FOR RELEASE Contact: Roger Dier, 920-360-1965 rjd@ctri.wisc.edu Program to Help Fond du Lac County Smokers Quit FOND DU LAC—Striving to Quit, a project to help BadgerCare Plus and Medicaid members quit smoking, will be available …
Year: 2014
Adult Cigarette Smoking Rate Overall Hits All-time Low
Adult Cigarette Smoking Rate Overall Hits All-time Low
UW-CTRI Prepares to Launch BREATHE Study
UW-CTRI is making final preparations to roll out its primary research study, Breaking Addiction to Tobacco for Health (BREATHE). This center grant study is set to launch January 20 at the Dean Health Care clinic in …
Researchers Hope to Further Link Genetics to Quit-Smoking Treatments
Could a doctor someday use a smoker’s genetics to tailor treatments? We’re not there yet, but researchers are working on it, if only in the early stages. Dr. Li-Shiun Chen of Washington University in St. …
New England Journal of Medicine: ACA Calls for Coverage to Quit Smoking: Will Insurers Do the Right Thing?
Nov. 19, 2014 ACA Calls for Coverage to Quit Smoking: Will Insurers do the Right Thing With the Great American Smoke Out tomorrow, November 20, an article in the New England Journal of Medicine calls …
UW Researchers Identify Key Reason Some Smokers May Struggle So Much to Quit
Nov. 12, 2014 UW Researchers Identify Key Reason Some Smokers May Struggle So Much to Quit University of Wisconsin researchers have identified a key reason smokers struggle so much to break their addiction. After quitting, …
Schlam Receives Research Award
UW-CTRI Researcher Dr. Tanya Schlam has been named a recipient of the 2014 William E. Scheckler Award for outstanding research. This award was established by the faculty council of the Department of Family Medicine in 1994, in honor of …
UW-CTRI Outreach Team Hosts Days of Learning Across Wisconsin
(Above, from left) UW-CTRI Director Dr. Michael Fiore and Outreach Specialists Allison Gorrilla and Amy Skora discuss how to help patients quit tobacco use during the Days of Learning event October 7 at Country Springs …
Study: Web Site Works Best As Stand-Alone Intervention to Help Patients Quit Smoking
When it comes to helping people quit smoking, more isn’t always better. UW-CTRI researchers have found that Smokefree.gov significantly helped patients quit smoking, but this effect was reduced when patients visiting the site also received periodic e-mail …
Anhedonia Could Be Key to Unlocking Tobacco Addiction
It may not be that feeling sad directly leads to failed quit attempts, but rather a pervasive inability to experience pleasure surrounding life activities that one normally enjoys, according to a paper recently published in the Journal of …