Science AMA Series: We’re Deborah Ossip, Ph.D., and Scott McIntosh,
Ph.D., directors of the Smoking Research Program at the University of
Rochester in Rochester, New York. We study tobacco use and interventions
to quit. AMA!
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Abstract
Hi Reddit! I’m Dr. Deborah Ossip and I have been studying smoking
behavior in teens and adults for more than 30 years. My research focus
has included e-cigarettes and I am principal investigator on two
NIH-funded projects around tobacco use, including one striving to engage
underserved populations to call quitlines. I direct the University of
Rochester Medical Center’s Smoking Research Program. I am also a Member
Delegate for North America for the Society for Research on Nicotine and
Tobacco and a member of various other local, state, national, and
international committees, working groups, and advisory boards for
tobacco prevention and control issues. I’m Dr. Scott McIntosh and I have
been studying nicotine addiction and stop-smoking interventions for
approximately 20 years. I have been involved with e-cigarette research
in recent years and am the principal investigator of an NCI clinical
trial investigating the use of web-assisted tobacco interventions (WATI)
for community college students. I serve as Associate Director of the
Smoking Research Program at the University of Rochester Medical Center
and am Director of the Center for a Tobacco-Free Finger Lakes. We’re
here to answer questions about e-cigs based on the latest research. We
can also answer questions about nicotine addiction and what current
research says about strategies to quit smoking. We’ll start answering
questions at 1 p.m. EST.