UW Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention
UW-CTRI’s Dr. Brian Williams remembers caring for a patient who was preparing for a transplant and the patient was concerned vaping would affect his transplant candidacy. Williams and colleague Dr. Jesse Kaye published a paper in Pediatric Transplantation on the importance of helping patients like him. “Given the close relationship that many pediatric transplant providers …
The 2024 UW-CTRI All-Staff Meeting was anything but typical. It was the first time in the Center’s 32 years that it marked the change of directors. Dr. Michael Fiore, who co-founded the organization with Dr. Tim Baker, and served as its founding director for 32 years, welcomed the group that included new UW-CTRI Director Dr. …
The Milwaukee Collaboration Project celebrated the contributions of the Community Advisory Board (CAB) last month in Milwaukee. The CAB is comprised of African American professionals, residents of Milwaukee with experience pertaining to tobacco use, and other state and national public health leaders. The CAB played an integral role in the pilot project, guiding the proposed …
UW-CTRI Health Counselors celebrate the completion of BREATHE 2 Project 1. From right: Health Counselors Amy Sorce, T.Jay Christenson, Tess Kuba, Kathleen Cantu, and Mari; Clinical Research Manager Meg Feyen, Health Counselor Chris Ripley, and Research Director Dr. Megan Piper. Kudos to the team! They also visited the event, Same Game Different Smokers, an exhibit exploring …
Prisons and jails are overdue in providing support to incarcerated individuals who use tobacco, wrote colleagues from UW-CTRI, the University of Colorado, and the University of California-San Francisco in a paper published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Anywhere between 50 to 80 percent of justice-involved people smoke. That’s much higher than the 11 …
In a pilot study, 35 percent of participants reported quitting smoking after taking part in a culturally tailored version of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) via phone and online sessions. Latine adults who smoked found it helpful. Participants also experienced declines in depression, anxiety, and psychological inflexibility. These results were published in the Journal of …
Dr. Hasmeena Kathuria officially began her work as the UW-CTRI Director on July 1, 2024, succeeding Dr. Michael Fiore, the founding director with Dr. Tim Baker. Kathuria met with UW-CTRI colleagues in Madison as well as Dr. Anjon Audhya, UW Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Basic Research, Biotechnology, and Graduate Studies. She also met …
When Kathy Chambers started helping patients at Dean Health Plan by Medica to quit smoking, she quickly realized not every person is on the same journey with tobacco use. Some smoke or vape a few times a day, some two packs a day. Some have smoked or chewed a few years, others for decades. “You …
A UW-CTRI campaign promoting the free, expanded services from the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line has increased use of the program throughout the state this spring. The campaign, “Doctors Refer to the Quit Line,” is based on UW-CTRI research that found that people who smoke or vape generally want advice from their physicians. It’s also founded …
An innovative program helped Black patients with rheumatoid arthritis to quit smoking, according to a new paper in Arthritis Care & Research. The program, Quit Connect (QC), prompts clinicians to refer patients to programs that help them address their smoking, At a safety-net rheumatology clinic, QC increased cessation referrals 20-fold. When clinic staff open their electronic …