UW Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention
Findings from a new study published in The Wisconsin Medical Journal indicate that 80 percent of people who use e-cigarettes and call into tobacco quitlines are interested in quitting, making quitlines a key player in the little-understood process of helping people who use e-cigarettes quit. “In the traditional cigarette world,” said Dr. Brian Williams, the …
UW-CTRI Co-Founder and Director Dr. Michael Fiore represented the Center as a special guest at the White House event to celebrate the progress made thanks to the National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Moonshot Initiative—a project to end cancer. Wisconsin Tobacco Prevention and Control Program Section Chief Vicki Huntington attended as a guest online. “The purpose of the …
UW-CTRI is currently recruiting for a Tobacco Care Specialist at UW Health.
Researchers have found that, as age and requirement for intubation increases in patients hospitalized with COVID-19, so too does overall mortality. The study, published in CHEST, drew from data collected by the COVID EHR Cohort at the University of Wisconsin Study (CEC-UW), looking for patients who were over 20, had tested positive for COVID-19, and …
A BREATHE 2 study participant started smoking 30 years ago due to peer pressure. “I wanted to look the coolest,” said the participant, who asked to remain anonymous. Since then, they had tried to quit five times. “The first couple times, I took it seriously but trusted too much in my confidence that I could …
The adult smoking rate in the United States has fallen to 11 percent, according to preliminary survey data released by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). That’s down from 12.5 percent last year. Smoking rates ballooned after World War II in America, but have steadily declined since the first Surgeon General’s Report in 1964 (when …
The UW Department of Medicine has promoted UW-CTRI Researcher Dr. Jessica Cook to full professor with tenure. “This promotion reflects her incredible scholarship and accomplishments,” said UW-CTRI Founder and Director Dr. Michael Fiore. Cook is a Psychologist Investigator at the William S. Middleton Memorial VA, where she directs the Veterans Tobacco Research Group, co-directs the …
UW-CTRI Assistant Professor Dr. Brian Williams has secured an internal grant from the UW Department of Pediatrics to support parents who smoke while their children are in the hospital. “Hospitalization is a stressful time,” said Williams, a researcher and hospitalist trained in both internal medicine and pediatrics. “Nicotine addiction compounds that stress.” It’s not uncommon, …
Wisconsin adults who smoke are receiving primary care less and visiting emergency departments more than their non-smoking counterparts, highlighting a need for change in the way the healthcare community reaches out to the most vulnerable individuals. In this new study— published in the Wisconsin Medical Journal—researchers analyzed 1,726 survey responses collected between 2014 and 2016, …
UW-CTRI colleagues will present their research findings at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) in San Antonio, Texas, March 1-4, 2023. Here’s a list. Wednesday, March 1, 2023 Friday, March 3, 2023 Saturday, March 4, 2023 Dr. Michael Fiore will not be at SRNT, but he will appear …