title: The importance of adolescence in the development of nicotine dependence: introduction to part V.
abstract: This article sets the stage for the papers in Part V by describing the research work of the Tobacco Etiology Research Network (TERN), an initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Two studies coming from this matrix include one on the acquisition of tobacco use and another on the trajectories of tobacco use among college freshman.
authors.affiliation: Tobacco Etiology Research Network (TERN), University of Kentucky College of Public Health, 2365 Harrodsburg Rd., Suite B100, Lexington, KY 40504, USA. clayton@pop.uky.edu
authors.forename: Richard R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Clayton
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D041923:Adolescent Development / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D017149:Private Sector; D012106:Research / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000503:physiopathology*; D062789:Tobacco Products