News for Immediate Release Contact: Chris Hollenback, 608-262-3902 ch3@medicine.wisc.edu UW Awarded $3.7 Million Grant to Study E-cigs As the federal government considers how to regulate electronic cigarettes (e-cigs), the University of Wisconsin has been awarded a $3.7 million grant to further study them over the next five years. The grant is sponsored by the National …
Dr. Divya Sharma remembers seeing a patient whose mother had implored her to quit smoking from her death bed. The patient wanted desperately to quit but didn’t know how. Dr. Sharma hugged her and helped her get started, but wished she had more time and resources to offer. Now as the physician coordinator from Dean …
UW-CTRI launched its primary research study, Breaking Addiction to Tobacco for Health (BREATHE) January 20 at the Dean Health Care clinic in Janesville and the Aurora Health Care clinic at Sinai Hospital in Milwaukee. More than 100 referrals have already come in and health counselors are following up. Under the BREATHE project, any smoker who visits a …