MAY/JUNE 2008
Volume 14 - No. 2

SRNT Newsletter

MAY/JUNE 2008, Volume 14, Number 2

Nicotine Research Grant Funding Update

by The Tobacco and Nicotine Research Interest Group

The Tobacco and Nicotine Research Interest Group (TANRIG) consists of representatives from the NIH, CDC, and other DHHS agencies who seek to increase collaboration, coordination and communication of tobacco- and nicotine-related research across NIH Institutes and Centers and with other DHHS agencies. The TANRIG is co-chaired by Allison Chausmer (NIDA) and Ed Trapido (NCI) who can provide additional information about TANRIG.

Two recently published reports from the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics addressing sleep duration and hearing loss include data on the relationship of tobacco use to these problems:

Smoking prevalence among adults who have hearing loss is very high. Among adults 18-44 who are deaf or have a lot of trouble hearing, smoking prevalence was 42% compared with 24% of adults with good hearing.(2000-2006) http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/hestats/hearing00-06/hearing00-06.htm (FIGURE 4)
Adults who usually sleep less than 6 hours a night have much higher smoking rates (31%) than adults who sleep 7-8 hours (18%) (age-adjusted, 2004-2006). http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/hestats/sleep04-06/sleep04-06.htm#F2 (FIGURE 2)

The Second National Conference on Dual Diagnosis: "Nicotine Addiction and Mental Illness: Integrating Neurobiological, Psychiatric, and Social Systems" will be held June 12-13, 2008 in Indianapolis, IN. Conference info and registration at: http://www.iupui.edu/~psycdept/index.php?id=96

The American Journal of Public Health is planning a Special Issue focused on Tobacco Modeling with a target date for publication of August 2009. You can submit your manuscript at any time by logging into http://submit.ajph.org/ In addition, you are asked to send the names of six persons you recommend as reviewers for your paper along with their contact (email) information, which should be posted in the appropriate section when you submit your paper at http://submit.ajph.org/

Recent Funding Announcements (RFAs and PAs) with potential relevance to the tobacco and nicotine research community include the following. Note that there may be additional mechanisms available, but only one is listed below.

Functional Characterization of Genetic Variants and Interactions: The Genes, Environment and Health Initiative: R21 version is RFA-DA-09-003 http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DA-09-003.html; R03 version is RFA DA-09-004 http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DA-09 -004.html
Epidemiology Of Drug Abuse (R01) http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-124.html
Behavioral & Integrative Treatment Development Program (R01) http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-111.html