ITTOD Research Program
The Illicitly Traded Tobacco and Other Drug (ITTOD) research program, led by Dr Cheneal Puljević, focuses on the public health and criminological dimensions of illicitly traded tobacco and other drug use, examining patterns of consumption, regulation, harms, and enforcement to inform evidence-based policy and interventions.
We are available for supervising student research projects and for conducting consultancy or contract research projects with external organisations and partners.
Contact: c.puljevic@uq.edu.au
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Research on illicitly traded tobacco
The ITTOD program’s research includes various projects on illicitly traded tobacco (ITT) use, broadly focusing on the drivers and deterrents of ITT use, ITT consumers’ behaviours and preferences, trends in Australia’s ITT market, and which policy or legislative options may be most effective in tackling ITT trade in Australia.
Notable publications include:
- Smoking out Australia's growing illicit tobacco market: Current trends and future challenges
- A Content Analysis of Illicit Tobacco-Related Crimes Reported in Australian Media
Research on other drug use
Other drug-related projects conducted by the ITTOD team include projects related to various aspects of drug use using data from the Global Drug Survey (the world’s largest online drug survey), drug checking/pill testing, and substance use harm reduction, with a strong emphasis on informing evidence-based policy and practice.
Notable publications include:
- ‘It'd Be Nice to Know if You're About to Have Drain Cleaner’: A Qualitative Study of Preferred Drug Checking Service Features to Inform the Design of CheQpoint, Queensland's First Fixed-Site Drug Checking Service
- Characterising differences between self-reported and wastewater-identified drug use at two consecutive years of an Australian music festival
- From chaos to kaleidoscope: Exploring factors in psychedelic self-treatment for mental health conditions
