Researchers participate in Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco's annual meeting

Researchers from Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., are participating in the 18th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) from March 13-16 at the Hilton Americas Houston Hotel in Texas.

According to Thomas H. Brandon, Ph.D., chair of the Moffitt Department of Health Outcomes and Behavior and director of Moffitt's Tobacco Research and Intervention Program (TRIP), the large contingent of Moffitt tobacco and nicotine researchers will be presenting research results that focus on smoking cessation and relapse, behavioral aspects of nicotine addiction, and the "cues" that can cause smoking relapse in those trying to quit.

"Our researchers conduct high-quality research of psychosocial and behavioral factors that contribute to tobacco use," said Brandon. "We also focus on the development and evaluation of improved and novel methods for tobacco use prevention and smoking cessation."

Their work covers research on nicotine addiction, relapse, intervention and conducting clinical trials. For example, Brandon and colleagues have developed a "self-help" relapse-prevention intervention program now in use by the National Cancer Institute.

During the SRNT 18th Annual Meeting, Brandon will give a plenary talk on "Back to the Future: Reinvigorating Behavioral Smoking Cessation Research" and be a discussant.

David Drobes, Ph.D., Moffitt senior member and TRIP researcher, will be a discussant. He is also the secretary/treasurer of SRNT.

Moffitt researchers attending SRNT will present research data on a number of featured topics noted below.

Provided by H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute