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  2. Year: 2019
  3. Month: February

Month: February 2019

Medicaid Promotes Tobacco-Cessation Benefit to Providers, Members

Posted on February 14, 2019

The State of Wisconsin and UW-CTRI partnered to promote the Wisconsin Medicaid Cessation Benefit, which provides no-cost tobacco cessation counseling and pharmacotherapy services to help people with low incomes quit smoking, vaping, or chewing tobacco …

Posted in 2019 Articles

Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line Helped 11,000 in 2018, Including Caller Mary Tucker

Posted on February 11, 2019

Mary Tucker started smoking when she was 15, while her young brain was still growing, and kept lighting up for 50 years. But, late in 2018, she quit for good with the help of the …

Posted in 2019 Articles

CDC: Youth Nicotine Use Increased During 2017-2018

Posted on February 11, 2019

About 4.9 million middle and high school students were current users (used in the past 30 days) of some type of tobacco product in 2018, up from 3.6 million in 2017. This increase—driven by a …

Posted in 2019 Releases

Oncologist Dr. Jim Cleary Helps UW-CTRI Conduct High-Quality Research

Posted on February 11, 2019

Dr. Jim Cleary continues to serve as the head of the UW-CTRI Data and Statistical Management Committee, even after moving from Wisconsin and the UW Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center (UWCCC) to Indiana to become the …

Posted in 2019 Articles

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