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UW-CTRI Researchers Find Combining Stop-Smoking Medications Best for Quitting

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention (UW-CTRI) have found that combining an over-the-counter nicotine-replacement patch with the nicotine-replacement lozenge is the best bet for smokers trying to quit. US News & World Report

Veterans-and-Smoking Study to Launch

New Research Tool Better Predicts Smoking Relapse

President Barack Obama says he has had trouble giving up smokes. Maybe he could benefit from a simple new tool showing promise in predicting who is most likely to relapse—and why.

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Prediction Tool

UW-CTRI Researcher Wins Award

Research Program Overview
The University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention (UW-CTRI) is nationally recognized for its tobacco research. UW-CTRI is also a leader in translating tobacco research results into cutting-edge tobacco treatment.

UW-CTRI is currently conducting its second five-year grant as a Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center (TTURC), sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This TTURC 2 initiative is designed to identify the most effective tobacco treatments as well as the outcomes of quitting smoking. For more on TTURC 2, click here. For more on TTURC 1 research, click here.

UW-CTRI conducts research not just in labs, but also in healthcare clinics throughout Wisconsin.