More vaping was associated with less smoking and lower dependence on combustible tobacco products, according to a paper in the journal Addictive Behaviors by Dr. Anne Buu and co-authored by UW-CTRI Associate Director of Research …
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UW-CTRI Researchers to Present at SRNT Conference in San Francisco
UW-CTRI staff will present 17 times at SRNT 2019 in San Francisco, via seven presentations and 10 research posters. Pre-conference Workshop An Update to the Basics: Current Approaches for Measuring and Understanding Key Individual Differences …
UW-CTRI Staff Share Findings at UW Department of Medicine Research Day
UW-CTRI staff and collaborators presented research findings at the University of Wisconsin Department of Medicine (DOM) Research Day June 15 at the Health Sciences Learning Center on the UW campus in Madison. This included an …
Crowd Follows Piper to Understand Tobacco Cessation and Effects on Social Networks
UW-CTRI Presents Research at SRNT Baltimore
UW-CTRI researchers presented 14 times at the 2018 annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) at the Baltimore Hilton February 21-24. In addition to six podium presentations, there will be …
Exhale Study Completes Recruitment, Pulmonary Data Analysis Begins
Dr. Will Bringgold, a second-year resident with the UW Internal Medicine Department, is working with UW-CTRI Drs. Kristin Berg, Stevens Smith, and other colleagues to analyze baseline pulmonary data from the Exhale Study. The Exhale …
New Paper Explains Success of Factorial Designs in Tobacco Research
Factorial designs are highly efficient and useful in evaluating clinical intervention components, but only when done correctly, according to a new paper in Behavioral Therapy. The paper, by a slew of UW-CTRI researchers led by …
UW-CTRI Staff to Present at National Conference in Austin, Texas
UW-CTRI staff will present results from various projects pertaining to tobacco research and outreach at the 2017 National Conference on Tobacco or Health in Austin, Texas March 22-24. Here’s a rundown: Panel presentation, Using the …
Researchers Link Quit-Smoking Medications with Relieving Anhedonia
Researchers have found that nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) eases an inability to experience pleasure, especially shortly after quitting, according to a new paper published in Nicotine and Tobacco Research. UW-CTRI researcher Dr. Jessica Cook, the paper’s …
Smokers with Psychiatric Diagnoses Benefitted More from 16 Weeks of Medication than Those Without Such Diagnoses
It turns out that 16 weeks of quit-smoking medications improves quit rates, compared to 8 weeks of medications, for smokers with a history of psychiatric diagnoses, but not for those without such diagnoses in a recent UW-CTRI …