FACT students helped design this billboard now standing just outside of Poplar, Wisconsin, along Highway 2, seen by frequent traffic. The billboard, coordinated by Charmaine Swan from the American Lung Association, is located near a …
UW-CTRI Media Round-up: Talking Resolutions
Each January, people get around to talking ’bout their resolutions. UW-CTRI disseminated the news release, How to Quit Smoking: The 5 Best Tips for 2023 New Year’s Resolutions, via its media channels, and Google made it the …
Student Presents Poster on Nicotine Patch
UW-CTRI Student Julia Sales Leite recently presented her poster, The Impact of the Nicotine Patch on Sleep in Patients Undergoing Smoking Cessation Treatment, at the UW Undergraduate Research Symposium. She created the poster for her …
New Study Reveals Disparities Between Rural and Urban Healthcare Utilization
According to a new study published in Plos One, rural patients access healthcare services less than their urban counterparts, despite having more health concerns. “There is increasing evidence that rural residents are both sicker than …
Collaborators Empower African Americans to Quit Tobacco Use
UW-CTRI Researcher Dr. Adrienne Johnson presented research findings at the Quarterly Meeting & Celebration of the Wisconsin African American Tobacco Prevention Network (WAATPN) and Wisconsin Tobacco Prevention & Poverty Network (WTPPN) in December at Victory …
How to Quit Smoking: The 5 Best Tips for 2023 New Year’s Resolutions
1. Get free coaching and medications. 2. Hang out with people who don’t smoke or vape. 3. Avoid alcohol. 4. Replace tobacco with healthier options. 5. Change your routine.
Study Finds High Economic Burden of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Among Indigenous Populations
Smoking commercial tobacco products is a risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD). Indigenous people living in Wisconsin and throughout the nation experience significant health and financial burden from ADRD, according to new …
America’s Most Cited: UW-CTRI Researchers
Three UW-CTRI colleagues are among the top 100 tobacco-control researchers when it comes to paper citations in their careers. According to research by Dr. John Ioannidis and his team from Stanford University, out of more …
Study: Genetics May Help Providers Match Patients with Treatments to Quit Tobacco
One of the most difficult parts of quitting smoking is knowing what methods will work for any given patient; choosing between types of quit-aids and counseling can sometimes feel like a shot in the dark. …
SRNT President and Guideline Panelist Discusses Her Work to Help People Quit Commercial Tobacco
Before Dr. Patricia Nez Henderson was the first Indigenous President of the Society for Research on Nicotine or Tobacco (SRNT), she was a little Diné girl in Teesto, Arizona—a small community on the Navajo Reservation. …