25 years of pioneering tobacco research, now here for Waltham Forest.
QuitRight Waltham Forest isn't just a stop smoking service. It's the culmination of two decades of world-leading clinical research, culturally-sensitive outreach, and a single-minded mission: helping our community breathe easier.
The specialist tobacco cessation service
for Waltham Forest.
Quit Right Waltham Forest was commissioned in September 2021 to bring the same specialist tobacco cessation expertise developed in Tower Hamlets to a larger population of smokers.
We use a ‘hub and spoke’ model, providing sessions at core locations within the community and taking referrals from key partners including GP networks, pharmacists, Northeast London Foundation Trust and maternity services — increasing opportunities to reach the people who need us most.
The BME Stop Tobacco Project
Queen Mary University of London has been researching and providing tobacco cessation services for over 25 years, in response to the high prevalence of smoking within local communities across east and north-east London.
Formerly known as the Bangladeshi Stop Tobacco Project, it was the first of its kind — offering gender-specific advisors who understood the cultural and religious sensitivities faced by patients who might prefer same-sex advisors and language support.
That pioneering, culturally-sensitive approach is the foundation QuitRight Waltham Forest is built on today.
- Gender-specific advisors & language support
- Culturally-sensitive clinical care
- Over 25 years of specialist tobacco cessation expertise
Queen Mary University of London
The Tobacco Dependence Research Unit
Founded almost 20 years ago, the Tobacco Dependence Research Unit (TDRU) is one of the founders of the European Centre of Excellence in Clinical Tobacco Research.
Under the direction of Professor Peter Hajek, the Unit was involved in the first published trials of several treatments now used globally, and was instrumental in developing the withdrawal-oriented treatment of tobacco addiction - now the primary approach used by the UK Specialist Stop Smoking Service, which treats over 600,000 smokers per year.
TDRU research has been instrumental in establishing current clinical practice and guidelines for treating tobacco dependency in the UK and worldwide.
Shaping national policy on e-cigarettes
Recently, the Unit has been at the forefront of research that informed Public Health England's landmark recognition of the tremendous potential for e-cigarettes to reduce smoking prevalence and nicotine addiction.
We are proud that many breakthrough advances in tobacco cessation theory and practice were pioneered by the team now delivering QuitRight Waltham Forest.
QuitRight Waltham Forest brings that same expertise to a wider population of smokers, offering our community an unparalleled level of experience built on more than two decades of frontline results.
The Wolfson Institute of Population Health
Formed in August 2021, the Wolfson Institute of Population Health merged the former Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine (founded in 1991) and the Institute of Population Health Sciences (founded in 2019).
The Institute is part of Queen Mary's medical faculty, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, and delivers internationally recognised research and teaching in population health.
“By sharing knowledge and pushing the boundaries of research, we will continue to advance population health and preventive medicine on a global scale.”
- Professor Fiona Walter, Director, Wolfson Institute of Population Health
Between Queen Mary, University of London
and Waltham Forest Council.
Every consultation, every prescription, every quit is backed by decades of research and the trust of our community.
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