UW Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention
UW-CTRI in June will begin recruiting participants for the new Withdraw from Tobacco Study. Research Director Dr. Tim Baker is the principal investigator. The study, coordinated by UW-CTRI Assistant Scientist Dr. Jesse Kaye, will recruit 200 people to quit without medication for the first week. All participants then get eight weeks of combination nicotine-replacement medication …
For Wisconsin’s Oneida Nation, developing a robust stroke-awareness program is essential; one step in that project is tackling commercial tobacco, a leading cause of strokes. A group of Oneida Health Coaches, working with a UW team led by Sarah Thompson and including Dr. Michael Fiore, have partnered on a series of events to bring …
It appears that piling on multiple treatments to help people to quit tobacco use often produces diminishing returns. The findings, published in the journal Clinical Psychological Science, were discovered by UW-CTRI Research Director Dr. Tim Baker, UW-CTRI Director of Biostatistical Operations Dr. Stevens Smith and Professor of Educational Psychology Dr. Dan Bolt. They came to …
Chrysalis, a behavioral health recovery center in Madison, has made their campus tobacco-free. They also systematically help consumers quit tobacco use. These efforts have been supported during the past year by a grant from UW-CTRI known as the Bucket Approach Integration Awards. Chrysalis promotes mental health and substance use recovery by supporting work opportunities that …