UW Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention
(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 Hotel in Waukesha. UW-CTRI researchers and outreach staff shared the latest news, evidence, and best practices on how to help …
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 messages from the study. “We hypothesized that this might be due to a degree of annoyance or fatigue felt by …
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 Consulting Clinical Psychology. The paper, based on UW-CTRI data from the Wisconsin Smokers’ Health Study (WSHS), revealed that clinical attention …