Networks provide opportunities for members, regardless of race/ethnicity or gender, with a common research interest to interact with one another; to work on scientific papers or positions; to develop educational webinars and pre-conference workshops; and to address and influence significant issues in the field of nicotine and tobacco research. 

All SRNT members are eligible to participate in one or more Networks. 

Each Network is led by an Advisory Committee which is appointed by the President with Board approval. Advisory Committees also serve as resources, providing guidance in their respective fields across all aspects of SNRT (including membership, journal, conference and website). 

Unless specifically requested by the president, members of Networks and their Advisory Committees are not authorized to represent SRNT to any outside individual or body. 

The Adolescent Network covers all aspects of nicotine and tobacco research conducted with adolescents. Most smoking and tobacco use is initiated during adolescence, making this distinct developmental stage of particular relevance for tobacco researchers.

The mission of the adolescent network is to:

1. advance the state of the science in the area of adolescent nicotine and tobacco research, particularly research that informs approaches to adolescent tobacco treatment and cessation, as well as research that addresses methodological issues related to adolescent tobacco research;
2. promote networking among SRNT members whose research focuses on adolescent populations;
3. raise the profile of adolescent research within SRNT;
4. provide guidance to the SRNT Board, committees, and membership as necessary to inform programs or discussions that address adolescents;
5. inform tobacco policy as it relates to adolescents; and
6. promote excellence in adolescent nicotine and tobacco research among graduate students, trainees, and early career scientists in SRNT.

Network Advisory Committee Makeup:

• • Two co-chairs (ideally representing North America and one other geographical region)
  • Five to seven Advisory Committee members representing a cross section of research disciplines, and, to the extent possible, the gender, racial/ethnic, and geographic diversity of SRNT’s membership geographic balance

Charge: To provide an outlet for SRNT members undertaking basic science research to network with one another; to provide guidance to the SRNT Board and committees as necessary to better inform programs and/or discussions that address basic science; to help SRNT advance the field of basic science research globally.

What we define as Basic Science for SRNT: Any field of study where data are collected and/or analyzed with the intent of understanding the etiology, the mechanisms, or the consequences of tobacco/nicotine use. Examples include:

• • Behavioral and pharmacological studies conducted in pre-clinical (any animal model, including humans) and clinical models
  • In vitro experiments on cell lines and immortalized lymphoblastoid cells fMRI studies
  • Genetic, epigenetic, and/or environmental influences on tobacco/nicotine use
  • Effects of flavorants, tobacco derivatives, and/or metabolites on the use of tobacco products
  • Effects of tobacco/nicotine on a variety of factors, including tumor growth, social and/or physical health, and self-concept

Network Advisory Committee Makeup:

• • Two co-chairs (ideally representing North America and one other geographical region)
  • Five to seven Advisory Committee members representing a cross section of research disciplines, and, to the extent possible, the gender, racial/ethnic, and geographic diversity of SRNT’s membership geographic balance

Responsibilities include:

• • Represent and engage the basic science constituency of SRNT
  • Propose activities that would enhance the basic science content of current SRNT programs and initiatives
  • Identify the professional needs of SRNT’s basic science members and propose new projects and/or programs that would meet those needs
  • Provide general oversight of SRNT projects/programs specifically related to basic science
  • Liaise with other research-related organizations regarding joint or other projects of mutual interest

Charge: To provide an outlet for SRNT members undertaking genetics research to network with one another; to provide guidance to the SRNT Board and committees as necessary to better inform programs and/or discussions that address genetics; to follow, be updated on and participate in research of genetics of smoking, nicotine dependence, nicotine metabolism, addictions and smoking-related diseases and smoking cessation

Responsibilities include: 

• • Represent and engage with SRNT’s genetics/omics constituency
  • Propose activities that would enhance the genetics/omics content of current SRNT programs and initiatives
  • Identify the professional needs of SRNT’s genetics/omics members and propose new projects and/or programs that would meet those needs
  • Provide general oversight of SRNT projects/programs specifically related to basic science
  • Liaise with other research-related organizations regarding joint or other projects of mutual interest

