Rutgers Institute for Nicotine and Tobacco Studies (INTS)

Nicotine Use Has Exploded in the U.S. The Longer-Term Health Consequences May Only Be Starting to Unfold. How the tobacco industry rebranded a brutally addictive drug from deadly to desirable—and what it means for our health.

Distinguished Professor and INTS Director, @crisdelnevo.bsky.social, was recently featured in a Men's Health article that examines how subpar FDA regulations have helped nicotine companies rebrand from a public health threat to a helpful performance tool.

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Impact of Survey Item Wording and Response Options on Prevalence of Beliefs About Nicotine Causing Cancer: A Randomized Survey Experiment AbstractIntroduction. Misperceptions of nicotine’s role in health harms among US adults have increased. This study examined how survey item wording affects

INTS Deputy Director Andrea Villanti and her colleagues' study on how survey item wording affects estimates of the misperception that nicotine itself causes cancer has recently been published in Nicotine and Tobacco Research.

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Several INTS members showcased their research at the 2025 Cancer Prevention and Control (CPC) Annual Retreat at the @rutgerscancer.bsky.social. They shared innovative findings and connected with fellow researchers passionate about advancing cancer prevention and control.

Register for the VIRTUAL Rutgers Tobacco Treatment Specialist Training! January 26-27. Designed for social workers, nurses, psychologists, physicians, pharmacists, certified alcohol and drug counselors, health educators, and more.

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Congratulations to our Deputy Director, Dr. Andrea Villanti, for being listed in @clarivate.com's 2025 Highly Cited Researchers list for the sixth year in a row! #RutgersSPH

These highly cited papers rank in the top 1% by citations for field and publication year in the Web of Science.

INTS core faculty member and assistant professor, Lauren Pacek, will discuss tobacco use and cessation and harm reduction strategies among people with HIV in the USA in the webinar hosted by the AETC Program on November 5, 11 am ET.

Register here ➡️

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Tobacco Industry Fights Biden’s Proposed Cigarette Nicotine Cut The future of a Biden-era proposal to slash nicotine levels in cigarettes is uncertain after the Trump administration excluded it from a key regulatory roadmap amid growing industry pressure to scrap ...

INTS Associate Professor, Jamie Tam, comments on a recent story about how the tobacco industry is fighting proposed nicotine cuts in its products.

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Please join us in welcoming our new faculty member, Rafael Meza, PhD! Rafael Meza, PhD, has joined the Rutgers Institute for Nicotine & Tobacco Studies as a Core Member and the Rutgers Cancer… | ... Please join us in welcoming our new faculty member, Rafael Meza, PhD! Rafael Meza, PhD, has joined the Rutgers Institute for Nicotine & Tobacco Studies as a Core Member and the Rutgers Cancer Institu...

Please join us in welcoming our new faculty member, Rafael Meza, PhD! @rutgerscancer.bsky.social @rwjms.bsky.social Learn more about Dr. Meza here: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

A new study led by Cristine Delnevo, Director of Rutgers Institute for Nicotine and Tobacco Studies (INTS), suggests that nicotine pouches may offer a path to reduced tobacco harm ➡️

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Tomorrow is the beginning of the Conference on Tobacco or Health 2025.

Take a look at the INTS members who will be presenting, and be sure to visit the Center for Rapid Surveillance of Tobacco (CRST) booth!

Volume 2025 Issue 70 | JNCI Monographs | Oxford Academic Publishes monographs dealing with cancer and closely related research fields, or related groups of papers on specific subjects of importance to cancer research.

Andrea Villanti is a guest editor of this newly published issue of JNCI Monographs funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, covering the continued impact of the commercial use of tobacco and health disparities ➡️

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What to Know Before You Hop on the Zyn Bandwagon Oral nicotine pouches might be less harmful than smoking, but that doesn’t make them safe.

INTS faculty members Michael Steinberg and @maryhrywna.bsky.social were recently featured in an article published in ‪@self.com, where they discussed current knowledge on oral nicotine pouches, like Zyn.

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Trends in menthol and non-menthol cigarette consumption in the US: 2009–2024 13 years after the Tobacco Control Act tasked Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA) with studying the removal of menthol in cigarettes, FDA proposed a product standard in 2022 that would prohibit menthol ...

@crisdelnevo.bsky.social & Andrea Villanti are coauthors of a new study published in Tobacco Control examining trends in U.S. cigarette consumption—specifically comparing menthol & non-menthol cigarettes—since the enactment of the Tobacco Control Act in 2009.

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2025 ESIL awardee, Dr. Julia Chen-Sankey, will deliver her lecture in the second of three NIH ODP Early Stage Investigator Lectures of 2025 on June 5 at 10 a.m. ET.

