This Letter reports on the application of the vacuum ultraviolet laser-induced fluorescence detection of Br( 2 P 1/2 ) atoms at 157.48nm to the kinetic study of collisional removal of Br( 2 P 1/2 ) by small molecules at 295K. Gas mixtures of a small amount of CH 3 Br and an excess amount of collision partners are exposed to pulsed laser irradiation at 193nm. Temporal decay profile of the Br∗ LIF intensity has been monitored to determine the collisional removal rate coefficients. The collision partners are H 2 , CO 2 , CF 4 , CF 2 H 2 , H 2 O, CH 3 OH, and SF 5 CF 3 , and the results are compared to literature data.