DCEG has a long-standing interest in the associations between tobacco and cancer. Metabolic Epidemiology Branch (MEB) investigators and collaborators throughout the Division use case-control, prospective studies, and consortia to characterize changing associations between cigarette smoking and cancer. They are also committed to determining the health risks of other tobacco products, including smokeless tobacco, pipes, cigars, as well as new and emerging products such as water pipe.
Examples of studies used in these investigations include:
- Agricultural Health Study (AHS)
- Alpha-Tocopherol, Beta-Carotene Cancer Prevention (ATBC) Study
- Case-Control Studies of Multiple Myeloma and Cancers of the Pancreas and Prostate among Blacks and Whites in the United States
- Environment And Genetics in Lung cancer Etiology (EAGLE)
- Golestan Cohort Study
- Interdisciplinary Case-Control Study of Bladder Cancer in Spain
- National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
- National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)
- New England Bladder Cancer Study
- NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study
- Prostate, Lung, Colon, and Ovary (PLCO) Prospective Study
- Tobacco Longitudinal Mortality Study (TLMS)
- U.S. Radiologic Technologists Cohort