UW Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention
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 …
United States Surgeon General Jerome Adams (above left) and UW-CTRI Director Dr. Michael Fiore discuss how to help people with behavioral health challenges to quit smoking. At the meeting June 14 in Washington, D.C., scholars discussed research, treatments, and public health campaigns designed to help address the fact that people with behavioral health challenges smoke …
The CDC National Center for Health Statistics released estimates from the National Health Interview Survey showing that 13.9 percent of US adults were cigarette smokers in 2017, the lowest level ever recorded by the survey (which began in 1957). This represents a significant decline from 15.8% in 2016. It is important to note that these …
According to research by Dr. Tanya Schlam and colleagues at UW-CTRI, smokers who used more nicotine gum (up to 5 pieces a day) with nicotine patches tended to have higher quit rates: 59% had quit smoking at 6 months. The findings are published in the journal Psychopharmacology: https://rdcu.be/MCsU
From Left: Jenna Otterholt of Tobacco Free Coalition of Central Wisconsin, UW-CTRI Senior Outreach Specialist Roger Dier, and UW-CTRI Outreach Specialist Alex Peeters spoke May 11 at a Seal-a-Smile event in Marshfield. They addressed approximately 60 dental professionals regarding tobacco addiction and referral resources to help people of various ages to quit smoking. “The crowd …
When Jeff Petersik decided to quit smoking by making a call to the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line, he knew it was long overdue. “I had been smoking for over 10 years, and I was getting sick more often,” said Petersik, a Milwaukee resident. “So it was mainly for my health. I wanted to live longer …
UW-CTRI staff and collaborators presented research findings at the University of Wisconsin Department of Medicine (DOM) Research Day June 15 at the Health Sciences Learning Center on the UW campus in Madison. This included an oral presentation by UW-CTRI Associate Director of Research Dr. Danielle McCarthy and five posters. Here’s a rundown: Presentation Dr. Danielle …
The UW Carbone Cancer Center is one of 22 NCI-designated cancer centers, and is collaborating with UW-CTRI to help cancer patients quit smoking. UW-CTRI Director Dr. Michael Fiore spoke with Cancer Today Magazine about the project.
A team of UW-CTRI researchers led by Dr. Jessica Cook have completed enrollment of a Merit Award study at the Veterans Administration (VA), enrolling 122 Veterans. They also have submitted an application for a second merit-award grant for a study that would help 500 more Veterans quit smoking or cut down. For the current Merit …
UW Associate Professor and Division Head, Hospital Medicine Dr. Ann Sheehy (right) spoke during the annual spring UW-CTRI staff meeting about a promising new tobacco-treatment protocol. Sheehy said UW Hospital will soon implement an Electronic Health Record (EHR)-based tobacco treatment intervention that allows pharmacists to meet with every inpatient who uses tobacco, and offer nicotine-replacement medications …