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 Addicted to Nicotine - A National Research ForumAddicted to Nicotine - A National Research Forum
 Conference on nicotine addiction and tobacco products. All proceedings online. Includes papers on nicotine delivery systems; pharmacology of nicotine; ethnicity, gender, and risk factors for smoking initiation; economics; advertising and promotion; prevention programs; individual differences; and intervention and treatment strategies.
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Canadian Tobacco Research InitiativeCanadian Tobacco Research Initiative
 Collaboration between a group of Canadian agencies and governments. Supports researchin tobacco control, aims at research directly relevant to program and policy, and that research results used more systematically to inform tobacco control programs and policies.
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Cancer Control and Population Sciences: Tobacco Control ResearchCancer Control and Population Sciences: Tobacco Control Research
 NCI monographs pull together research results on cigartetets, smoking, prevention, and related topics.
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Center for Tobacco Control Research and EducationCenter for Tobacco Control Research and Education
 Repository for scholarship published by the Center spanning policy and historical research, economics, and science.
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Centre for Tobacco Control Research: ProjectsCentre for Tobacco Control Research: Projects
 Research reports on tobacco, the tobacco industry, smoking, cessation, tobacco marketing, media.
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Centre for Tobacco Research ControlCentre for Tobacco Research Control
 Develops and evaluates interventions to prevent smoking and encourage cessation; investigates the tobacco industry's marketing activity and determines how to counter them; evaluates specific policy approaches to tobacco control.
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Clearing the Smoke: Assessing the Science Base for Tobacco Harm ReductionClearing the Smoke: Assessing the Science Base for Tobacco Harm Reduction
 Online book runs to 700 pages and has chapters on: harm reduction, tobacco products, nicotine pharmacology, tobacco smoke and toxicology, cancer, heart disease, birth defects, and tobacco industry marketing of health claims.
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The Economic Consequences of Tobacco: Dispelling the MythsThe Economic Consequences of Tobacco: Dispelling the Myths
 Economist summarizes the research and dispells the myth that reduced smoking will cost jobs.
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The Impact of Tobacco Control Program Expenditures on Aggregate Cigarette Sales: 1981-1998The Impact of Tobacco Control Program Expenditures on Aggregate Cigarette Sales: 1981-1998
 Econometric analyses of the impact of tobacco control expenditures on aggregate tobacco use show that state tobacco control programs work.
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The Institute for Global Tobacco Control at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthThe Institute for Global Tobacco Control at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
 The Institute strives to prevent death and disease from tobacco use around the world through research, education, evaluation, and policy development.
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International Tobacco Evidence NetworkInternational Tobacco Evidence Network
 Working to maintain a formal network of economists, epidemiologists, social scientists and other tobacco control experts able to provide rapid, policy-relevant research on country-level, regional or international tobacco control issues.
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JAMA TobaccoJAMA Tobacco
 Recent papers published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on tobacco and related topics.
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Measuring National Tobacco UsageMeasuring National Tobacco Usage
 Poster session from health conference focusses on statistics: prevalence, demographics, longitudinal groupings.
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Mechanisms of Immune Suppression by Cigarette SmokeMechanisms of Immune Suppression by Cigarette Smoke
 Research aims to learn more about how cigarette smoke suppresses the immune system, ultimately causing respiratory tract infections and cancer.
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Monitoring and Evaluation ProgramMonitoring and Evaluation Program
 Monitors trends in tobacco use in Wisconsin, evalutes statewide programs and policies, and assists local communities in program evaluation and communicating findings to state and local leaders.
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Monitoring the Tobacco Epidemic: Data SourcesMonitoring the Tobacco Epidemic: Data Sources
 Abstracts from conference presentations on measuring prevalence, demographics, and trends.
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Nicotine Perfectly Built for AddictionNicotine Perfectly Built for Addiction
 Recent research concludes "it would be difficult to design a better drug to promote addiction" than nicotine.
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NIDA Notes - A Collection of Articles on Nicotine AddictionNIDA Notes - A Collection of Articles on Nicotine Addiction
 About 12 items summarizing various research from 1995 to 2000.
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NIDA Research Report - Nicotine AddictionNIDA Research Report - Nicotine Addiction
 From the National Institute on Drug Abuse, report on nicotine, nicotine delivery systems such as cigarettes and other tobacco products, the extent and impact of tobacco products, treatments for nicotine addiction, and gender differences.
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The Ontario Tobacco Research UnitThe Ontario Tobacco Research Unit
 OTRU is the research component of the Ontario Tobacco Strategy, and is a focal point for an active tobacco control research network in Ontario.
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Psychosocial and Behavioral Factors in TobaccoPsychosocial and Behavioral Factors in Tobacco
 Poster session from health conference focuses on factors affecting tobacco use.
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A Randomised Controlled Trial of a Community Prevention CampaignA Randomised Controlled Trial of a Community Prevention Campaign
 Eight pairs of small Oregon communities were randomly assigned to receive a school based prevention program alone, or that plus a community program. Results, analysis, and discussion.
