Research Resources

This area will include listings provided by the SRNT Research Support Committee, such as lists of resources for obtaining placebo medications, hard-to-find reagents, and providers of bioassays. This area also will be a clearinghouse for identifying research needs and barriers to research.

This listing is not an endorsement by the Society.

Smoking Topography Measurement

Clinical Research Support System (CReSS)
This lab-based system unites smoking topography measurement (e.g., puff volume, number, duration) with a user-customizable computerized questionnaire system for gathering subjective measures, a performance task administration function, and a vitals data gathering function (requires third-party vitals signs monitor).

CReSSmicro
This portable device miniaturizes and makes portable the smoking topography measurement characteristics of our lab-based product.

Plowshare Technologies, Inc.
3500 Boston Street, MS55, Suite 311
Baltimore, MD 21224-5701
Phone 410-342-5947
Fax 410-342-6618
information@plowshare.com
www.plowshare.com

Breath Carbon Monoxide Monitoring Equipment for Measuring Smoking Validation/Compliance

Innovative Medical Marketing
T/A Bedfont Scientific, USA
22 Coates Street, Suite 1
Medford, NJ 08055
Phone: (757) 645-9369
Fax: (609) 654-9878 (24/7)
Email: info@bedfontusa.com
Website: http://www.bedfontusa.com

Nicotine Antagonists and Agonists

(+)-Nicotine
Anabaseine
3-Cinnamylidine-anabaseine
NONI
NDNI
Mecamylamine
Isoarecolane
Dihydro-Beta-Erythrodine
Trimathaphan
Monophosphorly Liquid A (MLA)

These agents may be obtained from

NIDA Drug Supply Program
Contact Hari H. Singh, Ph.D
National Institutes of Health
National Institute on Drug Abuse
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, Maryland 20857
Tel. No. (301) 443-1887
Fax No. (301) 594-6043
email: hsingh@ngmsmtp.nida.nih.gov

Placebos for Research

Murty Pharmaceuticals
http://www.mpirx.com
placebo bupropion, lozenges
518 Codell Drive
Lexington, Kentucky 40509-1016
Telephone: (859) 266-2446
Fax: (859) 266-6976
General E-mail: info@mpirx.com
Santos B. Murty
859-266-2446 ext. 220
santosm@mpirx.com

Freeda
47-25 34th Street 3rd Floor
Long Island City, NY 11101
(P) 718-433-4337
(F) 718-433-4373
http://www.freedavitamins.com/
placebo bupropion. Manufactures tablets only.
Eliyahu Zimmerman
212-685-4980
info@freedavitamins.com

UPM Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
6200 Seaforth Street Baltimore, MD 21224
http://www.upm-inc.com/index.cfm
placebo bupropion, possibly lozenge; also does dissolution testing
Caroline Coliano 410-843-3738
coliano@upm-inc.com

Test Strips for Measuring Nicotine and its Metabolites

NicCheck
NicCheck™ is a dry chemistry dipstick for the semi-quantitative measurement of nicotine and nicotine metabolites in urine as an aid in the verification of a person's true smoking status. This 15 minute test yields a semi-quantitative measurement of a person's nicotine consumption based on the color intensity of the reaction found on the NicCheck test strips when compared with the provided color chart. NicCheck has been approved for distribution by the FDA, has been assigned a CPT code and has a "waived" status by CLIA.

For more information contact:
Donald Mossman, President
Mossman Associates, Inc.
http://www.mossmanassociates.com
Business Development Email donmossman@mossmanassociates.com
General Inquiries support@mossmanassociates.com
30 Liberty Hill Dr
Blackstone, MA 01504
508-883-4722 (P) 508-883-4993 (F)

NicAlert/TobacAlert/Nicometer
Urine or saliva test for cotinine designed to determine consumption and exposure to tobacco or other products containing nicotine. Urine test can detect secondhand smoke exposure. Saliva version is for higher consumption levels. Nicometer by special order only. It is a semi quantitative point of care dipstick test. It is fast, accurate, inexpensive and easy to use.

Nymox Pharmaceutical Corporation
9900 Canvendish Boulevard Suite 306
St.Laurent Quebec Canada H4M 2V2
(P) 800-936-9669, (F) (514) 332-2227; (Email inquiries) info@nymox.com
Brian Doyle or Michelle Prillo
Heights Plaza
777 Terrace Avenue, 3rd Floor
Hasbrouck Heights, NJ 07604
phone: 800.936.9669
email: nicalert@nymox.com
web: http://www.nymox.com

Federal Trade Commission

600 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW Washington DC 20580
(General Info) (P) (202) 326-2222
Web site address for Federal Trade Commission's cigarette yield rating of tar, nicotine, and carbon monoxide:
http://www.ftc.gov/

LifeSign

A credit card-sized computer that implements scheduled gradual reduction for tobacco cessation.

Director of Research
PICS, Inc.
12007 Sunrise Valley Drive
Suite 480
Reston, VA, 20191
703-758-1791
www.LifeSignUSA.com
(USA) (P) 800-543-3744
(worldwide) (P) (703) 758-1400
(F) (703) 758-1799

Nicotine and Cotinine Analyses

University of California San Francisco
Lisa Yu or Neal Benowitz
Notify Lisa before sending supplies
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Department of Medicine Building 30 3rd Floor
(P) (415) 206-8955
(F) (415) 206-4956
(email) molmsted@medsfgh.ucsf.edu
Clinical Pharmacology Laboratory Building 100 Room 235
(P) (415) 282-9495
(F) (415) 206 5080
(email) cplab@itsa.ucsf.edu
San Francisco General Hospital
1001 Potrero Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94110

University of Kentucky
Peter Crooks
501B College of Pharmacy
725 Rose Street
Lexington KY 40536
(P) (859) 257-1718
(F) (859) 257-7585
(email) pcrooks@email.uky.edu

Labstat Inc
Catherine Ambros
262 Manitou Drive
Kitchener, Ontario N2C 1L3
(F) 519-748-1654
(email) labstat@labstat.com

Duke University Medical Center
Raju Murugesan
Senior Research Associate
Box 3666 Medical Center
Durham NC, 27710
(P) (919) 668-5089
(email) thangaraju.murugesan@duke.edu

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