Overall cancer death rates continue to decline in men and women for all racial and ethnic groups in the United States, according to the latest Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer. From 2003 to 2018, under the leadership of Dr. Bob Croyle as Director of the Division of Cancer Control and …
Researchers tested a new way to bring smoking cessation to smokers with mood disorders—a group with high smoking rates but low success with traditional quitting methods. The study, published in Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, was centered around using smartphones for mindfulness exercises—in combination with “contingency management,” or rewards for demonstrated improvement—during a quit attempt, and …
The state of Wisconsin Department of Health Services is working to incorporate tobacco treatment into the training of peer specialists as they work to become certified. Specifically, it is using a report created by UW-CTRI in collaboration with two certified peer specialists. The report, called Roles for Certified Peer Specialists to Support Peers as they …