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Rutgers researchers reported seeing Hyde nicotine strips for sale in a New Jersey vape shop. They’re also available virtually everywhere from various vendors online. They are similar to previous nicotine strips from other tobacco companies which were removed from the market in 2020 by the FDA. These flavored strips dissolve quickly on the tongue or roof …
Given that tobacco remains the leading cause of disease and death in the US, access to care to help people quit should be a basic human right, assert the authors of a new editorial in the journal Tobacco Induced Disease. While 21 municipalities in the US have already passed bills to ban tobacco sales to …
UW-CTRI co-hosted the inaugural UW–Madison Cannabis Research Conference at Union South on Earth Day, April 22, 2025. As dual use of nicotine and cannabis grows, and the state legislature considers legalization of cannabis use, UW-CTRI staff networked with other researchers, clinicians, farmers, and entrepreneurs. The conference was organized by an interdisciplinary group of UW faculty and staff …
UW-CTRI Research Director Dr. Danielle McCarthy talks to UW Health about why quitting tobacco use is so beneficial to cancer patients, and what UW is doing to facilitate it. To read more about the benefits, click here. For free help to quit tobacco use, visit www.quitline.wisc.edu.
UW-CTRI Researcher Dr. Marlon Mundt and colleagues today published a paper in Nature Medicine that found, compared to patients who received provider-initiated consultations, patients identified for addiction medicine referrals by AI screening and who received consultations had 47% lower odds of being readmitted to the hospital within 30 days after their initial discharge. Lead author …
UW-CTRI Research Specialist Julia Matthews on April 1 defeated incumbent Alder Amani Latimer to represent District 12 on Madison’s City Council. That district includes north side neighborhoods near the Dane County Regional Airport. Matthews told the Capitol Times that her work at UW-CTRI prepared her well to handle the complex issues she will tackle as an alder. …
UW-CTRI Regional Outreach Specialist Allie Gorrilla, MPH and UW-CTRI Researcher Dr. Jesse Kaye recently presented online to more than 130 VA Veteran Justice Program (VJP) providers from across the country. One participant said, “It was really terrific—tons of relevant information and directly applicable suggestions for VJP staff to start building in tobacco use to their …
Young adults who vaped experienced interrupted sleeping, which turned their sleep-vape schedule into a vicious cycle, according to research published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research. Researchers from the University of Texas in Houston and UW-CTRI tracked 35 young adults (ages 18–25) who vaped daily and wore smartwatches 24/7 to assess sleep quality. Participants completed ecological …
UW-CTRI colleagues presented at the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 2025 Annual Conference in New Orleans. Here’s a rundown of UW-CTRI participation. Symposia 1. Dr. Adrienne Johnson, co-chair.Pre-Conference Workshop #3: Moving the Needle on Impact: Implementation Strategies and Applications in Tobacco Treatment. Presenters highlighted an implementation science framework, strategy, or study design and …
UW-CTRI researchers have published a new study in the journal Nicotine & Tobacco Research that identifies some promising ways to improve smoking treatment trial recruitment in primary care settings. Using electronic health records (EHR) at clinics to prompt staff to make the referral is one way to help. Another is to relax inclusion criteria that …