Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act Regulatory Research

$2,162,107

Total Assistance, FY 2008 to Present
Agency: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
Assistance Type: F001 - Grant~F002 - Cooperative Agreement
Assistance Listing Number
93.678

Objectives: The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act provides the authority to regulate tobacco product manufacturing, distribution, and marketing. An interagency partnership between the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products fosters tobacco regulatory research. Regulatory research will provide scientific evidence to inform the implementation of this authority. Research areas include: 1) tobacco product composition and design, 2) the toxicity of tobacco products, 3) addiction and abuse liability of tobacco products, 4) the short- and long-term health effects of tobacco products, 5) people’s behaviors related to tobacco product use and characteristics, 6) communicating to the public regarding nicotine and the health effects of tobacco products, 7) the influences of tobacco marketing on susceptibility and tobacco product use, and 8) the potential or actual impact of FDA regulatory actions.

*TAGGS reports awards based on the primary Assistance Listing. Assistance Listings exclusively at the transaction level are reported under the primary Assistance Listing on this page.
 
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