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Effects of the FDA Compliance Inspections of Tobacco Retailers on Youth E-cigarette and Cigar Use: A National Study

Award Number: R03CA228909
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/14/2018
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2021

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Effects of the FDA Compliance Inspections of Tobacco Retailers on Youth E-cigarette and Cigar Use: A National Study - PROJECT SUMMARY The use of emerging tobacco products is gaining popularity among youth. Among U.S. high school students, current use of e-cigarettes has outpaced the use of traditional cigarettes. E-cigarettes contain varying levels of nicotine and a number of potentially toxic substances and youth use of e-cigarettes might serve as a gateway for future cigarette use. Cigars currently rank third among the tobacco products most commonly used by youth and also pose serious threats to health; cigar smoke is possibly more toxic than cigarette smoke. The recently finalized “Deeming Rule” from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expanded the agency's regulatory authority over tobacco to include e-cigarettes, cigars, and other newly deemed tobacco products. The first round of new requirements on “retailer environment” for “covered tobacco products,” including mandatory age and photo ID checks to prevent illegal sale of these products to minors, was implemented on August 8, 2016. Early studies that were primarily based on community data have shown mixed results regarding the effectiveness of youth access laws to reduce youth cigarette smoking. Recent studies using national probability samples have shown that retail compliance of underage sales laws and restricting tobacco sales to minors are important tobacco prevention strategies. Over the decades, the prevalence of youth cigarette smoking and youth commercial access to cigarettes has been significantly reduced. Despite this progress, the tobacco industry has been promoting alternative tobacco products, such as e-cigarettes, cigars, to entice a new generation of users. The overarching goal of this study is to conduct a quasi-experimental design to assess the impacts of the FDA retail compliance inspections on youth cigar and e-cigarette use behaviors (e.g., ever, current, and frequency of use). This study is innovative in its focus on developing propensity models to predict the violation rate for underage retail sales of e-cigarettes and cigars at the zip code level, and on linking the compliance inspection data with multiple years of national youth survey data in order to assess the potential impacts of regulatory actions. This research will address two of the FDA Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) scientific interest areas: #4 (behavior) and #7 (impact analysis). Results from this study are expected to inform appropriate retail compliance inspection strategies and further expand our knowledge of the potential impacts of regulatory actions on youth e-cigarette and cigar use behaviors.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = -$1 )
2025	2019	BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA	4215 EMILE ST	OMAHA	NE	68105	DOUGLAS	USA	Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act Regulatory Research	000	2	10/1/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$1
														Subtotal = -$1

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $1 )
2023	2019	BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA	987835 NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER	OMAHA	NE	68198	DOUGLAS	USA	Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act Regulatory Research	000	2	4/26/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$1
														Subtotal = $1

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = -$1 )
2022	2019	BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA	987835 NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER	OMAHA	NE	68198	DOUGLAS	USA	Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act Regulatory Research	000	2	2/10/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2022	2019	BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA	987835 NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER	OMAHA	NE	68198	DOUGLAS	USA	Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act Regulatory Research	001	2	3/1/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$1
														Subtotal = -$1

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2020	2019	BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA	987835 NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER	OMAHA	NE	68198	DOUGLAS	USA	Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act Regulatory Research	000	2	9/1/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2019 ( Subtotal = $81,903 )
2019	2019	UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA	987835 NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER	OMAHA	NE	68198	DOUGLAS	USA	Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act Regulatory Research	000	2	8/27/2019	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$81,903
														Subtotal = $81,903

Issue Date FY: 2018 ( Subtotal = $83,262 )
2018	2018	UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA	987835 NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER	OMAHA	NE	68198	DOUGLAS	USA	Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act Regulatory Research	000	1	9/14/2018	NEW	$83,262
														Subtotal = $83,262

Grand Total All Awards = $165,164

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Effects of the FDA Compliance Inspections of Tobacco Retailers on Youth E-cigarette and Cigar Use: A National Study

Award Number: R03CA228909

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/14/2018

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2021

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