Mission
The Tobacco Control Research Branch (TCRB) leads and collaborates on research and disseminates evidence-based findings to prevent, treat, and control tobacco use in order to create a world free of tobacco use and related cancer and suffering. TCRB is within the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Behavioral Research Program (BRP), in the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS).
Scientific Priorities
- Advertising and marketing of tobacco products
- Epidemiology and surveillance of tobacco knowledge, attitudes, and behavior
- Etiology, predictors, correlates, and determinants of tobacco use, nicotine dependence, and cessation
- Global tobacco control, especially in low- and middle-income countries
- Media and policy to reduce tobacco use
- Other tobacco products, e.g., smokeless tobacco, cigars, roll-your-own, hookah, bidis, etc.
- Potential Reduced-Exposure Tobacco Products (PREPs)
- Secondhand smoke
- Tobacco cessation interventions at the individual, system, and population levels
- Tobacco control interventions for underserved and at-risk populations
- Tobacco industry documents
- Tobacco prevention interventions at the individual, system, and population levels
- Tobacco product analysis, e.g., design and composition, constituents and additives, processing, manufacturing
- Tobacco use and cessation in cancer screening, diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship
- Tobacco-related disparities
News and Highlights
- JCO Oncology Practice article – Treating Smoking in Cancer Patients: An Essential Component of Cancer Care-The New National Cancer Institute Tobacco Control Monograph
- FDA Proposes Rule Prohibiting Menthol Cigarettes – Cancer Currents Blog
Research Areas
Grant Portfolio and Funding Opportunities
Featured Grantees
Johannes Thrul, Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins University
Addiction and Mobile Health Researcher
Other TCRB Featured Grantees
I am excited about the potential of mobile health methods to test mechanisms of action and "active ingredients" of behavioral interventions.”Johannes Thrul, Ph.D.
Ana-Paula Cupertino, Ph.D.
University of Kansas Medical Center
Social Behavioral Researcher focused on addressing cancer disparities faced by Latinos by developing mobile health tools to be implemented in the context of community-based infrastructure
Other TCRB Featured Grantees
I have been fascinated with the opportunity to translate my smoking cessation mobile research interventions into business models to increase access to Latino smokers in the U.S., Mexico and Brazil.”Ana-Paula Cupertino, Ph.D.
Rajani S. Sadasivam, Ph.D.
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Digital Heath and Population Health Scientist/Researcher
Other TCRB Featured Grantees
I tested computer-tailored health communication (CTHC) techniques I learned in a 2007 workshop in a nationwide randomized control trial with 900 smokers. The system worked, and I realized the power of CTHC to help patients. During this time, companies like Amazon were using big data methods to adapt to users' continuous feedback (their collective intelligence) to tailor content. I realized that these methods could make CTHC even more powerful, and I have pursued this line of research since then.”Rajani S. Sadasivam, Ph.D.
Resources
Meet Our Staff
Our team of accomplished scientists and research associates, fellows, and administrators is dedicated to advancing behavioral science research in cancer prevention and control.
TCRB Staff
Last Updated
May 04, 2023