Ph.D. Candidate Receives NIH Grant to Study Effects of E-Cigarette Policies on Youth Tobacco Use
Ph.D. Candidate Receives NIH Grant to Study Effects of E-Cigarette Policies on Youth Tobacco Use
The National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has awarded Ph.D. candidate Christian Saenz a three-year, $194,457 grant to support research that examines the effects of e-cigarette policies on youth tobacco use.
The overall goal of the study is to learn how e-cigarettes impact smoking and health, and how policymakers should think about regulating e-cigarettes. His work will support a larger, multiyear NIH-funded project led by economist Michael Pesko, Saenz’s dissertation chair who is now at the University of Missouri.
Under the grant, Saenz will contribute to the research as a co-author. He will help write the manuscripts, conduct the empirical regressions and present the research at conferences.