National Institutes of Health Funding for Tobacco Control: 2006 and 2016

Merianos, Ashley L.; Gordon, Judith S.; Wood, Kelsi J.; Mahabee‐Gittens, E. Melinda

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“…We will not see more research on important questions of legal epidemiology without more funding for work—and careers—in the field. With more internal and extramural expertise on law for NIH to draw on, a judicious expansion of career development and research grants similar in scope to its tobacco control enhancements22 would have a powerful impact at this stage of legal epidemiology's development. Next, this progress will be easier to track if journal editorial systems incorporate “legal epidemiology” as a standard key word option; it has been included in the National Library of Medicine's MeSH system since 2020 23.…”

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Legal Epidemiology: Growth, and Growing Pains

Burris

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Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

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Tobacco Control Policies to Reduce Tobacco Use

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Eakin

2023

Respiratory Medicine

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NIH Tobacco Research and the Emergence of Tobacco Regulatory Science

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Mandal

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Nicotine &Amp; Tobacco Research

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Introduction This study explores how the emergence of FDA-funded Tobacco Regulatory Science (TRS) research complements and perhaps influenced the direction of tobacco research supported by NIH. Methods New NIH- and FDA-funded tobacco projects awarded in fiscal years (FY) 2011-2020 were identified using internal NIH databases of awarded grants. Project abstracts and research aims were coded by the authors to characterize research domains and tobacco products studied. Results Between FY 2011 and 2020, NIH funded 1032 and FDA funded 322 new tobacco projects. For the years and grant activity codes studied, the number of new NIH tobacco projects declined while FDA’s increased; combined the number of new projects held steady. Much of NIH research included smoking combustibles (43.7%). The most common products in FDA research were cigarettes (74.8%) and e-cigarettes/ENDS (48.1%). Most NIH (58.6%) and FDA (67.7%) projects included research on the determinants of tobacco use. Another area of apparent overlap was health effects (29.5% NIH and 30.1% FDA). Projects unique to NIH included treatment interventions (33.3%), disease pathology/progression (17.8%) and neurobiology (18.9%). A minority of both NIH and FDA projects included populations particularly vulnerable to tobacco product use. Conclusions In total, support for new tobacco research supported by NIH and FDA combined remained steady for the time period covered, though there was a concomitant decline in NIH tobacco projects with the increase in FDA-funded TRS projects for the activity codes studied. Despite apparent overlap in some areas, both NIH and FDA support research that is unique to their respective missions. Implications NIH continues to support tobacco research that falls within and outside of FDA’s regulatory authorities. This research still is needed not only to bolster the evidence base for regulatory decisions at the national and state levels, but also to advance a comprehensive scientific agenda that can inform multiple levels of influence on tobacco control, use and addiction. It will be important to continue monitoring FDA-funded TRS and NIH-funded tobacco research portfolios to ensure that the level of support for and focus of the research is sufficient to address the burden of tobacco-related morbidity and mortality.

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National Institutes of Health Funding for Tobacco Control: 2006 and 2016

Abstract: NIH funding is critical for advancing the science of nicotine and tobacco research.

Cited by 6 publications

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Legal Epidemiology: Growth, and Growing Pains

Legal Epidemiology: Growth, and Growing Pains

Tobacco Control Policies to Reduce Tobacco Use

NIH Tobacco Research and the Emergence of Tobacco Regulatory Science

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