UW Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention
Two free resources to help people quit smoking are available from the University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention (UW-CTRI), part of the UW School of Medicine and Public Health. These include the: UW-CTRI has served approximately 300,000 patients via research studies and outreach programs and led the development of the US Public …
Researchers examined the ways electronic health records and a new approach to tobacco cessation treatment could be used to help cancer patients quit smoking. The results, published in Cancer Epidemiology, are promising: before the new approach, only 3.2% of people who smoke got treatment and only 12.4 percent actually quit; after, those numbers peaked at …
A paper published today in JAMA shows that using varenicline for just three months with counseling was as effective to help people quit smoking as taking it longer—or in combination with the nicotine patch. “Previous research suggested that using varenicline for longer than 3 months—or along with the nicotine patch—could enhance its effectiveness,” said Dr. …
Wisconsin behavioral health providers who treat substance use disorders are required by October 2022 to formulate plans to assess and treat tobacco use and have a policy about smoke-free environments. It’s due to the State of Wisconsin’s revised Administrative Code Chapter 75. The revision includes updates to outdated language and improves upon provision of care …
UW-CTRI Researcher Dr. Thomas Piasecki has been named as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (affiliated with Division 50, Society of Addiction Psychology). He is also a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science and the recipient of research awards from the American Psychological Association, the Society for Nicotine and Tobacco Research, and the …