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Striking Discrepancies Seen in Smoking-Related Lung Cancer Risk
In one of the largest prospective studies of its kind, researchers from the University of Southern California (USC) Keck School of Medicine report significant racial and ethnic differences in smoking-related lung cancer risk, according to the January 26, 2006, issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

Tobacco Control Research Branch
TCRB, within NCI's Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, leads and collaborates on research and disseminates evidence-based findings to prevent, treat, and control tobacco use.

Tobacco Research Implementation Plan
A plan to expand and accelerate NCI's tobacco research to reduce the disease burden of tobacco use.

Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Centers
TTURC seeks to facilitate a transdisciplinary approach to the full spectrum of basic and applied research on tobacco use to reduce the disease burden of tobacco use.

Tobacco Control: 5 Steps to Effective Cancer Control Planning
Resources from Cancer Control PLANET, a public-private effort among the NCI, the CDC, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and the American Cancer Society.

What is the TUS-CPS?
The Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey (TUS-CPS) is a key source of national and state level data on smoking and other tobacco use in the U.S. household population.

Tobacco Prevention and Control - NCI Office of Women's Health
Information about research on tobacco prevention and control for women.
Other Tobacco Research Resources
Women, Tobacco, and Cancer Portfolio Database
Includes research projects, initiatives, and activities related to women, tobacco, and cancer that were active between 2000 and 2004.

Women, Tobacco, and Cancer: An Agenda for the 21st Century
A report from the Women, Tobacco, and Cancer Working Group that outlines recommendations and strategies to reduce and ultimately prevent tobacco-related cancers in women.

Cancer Topic Searches: Tobacco
Tobacco-related citations using the PubMed database, a service of the National Library of Medicine.

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