Youth who vape were more addicted in 2022 than they were in 2017, according to a study published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research. The study tracked 23,145 teenagers in the USA, Canada and England online for five years. Researchers, led by Dr. David Hammond of the University of Waterloo in Canada, used four dependence indicators …
The US Veterans Administration (VA) selected UW-CTRI Director of Veterans Research Dr. Jessica Cook as one of 10 tobacco experts to serve on a workgroup that will help develop the Clinical Practice Guideline for Tobacco Cessation for veterans. The workgroup will advise the VA and Department of Defense (DoD) Evidence Based Practice Work Group (EBPWG) …
UW-CTRI Researcher Dr. Adrienne Johnson (left at podium) spoke last night at an event hosted by the Wisconsin African American Tobacco Prevention Network at the Black Holocaust Museum in Milwaukee. With Johnson (from left) are artist Tracy Brown, Pastor Teresa Thomas-Boyd, and Edgar Mendez. It was the opening of the Same Game, Different Smoker exhibit …
For people who both smoke and vape, there will be new paths to help them address their relationship with nicotine. The Avenues Study will begin soon, thanks to a $4.3 million grant from the National Cancer Institute. UW-CTRI Research Director Dr. Megan Piper and UW-CTRI Associate Director Dr. Tim Baker will lead the study. Recruitment …