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- Program Helps Students Find Career Path in Tobacco Research
- The Research to Policy Pipeline: Establishing California’s Tobacco Policy Research Center (TPRC)
- Californians in some areas less likely to benefit from policies curbing tobacco use
- TRDRP receives funding for research on nicotine cessation strategies for youth and young adults
- Bridging the Gap: Community Practice-Based Research Initiative
- Smoke- and Vape-Free Scholars Initiative (SVFSI)
- New California Tobacco Cessation Policy Research Center to be housed at cancer center
- E-Cigarettes and Sudden Death
- Hookah, Shisha and Waterpipe Tobacco: Consequences for Health and Future Research Directions
- Project SUN (Stop the Use of Nicotine)
- Cannabis and E-cigarettes Can Harm the Heart Like Combustible Cigarettes
- Thirdhand Smoke Exposures Surpass Health Risk Guideline Levels
- Nicotine Sickness and Addiction
- Youth and Flavored Tobacco Products
- Culturally-Tailored Cessation Research: Results from recent TRDRP-funded studies
- BETting on COVID-19: Study Probes Role of BET Proteins in Coronavirus Infection
- Nicotine and Cannabis Policy Research Policy Briefs
- E-cigarettes Alter Inflammatory State of Brain, Heart, Lungs and Colon
- Secondhand cannabis smoke (SHCS) study highlights risks of indoor cannabis use
- Many Children Still Exposed to Tobacco Smoke Pollution Even in ‘Smoke-Free’ Homes
- Latino smokers on Medi-Cal still not getting help needed to quit
- Breakthrough Infection Study Compares Decline in Vaccine Effectiveness and Consequences for Mortality
- New online tool helps keep college campuses smoke and tobacco free
- Vaping — not prior smoking — is associated with changes in gene regulation linked to disease
- Cannabis Consumption in Dispensaries: Public Health Implications of an Emerging Practice
- Young UC scientists to learn from Nobel laureates
- Vaping just once raises oxidative stress levels in nonsmokers, increasing disease risk
- Smokers Light Up More Cigarettes Following California COVID-19 Lockdown Order, Study Finds
- Flipping a Molecular Switch for Heart Fibrosis
- Thirdhand smoke exposure linked to fabric type, heat, and humidity
- Postdoc wins Society of Toxicology conference award
- Molecular analysis identifies key differences in lungs of cystic fibrosis patients
- E-Cigarettes Trigger Inflammation in the Gut
- Sabrina Smiley wants to talk to menthol smokers — and retailers
- Study reveals how smoking worsens COVID-19 infection in the airways
- Caltech Researcher Unveils Sensor that Rapidly Detects COVID-19 Infection Status, Severity, and Immunity
- Early study results point to heating element in vaping and e-cig devices as cause for serious lung injuries
- Tobacco control in city and county laws regulating legal marijuana
- California Smokers’ Helpline offers free nicotine patches
- COVID-19 More Likely to Impact Smokers and People Exposed to Secondhand Smoke, Report Finds
- Some Young Americans Aware of New Heated Tobacco Products; Use Is Highest Among Those Who Use Other Tobacco Products or Marijuana
- Vapers Show Cancer-Associated Biological Changes Similar to Smokers
- Vaping lung injury symptoms have been reported online for at least seven years
- TRDRP’s E-Cigarette Portfolio: 9 Years of Funding Research into Vaping Behavior and Health Effects
- Researcher Spotlight: Mary Rezk-Hanna
- Cigarette butts contaminate our water and create human health hazards
- Youth Partnership Studies Tobacco Marketing in Oakland
- Similarities of small cell cancers to blood cancers could lead to better treatments
- Scientists find thirdhand smoke affects cells in humans
- TRDRP Trainees Showcased at Society for Nicotine and Tobacco Research Conference
- Busting Myths about Tobacco Use
- E-cigarette users show cancer-linked genetic changes
- Lung Cancer Deaths are 28 Percent Lower in California
- TRDRP-funded Researchers Show Alarming Health Effects of Hookah
- Special Tobacco Control Journal Supplement Highlights Dangers of Heated Tobacco Products
- UC Merced Snags TRDRP’s First Tobacco Policy Research Center Award
- TRDRP and American Heart Association gather national experts to better understand the health effects of e-cigarettes
- Inaugural Proposition 56 funding supports innovative research into the prevention, detection and potential cures of life-threatening diseases caused by tobacco use
- Heat-Not-Burn Cigarettes: Study Shows More Research is Needed
- New TRDRP Awards Advance Cannabis Science in California
- Electronic Cigarettes are not harmless: A JAMA Cardiology article
- Proposition 56: A New Era in State Funded Healthcare and Research in California
- Reaching Underserved Smokers through a Community Practice-Based Research Award
- Impact of Proposition 56: What Investing in Tobacco Control Buys You in California
- New Tobacco Prevention Toolkit for Youth
- Electronic Cigarettes and Emissions: New chemicals found add to potential health risks
- Changing the Paradigm of Heart-Health Monitoring
- Early Detection – Effective arsenal in the fight against cancer
- Economic impact of smoking in California
- Thirdhand smoke – What does the research say?