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INTS faculty were happy to celebrate the 2025 graduates at the @rutgerssph.bsky.social convocation held yesterday at the State Theater 🎓

2025 ESIL awardee, @juliachensankey.bsky.social, will deliver her lecture in the second of three NIH ODP Early Stage Investigator Lectures of 2025 on June 5 at 10 a.m. ET.

Register now ➡️

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Letter to the Editor: Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) Star Athlete Kelsey Plum gets Signature Premium Cigar Amidst Record-Breaking WNBA Viewership Ollie Ganz, DrPH, Cristine D Delnevo, PhD, Andrea C Villanti, PhD, Kevin R J Schroth, JD, Jennifer Cornacchione Ross, PhD; Letter to the Editor: Women’s Na

Assistant Professor @otg2014.bsky.social and her colleagues penned a new letter to the editor of Nicotine & Tobacco Research on how a WNBA star's cigar brand collaboration, amid growing interest in women's basketball, may increase the appeal & sales of cigars.

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Regional variations and market share of FDA-authorised products for top-selling electronic cigarette brands in the USA: 2022–2024 Background This paper examines top-selling electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) brands and differences in top-selling brands by region in the USA from 2022 to 2024, and the market share of Food and Drug...

Tobacco Control published a new paper by @otg2014.bsky.social, with co-authors Patrick Barnwell and @crisdelnevo.bsky.social, which examines the top-selling e-cigarette brands and differences in top-selling brands by regions in the USA ➡️

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Rutgers Day Don't Let a Little Rain Keep You Away

Rutgers Day is this Saturday! 🌎

Stop by the INTS booth at the Sonny Werblin Recreation Center Gym on Busch Campus to learn more about our work and win some swag!

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The impact of cigarillo text warning presence and size on young adults’ cigarillo risk beliefs, knowledge, appeal and use intentions AbstractIntroduction. Cigar warning labels can serve as health communication tools; yet current cigar warnings in the United States can be small or absent,

Cigar text-only warning labels, particularly larger ones, can facilitate some cigar risk knowledge and beliefs, reduce pack appeal and discourage product interest, find Olivia Wackowski et al.

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@jesskingjensen.bsky.social and @crisdelnevo.bsky.social are authors of a new Preventive Medicine paper that examines the impact of cigar pack policies on cigar sales.

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Learn about INTS's student assistant and Rutgers SPH doctoral student Siyan Meng's poster about cannabis vape advertising exposure, product use, and perceptions presented at #SBM2025 on 3/28 at 5 PM (PDT), Poster E170, Grand Ballroom A-B.

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Unpacking the complexities in racial and ethnic discrimination and tobacco use and cannabis co-use behaviors among young adults in the U.S. There is a general paucity of research describing the relationship between racial and ethnic discrimination (RED) and coping strategies on use of litt…

A new article in Addictive Behaviors Reports featuring Rutgers SPH doctoral student Eugenia Lee and associate professor Kymberle Sterling unpacks the complexities in racial and ethnic discrimination and tobacco/cannabis behaviors among young adults in the U.S.
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The 2025 Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco (SRNT) was a success! INTS members presented over 40 presentations across a wide range of research over the 3 1/2 day conference in New Orleans, LA.

We will see you next year, SRNT!

The INTS team will present posters, symposiums, and more at this week's SRNT conference!

View our schedule of presentations ➡️

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INTS Associate Professor, Kevin Schroth, discusses the FDA's impact on tobacco harm reduction with Regulator Watch ➡️

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🌟 We're hiring! 🌟

INTS is seeking qualified applicants for an Open Rank Non Tenure Track Faculty Position!

If you have a doctoral degree and a strong background in tobacco or public health, this could be the right fit for you!

Apply today ➡️

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Assessing the impact of messages about reduced nicotine cigar products among people who use little cigar and cigarillo: Insights from a discrete choice experiment AbstractIntroduction. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) pursuit of a low nicotine standard for cigarettes raises concerns that a focus on cigar

INTS post-doctoral fellow Charity Ntansah and associate professor Kymberle Sterling are authors on a new @ntrjournal.bsky.social paper that uses a discrete choice experiment to explore the impact of reduced nicotine messages among people who use little cigars and cigarillos.

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In New Jersey, Tobacco Sales to Underage Buyers Continue Despite Federal Legislation

Rutgers researchers find nearly half of purchase attempts by people under 21 at tobacco retailers in New Jersey resulted in a sale in new study.

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Use of images to assess awareness and use of emerging nicotine pouch products AbstractIntroduction. Accurate measurement is critical for understanding the population health impact of nicotine pouches, yet precise, standardized measur

In this new Nicotine & Tobacco Research Journal paper, authors Michelle Bover Manderski, @maryhrywna.bsky.social, and @crisdelnevo.bsky.social confirm that including product images in surveys can improve the measurement accuracy of nicotine pouch use. #Rutgerssph

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