The SCTC Research Initiative: Addressing Important Gaps in Tobacco Control

Wednesday, August 15, 2012: 1:00 PM

2503 AB (Kansas City Convention Center)

Dr. Shu-Hong Zhu, PhD, BS , Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California – San Diego, La Jolla, CA

Dr. Pamela Ling, MD MPH , Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Dr. Frank Chaloupka, Ph.D , University of Illinois at Chicago: Institute for Health Research and Policy, Chicago, IL

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this presentation attendees will be able to:

State the high priority research gaps in the fields of tobacco control, prevention and cessation and the purpose of NCI's State and Community Tobacco Control (SCTC) Research Initiative
Describe the ways in which SCTC Research Initiative investigators are addressing these research gaps through both peer-reviewed research projects and collaborative pilot projects.
Identify ways in which findings from SCTC Research Initiative could be applied on state and community levels to advance tobacco control efforts.

Cross Cutting Program Area(s): Evaluation and Surveillance and Cessation

Audience: Tobacco Control Researchers and Practitioners

Key Points:

NCI established the State and Community (SCTC) Research Initiative to target high-priority research areas in state and community tobacco control: secondhand smoke policies, tobacco tax and pricing policies, mass media countermeasures and social norms, and tobacco industry practices.
Over the course of 5 years, SCTC investigators are conducting peer-reviewed research projects, as well as collaborative pilot projects. Pilot projects are designed as rapid response mechanisms to current and time-sensitive research questions.
Results from the first year of the funded projects will be reported in this session.
SCTC investigators are engaging with the tobacco control community to solicit their questions and ideas in order to ensure that this initiative has practical, meaningful and immediate applications in real world settings.

Educational Experience:

This breakout will emphasize panel discussion format. Presenters will speak briefly about the research initiative and their early findings. It will leave plenty of time for group discussion, including soliciting questions and ideas for pilot projects from audience members.

Benefits:

Audience members will benefit from learning about one of the largest tobacco control research initiatives to date, as well as the opportunity to provide input into the development of the initiative’s collaborative pilot projects.