Program Helps Students Find Career Path in Tobacco Research
Karissa Tran is a San Marcos native who entered Cal State San Marcos intending to study clinical psychology. Nicolas ...
The Research to Policy Pipeline: Establishing California’s Tobacco Policy Research Center (TPRC)
In line with a major Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program (TRDRP) goal to support research that informs public ...
Californians in some areas less likely to benefit from policies curbing tobacco use
Areas with weak local regulations leave some communities more vulnerable to harm from tobacco use Key ...
TRDRP receives funding for research on nicotine cessation strategies for youth and young adults
As part of a settlement reached by the California Attorney General's office with JUUL Labs, Inc., California’s ...
Bridging the Gap: Community Practice-Based Research Initiative
California has one of the most demographically, ethnically, and culturally diverse populations in the United ...
Smoke- and Vape-Free Scholars Initiative (SVFSI)
TRDRP-funded initiative is training the next generation of tobacco prevention and control researchers Andy Jose ...
New California Tobacco Cessation Policy Research Center to be housed at cancer center
UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center has launched the state’s first-ever Tobacco Cessation Policy ...
E-Cigarettes and Sudden Death
TRDRP-funded study shows e-cigarettes can cause abnormal ventricular repolarization, a predictor of sudden ...
Hookah, Shisha and Waterpipe Tobacco: Consequences for Health and Future Research Directions
Although California has made great strides in curbing the sale of flavored tobacco products, one exception has been ...
Project SUN (Stop the Use of Nicotine)
When Native Community Consultant Lou Moerner visited her colleague Claradina Soto, an American Indian behavioral ...
Cannabis and E-cigarettes Can Harm the Heart Like Combustible Cigarettes
E-cigarettes and marijuana have similar harmful effects on the heart as those of tobacco cigarettes –opening ...
Thirdhand Smoke Exposures Surpass Health Risk Guideline Levels
Some smells seem to seep into everything they touch. Tobacco smoke is one of the worst offenders. Thirdhand smoke ...
Secret behind ‘nic-sickness’ could help break tobacco addiction
If you remember your first hit on a cigarette, you know how sickening nicotine can be. Yet, for many people, the ...
Youth and Flavored Tobacco Products
Youth “vaping” of e-cigarettes has been called a national epidemic by the U.S. Surgeon General , and the ...
Culturally-Tailored Cessation Research: Results from recent TRDRP-funded studies
One of the main goals of the Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program (TRDRP) is to support communities most ...
BETting on COVID-19: Study Probes Role of BET Proteins in Coronavirus Infection
A while ago, some researchers had suggested that blocking a set of proteins, known as bromodomain and extraterminal ...
Nicotine and Cannabis Policy Research Policy Briefs
In a landmark ruling announced in June 2022, the FDA issued a marketing denial order of the JUUL device and 4 types ...
E-cigarettes Alter Inflammatory State of Brain, Heart, Lungs and Colon
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine report that daily use of pod-based ...
Secondhand cannabis smoke (SHCS) study highlights risks of indoor cannabis use
Although 27% of young adults believe secondhand cannabis smoke (SHCS) exposure is safe, cannabis smoke has several ...
