UW Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention
The Wisconsin State Journal wrote about how Epic software is prompting GHC staff to contact patients who smoke and offer help to quit. It’s part of a seven-year, $6.1 million R35 federal grant from the National Institutes of Health to UW-CTRI Director Dr. Michael Fiore. The goal of the grant is to overcome barriers to …
In an era of individualized treatment for patients through “precision medicine,” collecting biological data and integrating analysis within the outcomes of clinical trials has gained a newfound importance. A new paper in Nicotine and Tobacco Research outlines a framework that offers practical advice to help do that. “It’s clear that patients do not respond to …
UW-CTRI is ahead of schedule enrolling patients in the Quitting Using Intensive Treatments Study (QUITS). More than 580 smokers have enrolled with the goal set at 1000. Experienced health counselors are helping these patients to quit smoking. UW-CTRI Research Director Dr. Tim Baker and UW Cardiologist Dr. Jim Stein serve as Principal Investigators of the …
UW-CTRI has completed recruitment for a pilot study designed to encourage participants to practice the act of quitting smoking for up to a day at a time, then return to smoking by only puffing every 30 seconds without inhaling. “The whole idea behind this paced puffing is that we want them to practice quitting, but …