The National Institutes of Health awarded a researcher at the University of Missouri School of Medicine and the College of Arts and Science $3.4 million to continue his work in studying treatments to fight nicotine addiction.

The NIH grant will fund Brett Froeliger's research over the next five years, allowing him to fund research that focuses on "understanding how theta-burst transcranial magnetic stimulation affects other parts of the brain," according to a news release from the School of Medicine.

According to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 50 million adults used tobacco products in 2022, with nearly half of that number struggling to quit or relapsing while trying to quit.

Froeliger's goal for this research is to understand which specific parts of the b

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