Publications

Publication List

Eradication of commercial tobacco related disease and death. Maddox R., R.M Telford, A. Waa, A. Diaz. S.K Bradbrook. T. Calma, and LJ Whop. 2024. Tobacco Control. https://doi.org/10.1136/tc-2023-058547

Indigenous sovereignty in research and epistemic justice: Truth telling through research. Maddox, R., and M.E Morton Ninomiya. 2024. Global Public Health, 20(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2024.2436436

Indigenous peoples, tobacco use and the role of the commercial Tobacco Industry. Maddox R, and L.J Whop. Respirology. 2025 Jan;30(1):21-24.
doi: 10.1111/resp.14869

Mailed smoking cessation support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who smoke: protocol for a hybrid type 1 effectiveness – implementation trial. Bryant J, Roberts-Barker K, Mills Z, et al. BMJ Open 2024. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-088501

Resisting industry narratives: guidance to avoid tobacco and nicotine industry framing. Maddox, R., A. Diaz, A. Waa, L. Teddy, R. Telford, S. Pope, and C. Heris. 2024. Health Promotion International, Volume 39, Issue 6, December 2024, daae143. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daae143

Tobacco endgame intervention impacts on health gains and Māori:non-Māori health inequity: a simulation study of the Aotearoa/New Zealand Tobacco Action Plan. Ait Ouakrim D., T. Wilson, A. Waa, et al. Tobacco Control 2024; 33:e173-e184. https://doi.org/10.1136/tc-2022-057655

Ethical publishing in ‘Indigenous’ contexts. Maddox R, A. Drummond, M. Kennedy, et al. Tobacco Control 2024;33:e240-e245.
https://doi.org/10.1136/tc-2022-057702

Our Health Counts Toronto: Commercial tobacco use among Indigenous peoples in Toronto. Maddox, R., K. O’Brien, C.G. Xavier, et al. Can J Public Health 2024. 115 (Suppl 2), 273–287. https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-024-00975-6

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People Who Smoke and Want to Quit—A Cohort Profile From the Koori Quit Pack study. Getnet Mersha, A., B. Bonevski, R. Maddox, C. Chamberlain, K. Clarke, J. Forster, K. Roberts Barker, K. Booth, C. Segan, M. Kennedy. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 2024, ntae213, https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntae213

Knowledge translation in Indigenous health research: voices from the field. Kennedy, M., M.M Ninomiya, M.M. Ninomiya, S. Brascoupé, J. Smylie, T. Calma, J. Mohamed, P.J. Stewart and R. Maddox. Med J Aust, 221: 61-67. https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.52357

Commercial Tobacco and Nicotine Industry-Funded Research Has No Place in SRNT and Nicotine & Tobacco Research. Rose, S.W., A.S.L Tan,
P. Bandi, R. Maddox, M. Berman, L. Czaplicki, B. Faseru, K. Frazer, and K. Choi. 2024. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntae109

Koori Quit Pack: A Feasibility Study of a Multi-Component Mailout Smoking Cessation Support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People: “I Would Recommend it to Anybody. It’s Just so Much Easier.” Kennedy, M., R. Maddox, A. Getnet Mersha, C. Chamberlain, C. Segan, K. Clarke, B. Donaldson, K. Roberts-Barker, J. Forster, K. Booth, and B. Bonevski. 2024. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntae106

”It’s changed my life. I’m not smoking anymore. I don’t want to smoke anymore”: Exploring the Acceptability of Mailout Smoking Cessation Support for and by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, Booth, K.. K. Roberts-Barker, J. Foster, A. Getnet Mersha, R. Maddox, B. Bonevski, C. Chamberlain, K. Clarke, C. Segan, and M. Kennedy. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntae065

Causal inference, mediation analysis and racial inequities, Stanaway, F.F., A. Diaz, and R. Maddox. 2024.
International Journal of Epidemiology. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyae038

The social determinants of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults who do not smoke in regional Australia, Heris, C., R.Z. Caudell, E.M. Barrett, MM. Brinckley, R. Cohen, M. Kennedy, L.J. Whop, T Calma, R Maddox, 2024. Australian Journal of Rural Health, https://doi.org/10.1111/ajr.13084

