's still got the nicotine in it, so…": Maturity, control and socialising: Negotiating identities in relation to smoking and vaping. A qualitative study of young adults in Scotland..

Diabetes and an inescapable (auto)ethnography (2017)
Journal Article
Lucherini, M. (2017). Diabetes and an inescapable (auto)ethnography. Area, 49(4), 429-435. https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12331

This paper reports on personal reflections from a recent research project on the geographies of living with diabetes. Drawing from research participants’ written and oral accounts alongside the researcher's own everyday experiences, this project aime... Read More about Diabetes and an inescapable (auto)ethnography.

Performing Diabetes: Surveillance and Self-Management (2016)
Journal Article
Lucherini. (2016). Performing Diabetes: Surveillance and Self-Management. Surveillance & Society, https://doi.org/10.24908/ss.v14i2.5996

Sustaining the diabetic body involves visible practices of expert self-management: injecting insulin and testing blood sugar levels. Drawing form qualitative interviews I consider how people with diabetes manage the visibility of these practices rela... Read More about Performing Diabetes: Surveillance and Self-Management.