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Year: 2019

Paper Calls on Oncologists to Help Patients Quit Smoking

Posted on December 6, 2019

Oncology centers should make tobacco treatment a fourth pillar of their care, according to a recent paper published in JAMA Network by UW-CTRI Director Dr. Michael Fiore, UW Carbone Cancer Center Assistant Scientist Dr. Heather …

Posted in 2019 Articles

UW-CTRI Outreach Specialist Featured on Statewide Webinar for Wisconsin Cancer Council

Posted on December 6, 2019

UW-CTRI Regional Outreach Specialist Allison Gorrilla (right) presented the November Networking Webinar for the Wisconsin Cancer Council. Her topic was Tobacco Treatment for Cancer Patients Who Smoke. She covered: Special strategies for working with cancer …

Posted in 2019 Articles

Drs. Piper and Fiore Educate State Legislators on Vaping, Tobacco Purchasing Age

Posted on December 4, 2019

UW-CTRI Associate Director of Research Dr. Megan Piper and UW-CTRI Director Dr. Michael Fiore both offered insight on the research pertaining to two important current issues: Vaping and the legal age to purchase nicotine products. …

Posted in 2019 Articles

New Grant at Madison VA will Reach Out to Veterans Who Smoke and Offer Help

Posted on December 4, 2019

The US Department of Veterans Affairs awarded a new $1 million grant to the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital in Madison to be the first ever to evaluate a chronic-care system designed to help …

Posted in 2019 Releases

New Grant to Evaluate eReferral to the Quit Line

Posted on December 4, 2019

A new grant from the UW Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (UW-ICTR) will evaluate electronic referrals from primary-care clinics to the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line. The grant, led by UW-CTRI Associate Director of Research …

Posted in 2019 Articles

BREATHE 2: UW-CTRI Receives $14 Million Grant

Posted on November 19, 2019

UW-CTRI Receives $14M Grant from National Cancer Institute to Partner with Health Systems, Match Quit-Smoking Treatments to Individual Patients: UW-CTRI’s Fifth Straight Center Grant MADISON—In a first, researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of …

Posted in 2019 Releases

Study: How Genetic Markers May Impact Side Effects from Nicotine Replacement Therapy 

Posted on November 7, 2019

The University of Wisconsin Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center (TTURC) recently published a study in Nicotine and Tobacco Research suggesting that, while taking nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), specific genetic markers can cause more severe adverse …

Posted in 2019 Articles

QUITS Participant Rocks a Smoke-free Life

Posted on November 6, 2019

Michele McCall didn’t just quit smoking with help from the Quitting Using Intensive Treatment Study (QUITS)—she used the time and money she spent on smoking to start an ‘80s rock band. Now, every breath she …

Posted in 2019 Articles

Teenager, Doctors Warn About Effects of Vaping

Posted on October 3, 2019

Dr. Vivek Balasubramaniam, a UW Health pediatric pulmonologist, and teen Logan Krahn today warned youth about the dangers of vaping. Doctors urged children and teens to never vape, and all Wisconsin residents who smoke, vape, …

Posted in 2019 Articles

Dr. Fiore Discusses Smoking and Vaping with Wisconsin Public Radio

Posted on October 2, 2019

UW-CTRI Director Dr. Michael Fiore was a guest on Wisconsin Public Radio’s show “Central Time” during the afternoon commute to discuss smoking and vaping. They talked about the fact that an average of 19 people …

Posted in 2019 Articles
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