A team of UW-CTRI researchers led by Dr. Jessica Cook have completed enrollment of a Merit Award study at the Veterans Administration (VA), enrolling 122 Veterans. They also have submitted an application for a second …
Inpatient Tobacco-Cessation Program About to Begin at UW Hospital
UW Associate Professor and Division Head, Hospital Medicine Dr. Ann Sheehy (top right) spoke during the annual spring UW-CTRI staff meeting about a promising new tobacco-treatment protocol. Sheehy said UW Hospital will soon implement an Electronic …
Dr. Fiore Shares UW’s Work on Tobacco Cessation with Legislative Staff in Washington, DC
UW-CTRI Director Dr. Michael Fiore met with staff members of six legislators in Washington, DC who represent Wisconsin to share how the university helps patients quit tobacco use. Fiore focused on the statewide impact of …
Paper Reports New Analysis Method to Study Smokers’ Social Networks
For smokers who have smaller social networks, having even one supportive person can make all the difference in having a successful quit attempt, according to a new paper in Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. Researchers looked …
Crowd Follows Piper to Understand Tobacco Cessation and Effects on Social Networks
Referral Rates Vary Across Clinics in Quit-Smoking Study
UW-CTRI partnered with 11 health care clinics at two health systems to invite patients to participate in the UW Partnership to Assist and Serve Smokers (UW-PASS) study to help them quit smoking or reduce their …
Adsit Presents on Health Care Systems Change
UW-CTRI Outreach Director Rob Adsit and Wisconsin Department of Health Services Tobacco Disparities Coordinator Karen Doster presented at the Florida Tobacco Control Program Health Systems Symposium March 21-22, 2018. Wisconsin is one of only a …
How One Man Found Success to Quit Smoking
For Mustapha Kunjo, cigarettes used to be a way of life. “I used to always want to smoke cigarettes for most of my adult life, it was just something to do that I got hooked …
Quit Line Launches Enhancement, Offering New Web Enrollment
The Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line is now offering free web enrollment as a part of its services, thanks to several recent enhancements to the Quit Line in December. Under the new enhancements, users are able to …
U.S. Surgeon General, FDA Commissioner Talk Tobacco Control at SRNT in Baltimore
United States Surgeon General Jerome Adams spoke at the 2018 SRNT Annual Conference in front of a packed audience at the Hilton Baltimore. Adams talked passionately about treating tobacco use as “the ethical thing to …