UW Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention
UW-CTRI Outreach Director Rob Adsit has been named to the board of directors for the North American Quitline Consortium (NAQC). Adsit will serve a three-year term to help guide the international, non-profit membership organization which seeks to promote evidence-based quitline services across North America. NAQC’s Mission is to: Maximize the access, use, and effectiveness of quitlines; provide leadership and …
People with risk factors on the CHRNA5 gene are more likely to develop lung cancer at a younger age, and new research suggests that the reason is they are less likely to quit smoking early in life. So rather than directly affecting the susceptibility to lung cancer, researchers found this gene appears to operate through dependence on smoking. …
A recent paper on genetics in the journal PLOS ONE offered more clues regarding why smokers quit or continue smoking. A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), pronounced “snip,” is a variation of a gene that can influence the gene’s effects. The study showed that two SNPs of the CYP2A6 gene determine the rate at which smokers metabolize …
UW-CTRI Research Director Dr. Tim Baker has been named the recipient of the 2016 Ove Ferno Award, honoring scientists who have made groundbreaking advances in clinical research. The award recognizes those who have made a significant impact on the understanding of nicotine addiction and treatments to help patients quit tobacco use. Baker will receive the award next …
Dr. Divya Sharma remembers seeing a patient whose mother had implored her to quit smoking from her death bed. The patient wanted desperately to quit but didn’t know how. Dr. Sharma hugged her and helped her get started, but wished she had more time and resources to offer. Now as the physician coordinator from Dean …
UW-CTRI launched its primary research study, Breaking Addiction to Tobacco for Health (BREATHE) January 20 at the Dean Health Care clinic in Janesville and the Aurora Health Care clinic at Sinai Hospital in Milwaukee. More than 100 referrals have already come in and health counselors are following up. Under the BREATHE project, any smoker who visits a …
UW-CTRI colleagues joined hundreds of researchers and healthcare professionals gathered at the Marriott hotel in downtown Philadelphia for the 2015 Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco annual meeting. Researchers presented more than 300 pages of tobacco-related results at 23 symposia, 25 paper sessions, and four poster sessions. Here is a run-down of UW-CTRI presentations: …
After smoking for 50 years, Claudia Anderson decided it was time for a change. Her daughter, Nicole Nelson, had quit smoking, so she decided to try to follow suit. Anderson had quit cold turkey once before for two years, but it didn’t stick. This time she thinks it will. Like Nelson, Anderson called the Wisconsin …
Adult Cigarette Smoking Rate Overall Hits All-time Low