- Social and behavioral prevention and treatment
- Cancer prevention, treatment, and biology
- Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases
- Environmental Exposure and Toxicology
- Neuroscience of Nicotine Addiction and Treatment
- Oral diseases and dental health
- Pulmonary biology and lung diseases
- State and Local Tobacco Control Policy Research
- Other tobacco-related health effects
Neuroscience of nicotine addiction and treatment
Advance innovative research that addresses the biology of nicotine addiction and treatment, with a goal of understanding and reducing tobacco use in populations that consistently have the highest smoking rates.
TRDRP supports innovative research that addresses the biology of nicotine addiction and treatment, with a goal of understanding and reducing commercial tobacco product use in populations that consistently have the highest smoking rates.
Examples of relevant research topics:
- The molecular, cellular and behavioral effects of nicotine, with and without flavorants, on the developing brain
- Development of therapeutic strategies for nicotine-addicted youth and young adults
- Effects of flavorants and other constituents of vape product aerosol on nicotine addiction
- Addictive potential of combined nicotine and cannabinoid use in specific priority populations
- Studies of brain connectivity and interaction between neural pathways utilized by different agonists (e.g., glutamatergic, cholinergic, dopaminergic, etc.) in response to nicotine
- Neuroimaging studies to identify brain changes and biomarkers associated with nicotine addition
- Studies to investigate the long-term impacts of nicotine addiction in association with cognitive abilities across the lifespan