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Dual Users of Cigarettes and E-Cigarettes More Likely to Quit Vaping than Smoking
Dual use of cigarettes and e-cigarettes may not be sustainable, according to a recent UW-CTRI study, as dual users were much more likely to quit vaping than quit smoking. The study, published in Nicotine and …
September 20, 2019Ability to Tolerate Distress Associated with Smoking Abstinence
Those with a high ability to tolerate distress may be more likely to quit smoking and remain smoke-free a year later, according to a UW-CTRI paper published in Nicotine and Tobacco Research. Researchers looked at …
September 20, 2019UW-CTRI Online Trainings Among Most Popular Across UW Campus
Two online training courses created by UW-CTRI are among the most popular at UW among healthcare providers. The UW-CTRI “Tobacco 101” training is the second-most popular training on the UW Interprofessional Continuing Education (CE) Partnership …
September 20, 2019UW-CTRI Colleagues Present at National Conference in Minneapolis
UW-CTRI staff and partners presented their findings from tobacco research and outreach projects a total of nine times at the 2019 National Conference on Tobacco or Health in Minneapolis August 27-29. The following is a …
September 10, 2019A Study Participant Tried to Quit Smoking Before Her Daughter Got Her Doctor’s White Coat—Did She Succeed?
Marilyn Haugen was a smoker when her daughter, Natalie, matriculated into medical school. Natalie asked her mom if she would quit smoking by the time she earned her white doctor’s coat. Marilyn wanted to do …
September 10, 2019Johnson Presents at Conference on Alzheimer’s
UW-CTRI Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Adrienne Johnson presented her research on tobacco use at the 2019 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Los Angeles last week. “There’s a benefit to quitting (smoking) at any age, even a …
September 1, 2019UW-CTRI Course Empowers Med Student to Help Relative, Patients Try to Quit Smoking
Before Dr. Chinou Vang began his residency in June at Gundersen Health System in La Crosse, he used the skills he learned from the Tobacco Dependence Treatment Course at the University of Wisconsin, taught by …
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