UW Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention
Susan had smoked off and on for 40-some years and mentioned to her doctor that she wanted to quit. One day, the BREATHE 2 postcard arrived in her mail. “That’s how I found out about the study and it sounded interesting,” Susan said. She had set a goal to quit smoking and the study came …
UW-CTRI colleagues will present at the upcoming Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 2025 Annual Conference in New Orleans March 13-15. Here’s a rundown of UW-CTRI participation. Symposia Presentations Posters Watch for full coverage from New Orleans in the April!
Researchers from the Swedish Cancer Institute in Seattle—as well as from UW-CTRI and Texas A&M—recently published a paper in the Journal of American College Health on how college fraternity members’ social networks relate to vaping. Researchers studied 212 male participants and their “ego networks,” defined as a representation of the social relationships between each individual (ego) with …
UW-CTRI once again lassoed headlines locally and nationally. Saddle up! Nicotine Regulation Vape Check Study Menthols
If, at first, you don’t succeed in quitting smoking, try, try again; just know that standard treatments generally work about the same as enhanced ones. Among socioeconomically disadvantaged Wisconsin residents who called the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line and didn’t stay smoke-free, adding more treatment components like more counseling, more nicotine medication, and text message support …
Quitting smoking by changing to only vaping is associated with better resolution of wheezing, but still carries risks, according to a new study in Nicotine & Tobacco Research. However, coughing persisted the same for those who only vaped, as it did for those who continued smoking. What’s more—there is additional risk to trying to use …
The Vape Check study, a collaboration between the UW Atherosclerosis Imaging Research Program and UW-CTRI, opened recruitment with a news conference this week at the UW Science Drive Medical Center, formerly known as the Research Park Clinic. Journalists from more than a dozen outlets covered the opening of the study, supported by the National Institutes …