Updated on: 3 March 2021

Roles in: Tobacco Addiction Group

1. In the past 36 months have you accepted the following from a commercial organisation with a financial interest in the broad topic area of the Group/Unit?

a) Support for attending meetings, including sabbaticals and study tours (this covers travel, accommodation and/or hospitality)?
No

b) Payment or honoraria for lectures, presentations, speaker bureaus, manuscript writing, or educational events?
No

c) Fees for organising education?
No

d) Grants and contracts?
Yes - I have received non-financial support (i.e. provision of varenicline & placebo for a smoking relapse prevention trial) from Pfizer via an investigator-initiated grant.

e) Funds for a member of staff?
No

f) Fees for consulting?
No

g) Royalty or licences payments?
No

h) Payment for expert testimony?
No

i) Payment for a fellowship?
No

j) Payment for participation on a Data Safety Monitoring Board, Advisory Board, or Guideline Panel?
No

k) Payment for a leadership or other fiduciary role in other board, society, committee, or advocacy group?
Yes - I am Dean of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) online university, and receive a small annual payment for this role (2018 - current).

2. In the past 36 months have you, your spouse/partner or an immediate family member been employed by or do you or they own a commercial organization with a financial interest in the broad topic area of the Group/Unit?
No

3. Do you own stocks or shares in a commercial organization with a financial interest in the broad topic area of the Group/Unit?
No

4. Do you hold any patents (planned, issued or pending) for products relevant to the broad topic area of the Group/Unit?
No

5. Do you have any other competing interests (financial or non-financial)?
Yes - I have received non-financial support (i.e. provision of free cessation medication) from Achieve Life Sciences for the conduct of a smoking cessation trial. I have previously undertaken two trials of e-cigarettes for smoking cessation (with e-cigarettes purchased from a NZ e-cigarette on-line retailer (NZVAPOR), e-liquid for one trial purchased from Nicopharm, Australia and nicotine patches supplied by the NZ Government via their contract with Novartis [Sydney, Australia]). Neither NZVAPOR nor Nicopharm have links with the tobacco industry.