TTURC
2: Tobacco Dependence, Treatment and Outcomes
(2005-2009)
UW-CTRI
continues its Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research (TTURC), funded primarily by the National Institutes on Drug Abuse. The current study, Tobacco Dependence: Treatment and Outcomes (TTURC 2), began in 2004. It has the ambitious goal of addressing gaps in our current knowledge about the treatment of tobacco use as well as the health and economic effects of smoking and quitting. TTURC 2 is also unique in that is examines each smoker as a "whole person," accounting for a bevy of environmental and health maintenance factors. See graphic.
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Diane and her daughter, Jenna, quit smoking through the TTURC 2 "Wisconsin Smokers' Health Study." Early data show tremendous quit rates for this study. For more information, click here. |
TTURC 2
includes four major research projects, plus pilot grants and a career development
program.
Research
Project 1: Pharmacotherapies: Efficacy, Mechanisms and Algorithms
Research
Project 2: Natural History of Smoking and Quitting: Long-term Outcomes
Research
Project 3: Pharmacotherapies: Effectiveness in Primary Care Systems
Research
Project 4: Healthcare Costs and Utilization of Smoking and Quitting
TTURC 2 Mini-Grant Project: Meditation and Quitting Smoking
This study examines how mindfulness meditation can help people quit smoking.
TTURC 2 Mini-Grant Projects: Students Examine Tobacco Treatment
These studies examine 1) the influence of parental smoking and 2) ability of participants to retain what they learn about how to quit.
TTURC 2 Pilot-Grant Project: Smoking Among Prisoners
This study examines the effect of smoking bans in Wisconsin prisons on ex-cons.
TTURC 2 Mini-Grant Project: Turning the Tide in China
This study examines how to work with Chinese doctors to promote cessation.
Developmental
Research Program
Career
Development Opportunities Program
More
Information
Understanding and Preventing
Relapse, TTURC 1 (1999-2004)
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