School of Public Health

Miss Isabel Meciar

PhD student
School of Public Health
Affiliate of Centre of Research Excellence on Achieving the Tobacco Endgame
Centre of Research Excellence on Achieving the Tobacco Endgame
Isabel Meciar

Thesis title: Understanding the characteristics of illicit tobacco-related crimes in Australia, and how these crimes could be mitigated

Principal Advisor: Professor Coral Gartner

Researcher biography

Isabel Meciar is a PhD candidate and Research Assistant at the Centre of Research Excellence on Achieving the Tobacco Endgame. She graduated from her Master of Public Health majoring in Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs from The University of Queensland in 2022. Isabel’s research focuses on understanding how tobacco control policies influence the demand for, and availability of illicit tobacco in Australia, including the patterns and networks of criminal activity involved.

Publications

Journal Articles (4)
Conference Paper (1)

Journal Articles

Puljević, Cheneal, Meciar, Isabel, Holland, Alice, Stjepanović, Daniel, Snoswell, Centaine L., Thomas, Emma E., Morphett, Kylie, Kang, Heewon, Chan, Gary, Grobler, Etienne and Gartner, Coral E. (2025). Systematic review and meta-analysis of text messaging interventions to support tobacco cessation. Tobacco Control, 34 (2), 228-238. doi: 10.1136/tc-2023-058323
Meciar, Isabel, Puljević, Cheneal, Holland, Alice and Gartner, Coral (2024). A content analysis of illicit tobacco-related crimes reported in Australian media. Nicotine and Tobacco Research. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntae254
Puljević, Cheneal, Stjepanović, Daniel, Meciar, Isabel, Kang, Heewon, Chan, Gary, Morphett, Kylie, Bendotti, Hollie, Kunwar, Garry and Gartner, Coral (2024). Systematic review and meta-analyses of cytisine to support tobacco cessation. Addiction, 119 (10), 1713-1725. doi: 10.1111/add.16592
Puljević, Cheneal, King, Michael, Meciar, Isabel and Gartner, Coral (2024). Smoking out Australia's growing illicit tobacco market: current trends and future challenges. International Journal of Drug Policy, 127 104424, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104424

Conference Paper

Puljevic, Cheneal, Meciar, Isabel and Gartner, Coral (2023). Should we be concerned about Australia's growing illicit tobacco market?. APSAD 2023 Conference, Adelaide, SA Australia, 12–15 November 2023. Chichester, West Sussex United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/dar.13749