March 19, 2015 BadgerCare Plus Members Can Get Gift Cards for Quitting Smoking An innovative program has helped nearly 2,000 Wisconsin Medicaid members to quit smoking, but time is running out for Milwaukee County residents …
Year: 2015
UW Awarded $3.7 Million Grant to Study E-cigs
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 …
Dean Physician a Champion for BREATHE Study
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 …
BREATHE Study Begins Helping Patients
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 …
UW-CTRI Staff Present Research at 2015 SRNT Conference in Philly
UW-CTRI colleagues joined hundreds of researchers and healthcare professionals gathered at the Marriott hotel in downtown Philadelphia for the 2015 Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco annual meeting. Researchers presented more than 300 pages …
Quit Line Helps Mother and Daughter Stop Smoking
After smoking for 50 years, Claudia Anderson decided it was time for a change. Her daughter, Nicole Nelson, had quit smoking, so she decided to try to follow suit. Anderson had quit cold turkey once …