Many Children Still Exposed to Tobacco Smoke Pollution Even in ‘Smoke-Free’ Homes
The person who smoked a pack a day may have moved out years ago, but the toxic substances left behind stuck ...
Latino smokers on Medi-Cal still not getting help needed to quit
A team of researchers with the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center found that even with expanded access to ...
Breakthrough Infection Study Compares Decline in Vaccine Effectiveness and Consequences for Mortality
Study in Science of more than 780,000 Veterans is the first to compare waning protection rates across all three ...
New online tool helps keep college campuses smoke and tobacco free
Recent study confirms real-time Tobacco Tracker can shape behavior and create support for a healthier campus. A ...
Vaping — not prior smoking — is associated with changes in gene regulation linked to disease
The latest vaping study from Keck School of Medicine of USC shows that, like smoking, use of e-cigarettes is linked ...
Cannabis Consumption in Dispensaries: Public Health Implications of an Emerging Practice
Within the past few years, California and other states have legalized the smoking, vaping, and dabbing of cannabis ...
Young UC scientists to learn from Nobel laureates
The University of California announced its second class of UC President’s Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings ...
Vaping just once raises oxidative stress levels in nonsmokers, increasing disease risk
The findings, published in JAMA Pediatrics, show that a single 30-minute vaping session can ...
Smokers Light Up More Cigarettes Following California COVID-19 Lockdown Order, Study Finds
The fallout from the coronavirus pandemic has been felt around the world. COVID-19's grip ...
Flipping a Molecular Switch for Heart Fibrosis
A healthy heart is a pliable, ever-moving organ. But under stress—from injury, cardiovascular disease, or ...
Thirdhand smoke exposure linked to fabric type, heat, and humidity
UC Riverside-led team developed simple, rapid method to assess contaminants in household fabrics. A study led ...
Postdoc wins Society of Toxicology conference award
Careen Khachatoorian, a postdoctoral researcher working with Prue Talbot, a professor of cell biology at UCR, will ...
Molecular analysis identifies key differences in lungs of cystic fibrosis patients
Researchers’ catalog of airway cell types could reveal targets for future genetic therapies. A team of ...
E-Cigarettes Trigger Inflammation in the Gut
Chemical used for vaping break down zipper-like junctions between cells in the gut, leading to chronic inflammation ...
Sabrina Smiley wants to talk to menthol smokers — and retailers
A USC researcher and her team are focusing on the lived experiences of Black menthol cigarette smokers by asking ...
Study reveals how smoking worsens COVID-19 infection in the airways
UCLA researchers using a model of airway tissue created from human stem cells have pinpointed ...
Caltech Researcher Unveils Sensor that Rapidly Detects COVID-19 Infection Status, Severity, and Immunity
One feature of the COVID-19 virus that makes it so difficult to contain is that it ...
Early study results point to heating element in vaping and e-cig devices as cause for serious lung injuries
Nicotine, THC or Vitamin E oil may not be the primary factor in e-cig or vaping product use-associated lung ...
Tobacco control in city and county laws regulating legal marijuana
California's Local Marijuana Laws Fail to Heed Decades of Lessons from Tobacco Controls Allowing high potency ...
California Smokers’ Helpline offers free nicotine patches
Callers to the California Smokers’ Helpline can now get an additional tool to help them quit using tobacco: ...
COVID-19 More Likely to Impact Smokers and People Exposed to Secondhand Smoke, Report Finds
Smokers and former smokers are not only more susceptible to COVID-19, they are far more likely to see their ...
Some Young Americans Aware of New Heated Tobacco Products; Use Is Highest Among Those Who Use Other Tobacco Products or Marijuana
Many younger Americans are aware of new products that heat tobacco to produce a breathable aerosol, and individuals ...
Vapers Show Cancer-Associated Biological Changes Similar to Smokers
Biologically important changes in DNA seen in smokers are also being found in people who vape, according to a new ...
Vaping lung injury symptoms have been reported online for at least seven years
UC Riverside research used internet data mining to monitor health effects reported by electronic cigarette ...
TRDRP’s E-Cigarette Portfolio: 9 Years of Funding Research into Vaping Behavior and Health Effects
Since 2011, TRDRP has funded 92 research grants that address an important societal problem from many different ...
