UW-CTRI Researcher Dr. Kristin Berg is the lead author on the paper, Identifying Differences in Rates of Invitation to Participate in Tobacco Treatment in Primary Care, recently published in the Wisconsin Medical Journal. This secondary …
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Coalitions, WiNTiP, UW-CTRI Partner to Reach Behavioral Health Providers Across Wisconsin
UW-CTRI regional outreach specialists and staff from the Wisconsin Nicotine Treatment Integration Project (WiNTiP) are partnering with tobacco prevention and control coalitions throughout Wisconsin to train behavioral health providers on how to help their patients …
OSH Announces ‘Year of Cessation’ Efforts to Help Patients Quit Smoking
U.S. Office of Smoking and Health (OSH) Director Dr. Corinne Graffunder designated 2019 the “Year of Cessation” during a meeting Nov. 7 with national partners in Atlanta. Graffunder unveiled OSH’s new strategic plan indicating that …
Journey Mental Health Goes Tobacco-Free, Receives Mac Award from WiNTiP
Journey Mental Health Center (JMHC) received a Mac Award for its efforts to make its headquarters in Madison a tobacco-free and vape-free campus starting September 15, 2017. The award, named for David “Mac” Macmaster, co-founder …
FDA Proposes Banning Menthol Cigarettes, Removing Most Flavored E-Cigs Out of Convenience Stores and Gas Stations
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb announced plans to advance a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to ban menthol in combustible tobacco products, including cigarettes and cigars, and remove certain flavored vaping …
U.S. Smoking Rate Down to 14%
Cigarette smoking has reached the lowest level ever recorded among U.S. adults, according to new data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the National …
UW-CTRI Outreach Team Takes Quit Line eReferral to Health Systems
UW-CTRI’s four regional outreach specialists are working to expand the number of health-care systems across the state that refer patients via electronic health records (EHR) to the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line. This builds on several partnerships …
National Cancer Centers Meet in Wisconsin, Help Patients Quit Smoking
The nationwide Cancer Center Cessation Initiative (C3I), part of the NCI Cancer Moonshot Initiative, held a grantee meeting at the Pyle Center in Madison, Wisconsin. Representatives from 42 NCI cancer centers (the grantees) attended, along with …
Wisconsin Newspaper Interviews UW-CTRI Researcher on Youth Vaping
The Wisconsin State Journal interviewed UW-CTRI Director of Clinical Services Dr. Doug Jorenby regarding youth vaping and the popularity of JUUL.
Exhale Study Shows Dual Users Smoke Less, Don’t Intend to Quit
UW-CTRI has published findings from the Exhale Study, which included people who either smoked or smoked and vaped (dual users), in the journal Nicotine and Tobacco Research. Researchers found that dual users smoke fewer cigarettes …