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“Mac” Honored for Advocacy Work
During Wisconsin Recovery Alignment Day at the Wisconsin State Capitol on May 3, David “Mac” Macmaster was presented with the Hope of Recovery Community Advocate Award, sponsored by national pharmacy benefit solutions provider Serve You …
May 18, 2022Cook Addresses Government Stakeholders on How to Motivate People to Consider Quitting
UW-CTRI Director of Veterans Research Dr. Jessica Cook recently presented to the US Cessation Workgroup. Her presentation was called Treating Smokers Unwilling to Quit: What Have We Learned? Cook noted 80 percent of people who …
May 5, 2022Dr. Michael Fiore Inducted into Honor Society
UW-CTRI Director Dr. Michael Fiore was one of nine members of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health inducted to the national medical honor society Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) at an event last …
May 5, 2022Options Study Completes Recruitment
UW-CTRI has completed recruitment for the Options Study. Participants in Madison and Milwaukee temporarily switch from just smoking to alternative products. These products include Juul e-cigarettes or cigarettes with very low nicotine (VLN) content. The …
May 4, 2022FDA Proposes Rules Prohibiting Menthol Cigarettes and Flavored Cigars
To watch the news video, click here. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed product standards to prohibit menthol as a characterizing flavor in cigarettes and prohibit all characterizing flavors (other than tobacco) in cigars. These …
April 28, 2022Dr. Johnson Promoted to Assistant Professor
Dr. Adrienne Johnson has been promoted to Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) in the Department of Medicine, General Internal Medicine, UW-CTRI. “Approximately 80 percent of my time will be conducting research,” Johnson said, “10 percent doing clinical …
April 8, 2022UW Researchers Present Findings at SRNT Conference in Baltimore
Researchers representing UW-CTRI and the Center Cessation Initiative (C3I) presented findings at the Annual Conference of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) in Baltimore April 14-18. Here is a summary: UW-CTRI Co-Research Director …
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