UW Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention
UW-CTRI has updated the popular Bucket Approach training, a strategy that professionals in behavioral healthcare can use to help patients quit tobacco use. Created in 2017 by now-retired UW-CTRI Distinguished Scientist Dr. Bruce Christiansen, the idea of the Bucket Approach is that individuals with severe mental illness, who smoke at higher rates than the general …
UW-CTRI colleagues presented the following presentations and posters at the National Conference on Tobacco or Health in the Sheraton Grand Riverwalk in Chicago August 26-28. Here’s a rundown. Presentations 1. Equity in Action: Tobacco Use Disorder Treatment in Criminal Justice Systems. UW-CTRI Director Dr. Hasmeena Kathuria, Catherine Bonniot (UCSF), Dr. Chad Morris (Colorado), Michelene Krueger (Johnson County Department …
UW-CTRI staff lassoed coverage in several news outposts in recent weeks. So tie up your horse while we rustle up this media round-up:
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 research that is translated into tobacco treatment. UW-CTRI staff gathered at the Pyle Center in Madison, Wisconsin to celebrate. UW-CTRI …