Applied Tobacco Research

Catalog description

Provides knowledge and skills in methods for tobacco research, and the use of research to inform tobacco regulation and policy. Applied Tobacco Research will have two major components. The first is a seminar series, presenting topics within four substantive content areas in applied tobacco research: 1) Smoking epidemiology research models, 2) Smoking prevention and biobehavioral interventions, 3) Tobacco regulatory policy, ethics, and consumer influence, and 4) Comparative effectiveness research on tobacco and nicotine regulatory strategies. The second component of the course will include the examination and analysis of a topic area of interest to the student, within the domains of tobacco regulatory science and applied tobacco research.