PREVENTING NICOTINE ADDICTION IN CHILDREN & ADOLESCENTS

医学研究所，通过其标准的严格程序，将 任命一个专家委员会就如何预防 防止儿童和青少年对烟草产品产生依赖。这个 委员会将审查和总结有关成瘾生物学的研究， 开始吸烟或开始吸烟所涉及的社会和行为因素 无烟烟草和预防依赖的干预措施 停止。在探讨这些问题时，委员会将考虑 考虑到包括不同年龄段的不同目标人群， 发展阶段和文化背景。具体地说， 委员会将审查基础科学基础，关于 对儿童和青少年的干预、广告和 反广告战略，烟草销售法的执行，以及 委员会在审议期间确定的其他相关专题。决赛 报告将介绍研究结果，概述研究议程， 评估干预策略，制定科学决策 建议。 由15名成员组成的委员会将包括具有广泛专业知识的人。 相关领域，包括成瘾的分子神经生物学， 儿童和青少年的社会心理学、行为科学 风险承担、儿童中的预防性干预和 影响烟草使用的青少年、文化和种族因素，以及 统计学和流行病学研究的解释。五次会议 计划中，其中至少一个将包括一个主要的研讨会，将 在加利福尼亚州欧文的贝克曼中心举行。

The Institute of Medicine, through its standard rigorous procedures, will appoint a committee of experts to conduct a study on how to prevent children and adolescents from becoming dependent on tobacco products. The committee will review and summarize studies on the biology of addiction, the social and behavioral factors involved in starting to smoke or to use smokeless tobacco, and interventions to prevent dependence and to enhance cessation. In exploring these issues, the committee will take into account heterogeneous target populations comprising different age groups, developmental stages, and cultural backgrounds. Specifically, the committee will review the basic science base, the scientific literature on interventions in children and adolescents, advertising and counteradvertising strategies, enforcement of tobacco sales laws, and other relevant topics it identifies during its deliberations. A final report will present the study's findings, outline a research agenda, evaluate intervention strategies, and make science-based policy recommendations. The 15-member committee will include those with expertise in a broad range of relevant fields, including the molecular neurobiology of addiction, the social psychology of children and adolescents, the behavioral science aspects of risk-taking, preventive interventions among children and adolescents, cultural and ethnic factors influencing tobacco use, and interpretation of statistical and epidemiological studies. Five meetings are planned, at least one of which will include a major workshop to be held at the Beckman Center in Irvine, California.