Marc C Willemsen

Dados Biográficos

ID752877
NOMEMarc C Willemsen
PRENOMESMarc C
SOBRENOMEWillemsen
ASSINATURAWILLEMSEN M C
AFILIAÇÕESMaastricht University
ORCID0000-0001-9387-592X
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS41
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES9
TOTAL COMO AUTOR41
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO1995
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2024
ÍNDICE H2

  • Experiences of policy-advisors in capacity, opportunity and motivation for implementing local tobacco control

    Open AccessSophie J A Jooren, Gemma Geuke et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024

    Municipalities and local public health departments may contribute to tobacco control by creating smoke-free areas and offering services to help people stop smoking. The national government of the Netherlands could support local governments by providing clearer guidelines on creating smoke-free spaces and on how to improve local smoking cessation support services

  • Tax increases as an incentive to quit smoking

    Open AccessCloé Geboers, Math J J M Candel et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024

    Tax increases stimulate people to think about quitting. Thinking about quitting due to an upcoming tax increase was associated with more positive quit intention and serious quit attempts

  • Smokers’ strategies to reduce tobacco spending

    Open AccessCloé Geboers, Math J J M Candel et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    The majority reported using strategies to reduce spending or that price played a role in their decision to quit. Reducing consumption was the most reported strategy. Low-income smokers were more likely to reportedly reduce consumption, buy cheaper products, or quit. Price policies have the potential to reduce socioeconomic inequalities in smoking. To discourage price-minimising behaviours, such as switching to cheaper products, reducing price dif…

  • Challenges and successes in the sustainment of Dutch community-level smoking cessation interventions for residents with a low socioeconomic position

    Open AccessNikita Poole, Nikita L Poole et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    The current study highlights challenges and successes in intervention sustainment for people with a lower socioeconomic position. Lack of structural funding was one of the most challenging aspects for intervention sustainment in which health insurers and policy makers can play an important role. Planning for sustainment from the outset would enable intervention coordinators to consider the abovementioned factors early on. This need not be done al…

  • Tobacco control in Europe

    Marc C Willemsen, Ute Mons et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2022

    We discuss progress made with respect to reducing the burden of disease caused by tobacco use within the WHO European Region and outline major issues and challenges regarding ongoing implementation of tobacco control policy. Although 50 of 53 countries in the WHO European Region are parties to the WHO Framework Convention for Tobacco Control (FCTC), smoking prevalence varies tremendously between European countries. While smoking rates are decreas…

  • Impact of the European Union’s menthol cigarette ban on smoking cessation outcomes

    Open AccessChristina N Kyriakos, Pete Driezen et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2022

    The EU menthol ban was effective in reducing menthol use and in increasing quit attempts and quitting among pre-ban menthol smokers. Impact could be maximised by closing gaps that allow post-ban menthol cigarette use

  • Differences in smokers’ awareness of the health risks of smoking before and after introducing pictorial tobacco health warnings

    Open AccessDirk-Jan A van Mourik, Gera E Nagelhout et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2020

    Introducing PHWs coincided with an increase in smokers' knowledge about the health risks of smoking. Dutch tobacco control policy and campaigns should focus on improving Dutch smokers' awareness of the health risks of smoking even more, especially among low educated smokers

  • How the New European Union’s (Pictorial) Tobacco Health Warnings Influence Quit Attempts and Smoking Cessation

    Open AccessDirk-Jan A van Mourik, Math J J M Candel et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2019

    In 2016, the Netherlands was required to introduce new European Union (EU)'s (pictorial) tobacco health warnings. Our objective was to describe the pathways through which the new EU tobacco health warnings may influence quit attempts and smoking cessation among Dutch smokers. Longitudinal data from 2016 and 2017 from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Netherlands Survey were used. Smokers who participated in both surveys were included ( N = …

  • Did E-Cigarette Users Notice the New European Union’s E-Cigarette Legislation? Findings from the 2015–2017 International Tobacco Control (ITC) Netherlands Survey

    Open AccessDirk-Jan A van Mourik, Gera E Nagelhout et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2019

    This study examined to what extent e-cigarette users noticed the European Union's new legislation regarding e-cigarettes, and whether this may have influenced perceptions regarding addictiveness and toxicity. Data were obtained from yearly surveys (2015-2017) of the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Netherlands Survey. Descriptive statistics and Generalized Estimating Equations were applied. About a third of the e-cigarette users noticed the te…

  • Policies that limit youth access and exposure to tobacco

    Open AccessThomas G Kuijpers, Anton E Kunst et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2019

    The processes influencing the adoption of youth access and exposure policies have been grossly understudied. A better understanding of the policy process is essential to understand country variations in tobacco control policy

  • Who calls the shots in tobacco control policy? Policy monopolies of pro and anti-tobacco interest groups across six European countries

    Open AccessThomas G Kuijpers, Anton E Kunst et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2019