Researcher Spotlight: Mary Rezk-Hanna
As a child growing up in Alexandria, Egypt, Mary Rezk-Hanna would stand on her family’s apartment balcony and ...
Cigarette butts contaminate our water and create human health hazards
In a recent publication in Chemical Research in Toxicology, TRDRP grantee, Eunha Hoh’s team reported that when ...
Youth Partnership Studies Tobacco Marketing in Oakland
A new study published in Sage Open highlights the results of a unique community-based participatory research project ...
Similarities of small cell cancers to blood cancers could lead to better treatments
An interdisciplinary team of UCLA scientists has found that small cell neuroendocrine cancers from a range ...
Scientists find thirdhand smoke affects cells in humans
UC Riverside-led study is the first to find an association between thirdhand smoke and gene expression ...
TRDRP Trainees Showcased at Society for Nicotine and Tobacco Research Conference
TRDRP values effective communication of science to the public as a tool to inform non-scientists and policymakers ...
Busting Myths about Tobacco Use
The causal relationship between tobacco use and lung disease is well-known but how tobacco products affect other ...
E-cigarette users show cancer-linked genetic changes
E-cigarettes may not be risk-free: A USC study shows users develop some of the same molecular changes as ...
Lung Cancer Deaths are 28 Percent Lower in California
State’s long-term, aggressive tobacco control programs cited as primary reason Early adoption of tobacco ...
TRDRP-funded Researchers Show Alarming Health Effects of Hookah
A team of researchers, including TRDRP grantees Mary Rezk-Hanna and Ronald Victor, recently published that, for ...
Special Tobacco Control Journal Supplement Highlights Dangers of Heated Tobacco Products
Claims by the tobacco industry that heated tobacco products (HTPs) are safer than conventional cigarettes are not ...
UC Merced Snags TRDRP’s First Tobacco Policy Research Center Award
On August 1, 2018, the UC Merced Nicotine and Cannabis Policy Center was funded by TRDRP. This research center ...
TRDRP and American Heart Association gather national experts to better understand the health effects of e-cigarettes
For a summary of the workshop, click here On June 13, 2018, TRDRP and the American Heart Association held a workshop ...
Inaugural Proposition 56 funding supports innovative research into the prevention, detection and potential cures of life-threatening diseases caused by tobacco use
The Tobacco Related Disease Research Program (TRDRP) has now funded two rounds of research grants drawing from ...
Heat-Not-Burn Cigarettes: Study Shows More Research is Needed
The Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program (TRDRP) has long supported research into the health effects of novel ...
New TRDRP Awards Advance Cannabis Science in California
With the legalization of marijuana in California, the number of cannabis related proposals submitted to the Tobacco ...
Electronic Cigarettes are not harmless: A JAMA Cardiology article
Watch this educational video on E-Cigarette use and youth consumption based on this study Since their introduction, ...
Proposition 56: A New Era in State Funded Healthcare and Research in California
In November 2016, the citizens of the State of California renewed their commitment to and support of quality ...
Reaching Underserved Smokers through a Community Practice-Based Research Award
A funding opportunity to support quit attempts and systems change in community health and behavioral health clinics ...
Impact of Proposition 56: What Investing in Tobacco Control Buys You in California
TRDRP-funded studies show that tobacco control programs funded through tobacco excise taxes have led to reduced ...
New Tobacco Prevention Toolkit for Youth
An exciting new youth-focused tobacco prevention toolkit that includes educational materials to discourage use of ...
Electronic Cigarettes and Emissions: New chemicals found add to potential health risks
Electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, and other such products are increasingly being marketed as alternatives that ...
Changing the Paradigm of Heart-Health Monitoring
A blood test to measure efficiency of "Good" high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and risk level of cardiovascular ...
Early Detection – Effective arsenal in the fight against cancer
The development and implementation of cost-effective screening methods for detecting cancer early in its course when ...
Economic impact of smoking in California
Smoking carries a hefty price tag for all Californians - from the addiction and diseases it causes to the premature ...
Thirdhand smoke – What does the research say?
Ongoing TRDRP-funded California Consortium on Thirdhand Smoke Exposure and Human Health Effects, more ...