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About the Strategic Training Program in Tobacco Use in Special PopulationsThere is a dearth of research in populations with high prevalence of smoking such as patients with concurrent addictions and or mental illness. Pregnant smokers and those with cancer or heart disease have difficulty quitting. There is a need to train biomedical and cessation researchers urgently. Therefore, we have formed a team of researchers from all pillars in the tobacco field (from cells to society) with researchers working with the above populations to create a transdisciplinary training program. A partnership between the Canadian Institutes for Health Research and the CIHR Strategic Initiative on Nicotine Addiction and Tobacco Use, have funded a Strategic Training Program in Tobacco Use in Special Populations that provides outstanding training opportunities for:
The Program was launched in 2003, with a budget of $1.48 million over 6 years. For more information, please contact
Click here for a map of our location. This program is sponsored by the Strategic Initiative on Nicotine Addiction and Tobacco Use of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. On this topic |
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Last updated: Jul 03, 2007 3:39 PM Published: Aug 01, 2008 2:55 PM ID#P3734 |