UW Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention
An innovative new website trains healthcare providers on how to help behavioral health patients to quit smoking. On the site, videos feature insight from providers who have integrated tobacco treatment into their recovery programs or mental healthcare programs. Providers can also use the site to develop a personalized treatment plan. On the site, users can create an account, …
UW-CTRI is partnering with Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare and Gundersen Health System on a new clinical trial to test an innovative functionality in electronic health records (EHR) that allows clinicians to electronically refer patients who use tobacco to the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line. The trial, known as the Quit Line Referral Method Study, includes 24 clinics, a dozen each …
Two researchers at UW-CTRI, part of the UW Department of Medicine (DOM), have been promoted effective July 1. UW-CTRI Associate Director of Research Dr. Megan Piper has been promoted to Associate Professor of Medicine with tenure. UW-CTRI Researcher Dr. Stevens Smith has been promoted to Professor of Medicine (CHS). “These promotions of Drs. Piper and Smith …
UW-CTRI staff recently partnered with staff from across the CDC to develop a practical template for an evidence-based tobacco cessation intervention protocol. The protocol, developed for the Million Hearts Program, is available for clinicians to use to fit the needs of their practice. Rob Adsit, UW-CTRI Outreach director, worked on developing the tools as part …
A new grant from the Wisconsin Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (UW-ICTR) will allow the Wisconsin Women’s Health Foundation (WWHF) to partner with UW-CTRI to help pregnant women quit, and to stay smoke-free after giving birth. First Breath is a program administered by WWHF to help pregnant women quit smoking. While First Breath is successful helping women …
A new report from the national American Lung Association looked at 5 states’ approaches to promoting tobacco cessation benefits for Medicaid enrollees, including Wisconsin’s. The report, entitled “Approaches to Promoting Medicaid Tobacco Cessation Coverage: Promising Practices and Lessons Learned,” serves as a handbook on promoting tobacco cessation to Medicaid recipients. UW-CTRI partnered with the Wisconsin …
It turns out that 16 weeks of quit-smoking medications improves quit rates, compared to 8 weeks of medications, for smokers with a history of psychiatric diagnoses, but not for those without such diagnoses in a recent UW-CTRI study. Dr. Megan Piper, UW-CTRI Associate Director of Research, presented results from the UW-Partnership to Assist and Serve Smokers (UW-PASS) Study …
Dr. Danielle McCarthy has joined UW-CTRI as an Associate Professor of Medicine. She serves as an Associate Director of Research at UW-CTRI along with Associate Director of Research Dr. Megan Piper. McCarthy splits her time between developing her own tobacco-control research program and assisting with ongoing UW-CTRI research projects and manuscripts. McCarthy comes to UW-CTRI …
Above: Dr. Michael Fiore speaks at the US Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health meeting near the US Capitol in Washington, DC. The Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health (ICSH) met at the Hubert H. Humphrey Building near the US Capitol in Washington, DC on May 31 to discuss the state of tobacco control and …
In an editorial recently published in The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, UW-CTRI Director Dr. Michael Fiore and UW-CTRI Outreach Director Rob Adsit wrote about their optimism that more hospital staff will seize the opportunity to help inpatients quit tobacco use. Approximately 20% of 3,705 hospitals are now reporting their performance on the tobacco …