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Smoker's Misperceptions of Light and Ultra-light Cigarettes May Keep Them SmokingSmoker's Misperceptions of Light and Ultra-light Cigarettes May Keep Them Smoking
 Research finds that many Light and Ultra-light smokers are unaware that one Ultra-light/Light cigarette can give them the same amount of tar and nicotine as one regular cigarette, and this mistaken belief may be keeping them smoking.
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Smoking and Tobacco Research GuideSmoking and Tobacco Research Guide
 Annotated bibliography; supplies links when cited source is online.
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Smoking Experimentation and Smoking-attributable Mortality due to Joe Camel and Marlboro advertising and promotionsSmoking Experimentation and Smoking-attributable Mortality due to Joe Camel and Marlboro advertising and promotions
 "Despite public denials, internal tobacco company documents indicate that adolescents have long been the target of cigarette advertising and promotional activities...(From this analysis) we projected how many future deaths in the United States can be attributed to each brand."
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Society for Research on Nicotine and TobaccoSociety for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
 Information on the latest research, abstracts, publications and events related to nicotine and tobacco.
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Special Populations and TobaccoSpecial Populations and Tobacco
 Poster session from recent conference looks at tobacco and ethnic minorities, low income Americans, people with disabilities.
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Study of Teen Risk Perception of SmokingStudy of Teen Risk Perception of Smoking
 Study finds that the vast majority of smokers do not accurately assess the risk of smoking.
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Tobacco and Smoking ResearchTobacco and Smoking Research
 Office of Tobacco Control, Canada, has links to numerous tobacco and smoking research documents.
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Tobacco Control Archives CollectionsTobacco Control Archives Collections
 List of archives of interest to researchers; hosted by UCSF. Some online.
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Tobacco Research from Around the World: An International Perspective Poster SessionTobacco Research from Around the World: An International Perspective Poster Session
 Abstracts from scientific publications presented at a 2002 health conference, discusses issues in Japan, Mexico, Pakistan, Banglandesh, France, Taiwan.
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Tobacco Use Behavior ResearchTobacco Use Behavior Research
 Publications of the Social Sciences Data Collection, UCSD. Reports and raw data available on tobacco sales, prevalence, attitudes, behaviors, and media exposure.
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Tobacco Use in British ColumbiaTobacco Use in British Columbia
 Results of extended telephone survey in BC, Canada, looks at trends, provincial breakdown, aboriginal use, south east Asian use, alternate tobacco forms, and teen use.
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Tobacco-Related Disease Research ProgramTobacco-Related Disease Research Program
 Research funding opportunities; research progress reports; conference proceedings and publications; newsletters; upcoming events.
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Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research CentersTransdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Centers
 "The National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) invite grant applications (P50) for a Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) in tobacco use research. The intent of this initiative is to provide support for the creation of transdisciplinary tobacco use research centers (TTURCs)".
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TTURC PartnersTTURC Partners
 A seven university, collaborative effort to study new ways of combating tobacco use and nicotine addiction, and translate the results and implications of this work for policy makers, practitioners, and the public.
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University of Minnesota Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research CenterUniversity of Minnesota Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center
 Reducing tobacco harm through research, training, communication and public policy.
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UW - Center for Tobacco Research and InterventionUW - Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention
 Academic center at the University of Wisconsin dedicated to researching tobacco dependence, providing intervention and outreach services for young people and adults, and developing policy initiatives to reduce tobacco use and resultant health and economic burdens. Tobacco facts, research study participation, grant opportunities, latest research findings.
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The Young and the BreathlessThe Young and the Breathless
 Harvard Public Health Review article covers research being conducted on increasing tobacco use in college students.
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ScienceWeek Symposium: Tobacco DependenceScienceWeek Symposium: Tobacco Dependence
 Medical digest of recent scientific research on tobacco, public health, tobacco dependence, secondhand smoke, cigarette advertising, and tobacco control. (April 11, 2003)
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The California Tobacco Control Program and Declines in Cigarette Consumption and Mortality from Heart DiseaseThe California Tobacco Control Program and Declines in Cigarette Consumption and Mortality from Heart Disease
 Article in the New England Journal of Medicine; California's aggressive anti-tobacco program saved 33,000 lives overall, but when it was watered down by the Governor in 1992, 8300 lives were lost. (December 14, 2000)
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Most Smokers Do Not View Themselves At Increased Risk for Health ProblemsMost Smokers Do Not View Themselves At Increased Risk for Health Problems
 Contrary to assertions that "everyone knows", research finds that most smokers underestimate the risk. (March 17, 1999)
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Joe Un-CoolJoe Un-Cool
 Teenagers are more likely to think smoking is cool after they've watched their Hollywood idols light up on screen -- unless they've just seen an advertisement reminding them of the real effects of tobacco, research finds. (January 15, 1997)
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