Renee is an internationally recognised expert in the field of nicotine addiction and smoking cessation for more than 35 years. Renee started one of the world’s first Smokers’ Clinics in Sydney, Australia in 1979 at St. Vincent’s Hospital. She is also the founder and Editor-in-Chief of the international peer-reviewed, Journal of Smoking Cessation, published by Cambridge University Press. As a Professor in Life-style Medicine at the Avondale University, Notre Dame University Medical School and Addiction Medicine at Charles University, Prague, she continues to research and teach, the first University level courses in Nicotine Addiction and Smoking Cessation.