UW-CTRI Regional Outreach Specialist Amy Skora served on a panel regarding sustainability of tobacco treatment programs at a conference in Orlando, Florida. The Bureau of Tobacco-Free Florida hosted the Health Systems Change Symposium. “It was good to network,” Skora said, “and see what other states are doing.” Hot topics included how to incentivize clinicians to …
Researchers asked participants to stop smoking for one day, then used a novel combination of subjective, psychophysiological, and neuroimaging approaches to see what happened. Results published in PLOS One demonstrated that 24 hours of smoking abstinence potently increased fear and anxious mood. The researchers, from the University of Maryland, Wisconsin, and colleagues said this finding …
The Breaking Addiction to Tobacco for Health 2 (BREATHE 2) study continues to help patients at participating health systems who smoke explore their individual journey with tobacco. Participants in the BREATHE 2 Cessation project have certainly appreciated it. More than 92 percent of participants said they very often or always felt that their quit coach …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Madison, Wis.)— With the White House Office of Management and Budget considering the FDA’s proposed rule to ban menthol in cigarettes and all flavors in cigars, experts are offering people who smoke those products a lifeline for the Great American Smokeout this November. “A menthol ban would be a big change for …
Wisconsin Public Radio Morning Show Host Kate Archer Kent spoke with two state tobacco experts about a proposal in the state legislature to allow patrons to smoke cigars or cigarillos in new establishments that meet criteria for the percentage of sales from those products. Kent spoke with UW-CTRI Director of Research Dr. Danielle McCarthy about the …
When a health system reaches out to all their patients who smoke to talk about their tobacco journey, it spurs better health and saves money, according to a UW-CTRI paper in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Dr. Marlon Mundt, lead author, a researcher from UW-CTRI and the UW Department of Family Medicine and Community …
UW-CTRI Co-Founder and Director Dr. Michael Fiore was one of three presenters and the moderator for a national webinar sponsored by the National Cancer Institute as part of the Cancer Moonshot Seminar Series. Fiore, Dr. Betsy Rolland and Dr. Jessica Burris discussed how the Cancer Center Cessation Initiative (C3I) and its Coordinating Center, the latter …
The Nicotine Prevention Alliance of Central Wisconsin has been promoting the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line to people throughout Marathon, Wood, and Portage counties this fall. They’ve used funds from the JUUL settlement to reach young adults via TV, online devices and public display ads. Public Health Educator Jenna Flynn consulted with communications experts and learned …