UW Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention
UW-CTRI researchers have revised a questionnaire that researchers and clinicians can use to assess tobacco withdrawal. It’s called the Wisconsin Smoking Withdrawal Scale version 3 (WSWS 3) and it was published in the journal Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. Based on the Withdraw From Tobacco study, led by UW-CTRI Co-founder and Associate Director Dr. Tim Baker …
The UW Division of General Internal Medicine has bestowed the 2026 Faculty Excellence in Research Award to UW-CTRI Director of Veterans Research Dr. Jessica Cook, PhD. The award recognizes excellence in independent research, scholarly productivity, innovation, impact on the field, and contributions to fostering scholarship within GIM. Nominators highlighted Cook’s nationally recognized research program, her …
UW-CTRI colleagues presented and served in a plethora of roles at the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) 2026 Annual Conference in Baltimore. Here is a rundown: Pre-conference workshops UW-CTRI Researcher Dr. Jesse Kaye and Dr. Andrea Weinberger were workshop co-chairs for “Tobacco and Cannabis Co–Use Through a Health Equity Lens.” At that …
A UW-CTRI paper used a sophisticated analytic approach to determine a set of baseline predictors for treatment outcomes in the BREATHE 1 Motivation Study led by Dr. Jessica Cook. The primary study found that some treatment components yielded unintended adverse clinical outcomes. This new paper sought to explain these effects. The results, published in Addictive Behaviors, found that the …
The US Veterans Administration (VA) and Department of Defense (DoD) have collaboratively developed a new evidence-based clinical practice guideline to help veterans and military personnel quit tobacco use. UW-CTRI Director of Veterans Research Dr. Jessica Cook served as one of 10 tobacco experts on a workgroup that developed it. The workgroup met weekly since June 2024 and gathered …
While smoking is the leading cause of preventable disease and death among US Veterans, only 70 to 90 percent of Vets are ready to quit smoking when offered help. Researchers from UW-CTRI and the VA hope to pinpoint how to help more Vets feel ready to quit smoking, thanks to a new $2.7 million grant …
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. …
UW-CTRI colleagues presented (or were co-authors on) 12 unique sets of findings at the upcoming Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 2024 Annual Conference March 20-23 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Here’s a rundown of UW-CTRI involvement. Preconference Workshops 1. Drs. Adrienne Johnson, Hasmeena Kathuria, and Brian Williams, preconference workshop. Tobacco Treatments Across the Ages. This …
Colleagues from UW-CTRI celebrated the 31st year of the Center and honored four long-time employees who are retiring or switching roles. They honored Dr. Wendy Theobald, Marie Larson, Dr. Michael Fiore and Dr. Doug Jorenby for their years of contributions to helping people quit tobacco use. While Theobald, Larson, and Jorenby are fully retiring, UW-CTRI …
UW-CTRI colleagues presented their research findings at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) in San Antonio, Texas. See what they presented below. Researcher Dr. Adrienne Johnson co-chaired a pre-conference session called Tobacco Treatments that Work for Priority Populations. During that pre-conference, Research Director Dr. Danielle McCarthy presented preliminary results …