Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science on Youth and Young Adults

描述(由申请者提供)：“青少年烟草监管科学中心”的总体目标是开发一个“研究和培训”的综合计划，以提供科学证据，并为监管科学家提供一条职业道路，以支持FDA对烟草产品的监管权威。青少年和青壮年是烟草使用最脆弱的年龄段，因为几乎所有对尼古丁的开始和首次上瘾都发生在26岁之前。我们的研究和培训将集中在年轻人和年轻人中烟草使用的流行病学(特别是替代、新的和新兴的烟草产品)，如何向这一人群销售烟草产品，营销对青少年和年轻人烟草使用的影响，以及可以实施哪些电子计划来教育这一人群中的年轻人。该中心的具体目标如下：1.在青年和青年中进行适合发展的纵向监测研究，更多地了解他们使用的烟草产品的多样性及其发生和发展的原因，重点是烟草营销做法可能对其烟草使用产生的潜在影响；2.制定一个电子通信方案，有效地教育年轻人与烟草使用有关的风险和烟草产品的成分；3.组织烟草监管科学的培训和教育计划，利用多种方法、在线和ITV技术，培训研究人员和卫生专业人员在监管科学方面，包括流行病学、青年发展、营销和监测方法；4.提供发展和试点资金的机会，以增加我们机构的研究人员应对新出现的研究问题和/或不断变化的监管环境的潜力；5.向中心研究人员提供统计和营销数据支持，使项目之间保持一致性，质量控制，及时数据共享，并有能力发布结果，以指导FDA的监管活动；以及6.创造一个中心环境，促进合作和指导、高质量的研究、卓越的培训和切实的成果，以指导年轻人参与烟草监管科学。 相关性：《烟草控制法案》赋予FDA新的权力来规范烟草产品的销售。我们中心的中心重点是烟草监管科学的研究和培训，与FDA的优先问题相关，重点关注不同的年轻人和年轻人，烟草营销实践对这些年龄段的潜在影响，以及传播风险的方法。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall goal of the "Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science on Youth and Young Adults" is to develop an integrated program of "research and training" to provide scientific evidence, and a career path for regulatory scientists to support FDA's regulatory authority concerning tobacco products. Youth and young adults are the most vulnerable age group for tobacco use, as virtually all onset and first addiction to nicotine occur prior to age 26. Our research and training will focus on the epidemiology of tobacco use among youth and young adults (particularly alternative, new, and emerging tobacco products), how tobacco products are marketed to this population, the effect of marketing on youth and young adult tobacco use, and what electronic programs can be implemented to educate young adults in this population. The Specific Aims for the Center are as follows: I. To conduct developmentally-appropriate, longitudinal surveillance research among youth and young adults, to understand more about the diversity of tobacco products that they use, and the etiology of their onset and progression, focusing on the potential impact that tobacco marketing practices may have on their tobacco use; 2.To develop a program of electronic communications that will be effective in educating young adults about risks associated with tobacco use and constituents of tobacco products; 3. To organize a training and education program in tobacco regulatory science that utilizes multi-method, online and ITV technologies, that will be used to train researchers and health professionals in regulatory science including epidemiology, youth development, marketing, and surveillance methods; 4. To provide opportunities for developmental and pilot funding to increase the potential for researchers at our institutions to respond to emerging research questions and/or a changing regulatory environment; 5. To provide statistical and marketing data support to Center researchers, so that there is consistency across projects, quality control, timely data sharing, and the ability to publish resuls that can guide FDA's regulatory activities; and 6. To create a Center environment that promotes collaboration and mentoring, high quality research, excellence in training, and tangible outcomes to guide tobacco regulatory science with young people. RELEVANCE: The Tobacco Control Act gave the FDA new authority to regulate the marketing of tobacco products. The central focus of our Center is on research and training in tobacco regulatory science, relevant to FDA's priority questions, focusing on diverse youth and young adults, the potential impact that tobacco marketing practices have on these age groups, and methods to communicate risks.