Interviews with Tobacco Experts

UW-CTRI is privileged to have a number of people with tobacco expertise available for interviews and comment. Contact Moira Harrington, 608-265-4447, or Chris Hollenback, 608-262-3902, for b-roll or to set up interviews.

Innovative Stop-Smoking Treatments
Michael C. Fiore, M.D., M.P.H., a national expert on tobacco cessation as well as a practicing physician. He headed the Cessation Subcommittee of the Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health and chaired the panel that produced the United States Public Health Service standard for implementing smoking cessation in clinical practice, Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence. For more on Dr. Fiore, click here.

Douglas Jorenby, Ph.D., is director of the UW-CTRI Smoking Cessation and Prevention Clinic. Dr. Jorenby has practical information about quitting smoking and particular expertise in innovative treatment applications. For more on Dr. Jorenby, click here.

Treating Tobacco Addiction in the Healthcare Setting
Michael C. Fiore, M.D., M.P.H., a national expert on tobacco cessation as well as a practicing physician. He headed the Cessation Subcommittee of the Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health and chaired the panel that produced the United States Public Health Service standard for implementing smoking cessation in clinical practice, Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence. For more on Dr. Fiore, click here.

Lezli Redmond, M.P.H., heads the Wisconsin Education and Outreach Program, which includes the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line and the statewide outreach program. She has expertise in the area of larger population programs for treating smokers. For more on Redmond, click here.

Paula Keller, M.P.H., deputy director of the Addressing Tobacco in Managed Care program, has expertise in the area of smoking cessation initiatives being tried in healthcare systems across the country. For more on Keller, click here.

Adolescent Addiction to Tobacco
Tammy Sims, M.D., M.S., a practicing pediatrician, is working in the field of adolescent cessation and is conducting research on cessation programs involving adolescents. For more on Dr. Sims, click here.

Wisconsin Tobacco Survey Data; Smoking & Pregnancy
Stevens Smith, Ph.D., directed the Wisconsin Tobacco Survey, which included information from interviews with 8,000 Wisconsin residents. He has expertise in smoking and pregnancy and women, and smoking. For more on Dr. Smith, click here.

The Nature of Tobacco Addiction
Timothy Baker, Ph.D., a top researcher in tobacco dependence. Dr. Baker is the associate director of UW-CTRI and serves as pirncipal investigator on the new UW-TTURC research grant. His area of expertise includes both addiction theory and treatment applications. For more on Dr. Baker, click here.

Contact Moira Harrington, 608-265-4447, or Chris Hollenback, 608-262-3902, for b-roll or to set up interviews.