Germaine Lai
PhD Student and Senior Research Assistant, The University of Queensland, Australia
Researcher biography
Germaine Lai is a PhD candidate and Senior Research Assistant at the Centre of Research Excellence on Achieving the Tobacco Endgame, and has a background in psychological science. Her research focuses on the expansion of smoke-free laws into contentious spaces in achieving the tobacco endgame.
Journal Articles
Morphett, Kylie, Holland, Alice, Lai, Germaine, Canty, Ruth, Kang, Heewon, Hefler, Marita, Puljević, Cheneal, Trigg, Joshua, Hoek, Janet, Edwards, Richard and Gartner, Coral (2026). A systematic review and synthesis of qualitative research on stakeholder views on commercial tobacco endgame goals and policies. International Journal of Drug Policy, 155 105377, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2026.105377
Howe, Samantha, Wilson, Tim, Morphett, Kylie, Mason, Kate, Lai, Germaine, Rees, Vaughan W. and Ait Ouakrim, Driss (2026). Estimating the harms from smoking and second-hand smoke exposure in social housing: a modelling study. Social Science and Medicine, 398 119197, 119197-398. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2026.119197
Lim, Carmen C. W., Sun, Tianze, Lai, Germaine, Hall, Wayne, Connor, Jason, Lee, Yan Yee and Cho, Ara (2026). Patterns, reasons and characteristics of e‐cigarette use in Australia: findings from the 2022–2023 National Drug Strategy Household Survey. Addiction, 121 (5) add.70281, 1100-1109. doi: 10.1111/add.70281
Lee, Yan Yee, Sun, Tianze, Connor, Jason P., Gartner, Coral, Lai, Germaine, Akbar, Heena and Lim, Carmen C.W. (2026). A nationally representative repeated cross-sectional study of 10-year substance use trends among culturally and linguistically diverse Australians. International Journal of Drug Policy, 150 105179, 105179-150. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2026.105179
Lai, Germaine, Morphett, Kylie, Ait Ouakrim, Driss, Mason, Kate, Howe, Samantha, Rees, Vaughan, Li, Stephen and Gartner, Coral (2024). Tobacco control interventions for populations living in subsidised, low-income housing: a scoping review. Public Health Research and Practice, 34 (1) e3412407, 1-9. doi: 10.17061/phrp3412407
Conference Papers
Lai, Germaine, Gartner, Coral and Morphett, Kylie (2025). Your rights versus my rights: media representation of smoking and secondhand smoke-drift in homes, 2015-2024. World Conference on Tobacco Control 2025 (WCTC 2025), Dublin, Ireland, 23-25 June 2025. Heraklion, Greece: EU European Publishing.
Lim, Carmen, Gartner, Coral, Teo, Yin Mun, Wong, Kwun Hung, Lai, Germaine and Cho, Ara (2025). Latent class analysis of people who vape e-cigarettes in Australia: An analysis of the 2022-23 National Drug Strategy Household Survey. World Conference on Tobacco Control 2025 (WCTC 2025), Dublin, Ireland, 23-25 June 2025. Heraklion, Greece: EU European Publishing.