UW-CTRI staff recently partnered with staff from across the CDC to develop a practical template for an evidence-based tobacco cessation intervention protocol. The protocol, developed for the Million Hearts Program, is available for clinicians to …
Year: 2016
Wisconsin Women’s Health Foundation Partners with UW-CTRI on New Grant
A new grant from the Wisconsin Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (UW-ICTR) will allow the Wisconsin Women’s Health Foundation (WWHF) to partner with UW-CTRI to help pregnant women quit, and to stay smoke-free after giving …
ALA Report Highlights UW-CTRI’s Medicaid Covers It Campaign
A new report from the national American Lung Association looked at 5 states’ approaches to promoting tobacco cessation benefits for Medicaid enrollees, including Wisconsin’s. The report, entitled “Approaches to Promoting Medicaid Tobacco Cessation Coverage: Promising …
Smokers with Psychiatric Diagnoses Benefitted More from 16 Weeks of Medication than Those Without Such Diagnoses
It turns out that 16 weeks of quit-smoking medications improves quit rates, compared to 8 weeks of medications, for smokers with a history of psychiatric diagnoses, but not for those without such diagnoses in a recent UW-CTRI …
Dr. Danielle McCarthy Returns to UW-CTRI as Associate Professor of Medicine
Dr. Danielle McCarthy has joined UW-CTRI as an Associate Professor of Medicine. She serves as an Associate Director of Research at UW-CTRI along with Associate Director of Research Dr. Megan Piper. McCarthy splits her time …
US Interagency Committee Discusses Cessation
Above: Dr. Michael Fiore speaks at the US Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health meeting near the US Capitol in Washington, DC. The Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health (ICSH) met at the Hubert H. …
More Hospitals Help Inpatients Quit Smoking
In an editorial recently published in The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, UW-CTRI Director Dr. Michael Fiore and UW-CTRI Outreach Director Rob Adsit wrote about their optimism that more hospital staff will seize …
3 Ways People with Mental Illness Can Quit Smoking
News for Immediate Release Contact: Chris Hollenback, 608-262-3902 ch3@medicine.wisc.edu 3 Ways for People with Mental Illness to Quit Smoking May is Mental Health Awareness Month About 26% of Americans (56 million) have a mental illness, …