UW Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention
Derrick started vaping when he was 17, a decision he now regrets. For years, he had wanted to quit, but was leery he’d feel sluggish and struggle to focus. “I was afraid to take that first step,” he said. “Then I decided to just do it.” He called the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line and got …
UW-CTRI Regional Outreach Specialist, Allison Gorrilla, has worked with La Causa, a nonprofit organization in Milwaukee, to offer support to employees and clients who want to quit tobacco use. Among its many programs to help families, La Causa offers Comprehensive Community Services (CCS), a voluntary program that provides support to adults and their families living …
The innovative Bucket Approach to help people quit continues to be a success, changing lives for the better across Wisconsin and beyond. Experts share an example of how.
The Milwaukee Collaboration Project held its first Community Advisory Board (CAB) meeting in August. The CAB is comprised of African American professionals, residents of Milwaukee, and other state and national public health leaders. The CAB will play an integral role in this project, guiding the proposed research aimed to help African Americans who want to …
A team of UW-CTRI researchers at the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital in Madison are the first ever to fully recruit for a Veterans Affairs (VA) study to evaluate a chronic-care system designed to help veterans who are not ready to quit smoking. Led by UW-CTRI Researcher Dr. Jessica Cook, the team has enrolled more …
UW-CTRI Outreach Specialist Allie Gorrilla was a featured speaker on a national webinar, Access to Tobacco Treatment for the Justice-Involved: A Call to Action. Gorrilla and her outreach colleagues are working hard to help this group avoid the harms of tobacco use. People in the justice system are much more likely to have behavioral health issues, …
Researchers utilizing machine learning technology have found that age, hypertension, insurance status, and hospital site are effectively predictive of COVID-19 mortality. In the Scientific Reports paper, researchers detail how they used machine learning to analyze electronic health records from nearly 150,000 patients across 21 healthcare systems. “The typical approach to investigating COVID is to select …
Jeremiah “Miah” Olson tells his students tobacco use should no longer be ignored. Olson is the department chair and an instructor at Fox Valley Technical College for pupils learning to counsel clients with substance use disorders. “Probably more than half of the people who get sober under our treatment still die because they continue to …
JUUL Labs has settled with several states after an investigation into its marketing and sales tactics to youth. Part of the settlement includes a $14.7 million allocation to Wisconsin, which will be spread out over a period of six to 10 years. The JUUL settlement dollars must be used to fund efforts to help people …
Colleagues from UW-CTRI celebrated the 31st year of the Center and honored four long-time employees who are retiring or switching roles. They honored Dr. Wendy Theobald, Marie Larson, Dr. Michael Fiore and Dr. Doug Jorenby for their years of contributions to helping people quit tobacco use. While Theobald, Larson, and Jorenby are fully retiring, UW-CTRI …