# Communicating about Nicotine and Differential Risks of Tobacco Products

> **NIH NIH R01** · GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY · 2021 · $28,618

## Abstract

ABSTRACT
 This Diversity Research Supplement will build on the parent grant “Communicating about Nicotine and
Differential Risks of Tobacco Products” (R01CA239308 01A1) by expanding its focus to include cigars, little
cigars, and cigarillos (cigar products). It will provide funding, training, and professional development for Charity
Ntansah, a Doctoral Student at the University of South Carolina. The Diversity Supplement will pursue the
following specific aims: (1) Develop preliminary messages about reduced nicotine in cigars through focus
groups with key cigar consumer subpopulations (African American males, African American females; non-
Latinx White males, non-Latinx White females); and (2) Quantify the relative importance of different types of
information in communications about reduced nicotine in cigars using a discrete choice experiment (DCE),
including assessment of differential responses by race, sex, educational attainment and health literacy. The
proposed project will provide Ntansah with the tools she needs to become an independent researcher. More
importantly, results from this project can enhance FDA’s regulatory actions around product review and product
standards for cigar products and FDA’s and other agencies’ communication efforts that address the potential
health equity effects of different communication strategies across racial or ethnic minority groups.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10399859
- **Project number:** 3R01CA239308-03S2
- **Recipient organization:** GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Lyudmila Popova
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $28,618
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2019-09-16 → 2023-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10399859

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10399859, Communicating about Nicotine and Differential Risks of Tobacco Products (3R01CA239308-03S2). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10399859. Licensed CC0.

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