About the Authors
- Jeff Collin
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Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: jeff.collin@ed.ac.uk
Affiliation Global Public Health Unit, Social Policy, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Sarah E. Hill
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Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Global Public Health Unit, Social Policy, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Mor Kandlik Eltanani
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Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Information Services Division, NHS National Services Scotland, Gyle Square, 1 South Gyle Crescent, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Evgeniya Plotnikova
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Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Global Public Health Unit, Social Policy, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Rob Ralston
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Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Global Public Health Unit, Social Policy, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Katherine E. Smith
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Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Global Public Health Unit, Social Policy, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
This article builds on discussions in the ESRC seminar series 'Tobacco and Alcohol: Policy challenges for public and global health' (grant No ES/L001284/1), in which JC, SEH and KES are co-investigators. JC is a co-investigator in the UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies (UKCTAS); an expert advisor to the Institute of Alcohol Studies; and a member of Cancer Research UK's Tobacco Advisory Group. KES is a board member of ASH Scotland. EP is a post-doctoral research fellow supported by UKCTAS. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.