UW Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention
When children get hospitalized because of secondhand smoke, it can be difficult to approach their caregivers about going smoke-free. A new study published in Respiratory Care took a look into the people who are in the best position to offer those quitting opportunities—resident nurses and pediatric respiratory therapists—to see how they address cessation in an …
UW-CTRI and the Wisconsin Women’s Health Foundation (WWHF) are coming to the last year of another collaborative grant to help low-income pregnant, postpartum, and caregiving individuals become tobacco-free through a program called First Breath. It’s helping Wisconsin babies to grow up in smoke-free environments. WWHF received a $1 million grant four years ago from the …
UW-CTRI Researcher Dr. Adrienne Johnson served as a guest on Dementia Matters, the Wisconsin Aging and Disability Resource Center’s podcast. She spoke to host Dr. Nathaniel Chin about tobacco use and dementia. Older Americans are less likely to be advised to quit tobacco or offered help by providers, Johnson said. A common misperception is that …
Retired psychiatrist and UW-CTRI collaborator Dr. Eric Heiligenstein won the 2021 Paramount Music Blues Challenge for the State of Wisconsin in the solo/duo category. He is headed to Memphis, Tennessee to compete in the Paramount Music International Blues Challenge January 18-22, 2022. Approximately 260 blues acts will fill the clubs up and down famed Beale …
The UW-CTRI research study known as Breaking Addiction to Tobacco for Health 2 (BREATHE 2) has enrolled 197 patients. Approximately 270 people have consented to participate. Ten clinics are now participating, including seven from Advocate Aurora Health (in the Milwaukee area) and three from UW Health (in the Madison area). “This is a tremendous milestone,” said …
UW-CTRI Regional Outreach Specialist Sarah Thompson recently presented a two-part training to recovery coaches at Marshfield Clinic Health System on how to help people quit tobacco use. The coaches are part of the Recovery Corps designed to help patients quit addictions. “This training was so valuable,” said Lanise C, a recovery coach. “It gave me …
Correctional Social Worker Kari Ives from the Chippewa Valley Correctional Treatment Facility—part of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC)—has been serving people who are incarcerated for years. As part of this service, for the past nine years, she has been organizing a tobacco-awareness group and, with support from the UW-CTRI, conducting an annual tobacco-use survey …
UW-CTRI in June will begin recruiting participants for the new Withdraw from Tobacco Study. Research Director Dr. Tim Baker is the principal investigator. The study, coordinated by UW-CTRI Assistant Scientist Dr. Jesse Kaye, will recruit 200 people to quit without medication for the first week. All participants then get eight weeks of combination nicotine-replacement medication …
For Wisconsin’s Oneida Nation, developing a robust stroke-awareness program is essential; one step in that project is tackling commercial tobacco, a leading cause of strokes. A group of Oneida Health Coaches, working with a UW team led by Sarah Thompson and including Dr. Michael Fiore, have partnered on a series of events to bring …
It appears that piling on multiple treatments to help people to quit tobacco use often produces diminishing returns. The findings, published in the journal Clinical Psychological Science, were discovered by UW-CTRI Research Director Dr. Tim Baker, UW-CTRI Director of Biostatistical Operations Dr. Stevens Smith and Professor of Educational Psychology Dr. Dan Bolt. They came to …