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UCSF Tobacco Research Center

Part of the University of California, San Francisco's Division of Clinical Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, our research focuses on the human pharmacology of nicotine and other drugs with the goal of improving public health and potentially helping millions of people.

The Tobacco Research Center has been studying the questions related to the safety of reduced nicotine cigarettes, low tar cigarettes, safety of medications used to treat nicotine addiction, smoking and heart disease, smokeless tobacco, electronic nicotine delivery systems (e-cigarettes), and the genetics of nicotine addiction. 

 

Featured Publications

December 2019
Sources and Biomarkers of Secondhand Tobacco Smoke Exposure in Urban Adolescents in Academic Pediatrics

 

December 2019
The Role of Compensation in Nicotine Reduction in Nicotine & Tobacco Research

 

December 2019
The Influence of Nicotine Metabolic Rate on Working Memory Over 6 Hours of Abstinence From Nicotine in Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior

 

November 2019
Effects of Nicotine Metabolic Rate on Cigarette Reinforcement in Nicotine & Tobacco Research