Denise started smoking around age 12 or 13 and has since quit for extended periods of time when she was pregnant with each of her four grown children, and another time when her doctor prescribed …
2023 Articles
Billboard Promotes Quit Line Program for Teens
FACT students helped design this billboard now standing just outside of Poplar, Wisconsin, along Highway 2, seen by frequent traffic. The billboard, coordinated by Charmaine Swan from the American Lung Association, is located near a …
UW-CTRI Media Round-up: Talking Resolutions
Each January, people get around to talking ’bout their resolutions. UW-CTRI disseminated the news release, How to Quit Smoking: The 5 Best Tips for 2023 New Year’s Resolutions, via its media channels, and Google made it the …
Student Presents Poster on Nicotine Patch
UW-CTRI Student Julia Sales Leite recently presented her poster, The Impact of the Nicotine Patch on Sleep in Patients Undergoing Smoking Cessation Treatment, at the UW Undergraduate Research Symposium. She created the poster for her …
New Study Reveals Disparities Between Rural and Urban Healthcare Utilization
According to a new study published in Plos One, rural patients access healthcare services less than their urban counterparts, despite having more health concerns. “There is increasing evidence that rural residents are both sicker than …
Collaborators Empower African Americans to Quit Tobacco Use
UW-CTRI Researcher Dr. Adrienne Johnson presented research findings at the Quarterly Meeting & Celebration of the Wisconsin African American Tobacco Prevention Network (WAATPN) and Wisconsin Tobacco Prevention & Poverty Network (WTPPN) in December at Victory …