SOCIETY FOR RESEARCH ON NICOTINE AND TOBACCO ANN MEETING

尼古丁与烟草研究学会(SRNT)成立于1994年，目的是处理与尼古丁和烟草的许多直接影响、烟草产品在我们社会中的使用、烟草依赖的特征和烟草依赖的治疗有关的研究的协调科学讨论的需要。它是第一个主要致力于促进尼古丁和烟草研究并传播这项研究结果的国家组织。它是一个多学科组织，成员的兴趣范围从神经科学到烟草政策。SRNT将于2000年2月在弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿的水晶城万豪酒店举行第六届年会。我们要求NIDA通过会议赠款机制为本次会议和随后的年度会议提供部分支持。在年度会议上，一个由多学科科学家组成的小组将发表演讲、张贴海报和举办研讨会，重点介绍神经科学、临床药理学、治疗研究、流行病学和政策研究等领域关于尼古丁和烟草的最新研究。新调查人员的工作将通过特别的口头会议和颁奖节目来突出。此外，我们计划每隔一年举办一次为期一天的专题会议，更深入地探讨及时的研究课题。2000年的专题会议将讨论戒烟临床试验的结果衡量问题。总体而言，SRNT年会发挥了宝贵的作用，为传播和讨论尼古丁和烟草研究的最新发现提供了一个论坛，并提供了在特定研究领域进行思想交流的机会。NIDA对这次会议的部分支持将进一步突出该机构对尼古丁和烟草研究重要性的承诺。

The Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) was founded in 1994 to address the need for coordinated scientific discourse on research related to the many direct effects of nicotine and tobacco, the use of tobacco products in our society, the features of tobacco dependence and treatments for tobacco dependence. It is the first national organization primarily devoted to promoting the conduct of research on nicotine and tobacco and disseminating findings from this research. It is a multidisciplinary organization including members whose interests range from neuroscience to tobacco policy. The SRNT will hold its sixth annual meeting in February, 2000 at the Crystal City Marriott in Arlington, VA. We are requesting partial support for this and subsequent annual meetings from NIDA through the conference grant mechanism. At the annual meetings, a mulitdisciplinary group of scientists, many of whom are funded by NIDA grants, will present talks, posters and symposia that will highlight the latest research on nicotine and tobacco in the areas of neuroscience, clinical pharmacology, treatment research, epidemiology and policy research. The work of new investigators will be highlighted via special oral sessions and awards programs. In addition, we plan to hold, in alternate years, a 1-day special topics meeting that will explore a timely research topic in more depth. In 2000 the special topics meeting will be on outcomes measurement for smoking cessation clinical trials. Overall, the SRNT annual meeting serves a valuable function by providing a forum for dissemination and discussion of the latest findings in nicotine and tobacco research and the opportunity for cross fertilization of ideas across specific research areas. Partial support of this meeting by NIDA would further highlight the agency's commitment to the importance of nicotine and tobacco research.