UW Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention
The Wisconsin Nicotine Treatment Integration Project (WiNTiP) on September 14 filmed a day’s worth of videos in preparation for a new online training tool. The interactive site will teach clinicians how best to assist patients with behavioral health issues to quit tobacco use. WiNTiP staff worked with DoIT to film a series of panel discussions …
An ambitious, National Cancer Institute-funded, multi-experiment evaluation of over 15 smoking treatments identified ones that were especially helpful to smokers. Amongst the findings were that smokers who got coaching and medications before a quit attempt—along with continued coaching after quitting—were more likely to quit smoking. These results were published in the journal Addiction. When participants received …
UW-CTRI staff last month presented at the 2015 North American Quitline Consortium (NAQC) Conference, “The Future of Quitlines: Refining and Redefining Our Practices for Success!” l at the Crowne Plaza in Atlanta. UW-CTRI Outreach Director and NAQC Board Member Rob Adsit moderated the Day 2 plenary panel, “Integrating Quitlines into Healthcare: Progress with E-referral and Provider Engagement …
More than 700 people have volunteered for the UW-CTRI study examining how people use e-cigarettes and combustible cigarettes. Almost 30 participants have enrolled in the study and about half have attended their first two visits of the study, known as Exhale. The Exhale team is recruiting smokers who aren’t willing to quit at this time …
UW-CTRI’s efforts to use electronic health records (EHR) to refer patients to the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line (QL) has taken another step with the completion of a second-generation system. UW-CTRI has partnered with Epic, the largest EHR vendor in country, and Alere Wellbeing, the largest quitline vendor in the nation, to build it. Epic and …
UW-CTRI staff presented 5 posters at the National Conference on Tackling Tobacco Use in Vulnerable Populations in Bethesda, Maryland. UW-CTRI Outreach Specialist Allison Gorrilla presented 2 posters on her work with the Wisconsin American Lung Association and the City of Milwaukee Tobacco-Free Alliance. UW-CTRI Researcher Dr. Bruce Christiansen presented 3 posters on helping behavioral health …
UW-CTRI researchers this month will begin recruiting participants for a 5-year research study on smokers and those who vape e-cigarettes plus smoke combustible cigarettes. Beginning in early September, UW-CTRI will run paid advertising on Facebook to encourage participation, and UW-CTRI Associate Director of Research Dr. Megan Piper will appear on CW 57 in Madison to …
UW-CTRI Outreach Director Rob Adsit has been named to the board of directors for the North American Quitline Consortium (NAQC). Adsit will serve a three-year term to help guide the international, non-profit membership organization which seeks to promote evidence-based quitline services across North America. NAQC’s Mission is to: Maximize the access, use, and effectiveness of quitlines; provide leadership and …
People with risk factors on the CHRNA5 gene are more likely to develop lung cancer at a younger age, and new research suggests that the reason is they are less likely to quit smoking early in life. So rather than directly affecting the susceptibility to lung cancer, researchers found this gene appears to operate through dependence on smoking. …
A recent paper on genetics in the journal PLOS ONE offered more clues regarding why smokers quit or continue smoking. A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), pronounced “snip,” is a variation of a gene that can influence the gene’s effects. The study showed that two SNPs of the CYP2A6 gene determine the rate at which smokers metabolize …