Kelli-an Lawrance
Associate Professor
Health Sciences
Brock University
Canada
Biography
Cigarettes, vapes, marijuana: most young adults have tried at least one and some are regular users. Dr. Kelli-an Lawrance studies why and how young adults stop using these products. After working in Public Health, and co-authoring Canadian Cancer Society’s nation-wide quit smoking program, she joined Brock where she launched LeaveThePackBehind.org—an innovative, hands-on initiative that uses social influence and tailored quit aids to help young adults be smokefree. Rigorous evaluation confirms the initiative’s success, and positions Lawrance and her team as inspired leaders in tobacco control. Based on her expertise, Dr. Lawrance is active on government advisory panels and national research conferences.
Research Interest
Young adults’ decision-making and actions around quitting smoking; Influence of vaping, and/or marijuana use, and/or nicotine patch/gum use on young adults’ quitting experiences; Messages and intercessions that entice young adults to quit; Health & medical professionals’ responses to young adults’ smoking behaviours
Publications
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Lawrance, K. & Lawler. S. (2008). Campus physicians’ tobacco interventions with university students: a descriptive study of 16 Ontario university clinics. Patient Education and Counselling, 70, 197-92.
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Travis, H. & Lawrance, K. (2009). Randomized controlled trial examining the effectiveness of a tailored self-help smoking-cessation intervention for postsecondary smokers. Journal of American College Health, 57, 437-44.
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Lawrance, K. G., Travis, H. E., & Lawler, S. A. (2012). Tobacco Intervention Practices of Postsecondary Campus Nurses in Ontario. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 55 (4), 142-159.
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Barkans, M. & Lawrance, K. (2013). Contraband tobacco on post-secondary campuses in Ontario: analysis of discarded cigarette butts. BMC Public Health, 13, 335.
