SOCIETY FOR RESEARCH ON NICOTINE AND TOBACCO

The goal of the third annual scientific conference of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco was to provide a forum for the exchan ge of information across the spectrum of nicotine and tobacco research . Five symposia covered the following topics: animal and human models of nicotine dependence, use of nicotine as a therapeutic agent in diso rders associated with ageing and psychopathology, public health strate gies to reduce morbidity and mortality caused by smoking by reducing e xposure to tobacco smoke, new pharmacological treatments and treatment combinations that are being tested for smoking cessation and the inte gration of behavioral and molecular genetic approaches to explain nico tine dependence. The genetic epidemiology of smoking initiation and ni cotine dependence was the topic of an invited address. The findings pr esented at the conference clearly demonstrated the wide range of nicot ine and tobacco research programs.