Adult Cigarette Smoking Rate Overall Hits All-time Low
2014 Articles
UW-CTRI Prepares to Launch BREATHE Study
UW-CTRI is making final preparations to roll out its primary research study, Breaking Addiction to Tobacco for Health (BREATHE). This center grant study is set to launch January 20 at the Dean Health Care clinic in …
Researchers Hope to Further Link Genetics to Quit-Smoking Treatments
Could a doctor someday use a smoker’s genetics to tailor treatments? We’re not there yet, but researchers are working on it, if only in the early stages. Dr. Li-Shiun Chen of Washington University in St. …
Schlam Receives Research Award
UW-CTRI Researcher Dr. Tanya Schlam has been named a recipient of the 2014 William E. Scheckler Award for outstanding research. This award was established by the faculty council of the Department of Family Medicine in 1994, in honor of …
UW-CTRI Outreach Team Hosts Days of Learning Across Wisconsin
(Above, from left) UW-CTRI Director Dr. Michael Fiore and Outreach Specialists Allison Gorrilla and Amy Skora discuss how to help patients quit tobacco use during the Days of Learning event October 7 at Country Springs …
Study: Web Site Works Best As Stand-Alone Intervention to Help Patients Quit Smoking
When it comes to helping people quit smoking, more isn’t always better. UW-CTRI researchers have found that Smokefree.gov significantly helped patients quit smoking, but this effect was reduced when patients visiting the site also received periodic e-mail …
Anhedonia Could Be Key to Unlocking Tobacco Addiction
It may not be that feeling sad directly leads to failed quit attempts, but rather a pervasive inability to experience pleasure surrounding life activities that one normally enjoys, according to a paper recently published in the Journal of …
Piper Becomes Associate Director of Research
Megan Piper, PhD, has been promoted to associate director of research at UW-CTRI. Dr. Piper is an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin Department of Medicine. Her research focuses on understanding and treating tobacco dependence, with an …
Genetics Research: Meds Can Help Smokers Overcome Risk Factors to Quit
Could a doctor someday use a smoker’s genetics to tailor treatments? We’re not there yet, but researchers are working on it, if only in the early stages. Dr. Li-Shiun Chen of Washington University in St. …
Some Veterans Who Smoke Mistakenly Believe It Relieves PTSD
UW-CTRI Researcher Jessica Cook is a co-author on a published paper concluding that many troops smoke because they believe nicotine will greatly alleviate their post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, when in actuality smoking makes them …