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 …
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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, …
NEJM: Smoking Rate Decreased Markedly During Obama’s Tenure
But Will Future Administrations Address the High Death Toll from Smoking? The seven years of the Obama Administration has been associated with an accelerated rate of decline in smoking rates, according to a paper …
Study: Want More Friends? Quit Smoking
News for Immediate Release Contact: Chris Hollenback, 608-262-3902 ch3@medicine.wisc.edu Study: Want More Friends? Quit Smoking A common fear of many smokers who want to quit is that they will lose many …
3 Ways People with Mental Illness Can Quit Smoking
News for Immediate Release Contact: Chris Hollenback, 608-262-3902 ch3@medicine.wisc.edu 3 Ways for People with Mental Illness to Quit Smoking May is Mental Health Awareness Month About 26% of Americans (56 million) have a mental illness, …