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  2. Year: 2017
  3. Month: June

Month: June 2017

3 Ways for People with Mental Illness to Quit Smoking

Posted on June 20, 2017

About 26% of Americans (56 million) have a mental illness, and about 36% of them smoke cigarettes (NIMH, CDC). In comparison, 17% of all adults smoke cigarettes (NHIS 2015).

Posted in 2017 Articles

Study: Want More Friends? Quit Smoking

Posted on June 20, 2017

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.

Posted in 2017 Articles

NEJM: Smoking Rate Decreased Markedly During Obama’s Tenure

Posted on June 20, 2017

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?

Posted in News Releases

UW-CTRI Director Wins National Award

Posted on June 20, 2017

The Ochsner Award is named in honor of Doctor Alton Ochsner, co-founder of the Ochsner Clinic in New Orleans. In 1939, he was first to publish evidence relating tobacco smoking as the major cause of lung cancer.

Posted in 2017 Articles

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