Popular Program Offers 2 Weeks of Free Medication Operation Quit Tobacco has helped more than 4,000 Wisconsin military troops and veterans quit smoking or chewing tobacco, like Daryl Bly of Ripon. The program offers free …
Month: September 2017
CNN Quotes Dr. Fiore on Tobacco Control TV Ads
Can You Guess the #1 Threat to Behavioral Health Patients?
Welcome to the site dedicated to helping providers with behavioral health patients to treat tobacco use. Here, you’ll find everything you’ll need to help your behavioral patients quit smoking, chewing, or vaping tobacco. It’s all part of …
Experts Meet at Epic to Expand EHR System to Help Smokers Quit
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 …
UW-Madison Adds Vaping to Campus Smoking Ban
Drs. Fiore and Mermelstein Present to NCI Board of Scientific Advisors
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 …
After David Bowie’s Death, Men’s Health Interviews Dr. Fiore About Smoking
Dr. Doug Jorenby Reaches 25 Years of UW-CTRI Service
Dr. Doug Jorenby began working on tobacco research before UW-CTRI became an official center in 1992, yet he swears he’s not the real Dr. Who. Jorenby began working with the group that would become UW-CTRI, …
BREATHE Study Exceeds Enrollment Goal for Project 1
UW-CTRI and its partners have surpassed the goal of enrolling 600 patients in the Cessation Project of the Breaking Addiction to Tobacco for Health (BREATHE) Study. In fact, this goal was reached in less than …