The mission of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is to lead the nation in bringing the power of science to bear on drug abuse and addiction. For more than 3 decades, NIDA has been a leading federal agency supporting research to prevent and control tobacco use and addiction. As a steward of federal funds intended to promote the nation's public health, NIDA must ensure the integrity of the science it supports. This includes actual and perceived conflicts of interest that may compromise NIDA's scientific and public health mission.
The mission of the tobacco industry is not consistent with the public health mission of NIDA. Therefore, NIDA IRP investigators cannot collaborate with extramural investigators if: