UW-CTRI News Story Archives
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2012 Articles

• Study: E-cigs Quickly Affect Lungs
• UW-CTRI Contributes to IOM Guidelines on Tobacco Products
• Why Combo Meds Work Better for Quitting Smoking Than Monotherapy
• Free Webinar: Mindfulness to Help Patients Quit Smoking
• Compared with Smokers, Former Smokers Happier and More Satisfied with Their Health
• Quit Smoking Today! Join Our Research Study

2011 Articles

• NBC 15 News: Great American Smokeout
• New Video Gives Voice to People with Mental Illness or Substance Abuse Issues: On Quitting Smoking
• Baseball Limits Use of Smokeless Tobacco, But Stops Short of Ban
• CDC: Seventy Percent of Smokers Want to Quit
• Click Here to View UW-CTRI Researchers' New Recommendations on Quitting Smoking Published in The New England Journal of Medicine
• NIH Awards UW-CTRI a Grant to Empower Salvation Army Clients to Quit Smoking
• $9.2 Million Grant to Help Medicaid Patients Quit Smoking
• UW-CTRI to Assist on Grant to Help Pregnant Women Quit Smoking
• UW-CTRI Researcher Megan Piper Chairs 2012 SRNT Conference
• UW-CTRI Partners with ProHealth Care to Help Patients Quit Smoking
• UW-CTRI Solidifies Educational Program with UW Med School
• Study: Kids Exposed to Secondhand Smoke Miss More School
• Get PAID $99 and Learn How to Help AODA and Mental Health Patients to Quit Smoking
• Innovative Quit-Smoking Program Goes Door-to-Door to Help Residents
• Removing Protein in Brain Blocks Effects of Nicotine
• AMA on How to Treat Tobacco Use and Get Paid
• Early Morning Smokers Are More Addicted And At Greater Risk Of Cancer
• UW-CTRI Collaborator Presents to U.S. Surgeon General on Tobacco Use Among Mental Health and AODA Patients
• FDA Panel to Scrutinize New Tobacco Dissolvable Tablets
• Father Gives Family Brighter Future by Quitting Smoking
• At One-Year Anniversary of Smoking Ban, Quit Line is Ready to Help
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: One Year Later, Smoking Ban Critics Lose Steam
• Quit Line Launches Web Coach 2.0 -- Call 1-800-QUIT-NOW
• New Survey of Bipolar Patients Reveals Insights on Quitting Smoking
• FDA Unveils New Warnings for Cig Packs -- Call 1-800-QUIT-NOW
• Lisa Quit Smoking with Help from Her Health Care Provider
• Free CME Credit for Tobacco Cessation Treatment
• Tony Hawk: Stop Littering 360 Cig Butts Per Year
• Video Highlights: Helping Patients with Mental Illness to Quit Smoking
• Experts Propose Changes to Improve DSM Criteria for Nicotine Dependence Diagnoses
• Former Smoker Talked Out of His Own Ruse
• New York Times: Hookah Far From Safe, Lawmakers Taking Action
• World No Tobacco Day is May 31
• Voters Want Tobacco Products Behind Counter and Taxed on Level Standard
• Channel 15 News: Dr. Fiore Discusses E-Cigs and How to Quit Smoking
• Want to Quit Smoking? There May Soon Be an App for That
• Laura Credits Health Counselors in Primary-Care Clinic with Helping Her to Quit Smoking
• Donna Discusses How She Came to Want to Quit Smoking
• LA Times: Half a Million Americans Die from Smoking Every Year
• Innovative Study Helps Couple Quit Smoking
• UW-CTRI Study to Test Online Resource to Help Smokers Quit
• National Associations Back Helping Patients with Mental-Health or Addiction Issues to Quit Smoking
• Wisconsin Public Radio: Dr. Fiore Discusses How to Quit Smoking and How Policy Affects Smoking Trends
• Channel 15 News: Study Shows Cigarette Smoking Causes Genetic Damage in as Little as 15 Minutes
• VIDEO: EHR Meaningful Use
• Smoking Associated with other Health Risks at 5 Universities
• How UW-CTRI Contributed to the U.S. Surgeon General's Report on Smoking
• Patients with Schizophrenia Have Different Reasons for Smoking
• Tips to Quit Smoking and Maintain Your Weight
• LA Times: Quitting Smoking Makes Economic Sense
• CNN: President Obama Quits Smoking

2010 Articles

• Video: Avoid Alcohol to Quit Smoking
• Woman's Day Interviews UW-CTRI Director on How to Quit Smoking
• UW-CTRI Outreach Continues to Reach Hundreds of Health-Care Providers to Help Them Help Patients to Quit Smoking
• CNN: Feds Unveil New Graphic Warnings
• UW-CTRI Awards Grants
• Psychiatrist Helps Patients Quit Smoking
• Video: Learn Your Triggers and How to Beat Them
• Video: How to Avoid Relapse
• Dean Clinic Manager Sees Success in UW-PASS Study
• Both Immediate and Delayed Quitters Find Success
• UW-PASS Health Counselor Helps Patient Quit Smoking
• UW-CTRI Collaborator Participates in National Recovery Event Sponsored by A&E TV
• Physicians Plus Partners with the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line
• No Smoking is Wisconsin Law; Get Help to Quit Smoking Here
• Health Care Reform: What It Means for Tobacco Cessation
• Wisconsin Kids Exposed to Secondhand Smoke at Alarming Rates
• Health Professionals Discuss How Patients with Psychiatric or Drug Issues Can Quit Smoking
• UW-CTRI Lands New Grant to Study Effects of State Policy/Funding Changes
• Study: Smoking Linked to Sinus Problems
• Decline in Smoking Rates Linked with Cessation Outreach Program
• NPR: FDA Discusses Further Tobacco Regulations
• Wisconsin Goes Smoke-Free July 5: UW-CTRI Can Help
• What Health Care Reform Means for Smokers
• Blood Vessels Recover Quickly After Quitting Smoking
• If You Build It, Medicaid Smokers Will Come
• How to Eliminate Smoking by 2047
• UW-CTRI Paper Focuses on How to Help the Poor Quit Smoking
• Researchers Find Promise in Quit-Smoking Program for Inmates Upon Release from Prison
• The Anatomy of an E-Cig

2009 Articles

• Boston Globe Quotes UW-CTRI Director on How to Help Low-Income Smokers Quit
• Veterans-and-Smoking Study to Launch
• ABC News: UW-CTRI Program Helps Milwaukee Residents Quit Smoking
• British Study Reports Varenicline Safe for Quitting Smoking
• UW-CTRI Researcher Co-Authors New National PediatricTobacco Policy
• U.S. Navy Dentist Champions Quitting Smoking to Troops
• UW-CTRI Director One of Two Doctors Nationwide Honored for Advocacy Work
• UW-CTRI Tests Nicotine Vaccine to Help Patients Quit Smoking
• UW-CTRI Study Helps Patient Quit Smoking
• Program Helps Milwaukee Smokers
• Research News:UW-CTRI Develops New Tool to Help Clinicians Match Treatments to Smokers
• USA Today: Heart Attack Rates Fall 17% After Smoking Bans Enacted
• UW-CTRI Researcher Jessica Cook Wins Award
• Throat-Cancer Patient Quits Smoking
• FDA: E-Cigarettes Contain Carcinogens
• Obama Signs Legislation Granting FDA Authority to Regulate Big Tobacco
• As Wisconsin's Tobacco Tax Increases,
  Will Funding to Help People Quit Decrease?
  • Madison Magazine (text)
  • Wisconsin Radio Network (audio)
  • Wisconsin State Journal (editorial)
  • WMTV-15 Madison (text)
• Iraq Veteran Attacks Nicotine Addiction
  • Operation Quit Tobacco Expands Service
• UW-CTRI Staff Rise From the (Cigarette) Ashes at National Conference in Phoenix
• Study Participant No Longer Painted Into the Smokers’ Corner
• Key to Happiness? 72-Year Harvard Study Finds Not Smoking is One Key
• Verdict is In Against Big Tobacco
• Operation Quit Tobacco Expands Services
• Governor Signs State Smoking Ban
• Joint Finance OKs State Cigarette Tax Hike
• After Tax Increase, Smokers Turn to Quit Line
• REPORT: Tobacco Tax Increase Warrants Ample Funding for Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line
• Dr. Michael Fiore Wins Common Good Award
• Student Helps Community-Health Clinic Treat Patients Who Are Addicted to Tobacco Use
• ZIP Code Project Enters Next Phases
• Research Reveals Why Participants Persevered or Dropped from Study
• Milwaukee TV News: As Tobacco Taxes Rise, Quit Line is Ready to Help People Quit
• Tobacco Tax Increase Warrants Ample Funding for Quit Line
• UW-CTRI Researchers Weigh In on Tobacco and Obesity
• WPHCA Takes Systematic Approach to Tobacco Intervention for Disparate Populations
• Doyle Calls for $.75 Increase in Tobacco Tax
• U.S. Congress to Raise Tobacco Tax $.62 Per Pack April 1 to Pay for Children's Health Insurance
• Obama On Front Lines in Battle to Stop Smoking
• Wisconsin Hospital Association Helps Hospitals Help Smokers
• Obama VIDEO: The President Discusses Quitting Smoking

2008 Articles

• AARP Bulletin: Never Too Late to Quit
• U.S. News & World Report: Secrets to Quitting Smoking
• Former Smoker Dances for Joy
• Obama Discusses Quitting Smoking
• Case Study: Dean Provides Tobacco Treatment at Speed of Light
• UW-CTRI Clinic Helps Post-Op Patient Quit Smoking
• Case Study: Aurora Health Care’s Systematic Program Helps Patients and Staff Quit Tobacco
• U.S. Veteran Draws Power from Straws, Coaching to Quit Smoking
• Capital Times: Undercover Stings Slash Tobacco Sales to Minors
• Former Smoker Appreciates ‘Amazing’ Program, ‘Fabulous’ Service
• Unique Collaboration Helps Milwaukee Residents Quit Tobacco
• Amazing Woman Helps Milwaukee Smokers Quit
• Quit Line Expands Services for Pregnant Women Who Smoke
• UW-CTRI and Utah Researchers Crack “Kid-Smoking” Genetic Code
• Men'sHealth Interviews UW-CTRI Director on Why So Many Men Still Smoke--And How to Quit
• Local Researcher Helps Feds Update National Guidelines for Docs
• Government Releases 2008 Clinical Practice Guideline: Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence
• GHC Offers 8 Tips to Help Patients Quit Tobacco Use
• UW-CTRI Students Examine Parental Smoking, Patients' Ability to Retain How to Quit
• Super Hospital: Aspirus Kicks Tobacco Treatment Into High Gear Using EMR
• Lance Armstrong, Gov. Doyle, 1,000 Wisconsinites Pedal Wisconsin Toward Smokefree Air
• UW-CTRI Outreach Helps Healthcare Providers Help Patients Quit
• VIDEO from Channel 12 Milwaukee: Free Meds from Quit Line
• Channel 15 Madison: Time to Quit
• State Raises Tobacco Tax $1; Less Kids Will Smoke

2007 Articles

• Mile Bluff Helps Patients Quit Tobacco Use
• Researchers Work With Chinese Doctors to Turn the Tobacco Tide in China
• Editorial in Wisconsin State Journal: Don't Drop Cigarette Tax in Battle Over Budget
• Tommy Thompson, Other Officials to Discuss $2 Billion Economic Burden of Smoking on Wisconsin Businesses
  • VIDEO: Thompson and Other Panelists
• Fiore Travels to China, Discusses Tobacco Cessation
• Super Clinics: UW Health Fox Valley Follows Guideline to Help Patients Quit Smoking and Chewing Tobacco
• Tobacco Science In-Depth: Experts Work to Help Smokers with Psychiatric Disorders
• Wisconsin Smokers' Health Study Helps Smoker Rev His Engines
• National Expert on Nutrition Discusses Diet and Tobacco Use
• New Study Examines Effectiveness of Quit Line for Callers Age 13-24
• Tobacco Control Advocates Promote 'Through With Chew' Week in Wisconsin
• Milwaukee Area Healthcare Community Discusses How to Help Patients Quit Tobacco

2006 Articles

• UW-CTRI Leads Update of Clinical Practice Guideline
• Outreach News: Health Professionals Learn How to Help Tobacco Users Quit
• Operation Quit Tobacco Offers Free Medication and Coaching to Help Troops and Veterans Quit Tobacco Use
• Healthy Air for Kids' Initiative to Help Parents Quit Smoking
• Medicaid Covers Treatments to Help Recipients Quit
• Former Smoker Sings Different Tune after Quitting
• CBS News Coverage: UW Study Shows High Success Rates