Who smokes in Australia? Cross‐sectional analysis of Australian Bureau of Statistics survey data, 2017–19, Yi Han Aw, J., C. Heris, R. Maddox, G. Joshy and E. Banks AM, 2024, Medical Journal of Australia, 220 (3): 154-163, https://doi:10.5694/mja2.52216

Commercial tobacco endgame themes in the Australian media from 2000 to 2021, Perusco A, Holland A, Maddox R, Morphett K, Heris C, Gartner, C.E, Tobacco Control, 2023. DOI: 10.1136/tc-2023-058186

It's time to light up a tobacco endgame strategy, ANU research says. Riotact, 5 May 2023. https://the-riotact.com/its-time-to-light-up-a-tobacco-endgame-strategy-anu-research-says/656525

Effective knowledge translation approaches and practices in Indigenous health research: a systematic review protocol. Morton Ninomiya, M.E, D. Atkinson, S. Brascoupé, M. Firestone, N. Robinson, J. Reading, C. Ziegler, R. Maddox and J.K. Smylie. 2017. Systematic Reviews. 6(1): 34. 

Tobacco Related Attitudes and Behaviours in Relation to Exposure to the Tackling Indigenous Smoking Program: Evidence from the Mayi Kuwayu Study. Cohen, R., R. Maddox, M. Sedgwick, K.A. Thurber, M-M. Brinckley, E.M Barrett, and R. Lovett. 2021. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(20), 10962. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010962 

Tobacco smoking and mortality among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults in Australia. Thurber, K.A., E. Banks, G. Joshy, K. Soga, A. Marmor, G. Benton, S. L White, S. Eades, R. Maddox, T. Calma, and R. Lovett . 2021. International Journal of Epidemiology. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyaa274

Deadly news – The downward trend continues in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander smoking 2004-2019. Maddox, R., K.A Thurber, T. Calma, E. Banks, and Lovett. 2020. ANZJPH. https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.13049

Review of tobacco use among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Colonna, E., Maddox, R., Cohen, R., Marmor, A., Doery, K., Thurber, K. A., Thomas, D., Guthrie, J., Wells, S. , Lovett, R. Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet

Dispelling the smoke to reflect the mirror': the time is now to eliminate tobacco related harms. Maddox, R., M. Kennedy, A. Drummond, A. Waa, S. Bradbrook, E-S. Tautolo, T. Calma, and L.J. Whop. 2022. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health.

Getting there together: highlights, challenges and opportunities for tobacco control in the Oceania region. Gifford, H., D.Tautolo, J. P. McCool , C.E. Gartner, R. Edwards, and R. Maddox. 2022. Tobacco Control, 31(2), 164-168.

Reflections on Indigenous commercial Tobacco Control: ‘The dolphins will always take us home’. Maddox., R., M. Bovill, A. Waa, H. Gifford, E-S. Tautolo, P. Nez Henderson, S. Martinez, H. Clark, S.K Bradbrook, and T. Calma. 2022. Tobacco Control.

Decolonization of Tobacco in Indigenous Communities of Turtle Island (North America). Nez Henderson, P., J. P Lee, C. Soto, R. O′Leary, E. Rutan, J. D′Silva, A. Waa, Z. P Henderson, S. S Nez, and R. Maddox. 2022. , Nicotine & Tobacco Research, Volume 24, Issue 2, February 2022, Pages 289–291, https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntab180

Commercial tobacco and Indigenous peoples: A stock take on Framework Convention on Tobacco Control progress. Maddox, R., A. Waa, J. Reading, P. Nez Henderson, G. Blais, K. Lee and R. Lovett. 2018. Tobacco Control. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2018-054508

Miilwarranha (opening): introducing the Which Way? Kennedy, M. and R. Maddox. 2022. study. Med J Aust. 217: S3-S5. https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.51626

Smoking and quitting characteristics of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women of reproductive age: findings from the Which Way? Kennedy, M., Barrett, E., Heris, C., Mersha, A., Chamberlain, C., Hussein, P., Longbottom, H., Bacon, S. and R. Maddox. 2022. study. Med J Aust. 217: S6-S18. https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.51630

Ngaaminya (find, be able to see): summary of key findings from the Which Way? project. Kennedy, M., and R. Maddox. 2022. Medical Journal of Australia, 217, S27-S29. https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.51622

Indigenous-led evidence to inform smoking cessation care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women. Kennedy, M., and R. Maddox. 2022. The Medical Journal of Australia, 217(2), S1-S29.

