UW-CTRI News Story Archives
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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

• 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