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UW-CTRI Researchers to Present at SRNT Conference in San Francisco
UW-CTRI staff will present 13 times at SRNT 2019 in San Francisco, via five presentations and eight research posters. Symposia 1. Leveraging Epidemiological, Ecological, and Clinical Data to Improve Smoking Cessation Rates Among Heavy-Drinking Smokers. …
January 3, 2019UW-CTRI Collaborates with Doctors in Italy to Help Italians Quit Smoking
UW-CTRI Researchers Dr. Wendy Theobald (right) and Dr. Michael Fiore have contributed three articles to the Italian medical journal Tabaccologia, encouraging Italians to quit smoking and clinicians to lead by example and through systematic treatment. …
January 3, 2019New England Journal of Medicine: Only Half of Cancer Patients Who Smoke Get Help to Quit; NCI Aims to Fix It
While many smokers make New Year’s resolutions to quit smoking, only about half of cancer patients who smoke are offered help to quit by their oncology teams. That’s a lost opportunity, wrote experts in a …
January 2, 2019Analysis Exposes Disparities in Invitations for Tobacco Treatment
UW-CTRI Researcher Dr. Kristin Berg is the lead author on the paper, Identifying Differences in Rates of Invitation to Participate in Tobacco Treatment in Primary Care, recently published in the Wisconsin Medical Journal. This secondary …
December 19, 2018Coalitions, WiNTiP, UW-CTRI Partner to Reach Behavioral Health Providers Across Wisconsin
UW-CTRI regional outreach specialists and staff from the Wisconsin Nicotine Treatment Integration Project (WiNTiP) are partnering with tobacco prevention and control coalitions throughout Wisconsin to train behavioral health providers on how to help their patients …
December 12, 2018OSH Announces ‘Year of Cessation’ Efforts to Help Patients Quit Smoking
U.S. Office of Smoking and Health (OSH) Director Dr. Corinne Graffunder designated 2019 the “Year of Cessation” during a meeting Nov. 7 with national partners in Atlanta. Graffunder unveiled OSH’s new strategic plan indicating that …
December 12, 2018Journey Mental Health Goes Tobacco-Free, Receives Mac Award from WiNTiP
Journey Mental Health Center (JMHC) received a Mac Award for its efforts to make its headquarters in Madison a tobacco-free and vape-free campus starting September 15, 2017. The award, named for David “Mac” Macmaster, co-founder …
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