Kirsten Bell, University of British Columbia

Research

Cigarette Labels Cigarette Packaging Critical Public Health Public Health Ethics Smoking Tobacco

Latest papers

Does the hand that controls the cigarette packet rule the smoker? Findings from ethnographic interviews with smokers in Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom and the USA.
Social science & medicine (1982) · 2015 · first author
Thwarting the Diseased Will: Ulysses Contracts, the Self and Addiction.
Culture, medicine and psychiatry · 2015 · first author
Nicotine: Science, regulation and policy.
The International journal on drug policy · 2015 · first author

All 21 publications

Latest funding

Confronting cigarette packaging: a comparative study of the ethics and effects of fear-based warning labels
CIHR · 2012 · Nominated PI
Critically Interrogating Cancer Survivorship: Social Science and Humanities Perspectives
CIHR · 2010 · Principal investigator
$25,000
Between life and death: the contradictions of cancer survivorship
SSHRC · 2009 · Principal investigator
$153,618

All 3 grants and awards

21 publications.

01

Does the hand that controls the cigarette packet rule the smoker? Findings from ethnographic interviews with smokers in Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom and the USA.

Bell K, Dennis S, Robinson J, Moore R

Social science & medicine (1982)2015First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.08.021 PMID: 26301486

02

Thwarting the Diseased Will: Ulysses Contracts, the Self and Addiction.

Bell K

Culture, medicine and psychiatry2015First author

DOI: 10.1007/s11013-014-9416-5 PMID: 25374370

03

Nicotine: Science, regulation and policy.

Bell K, Stimson GV

The International journal on drug policy2015First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2015.04.001 PMID: 25890784

04

Breast vs. the rest: a response to Koczwara and Ward.

Bell K

Social science & medicine (1982)2015First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.08.007 PMID: 25132416

05

HIV prevention: Making male circumcision the 'right' tool for the job.

Bell K

Global public health2015First author

DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2014.903428 PMID: 24720343

06

All gates lead to smoking: the 'gateway theory', e-cigarettes and the remaking of nicotine.

Bell K, Keane H

Social science & medicine (1982)2014First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.08.016 PMID: 25150650

07

The breast-cancer-ization of cancer survivorship: implications for experiences of the disease.

Bell K

Social science & medicine (1982)2014First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.03.031 PMID: 24727532

08

Biomarkers, the molecular gaze and the transformation of cancer survivorship.

Bell K

BioSocieties2013First author

DOI: 10.1057/biosoc.2013.6 PMID: 23750174

09

Cancer survivorship: why labels matter.

Bell K, Ristovski-Slijepcevic S

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology2013First author

DOI: 10.1200/jco.2012.43.5891 PMID: 23270001

10

Remaking the self: trauma, teachable moments, and the biopolitics of cancer survivorship.

Bell K

Culture, medicine and psychiatry2012First author

DOI: 10.1007/s11013-012-9276-9 PMID: 23054293

Confronting cigarette packaging: a comparative study of the ethics and effects of fear-based warning labels

Nominated PICIHR2012Operating Grant: Population Health Intervention Research

Principal investigators: Bell, Kirsten E

Keywords: Cigarette Labels; Cigarette Packaging; Critical Public Health; Public Health Ethics; Smoking; Tobacco

Critically Interrogating Cancer Survivorship: Social Science and Humanities Perspectives

Principal investigatorCIHR2010Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant: Gender, Sex and Health

Principal investigators: Ristovski-Slijepcevic, Svetlana; Bell, Kirsten E

Keywords: Cancer Survivorship; Gender; Health

$25,000

Between life and death: the contradictions of cancer survivorship

Principal investigatorSSHRC2009Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Bell, Kirsten E.

Keywords: cancer survivorship; critical discourse analysis; diverse populations

$153,618

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Amy Salmon

Emergency Medicine

4 shared papers, latest 2011

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Cigarette Labels Dear Professor Bell, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Does the hand that controls the cigarette packet rule the smoker? Findings from ethnographic interviews with smokers in Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom and the USA." (2015), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]