Network Advisory Committee Makeup:

• • Two co-chairs (ideally representing North America and one other geographical region)
  • Five to seven Advisory Committee members representing a cross section of research disciplines, and, to the extent possible, the gender, racial/ethnic, and geographic diversity of SRNT’s membership geographic balance

Charge: To support SRNT members working in lower-income countries; to provide guidance to the SRNT Board and committees as necessary to better inform discussions that directly or indirectly address issues related to research and researcher in lower-income countries; and to enhance the overall mission of SRNT by actively promoting and encouraging sustained global involvement in tobacco control science. 

Responsibilities include:

• • Enable and increase the cultural and geographic diversity of SRNT membership;
  • Promote cross-border research collaboration
  • Recommend to the board scientific contributions to the implementation, enforcement, and evaluation of international agreements and other internationally focused, evidenced-based tobacco control initiatives
  • Promote the communication, dissemination, and adoption of tobacco control science among all regions of the world, especially in low- and middle-income countries
  • Foster tobacco control science capacity-building, including funding, internationally
  • Provide oversight of conferences sponsored, co-sponsored or endorsed by SRNT in Africa, Asia/Oceana, Latin America and the Caribbean (AAOLA)
  • Provide general oversight of SRNT projects/programs specifically related to lower and middle-income countries
  • Identify the professional needs of SRNT’s AAOLA members and propose new projects and/or programs that would meet those needs
  • Liaise with other international organizations regarding joint or other projects of mutual interest

Network Advisory Committee Makeup:

• • Two co-chairs (ideally representing North America and one other geographical region)
  • Five to seven Advisory Committee members representing a cross section of research disciplines, and, to the extent possible, the gender, racial/ethnic, and geographic diversity of SRNT’s membership geographic balance

Charge: To provide an outlet for SRNT members working in the field of tobacco-related health  fto network with one another; to provide guidance to the SRNT Board and committees as necessary to better inform discussions that directly or indirectly address tobacco-related health disparities; to help SRNT advance the knowledge base related to reducing tobacco-related health disparities through research efforts; to engage SRNT members from minoritized communities.

The overarching goals of the HDN are to increase awareness of tobacco-related health disparities  research; influence the research agenda so that researchers understand the need to conduct and engage in health disparities research; and engage SRNT members from minoritized communities.

Specific Goals

• • Goal 1: Establish mechanisms within SRNT to promote leadership development, diversity, and inclusivity among investigators interested in HD research in industrialized countries.
  • Goal 2: Encourage SRNT members to conduct research that assesses the effects of evidence-based interventions on reducing tobacco use and exposure and on reducing disparities in industrialized countries among the priority populations identified by the HDN.
  • Goal 3: Stimulate research that increases our understanding of initiation, exposure and tobacco use across the life course among the priority population identified by the HDN.
  • Goal 4: Encourage research that increases our understanding of disparities in quitting and relapse behaviors, their association with dependence, and the psychosocial and socio-environmental context in which relapse and quitting occur.
  • Goal 5: Generate interest in research that increases our understanding of the biological and genetic mechanisms of nicotine addiction and tobacco-related diseases as well as their interactions with socio-environmental influences.
  • Goal 6: Promote translational research to ensure that culturally appropriate interventions reach the populations in need.

Responsibilities include:

• • Represent and engage those members of SRNT interested in tobacco related health disparities
  • Organize conference symposia and pre-conference workshops that focus on an understudied research topic or issue related to diversity in research.
  • Identify external organizations to fund the student scholarships, and establish clear goals and objectives for this effort.
  • Conduct active outreach to diversify membership with respect to gender and race/ethnicity.
  • Encourage researchers to submit health disparity manuscripts to Nicotine & Tobacco Research.
  • Communicate and collaborate with other Networks and Committees on issues related to health disparity research and inclusion.

