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

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The study objective was to describe and compare changes in newly funded National Institutes of Health (NIH) tobacco-related awards between fiscal year (FY) 2006 and FY2016.

Design

Secondary analysis of NIH data.

Setting

National Institutes of Health Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tool database was used.

Subjects

National Institutes of Health tobacco-related awards newly funded during FY2006 and FY2016.

Measures

Search terms included tobacco, smoking, nicotine, secondhand smoke, and e-cigarettes. Grants and funding amounts were retrieved.

Analysis

We calculated frequency distributions to determine the number and percentage of total NIH grants funded overall and by specific institute, and inflation-adjusted total and median funding amou

SUBMITTER: Merianos AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6026566 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature