- Social and behavioral prevention and treatment
- cancer detection, treatment and biology
- Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
- Environmental Exposure and Toxicology
- Neuroscience of Nicotine Addiction and Treatment
- Oral Diseases and Dental Health
- Pulmonary Biology and Lung Diseases
- State and Local Tobacco Control Policy Research
- Other tobacco-related health effects
Other tobacco-related health effects
Supports research projects on diseases not included in TRDRP priority areas 1-8, as long as the disease has been identified as being causally associated with tobacco smoking in the Report of the Surgeon General or if tobacco-related products or their constituents are integral to the proposed study.
Examples of relevant research topics:
- Eye diseases including, but not limited to, age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and glaucoma;
- Type 2 diabetes and associated serious health complications, such as poor blood flow leading to amputation and peripheral neuropathy; and
- Communicable diseases, such as influenza and COVID-19.