Youth who vape were more addicted in 2022 than they were in 2017, according to a study published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research. The study tracked 23,145 teenagers in the USA, Canada and England online …
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New $4.3 Million Grant Offers Avenues to Help Dual Users Quit Smoking
For people who both smoke and vape, there will be new paths to help them address their relationship with nicotine. The Avenues Study will begin soon, thanks to a $4.3 million grant from the National …
UW-CTRI Staffers Present at Conference in Edinburgh
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 …
Study Finds Connection Between Smoking Withdrawal and Fear, Anxiety
Researchers asked participants to stop smoking for one day, then used a novel combination of subjective, psychophysiological, and neuroimaging approaches to see what happened. Results published in PLOS One demonstrated that 24 hours of smoking …
BREATHE 2 Coaches Appreciated as Study Nears Full Recruitment
The Breaking Addiction to Tobacco for Health 2 (BREATHE 2) study continues to help patients at participating health systems who smoke explore their individual journey with tobacco. Participants in the BREATHE 2 Cessation project have …
Collaborators Meet in Milwaukee with Community Advisory Board
The Milwaukee Collaboration Project held its first Community Advisory Board (CAB) meeting in August. The CAB is comprised of African American professionals, residents of Milwaukee, and other state and national public health leaders. The CAB …
Study: College Students Vape Much More Than They Realize
A new study found, for the first time, that vaping reported from memory by college students is significantly less than vaping recorded with real-time measures. The research, led by Dr. Anne Buu and colleagues from …
New Research Gives Those Who Vape a Voice
JUUL Labs has settled with several states after an investigation into its marketing and sales tactics to youth. Part of the settlement includes a $14.7 million allocation to Wisconsin, which will be spread out over …
Deep in the Heart of Texas, UW-CTRI Presents at SRNT 2023
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 …
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 …