Smoking cessation support strategies for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women of reproductive age: findings from the Which Way? study. Kennedy, M., C. Heris, C., E. Barrett, J. Bennett, S. Maidment, C. Chamberlain, P. Hussein, H. Longbottom, S. Bacon, B.G. Field, B. Field, F. Ralph, and R. Maddox. 2022. Med J Aust, 217: S19-S26. https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.51631

Decolonising qualitative research with respectful, reciprocal, and responsible research practice: a narrative review of the application of Yarning method in qualitative Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research. Kennedy, M., R. Maddox, K. Booth, S. Maidment, C. Chamberlain and D. Bessarab. 2022. Int J Equity Health 21, 134. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-022-01738-w

Clearing the air: Conflicts of Interest and the Tobacco Industry’s impact on Indigenous peoples. Maddox., R., M. Bovill, A. Waa, A. Drummond, B-J Hardy, C. Soto, E-S. Tautolo, E. Colonna, H. Gifford, H. Clark, J.P. Lee, P. Nez Henderson, P. Upton, S.K Bradbrook, S. Wells, S. A. Martinez and T. Calma. 2022. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntab267

Decolonization of Tobacco in Indigenous Communities of Turtle Island. Nez-Henderson, P., J.P. Lee, C. Soto, R. O’Leary, E. Rutan, J. D'Silva, A. Waa, Z.P. Henderson, S. S. Nez and R. Maddox. 2021. Nicotine and Tobacco Research. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntab180

Under the influence. Maddox, R., P. Ling, B. Hardy, and M. Daube. 2021. Tobacco Control. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-056391

Big tobacco using Trojan horse tactics to exploit Indigenous peoples. Waa, A., R. Maddox, P. Nez Henderson. 2020. Tobacco Control: 30 May 2020. http://doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-055766

The Foundation for a Smoke-Free World and healthy Indigenous futures: an oxymoron? Waa, A., B. Robson, H. Gifford, J. Smylie, J. Reading, J. A. Henderson, P. Nez Henderson, R. Maddox, R. Lovett, S. Eades, S. May Finlay, T. Calma, and Hāpai Te Hauora Māori Public Health. 2019. Tobacco Control. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2018-054792

Foundation for a Smoke-Free World and healthy Indigenous futures: an oxymoron? An Evidence-Based Response. Maddox, R., S. M. Finlay, J. Reading, H. Gifford, T. Calma, B. Robson, S. Eades, J. A. Henderson, P. N. Henderson, and J. Smylie. 2020. Tobacco Control. DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2018-054792

Lessons Learned on Addressing Racism: Recommendations from The Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco's Racial Equity Task Force. Piper., M.E., R. Maddox, Y. Castro, J.T. Hinds, P.N. Henderson, H. Clark, M.C. Guy, and K, Choi. 2022. Addiction. 2022 Oct;117(10):2567-2570. doi: 10.1111/add.15964. Epub 2022 Jun 25. PMID: 35751445

Health Service and Program Evaluation in Indigenous Contexts: A Systematic Review. Maddox, R., G. Blais, A. Mashford Pringle, R. Monchalin, M. Firestone, C. Ziegler, M. Morton Ninomiya, and J. Smylie. 2021. American Journal of Evaluation. https://doi.org/10.1177/1098214020940409

Impossible until implemented: New Zealand shows the way. Daube., M, and R. Maddox. 2021. Tobacco Control; 30:361-362. https://doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-056776

Reflection on modern methods: statistical, policy and ethical implications of using age-standardized health indicators to quantify inequities. Thurber, K.A., J. Thandrayen, R. Maddox, E. M Barrett, J. Walker, N. Priest, R.J Korda, E. Banks, D. R Williams, and R. Lovett. 2022. International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 51, Issue 1, February 2022, Pages 324–333, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyab132