- Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence Guidelines
- NIDA for Teens - Nicotine Addiction
- Mind Over Matter - Nicotine - part of a seven-part series designed to encourage young people in grades five through nine to learn about the effects of drug abuse on the body and the brain.
- Collection of NIDA NOTES articles on Nicotine Addiction
- NIDA's index page on nicotine addiction
- More Publications from the National Institute on Drug Abuse
- WEBINAR: BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS TO TREATING TOBACCO DEPENDENCE IN PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
2-3pm
Judith J. Prochaska, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry
University of California, San Francisco
For information about joining in-person or remotely, please contact Allison Hoffman at HoffmanAL@nida.nih.gov - The Second Menthol Conference
October 19-20, 2009 Washington, D.C.
Representatives of the American Legacy Foundation, Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, the National African American Tobacco Prevention Network, Praxis, University of Maryland, Howard University, National Latino Tobacco control Network and the Tobacco Related Disease Research Program at the University of California Office of the President want to strongly urge you to set aside October 19 and 20, 2009 for an important meeting on Menthol in Tobacco Products. Program speakers and a conference agenda will be circulated this summer. For more information, please contact Dr. Phil Gardiner at phillip.gardiner@ucop.edu. - The Ninth National Hispanic Science Network on Drug Abuse International Conference
"Advances in etiologic and intervention models in Hispanic addiction research"
October 29th-31st, 2009 Miami, Florida
This year, there is a focus on tobacco. Conference registration will be available from June 13, 2009. For more information: http://www.nhsn.med.miami.edu/x46.xml. - 2009 National Conference on Tobacco or Health
June 10-12, 2009
Phoenix, AZ
http://www.tobaccocontrolconference.org/2009/ - Past Events and Summaries
- The Impact of Third Hand Smoke on Risk for Genetic Mutations Wins First Place Addiction Science Award at 2009 Intel ISEF Competition (5/15/2009)
- Low-Key Anti-Smoking Ads Are More Likely to Be Remembered than Attention-Grabbing Messages (5/15/2009)
- NIDA NewsScan #59 with article on Graphic Warnings Change Viewers’ Perception of Tobacco Advertisements (2/27/2009)
- NIDA NewsScan #58 with article on Contingency Management Helps Pregnant Women Abstain From Smoking (1/12/2009)
- Combination of Genes and Prenatal Exposure to Smoking Increases Teens' Risk of Disruptive Behavior (3/4/2009)
- NIDA NewsScan #60 with article on "Smoking Cessation More Difficult for African-Americans, Hispanics"
- NewsScan # 54 with articles on "Positive Emotions Linked to Smoking May Contribute to Difficulty Quitting in Dual-Smoker Couples" and "Gene Variations Increase a Teenager?s Risk of Lifetime Nicotine Addiction" - (8/4/2008)
- Broad Differences in Alcohol, Tobacco and Illegal Drug Use Across Countries - (6/30/2008)
- NewsScan #53 with articles on "Brain Regions Associated with Cue-Induced Cigarette Cravings Independent of Withdrawal" and "Brain Regions Associated with Cue-Induced Cigarette Cravings Independent of Withdrawal" - (6/9/2008)
- NewsScan #52 with articles on ""Missing Piece" of Receptor Decreases Effects of Nicotine", "Anxiety Sensitivity Impacts Smoking Cessation" and "Adolescent Male Rats Self-Administer Nicotine More Than Their Adult Counterparts" - (4/15/2008)
- NewsScan #51 with article on "New Tool Is Available for Characterizing Nicotine Receptors in the Brain" - (8/22/2007)
- Clusters of Genetic Variants Linked to Distinct Treatment Responses for Smoking Cessation - 6/2/2008
- NIDA Researchers Identify Genetic Variant Linked to Nicotine Addiction and Lung Cancer - 4/2/2008
- NIDA Survey Shows a Decline in Smoking and Illicit Drug Use Among Eighth Graders - 12/11/2007
- NIH Scientists Demonstrate Genetic Variant is Linked to Greater Effectiveness of Smoking Cessation Medication - 9/10/2007
- NIDA Study Identifies Genes That Might Help Some People Abstain From Smoking - 4/2/2007
- NIDA News Release entitled "Damage to Specific Part of the Brain May Make Smokers 'Forget' to Smoke" - 01/26/2007
- Additional News Releases
- Smokefree.gov
- Tobaccofree.nih.gov
- The Virtual Office of the Surgeon General - Guidelines to Quit Smoking
- The Youth Tobacco Cessation Collaborative
- ASCENT, Adolescent Smoking Cessation Escaping Nicotine and Tobacco
- Quit Smoking by Readers Digest
- American Legacy Foundation - Building a world where young people reject tobacco and anyone can quit
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Tobacco
- Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Centers
- MEDLINEplus Health Information on Substance Abuse - National Library of Medicine, NIH.
- Additional links