Act Now to Save Science: The Importance of Tobacco Health Equity Research

Journal Article Act Now to Save Science: The Importance of Tobacco Health Equity Research Get access Jin E Kim-Mozeleski, PhD, Jin E Kim-Mozeleski, PhD Conceptualization, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods, Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH Corresponding Author: Jin E. Kim-Mozeleski, PhD, Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods, Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA, Tel: +1-216-368-6793. Email: [email protected] https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7894-7550 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Erin L Mead-Morse, PhD, Erin L Mead-Morse, PhD Conceptualization, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing Department of Public Health Sciences, UConn Health, Farmington, CT https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9720-2658 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Andy S L Tan, PhD, Andy S L Tan, PhD Conceptualization, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing Annenberg School for Communication, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, and Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6459-6171 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Sarah Cha, MSPH, Sarah Cha, MSPH Conceptualization, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing Authored as an SRNT Health Equity Network Advisory Committee Member https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3505-3164 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Irene Pericot-Valverde, PhD, Irene Pericot-Valverde, PhD Conceptualization, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing Department of Psychology, Clemson University, Clemson, SC https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5814-0397 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Dana M Carroll, PhD, Dana M Carroll, PhD Conceptualization, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4334-9515 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Erika S Trapl, PhD, Erika S Trapl, PhD Conceptualization, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods, Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Josephine T Hinds, PhD, Josephine T Hinds, PhD Conceptualization, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing Department of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Sandra J Japuntich, PhD, Sandra J Japuntich, PhD Conceptualization, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing Behavioral Health Equity Research Group, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, MN https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0765-810X Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Andrea H Weinberger, PhD Andrea H Weinberger, PhD Conceptualization, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University, New York, NY https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7065-1349 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Nicotine & Tobacco Research, ntaf186, https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntaf186 Published: 30 September 2025 Article history Received: 05 June 2025 Revision received: 20 July 2025 Accepted: 08 August 2025 Published: 30 September 2025