2016 Articles
Can You Guess the #1 Threat to Behavioral Health Patients?
Welcome to the site dedicated to helping providers with behavioral health patients to treat tobacco use. Here, you’ll find everything you’ll need to help your behavioral patients quit smoking, chewing, or vaping tobacco. It’s all part of …
Experts Meet at Epic to Expand EHR System to Help Smokers Quit
A group of experts from around the country met at Epic Systems headquarters in Verona, Wisconsin last week to discuss plans to better design electronic health records (EHR) technology to help healthcare professionals help their …
UW-Madison Adds Vaping to Campus Smoking Ban
Drs. Fiore and Mermelstein Present to NCI Board of Scientific Advisors
UW-CTRI Director Dr. Michael Fiore and Dr. Robin Mermelstein of the University of Illinois at Chicago last week presented tobacco control research priorities to the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Board of Scientific Advisors (BSA) on …
After David Bowie’s Death, Men’s Health Interviews Dr. Fiore About Smoking
Dr. Doug Jorenby Reaches 25 Years of UW-CTRI Service
Dr. Doug Jorenby began working on tobacco research before UW-CTRI became an official center in 1992, yet he swears he’s not the real Dr. Who. Jorenby began working with the group that would become UW-CTRI, …
Dr. Jorenby Discusses Vaping & Youth with Wisconsin Public Radio
Wisconsin Public Radio interviewed UW-CTRI Director of Clinical Services Dr. Doug Jorenby about youth vaping. To see Dr. Jorenby’s research on people who both smoke and vape, click here.
Surgeon General: Youth Vaping a Public Health Threat
A new report from the U.S. Surgeon General raises public health concerns about e-cigarette use among U.S. youth and young adults. The report comes amid alarming rates of youth and young adult use of e-cigarettes; in 2015, …
Is Artery Damage From Smoking Permanent?
The Wisconsin Smokers’ Health Study 2 (WSHS 2) was designed to help patients quit smoking and, from it, UW-CTRI researchers have gathered useful information. The five-year, $10 million study is funded by the National Heart, Lung, and …