Network Advisory Committee Makeup:

• • Two co-chairs
  • Up to 12 Advisory Committee advisory members representing a cross section of research disciplines, and, to the extent possible, the gender, racial/ethnic, and geographic diversity of SRNT’s membership geographic balance.

Charge: Provide networking, educational and professional development opportunities for SRNT members, regardless of racial/ethnic and gender affiliation, working in the area of policy research.

Responsibilities include:

• • Providing guidance to the SRNT Board and committees as necessary to better inform programs and/or discussions that address policy research.
  • Undertaking projects that contribute to the evidence base on policy research. 
  • Identifying opportunities and responding to legislative, regulatory or other issues of interest to SRNT
  • Actively identify policy research issues impacting minoritized communities
  • Developing and effectuating opportunities for SRNT to become more involved in impacting public policy 
  • Facilitating networking and collective action on issues of shared interest among peer organizations

Network Advisory Committee Makeup:

• • Two co-chairs (ideally representing North America and one other geographical region)
  • Five to seven Advisory Committee members representing a cross section of research disciplines, and, to the extent possible, the gender, racial/ethnic, and geographic diversity of SRNT’s membership geographic balance

Network Goals

The overarching goal of the Trainee Network is to facilitate the development of the emerging generation of nicotine and tobacco scientists. We aim to achieve this by providing training-related resources and networking opportunities for students, post-doctoral trainees, and early-stage investigators across all disciplines from basic science to public policy, inclusive of racial/ethnic and gender diversity, as well as geographic diversity.

Specific Goals

• • Goal 1: Facilitate networking opportunities during the annual meeting by providing a guide to the conference, organizing a mentoring round table event with senior researchers, as well as an informal conference mixer.
  • Goal 2: Provide a platform for trainees to discuss and disseminate their work with peers and senior investigators through regular e-mail/online newsletters, a listserv, and a mentored poster program.
  • Goal 3: Provide resources for interdisciplinary education and discussion thorough regular journal club meetings, webinars, an annual pre-conference workshop, and ongoing collaboration with SRNT University.

Responsibilities include:

• • Identifying audiences within SRNT’s membership (graduate students, researchers from low-income countries, etc) and their educational needs
  • Coordinating with the Global Research Network and SRNT-U to help bring education to lower-income countries
  • Developing content and/or identifying speakers for webinars and pre-conference workshops
  • Presenting at least one networking session for trainees and early career researchers at the annual meeting
  • Developing relationships with government agencies and others that may already have trainings sessions that can be presented at SRNT events or otherwise made available to SRNT members

Network Advisory Committee Makeup:

• • Two co-chairs (ideally representing North America and one other geographical region)
  • Five to seven Advisory Committee members representing a cross section of research disciplines, and, to the extent possible, the gender, racial/ethnic, and geographic diversity of SRNT’s membership geographic balance
  • One Senior Member Mentor

The mission of the Treatment Research Network is two-fold:

• • To provide SRNT members who work in nicotine dependence treatment research an opportunity to network with one another
    to provide a forum for discussion and initiation of projects about tobacco cessation
    This mission will be advanced by the development and maintenance of Treatment Research Network resources available for the internet, the inclusion of Treatment Research Network activities at SRNT annual meetings and through collaboration with other tobacco treatment organizations, as well as other SRNT programs such as SRNT University.
  • The Network and its Advisory Board will further provide guidance to the SRNT Board on issues relevant to the treatment of nicotine dependence.

Responsibilities include:

• • Represent and engage the treatment constituency of SRNT
  • Propose activities that would enhance the treatment content of current SRNT programs and initiatives
  • Identify the professional needs of SRNT’s treatment members and propose new projects and/or programs that would meet those needs
  • Liaise with other treatment-related organizations regarding joint or other projects of mutual interest
  • Highlight cessation research related to addiction in minoritized communities

Network Advisory Committee Makeup:

• • Two co-chairs (ideally representing North America and one other geographical region)
  • Five to seven Advisory Committee members representing a cross section of research disciplines, and, to the extent possible, the gender, racial/ethnic, and geographic diversity of SRNT’s membership geographic balance