Mitch Zeller, director of the FDA Center for Tobacco Products (CTP), addressed researchers at the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Annual Conference in Baltimore. Zeller discussed regulating synthetic nicotine, banning combustible mentholated tobacco …
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UW-CTRI Celebrates 30 Years
In April 2022, the University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention (UW-CTRI) celebrated 30 years of helping people quit tobacco use. Founded by Drs. Michael Fiore and Timothy Baker, UW-CTRI is nationally recognized for its ground-breaking tobacco …
UW-CTRI, C3I Staff to Present at Research Conference in Baltimore
UW-CTRI and C3I colleagues are presenting at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco in Baltimore, Maryland, March 15-18, 2022. Here’s a list, with all times Eastern Standard Time. Note: …
Quit Line Campaigns Tout Services
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services, ad firm KW2 and UW-CTRI are partnering to run advertisements to promote the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line across the state. The ads began February 21 and will run through …
National Podcast Interviews Dr. Piper
UW-CTRI Research Director Dr. Megan Piper is featured in the latest episode of the podcast Freakonomics, M.D. The episode is called “Should We Pay People to Be Healthier?” At the request of Dr. Tim Baker, Piper discussed …
UW-CTRI Medications Chart to Appear in Popular Research Journal
Nature Reviews, a group that owns 21 journals with some of the largest impact factors, is publishing the medications treatment chart created by UW-CTRI. The chart is designed to help clinicians properly treat patients for …
UW-CTRI Garners $300,000 Grant to Analyze COVID Data
The Wisconsin Partnership Program has awarded a two-year grant for a total of $300,000 to support analysis of Wisconsin data from the COVID EHR Cohort at the University of Wisconsin (CEC-UW). In April 2020, the …
UW-CTRI to Help Train Substance Use Providers on New DHS 75 Requirements
Thanks to funding from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) Tobacco Prevention and Control Program (TPCP), UW-CTRI will provide training and technical assistance to public health professionals across the state to help patients with …
Study Helps Reach More Cancer Patients Who Smoke to Help Them Quit, Reduce Disparities
To ensure that cancer patients get equitable, quality healthcare that includes tobacco cessation treatment, the Cancer Center Cessation Initiative (C3I) funded 22 Cancer Centers in 2017; by June 2019, those Centers were not only reaching …
McCarthy, Piper, and Baker Assume Shared Research Director Roles
Drs. Danielle McCarthy, Megan Piper and Tim Baker are now working collaboratively as UW-CTRI Research Directors, effective this month. McCarthy and Piper have different areas of expertise with some overlap, so they will continue to …