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    This document calls for papers on interventions to reduce tobacco-related health disparities for a special issue of the journal Nicotine & Tobacco Research. It notes that while tobacco use has decreased in some populations, disparities remain high for racial/ethnic minorities, low socioeconomic groups, and other underserved communities. The issue aims to disseminate research on effective interventions in areas like biobehavioral factors, psychosocial factors, marketing, policy, and community-engaged prevention and treatment programs. Authors are invited to submit abstracts by January 15th, 2014 for consideration.

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    This document calls for papers on interventions to reduce tobacco-related health disparities for a special issue of the journal Nicotine & Tobacco Research. It notes that while tobacco use has decreased in some populations, disparities remain high for racial/ethnic minorities, low socioeconomic groups, and other underserved communities. The issue aims to disseminate research on effective interventions in areas like biobehavioral factors, psychosocial factors, marketing, policy, and community-engaged prevention and treatment programs. Authors are invited to submit abstracts by January 15th, 2014 for consideration.

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    This document calls for papers on interventions to reduce tobacco-related health disparities for a special issue of the journal Nicotine & Tobacco Research. It notes that while tobacco use has decreased in some populations, disparities remain high for racial/ethnic minorities, low socioeconomic groups, and other underserved communities. The issue aims to disseminate research on effective interventions in areas like biobehavioral factors, psychosocial factors, marketing, policy, and community-engaged prevention and treatment programs. Authors are invited to submit abstracts by January 15th, 2014 for consideration.

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    This document calls for papers on interventions to reduce tobacco-related health disparities for a special issue of the journal Nicotine & Tobacco Research. It notes that while tobacco use has decreased in some populations, disparities remain high for racial/ethnic minorities, low socioeconomic groups, and other underserved communities. The issue aims to disseminate research on effective interventions in areas like biobehavioral factors, psychosocial factors, marketing, policy, and community-engaged prevention and treatment programs. Authors are invited to submit abstracts by January 15th, 2014 for consideration.

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    CallforPapers:InterventionstoReduceTobaccoRelatedHealthDisparities Tobaccousecontinuestobetheleadingglobalcauseofpreventabledeaths.Onagloballevel,tobaccokills approximately6millionpeopleandcausesmorethanhalfatrilliondollarsofeconomicdamageeachyear.Ifthe currenttrendcontinuesunabated,tobaccowillkillmorethan8millionpeopleworldwideby2030(WHOreport ontheglobaltobaccoepidemic,2011:warningaboutthedangersoftobacco).Despiteprogressinreducing cigarettesmokingamongthegeneralpopulationintheUnitedStatesandotherhighincomecountries,tobacco relateddisparitiesremainamajorproblem.Tobaccorelateddisparitiesaredifferencesinpatterns,prevention, andtreatmentoftobaccouse;therisk,incidence,morbidity,mortality,andburdenoftobaccorelatedillness thatexistamongspecificpopulationgroups;andrelateddifferencesincapacityandinfrastructure,accessto resources,andenvironmentaltobaccosmokeexposure(FaganP,etal.Eliminatingtobaccorelatedhealth disparities:directionsforfutureresearch.AmericanJournalofPublicHealth2004;94:211217).Inparticular, smokingratesandrelatedmorbidityremainstrikinglyhighamongracialandethnicminorities,peoplefromlow socioeconomicbackgrounds,andotherunderservedcommunities(e.g.,thementallyill,homelessindividuals, LGBTQ).Whereasthereisawellestablishedevidencebasedescribingthesetobaccorelatedhealthdisparities, thereisacriticalneedforthedevelopmentanddisseminationofinterventionstoaffectthem.

    . ThejournalNicotine&TobaccoResearch,incollaborationwiththeTobaccoRelatedHealthDisparities(TRHD) NetworkoftheSocietyforResearchonNicotineandTobacco(SRNT),isinvitingpapersforathemejournalissue ontobaccorelatedhealthdisparities,withafocusoninterventionresearch.Guesteditorsforthethemedissue areKolaOkuyemi,MD,MPH,Professor,DepartmentofFamilyMedicineandCommunityHealth,Universityof Minnesota,PebblesFagan,PhD,MPH,AssociateProfessor,UniversityofHawaiiCancerCenter,andLorraine Reitzel,PhD,AssociateProfessor,DepartmentofEducationalPsychology,UniversityofHouston.Weinvite investigatorstocontributeoriginalempiricalresearchofeffectiveinterventionsaddressingtobaccorelated healthdisparities,aswellasreviewarticlesthatwillfurtherenhancethefieldsunderstandingofextant interventionsandinnovativefuturedirectionstoguideemergingeffortstoreducetobaccorelatedhealth disparities.Potentialresearchareasofinterestinclude,butarenotlimitedto: Biobehavioralmechanisms(e.g.genetics,biomarkers,etc) Psychosocial Marketing Policy Communityengagedresearch Preventionoftobaccouse Treatmentoftobaccouseanddependence Refinementofexistingtheoreticalmodelsundergirdingtobaccorelatedhealthdisparities Articlesauthoredbyearlystageinvestigatorsareparticularlyencouraged.Weinviteinvestigatorswhowould liketoauthororcoauthoramanuscriptforthisthemeissuetosendabriefabstracttoleadguesteditorKola Okuyemi,MD,MPH,atkokuyemi@umn.edubyWednesday,January15,2014,forreview.Theabstractis limitedto250wordsandshouldbestructuredasfollows:Introduction,Methods,Results,andConclusions. Conceptualandreviewpapersshouldfollowthejournalsinstructionsforsuchpapers.Authorsofaccepted abstractswillbenotifiednolaterthanWednesday,January29,2014,andwillbeinvitedtosubmitamanuscript forinternalpeerreview.ManuscriptsubmissionsaredueThursday,May1,2014,toDr.Okuyemi.Theinternal reviewteamwillprovidefeedbacktotheauthorspriortothejournalsstandardpeerreviewprocess.Before finalsubmissiontothejournal,authorsshouldcarefullyreadoverthejournalsAuthorGuidelines,whichare locatedatwww.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/nictob/for_authors/general.html.Finalpapersareduetothe journalonFriday,August15,2014.Ifyouhaveanyquestionsregardingthisthemeissue,pleasecontactDr. Okuyemi. Welookforwardtoyoursubmissions.

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