For the first time, Wisconsin tobacco users can send a quick text to sign up for free services from the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line. People who want to quit smoking, vaping, or chewing nicotine can …
News Releases
New Grant at Madison VA will Reach Out to Veterans Who Smoke and Offer Help
The US Department of Veterans Affairs awarded a new $1 million grant to the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital in Madison to be the first ever to evaluate a chronic-care system designed to help …
BREATHE 2: UW-CTRI Receives $14 Million Grant
UW-CTRI Receives $14M Grant from National Cancer Institute to Partner with Health Systems, Match Quit-Smoking Treatments to Individual Patients: UW-CTRI’s Fifth Straight Center Grant MADISON—In a first, researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of …
CDC: Youth Nicotine Use Increased During 2017-2018
About 4.9 million middle and high school students were current users (used in the past 30 days) of some type of tobacco product in 2018, up from 3.6 million in 2017. This increase—driven by a …
New England Journal of Medicine: Only Half of Cancer Patients Who Smoke Get Help to Quit; NCI Aims to Fix It
While many smokers make New Year’s resolutions to quit smoking, only about half of cancer patients who smoke are offered help to quit by their oncology teams. That’s a lost opportunity, wrote experts in a …
FDA Gives E-cigarette Companies 60 Days Notice
The FDA announced vaping companies have 60 days to demonstrate they can keep their devices out of the hands of children or the government will consider removing their products from the market. More than 2 …
UW Receives $7 Million Grant to Test New Medication Combination to Help Smokers Quit
MILWAUKEE—People in the Milwaukee and Madison areas who want to quit smoking can get free medication and coaching starting today, thanks to a $7 million 4-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to the …
Small Financial Incentives Reap Big Rewards to Help People Quit Smoking
Low-income smokers who received modest payments to quit smoking not only were 57% more likely to quit—but the cost per quitter turned out to be less than for those who didn’t receive those incentives. According …
NEJM: Smoking Rate Decreased Markedly During Obama’s Tenure
The seven years of the Obama Administration has been associated with an accelerated rate of decline in smoking rates, according to a paper published today in the New England Journal of Medicine. But, will future Administrations keep it going?
UW-CTRI Director Wins Ochsner Award
UW-CTRI Director Dr. Michael Fiore is a recipient of the 2016 Alfred Ochsner Award for his contributions to helping people quit tobacco use and live longer, healthier lives. Dr. Ramaswamy Govindan also received the award, …