CASEL is pleased to invite all CTP-funded investigators to submit manuscripts for a themed journal issue specifically on premium cigars and advancing regulatory science in priority research areas of interest to the FDA Center for Tobacco Products (CTP). FDA CTP and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) partnered with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) to...

CASEL is pleased to invite all CTP-funded investigators to submit papers for a themed journal issue on evaluating the impact of policies restricting flavors-in non-cigarette nicotine/tobacco products. The goal of the special issue is to bring together timely multi-disciplinary research findings on how restricting characterizing flavors in non-cigarette tobacco products (including but not limited...

Call for Abstracts The NIH Tobacco Regulatory Science Program (TRSP) invites federally-funded researchers to submit abstracts for the fifth NIH Tobacco Regulatory Science Meeting, October 18-20, 2021.  The meeting will be held virtually.  The NIH TRS Meeting program will showcase current findings relevant to the field of tobacco regulatory science by offering a forum to address significant...

The Tobacco Online Policy Seminar (TOPS) is reviewing abstracts/papers for potential selection for future seminar dates. Researchers of all levels are encouraged to submit their research. Submitted papers should use experimental or quasi-experimental variation (i.e., a well-defined counterfactual) to help guide the development of an effective tobacco policy framework. Please submit your research...

Heart failure is the number one killer and drug-induced cardiotoxicity is a major cause of market withdrawal of promising pharmacologics. The lack of availability of culture systems for human heart tissue that is functionally and structurally viable for more than 24 hours limits validation of novel heart failure therapies and reliable cardiotoxicity testing. Therefore, there is an urgent need...

uest Editors Matthew Gorr and Loren Wold, along with the editorial team of AJP-Heart and Circulatory Physiology, invite submission of manuscripts on environmental inhalants and cardiovascular disease. A deep connection between the cardiovascular system and exposure to environmental hazards has long been established. However, despite evolution in our understanding of the physiology, mechanistic...

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) This special issue seeks original submissions that harness social media to examine (1) health or health policy-related discussions, attitudes, and behaviors, (2) online marketing and promotional practices of companies and services that may influence health behaviors, (3) interventions that use social media as tools...

In this special issue, we are seeking articles that focus on the following topics: description of the development, content and implementation of novel evidence-based e-cigarette prevention and cessation programs targeting youth populations (including quit lines, school-based education, and other programs); pilot feasibility and acceptability studies; evaluation of e-cigarette prevention programs...

Tobacco use has changed greatly, with e-cigarettes having replaced cigarettes as the most widely used tobacco product in the US and globally, especially among youth. US data show a 78% increase in high school students’ and a 48% increase in middle school students’ past 30-day use of e-cigarettes from 2017-2018. In 2019, over 27% of high school students used e-cigarettes in the past 30 days...

CASEL is pleased to invite all CTP-funded investigators to submit empirical papers for a themed journal issue on respiratory disease and non-cigarette non-combustible tobacco products, such as electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) or “heat-not burn” tobacco products. The focus of this Themed Issue is on understanding the short- and long-term effects of ENDS & heated tobacco products...

This special issue welcomes manuscripts on a wide range of topics related to the public health impact of e-cigarettes, including, but not limited to, analysis of key constituents in e-cigarettes, human health effects (including in-vitro and in-vivo studies), initiation and cessation of combustible tobacco cigarette use, and harm reduction. Submission Deadline: November 30, 2019.  More...

This special issue welcomes manuscripts of smoking uptake and/or nicotine addiction among youths, intervention studies designed to prevent youths from starting to smoke/use nicotine as well as smoking cessation studies among adult smokers using novel approaches to smoking cessation (e.g., e-cigarettes). Submission deadline: July 31, 2020. More Information.

This special issue seeks original submissions that harness social media to examine (1) health or health policy-related discussions, attitudes, and behaviors, (2) online marketing and promotional practices of companies and services that may influence health behaviors, (3) interventions that use social media as tools in intervention delivery, (4) applications of data science or computational...

CECTR is pleased to invite all CTP-funded investigators to submit papers for a themed issue on Multiple Tobacco Product Use: From Cellular Research to Public Health Impact.The focus of this Themed Issue is on the concurrent use of multiple tobacco products. Topics may include biomarkers of exposure to poly-product use, measurement studies, detailed studies of patterns of poly-product use...