UW-CTRI media round-up
UW-CTRI staff lassoed coverage in several news outposts in recent weeks. So tie up your horse while we rustle up this media round-up:
UW-CTRI staff lassoed coverage in several news outposts in recent weeks. So tie up your horse while we rustle up this media round-up:
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has named UW-CTRI Researcher and Pediatrician Dr. Brian Williams to the AAP Section on Nicotine and Tobacco Prevention and Treatment. Williams has agreed to an invitation to fill a two-year vacancy and is eligible to run for another three years if he chooses. “This is a tremendous honor,” Williams …
About half of teens ages 15-17 who currently vape tried to quit within the past year, according to PATH data from 2021-2023 published by UW-CTRI researchers in the journal JAMA Pediatrics. More than a third of those teens vaped on a daily (or near-daily) basis. “The good news is, half tried to quit and around …
22nd Century Group, Inc., which has permission from the FDA to market very-low nicotine cigarettes (VLNs) with reduced exposure claims, announced major updates to its Pinnacle line of products, including Pinnacle VLN Gold cigarettes and Pinnacle Menthol VLN cigarettes which will be sold at approximately 1,700 stores across 27 states. Sales to customers are expected to …
UW-CTRI Researcher Dr. Jesse Kaye represented the Center well at the 2025 UW Department of Medicine Research Day. He presented a talk and created a poster on the Smoking Treatment for Oncology Patients Study (the STOP Cancer Study), bringing home a Department Speaker Award. Dr. Kaye and Dr. Danielle McCarthy also served as poster judges …
When young adults do try to quit vaping nicotine, they generally aren’t using medications or formal programs to do so. This according to an analysis published by UW-CTRI researchers in JAMA Network Open. Want free help? Go to LiveVapeFree.com or ask your doctor if varenicline is right for you to quit vaping. The data came …
Rutgers researchers reported seeing Hyde nicotine strips for sale in a New Jersey vape shop. They’re also available virtually everywhere from various vendors online. They are similar to previous nicotine strips from other tobacco companies which were removed from the market in 2020 by the FDA. These flavored strips dissolve quickly on the tongue or roof …
Given that tobacco remains the leading cause of disease and death in the US, access to care to help people quit should be a basic human right, assert the authors of a new editorial in the journal Tobacco Induced Disease. While 21 municipalities in the US have already passed bills to ban tobacco sales to …
UW-CTRI co-hosted the inaugural UW-Madison Cannabis Research Conference at Union South on Earth Day, April 22, 2025. As dual use of nicotine and cannabis grows, and the state legislature considers legalization of cannabis use, UW-CTRI staff networked with other researchers, clinicians, farmers, and entrepreneurs. The conference was organized by an interdisciplinary group of UW faculty and staff …
UW-CTRI Research Director Dr. Danielle McCarthy talks to UW Health about why quitting tobacco use is so beneficial to cancer patients, and what UW is doing to facilitate it. To read more about the benefits, click here. For free help to quit tobacco use, visit www.quitline.wisc.edu.