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FOR RELEASE Program to Help Fond du Lac County Smokers Quit FOND DU LAC—Striving to Quit, a project to help BadgerCare Plus and Medicaid members quit smoking, will be available to eligible Fond du Lac County residents beginning on Monday, Jan. 5. Striving to Quit offers enhanced coaching from the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line and …
Nov. 19, 2014 ACA Calls for Coverage to Quit Smoking: Will Insurers do the Right Thing With the Great American Smoke Out tomorrow, November 20, an article in the New England Journal of Medicine calls on insurers across the country to comply with the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and do the right thing to help …
Nov. 12, 2014 UW Researchers Identify Key Reason Some Smokers May Struggle So Much to Quit University of Wisconsin researchers have identified a key reason smokers struggle so much to break their addiction. After quitting, many smokers suffer from anhedonia, a pervasive inability to experience pleasure during life activities that one normally enjoys, according to a …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Chris Hollenback, 608-262-3902 ch3[at]ctri.wisc.edu Labor (Day) of Love: Smokers Quit for Loved Ones, Themselves On Labor Day, smokers called the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line to quit smoking not just for their own health, but for the health of those around them. Quitting isn’t easy, they said. But it’s a labor of …
Among Menthol Smokers, African American Women Struggle Most to Quit MADISON—Menthol flavoring may make it harder to quit smoking cigarettes, especially for African-American women, according to a new study published online by the journal Addiction. In a series of analyses of a large quit-smoking clinical trial, investigators from the University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco …
UW School of Medicine and Public Health Gets New $12 Million Grant New “BREATHE” Study Will Help Smokers Quit The University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention (UW-CTRI) has received a new $12 million grant from the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute to help patients in the Milwaukee and …
JAMA Article Highlights 50th Anniversary of First Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking Recommends Key Changes Going Forward JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, today published an article marking the 50th anniversary of the first U.S. Surgeon General’s report on smoking, and recommends key policy changes necessary to end the disease and death caused …