Primary Recipient

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

Amount

$924,135.00

Award Date

7/16/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Innovative strategies for tobacco cessation must be considered. Currently, there are 44 million smokers in the US and 1.2 billion smokers world-wide. Although 22 million smokers try to quit smoking each year, only 3-5% are successful in becoming sustaine