UW Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention
But Will Future Administrations Address the High Death Toll from Smoking? The seven years of the Obama Administration has been associated with an accelerated rate of decline in smoking rates, according to a paper published today in the New England Journal of Medicine. But, will future Administrations keep it going? Since Obama took office in …
News for Immediate Release Contact: Chris Hollenback, 608-262-3902 ch3@medicine.wisc.edu Study: Want More Friends? Quit Smoking A common fear of many smokers who want to quit is that they will lose many people in their social network―family, friends or co-workers―when they quit. In fact, the opposite is true, according to a new study …
UW-CTRI Researcher Dr. Kristin Berg presents research during a meeting in Madison. UW-CTRI Director of Clinical Services Dr. Doug Jorenby was recently awarded the Department of Medicine’s Division of General Internal Medicine Faculty Excellence in Research Award, which was formally presented during a July 6 meeting at University Research Park. The award was part of a general celebration of …
An innovative new website trains healthcare providers on how to help behavioral health patients to quit smoking. On the site, videos feature insight from providers who have integrated tobacco treatment into their recovery programs or mental healthcare programs. Providers can also use the site to develop a personalized treatment plan. On the site, users can create an account, …
UW-CTRI is partnering with Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare and Gundersen Health System on a new clinical trial to test an innovative functionality in electronic health records (EHR) that allows clinicians to electronically refer patients who use tobacco to the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line. The trial, known as the Quit Line Referral Method Study, includes 24 clinics, a dozen each …