2016 Articles

Above: Dr. Michael Fiore speaks at the US Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health meeting near the US Capitol in Washington, DC. The Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health (ICSH) met at the Hubert H. …

In an editorial recently published in The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, UW-CTRI Director Dr. Michael Fiore and UW-CTRI Outreach Director Rob Adsit wrote about their optimism that more hospital staff will seize …

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, which comes …

UW-CTRI Research Director Dr. Tim Baker received the 2016 Ove Ferno Award at the 2016 annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) at the Grand Sheraton Hotel in Chicago. The award honors …

UW-CTRI staff presented four speeches and seven posters at the 2016 annual conference of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) at the Sheraton Grand Hotel in downtown Chicago. The closest thing to …

For the first time, Wisconsin Medicaid now covers all seven FDA-approved medications to help people quit tobacco use. As of February 1, 2016, Wisconsin Medicaid added coverage for the nicotine lozenge and mini-lozenge. FDA-approved tobacco …

From left: Dave Fraser, Madeline Oguss, McKenzie Hensen, and Paul Kohn are among the UW-CTRI staff members working on the new “3 Medications Study” to help participants quit smoking. UW-CTRI is recruiting patients for a …