Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Professor Emeritus of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of California San Francisco, CA, USA.
Nicotine Tob Res. 2024 Jan 22;26(2):118-125. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntad151.
The Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco began in the United States as a scientific organization "to stimulate the generation and dissemination of new knowledge concerning nicotine and tobacco in all its manifestations." Now in its 30th year, the Society is taking on new challenges in tobacco control, nicotine vaping, product regulation, and public policy.
This Review describes the formative years of the Society from the perspective of researchers who were in leadership positions during that time, documenting how biobehavioral and clinical research in the first 10 years was a continuation of the scientific mission of the 1988 United States Surgeon General's Report on Nicotine Addiction and summarizing organizational innovations during each president's term of office.
The Society's promotion of scientific research served as a catalyst for funding, policy, and regulation, setting the stage for its influence and credibility.
This Commentary provides context and an overview of the scientific research and the organizational innovations that occurred during the early years of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco using publications and available documentation. The Society was able to thrive because biobehavioral research on nicotine addiction provided the scientific underpinnings for the tobacco control enterprise as a whole. The objective of this Commentary is to describe formative events in the Society's history based on the accomplishments of its early leaders.
美国的“尼古丁与烟草研究学会”（简称 SRNT）最初是一个科学组织，旨在“激发与尼古丁和烟草的所有表现形式相关的新知识的产生和传播”。如今，SRNT 已成立 30 年，它在烟草控制、尼古丁雾化产品监管和公共政策方面面临着新的挑战。
本文从当时处于领导地位的研究人员的角度，回顾了学会的初创阶段，记录了最初 10 年的生物行为和临床研究是如何延续 1988 年美国卫生总监尼古丁成瘾报告中的科学使命的，并总结了每位会长任期内的组织创新。
学会对科学研究的推动作用起到了为资金、政策和法规提供支持的作用，为其影响力和可信度奠定了基础。
本文通过出版物和可用文件，用评论的形式提供了学会早期的科学研究和组织创新的背景和概述。学会之所以能够蓬勃发展，是因为尼古丁成瘾的生物行为研究为整个烟草控制事业提供了科学依据。本评论的目的是基于学会早期领导者的成就，描述学会历史上的形成性事件。
