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  2. Year: 2016
  3. Month: September

Month: September 2016

Another BREATHE Innovation: Unique Clinic Feedback

Posted on September 25, 2016

UW-CTRI staff working on the Breaking Addiction to Tobacco for Health (BREATHE) study are conducting qualitative research to understand how an innovative referral method is working in clinics. Clinic staff from Aurora Health Care and …

Posted in 2016 Articles

Pioneers Honored for Helping Behavioral Health Patients

Posted on September 2, 2016

The Wisconsin Nicotine Treatment Integration Project (WiNTiP) last month honored co-founder and managing consultant David “Mac” Macmaster for his leadership, passion and tireless efforts to help people with behavioral health issues to quit tobacco use …

Posted in 2016 Articles

BREATHE: What 3 Things Helped Gary Quit Smoking?

Posted on September 2, 2016

UW-CTRI continues to partner with Aurora Health Care and Dean Clinic throughout southern Wisconsin on Breaking Addiction to Tobacco for Health (BREATHE), the first study to test a chronic-care model for patients who relapse to smoking …

Posted in 2016 Articles

Oncology Partnership Stays Strong

Posted on September 2, 2016

UW-CTRI outreach staff have continued to work alongside Wisconsin Oncology Network cancer centers to educate providers on how to help patients quit tobacco use. This project is made possible by funding from the UW Carbone …

Posted in 2016 Articles

Experts Meet at Epic to Discuss R35 Grant Activities to Help Smokers Quit

Posted on September 2, 2016

A group of experts from around the country met at Epic Systems headquarters in Verona, Wisconsin last week to discuss plans to better design electronic health records (EHR) technology to help healthcare professionals help their …

Posted in 2016 Articles

7 Tobacco Research Priorities Presenting to NCI Board

Posted on September 2, 2016

UW-CTRI Director Dr. Michael Fiore and Dr. Robin Mermelstein of the University of Illinois at Chicago last week presented tobacco control research priorities to the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Board of Scientific Advisors (BSA) on …

Posted in 2016 Articles

UW-CTRI Staff Attend Statewide Conference

Posted on September 2, 2016

UW-CTRI Outreach staff attended the annual state conference of the Wisconsin Tobacco Prevention and Control Program. Here, Christy Vogt of the Wisconsin Department of Health Services speaks to the group. Several UW-CTRI staff members attended the annual Tobacco …

Posted in 2016 Articles, Allie Gorrilla, Amy Grebe

UW-CTRI Partnership Helps Inmates Stay Smoke-Free

Posted on September 2, 2016

UW-CTRI has begun working with the Wisconsin Department of Corrections to help ensure inmates stay smoke-free following their release from prison. DOC’s interest in inmate smoking relapse reflects their core objective of working with inmates …

Posted in 2016 Articles

Fiore Attends White House HUD Meeting on Implementation of Proposed Smoke-free Rule

Posted on September 2, 2016

Dr. Michael Fiore attended a meeting on the US Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) proposed rule to make all public housing smoke-free at the White House in Washington, DC. At the meeting, a panel of HUD housing …

Posted in 2016 Articles, Michael Fiore

JAMA: Study Shows 3 Treatments Have Similar Results

Posted on September 2, 2016

Research shows three medications combined with coaching to quit smoking—a pill called varenicline (Chantix), the nicotine patch alone, and a combination of nicotine-replacement medications—helped about the same percentage of participants to quit smoking. These results, …

Posted in 2016 Articles
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