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The FDA is banning menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars. This historic point begins a process that includes public comment and likely lawsuits from tobacco companies to delay or stop the ban. UPDATE: FDA’s Mitch Zeller Discusses Timelines on Menthols, Synthetic Nicotine, New Media Campaign “Banning menthol—the last allowable flavor—in cigarettes and banning all flavors …
New technology can improve the ways in which people who smoke get connected with quitting services; one of the most promising developments has been e-referrals, an electronic referral system that uses secure electronic health records to help people on the road to quitting. A new study in American Journal of Preventive Medicine takes a deep …
Since 2004, the National Network of Tobacco Cessation Quitlines has received more than 10 million calls, reaching half a million people who smoke per year and, according to a new paper in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, can still reach even more. Quitlines have proved to be an invaluable evidence-based resource for anyone looking …
Dr. Jennifer McClure has done extensive work trying to reach more people who smoke and help them stop smoking, no matter their readiness to quit. Much of this work has explored how best to leverage health care systems and their infrastructure to achieve this goal. “She is an ideal colleague to advise on BREATHE 2 …
A new study, conducted by a team of researchers from UW-CTRI and published in JAMA Open Network, has found that rural-dwelling people who inject drugs have a smoking rate of more than 90%, higher than any other reported population. This extreme number—the average smoking rates among US adults is about 13.8%, the lowest it has …
UW-CTRI Director Dr. Michael Fiore has been named the recipient of the 2021 Hilldale Award for Biological Sciences. UW Chancellor Rebecca Blank will officially present the award to Fiore and three other Hilldale Award recipients during a virtual ceremony on April 14. “This award really is recognition of the work of UW-CTRI as a team,” …
The UW School of Medicine and Public Health Tenure Track Promotion Committee voted unanimously to approve UW-CTRI Associate Director of Research Dr. Megan Piper for promotion to Full Professor effective July 1. While Piper already had tenure, the committee promoted her to recognize her academic accomplishments, excellence, and international reputation. Piper is the reigning president of …
Fourth-year UW medical students learned about tobacco treatment when they recently completed a public-health elective class led by UW-CTRI Researchers Drs. Megan Piper and Jessica Cook. In past years, the students would get to shadow UW-CTRI experts in person but, due to the pandemic, this year that wasn’t possible. So Kay Lera, Assistant to the UW-CTRI …
UW-CTRI Regional Outreach Specialist Allison Gorrilla and UW-CTRI Director Dr. Michael Fiore recently presented to healthcare providers at Advocate Aurora Health in Milwaukee. At the presentation, Fiore discussed BREATHE 2 study components and the medical residents’ potential role in the study; Gorrilla presented a brief overview of counseling and the medications, with a specific focus on …
Dr. Megan Piper, UW-CTRI Associate Director of Research, took her place Sunday as SRNT President (release the SRNT-shirt canons!). Before that, she participated in the Presidential Symposium, specifically as part of the Racial Equity Task Force. “Working towards racial equity is a goal that benefits all of the members, and society at large,” Piper said. …