    The ways in which tobacco consumption is framed in a country and the ways in which institutions are arranged correspond to the policy monopoly in place, with strong similarities across countries with the same policy monopoly

  • Tobacco industry access to policy elites and the implementation of Article 5.3 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

    Marc C Willemsen, Gary FooksARTICLETobacco Control2019

    The Dutch government's initial decision not to codify Article 5.3 created an administrative environment in which health ministers' interpretation of Article 5.3 was able to shift according to their political beliefs. The findings support the recommendation that Parties to the FCTC take a strict approach and formally codify Article 5.3 to ensure effective implementation

  • Dynamic, data-driven typologies of long-term smoking, cessation, and their correlates

    Open AccessValéria Lima Passos, Rik Crutzen et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2019Referências: 67

  • Support for a point-of-sale cigarette display ban among smokers

    Open AccessDirk-Jan A van Mourik, Math J J M Candel et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2018

    Displaying tobacco products at point-of-sale (PoS) has become an important marketing strategy for the tobacco industry. This study was designed to (1) examine how support for a PoS cigarette display ban changed among Dutch smokers between 2010 and 2015 and (2) identify the variables that predict support among smokers for a PoS cigarette display ban. Longitudinal data from six annual survey waves (2010-2015) from the International Tobacco Control …

  • Does free or lower cost smoking cessation medication stimulate quitting? Findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Netherlands and UK Surveys

    Floor A van den Brand, Gera E Nagelhout et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2018

    Free/lower cost smoking cessation medication may increase the use of cessation medication and stimulate quit attempts among smokers with low, moderate and high education and income

  • A longitudinal study into the reciprocal effects of identities and smoking behaviour

    Open AccessEline Meijer, Bas Van Den Putte et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2018Citada por: 5Referências: 45

  • Freshwater Governance for the 21st Century

    Open AccessMarc C Willemsen, Eiman KararBOOKTobacco Control Policy in the…2017

    tobacco control; policy process; advocacy coalition framework; multiple streams approach; tobacco act; ministry of health; dutch smoking or health foundation; self-regulation; policy stagnation; the netherlands; tobacco taxation; cultural values; social norms; smoking rate; public support; corporatism; deregulation; evidence based health policy; lobby; agenda setting

  • Can’t see the woods for the trees

    Jessamina Lih Yan Lie, Gary Fooks et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2017

    In policy-making systems characterised by mandatory impact assessments and public consultations, the wide range of cost (and contested benefits) based arguments highlights the risk of TTCs overloading policy actors and causing delays in policy adoption. Illicit trade related arguments are central to providing a rationale for these arguments, which include the claim that standardised packaging will increase health risks. The strategic importance o…

  • Prevalence of hardcore smoking in the Netherlands between 2001 and 2012

    Open AccessJeroen Bommelé, Gera E Nagelhout et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2016

    We found no support for the hardening hypothesis in the Netherlands between 2001 and 2012. Instead, the decrease of hardcore smoking among smokers suggests a 'softening' of the smoking population

  • E-cigarette advertisements, and associations with the use of e-cigarettes and disapproval or quitting of smoking

    Open AccessGera E Nagelhout, Suzanne M Heijndijk et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Drug…2016

  • Trends and socioeconomic differences in roll-your-own tobacco use

    Abraham Brown, A K Brown et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2015

    Effective tobacco tax regulation is needed in the European Union and elsewhere to eliminate or reduce the price advantage of RYO tobacco. Additional health messages are also required to correct the misperception that RYO tobacco is healthier than FM cigarettes

  • Educational differences in the impact of pictorial cigarette warning labels on smokers

    Gera E Nagelhout, Marc C Willemsen et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2015

    The warning labels implemented in France in 2010 and in the UK in 2008 with pictures on one side of the cigarette package did not succeed in increasing warning salience, but did increase avoidance. The labels did not increase educational inequalities among continuing smokers

  • The devil is in the detail

    Jessamina Lih Yan Lie, Marc C Willemsen et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2015

    The findings highlight the policy risks associated with corporate actors' ability to use interactions over technical product specifications to influence the implementation of health policy and illustrate the difficulties in limiting industry interference in accordance with Article 5.3 of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). The implementation phase is particularly vulnerable to industry influence, where negotiation with industry ac…

  • Prevalence and reasons for use of electronic cigarettes among smokers

    Open AccessKathryn Hummel, Karin Hummel et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Drug…2015

  • Socioeconomic inequalities in smoking cessation in 11 European countries from 1987 to 2012

    Jizzo R Bosdriesz, Marc C Willemsen et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…2015Citada por: 2Referências: 30

    BACKGROUND: During the 1990s, inequalities in smoking prevalence by socioeconomic status (SES) have widened in Europe. Since then, many tobacco control policies have been implemented. Yet, European overviews of recent trends in smoking inequalities are lacking. This paper aims to provide an overview of long-term trends of socioeconomic inequalities in smoking cessation in Europe. METHODS: We used data for 11 countries taken from Eurobarometer sur…