UK’s AppalTRuST to study tobacco use, marketing in eight eastern Kentucky counties

The University of Kentucky’s new AppalTRuSt research center will use 19-million dollars in federal grants to launch tobacco research studies in southeastern and northeastern Kentucky. Dr. Seth Himelhoch, the chair of UK’s Department of Psychiatry, said researchers will employ tobacco regulatory science.

“Tobacco regulatory science is the idea that how we can use science to understand how people can make healthier choices, particularly around the use of combustible tobacco.”