ABSTRACT: Importance:Tobacco use disorder is associated with dysregulated neurocognitive function in the right inferior frontal gyrus (IFG)-one node in a corticothalamic inhibitory control (IC) network. Objective:To examine associations between IC neural circuitry structure and function and lapse/relapse vulnerability in 2 independent studies of adult smokers. Design, Setting, and Participants:In study 1, treatment-seeking smokers (n?=?81) completed an IC task during functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) before making a quit attempt and then were followed up for 10 weeks after their quit date. In study 2, a separate group of smokers (n?=?26) performed the same IC task during fMRI, followed by completing a laboratory-based smoking relapse analog task. Study 1 was performed at Duke University Medical Center between 2008 and 2012; study 2 was conducted at the Medical University of South Carolina between 2013 and 2016. Main Outcomes and Measures:Associations between corticothalamic-mediated IC, gray-matter volume, and smoking lapse/relapse. Results:Of the 81 study participants in study 1 (cessation study), 45 were women (56%), with mean (SD) age, 38.4 (10.2) years. In study 1, smoking relapse was associated with less gray-matter volume (F1,74?=?28.32; familywise error P threshold?=?0.03), greater IC task-related blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) response in the right IFG (F1,78?=?14.87) and thalamus (F1,78?=?14.97) (P < .05), and weaker corticothalamic task-based functional connectivity (tbFC) (F1,77?=?5.87; P?=?.02). Of the 26 participants in study 2 (laboratory study), 15 were women (58%), with mean (SD) age, 34.9 (10.3). Similar to study 1, in study 2, greater IC-BOLD response in the right IFG (t23?=?-2.49; ??=?-0.47; P?=?.02), and weaker corticothalamic tbFC (t22?=?5.62; ??=?0.79; P?