The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health bestowed its highest honor for alumni to UW-CTRI Founding Director Dr. Michael Fiore. The award goes to an alumnus who has contributed significantly to public health. Dr. …
Month: October 2025
These vapes are also iPhone cases
We’ve seen “smart vapes” designed to look like smart phones, we’ve seen vapes that look like purses. Now vape products are built into iPhone cases. One brand, Humo Case, offers flavors like Blue Razz Ice, …
Rates of clinician advice to quit smoking low, especially among certain patients
UW-CTRI researchers and colleagues reviewed data from the 2015-2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health of American adults and found only around half of patients who used tobacco products recalled receiving advice from healthcare …
UW-CTRI contributes to new guidelines to treat adolescent vaping
UW-CTRI Director Dr. Hasmeena Kathuria and Research Director Dr. Megan Piper served on the American Thoracic Society expert panel who reviewed the latest evidence on adolescent vaping and made several important recommendations. Among them: Clinicians should consider prescribing varenicline …