Dr. Michael Fiore will step down as UW-CTRI Director July 1, 2023 but will continue working as a lead scientist on key grants and mentoring young investigators. Fiore co-founded UW-CTRI in 1992 with Associate Director Dr. Tim Baker and has been the director ever since. “It has been a great 30 years,” Fiore said, “and …
A new study published in Nicotine and Tobacco Research examined “dual users”—people who both smoke traditional cigarettes and vape e-cigarettes—and found that people who predominantly vape were vaping instead of smoking, a process called “substitution,” and that this substitution might be sustainable long term, a way to help people wean off smoking traditional cigarettes. “This …
Two counties on the tippy top of Northern Wisconsin—along the shores of Lake Superior—have implemented the Bucket Approach for helping patients with behavioral health challenges to quit tobacco use. The Bucket Approach, developed by retired UW-CTRI researcher Dr. Bruce Christiansen, is an evidence-based strategy to treat tobacco use among clients in a systematic, efficient way. The idea …
Project 3 of the BREATHE 2 study has begun in participating clinics within the UW Health and Advocate Aurora Health systems. “We are offering patients who enroll in the study a package of different treatments proven to be effective in our prior center grant,” said Dr. Jessica Cook, project leader. Researchers are testing whether this …
Jackie from Green Bay had tried to quit smoking “a million times,” she said. “I’d say, ‘this is the last cigarette for sure.’ Then, I’d go to the gas station and the cashier would know me and say, ‘Smokes?’ Sometimes, he’d have a pack of my brand ready at the register.” Jackie had tried quitting …
Researchers found that “Practice Quit Attempts”—a cessation technique where smokers set aside a couple hours a day where they won’t smoke, without the pressure of permanently quitting—offer the opportunity for smokers to ease into cessation, something that, with further research, could prove to be incredibly helpful for someone’s quitting journey. “Quitting smoking is a behavior …
UW-CTRI has achieved full participation for the Withdraw from Tobacco Study. The researchers seek to better understand withdrawal from tobacco so that healthcare providers can better help people quit smoking. The study, led by UW-CTRI Associate Director Dr. Tim Baker and Dr. Jesse Kaye, recruited more than 200 people who have attempted to quit smoking without medication …
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No study can function if it doesn’t recruit and keep participants and, for the BREATHE 2 Study, that pivotal role is played by Tobacco Care Managers (TCMs). BREATHE 2 is a collaboration between UW-CTRI, Advocate Aurora Health, and UW Health. The participating clinics’ electronic health record prompts clinic staff to inform all patients who attend …
UW-CTRI Founders Dr. Tim Baker and Dr. Michael Fiore are the editors of the new Monograph from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) on tobacco use and treatment to be released this month. NCI founded the series in 1991 as the Smoking and Tobacco Control Monograph series. It provides comprehensive scientific reviews of tobacco use, treatment, …