More than 1,577 campuses nationwide have a 100 percent smoke- or tobacco-free policy in place, and six Wisconsin campuses are joining that list—at least for one day. Marquette University, UW-Whitewater, UW-La Crosse, and Wisconsin Indianhead …
Year: 2015
Wisconsin 4th in Nation in Quit-Smoking Attempts
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 19, 2015 Wisconsin 4th in Nation in Quit-Smoking Attempts Study Shows Demand is High for Help to Quit MADISON—A new CDC report shows Wisconsin is among the states with the highest percentage …
Adsit Named to Wisconsin Cancer Council Leadership Team
The Wisconsin Cancer Council has named UW-CTRI Outreach Director Rob Adsit to its leadership team for a one-year term in 2016. Adsit joins a diverse group of 16 members chaired by Dr. Patrick Conway, Radiation …
WINTIP Films Videos for Interactive Training Module
The Wisconsin Nicotine Treatment Integration Project (WiNTiP) on September 14 filmed a day’s worth of videos in preparation for a new online training tool. The interactive site will teach clinicians how best to assist patients …
New England Journal of Medicine: New Policy Could End Smoking
Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015 To speak to a UW-CTRI expert, contact Communications Experts Call on FDA to Use Authority to Lower Nicotine in Cigarettes Below Addictive Levels; New Study Shows Policy Would Potentially Eliminate Smoking …
UW-CTRI Publishes 4 Articles in Journal Addiction
An ambitious, National Cancer Institute-funded, multi-experiment evaluation of over 15 smoking treatments identified ones that were especially helpful to smokers. Amongst the findings were that smokers who got coaching and medications before a quit attempt—along with …
UW-CTRI Staff Present at North American Quitline Consortium Conference
UW-CTRI staff last month presented at the 2015 North American Quitline Consortium (NAQC) Conference, “The Future of Quitlines: Refining and Redefining Our Practices for Success!” l at the Crowne Plaza in Atlanta. UW-CTRI Outreach Director and NAQC …
Exhale Study Participants Smoke and Vape for Science in Annex
More than 700 people have volunteered for the UW-CTRI study examining how people use e-cigarettes and combustible cigarettes. Almost 30 participants have enrolled in the study and about half have attended their first two visits …
New EHR System to Refer Smokers to the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line
UW-CTRI’s efforts to use electronic health records (EHR) to refer patients to the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line (QL) has taken another step with the completion of a second-generation system. UW-CTRI has partnered with Epic, the …
UW-CTRI Staff Present at Conference Focused on Vulnerable Populations
UW-CTRI staff presented 5 posters at the National Conference on Tackling Tobacco Use in Vulnerable Populations in Bethesda, Maryland. UW-CTRI Outreach Specialist Allison Gorrilla presented 2 posters on her work with the Wisconsin American Lung …