UW Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention
The American Lung Association (ALA) has selected UW-CTRI Researcher Dr. Bruce Christiansen as the recipient of the 2017 C. Everett Koop Unsung Hero Award. ALA will formally recognize Christiansen at their annual awards dinner in June. Christiansen has worked tirelessly to serve the most vulnerable of smokers, including those who are homeless, struggle with addiction …
UW-CTRI is celebrating a quarter-century of work to help patients quit tobacco use. “I owe a lot to this quit-smoking study,” said Mike Eheler (above), a father-of-four who quit smoking with help from the Wisconsin Smokers’ Health Study. “Without the help, I don’t think I would have quit.” He’s now healthy enough to play ball …
Wisconsin Public Radio interviewed UW-CTRI Director of Clinical Services Dr. Doug Jorenby about youth vaping. To see Dr. Jorenby’s research on people who both smoke and vape, click here.
In a city that displays art by the likes of Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, five UW-CTRI staff members presented research findings to peers at the 2017 Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) Annual Meeting March 8-11. UW-CTRI Associate Research Director Dr. Megan Piper (above) served as the discussant at the symposium “Time-varying …
Factorial designs are highly efficient and useful in evaluating clinical intervention components, but only when done correctly, according to a new paper in Behavioral Therapy. The paper, by a slew of UW-CTRI researchers led by corresponding author and UW-CTRI Research Director Dr. Tim Baker, serves as a primer to help researchers determine when a factorial …
UW-CTRI staff will present results from various projects pertaining to tobacco research and outreach at the 2017 National Conference on Tobacco or Health in Austin, Texas March 22-24. Here’s a rundown: For a preview of UW-CTRI presentations at the annual conference of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT), click here.
UW Health is set to implement a system to refer patients who want to quit smoking to the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line (WTQL), using their electronic health record (EHR), referred to as eReferral, in all its outpatient clinics by the middle of 2017. UW Health’s Yahara Clinic is piloting the system in its electronic health …
UW-CTRI Associate Director of Research Dr. Megan Piper was voted Secretary/Treasurer of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) for a second 3-year team, the society announced. Piper will continue to serve as part of the SRNT Board of Directors, participating in monthly conference calls with Executive Director Bruce Wheeler and other board members. In …
(Status: Data under analysis for dissemination) Most smokers who try to quit do not succeed. Even if they use evidence-based treatment, only approximately 10% to 30% achieve long-term abstinence. It is known that strong craving for cigarettes is a powerful reason many smokers fail in their quit attempts. Unfortunately, medication and cessation counseling are only …