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Rutgers researchers reported seeing Hyde nicotine strips for sale in a New Jersey vape shop. They’re also available virtually everywhere from various vendors online. They are similar to previous nicotine strips from other tobacco companies which …
May 28, 2025Editorial: For the Tobacco Endgame, Access to Treatment is a Human Right
Given that tobacco remains the leading cause of disease and death in the US, access to care to help people quit should be a basic human right, assert the authors of a new editorial in …
May 28, 2025First UW Cannabis Research Conference Connects Potential Collaborators
UW-CTRI co-hosted the inaugural UW-Madison Cannabis Research Conference at Union South on Earth Day, April 22, 2025. As dual use of nicotine and cannabis grows, and the state legislature considers legalization of cannabis use, UW-CTRI staff networked …
May 28, 2025Dr. McCarthy on Why Quitting Tobacco Helps Cancer Patients
UW-CTRI Research Director Dr. Danielle McCarthy talks to UW Health about why quitting tobacco use is so beneficial to cancer patients, and what UW is doing to facilitate it. To read more about the benefits, …
May 13, 2025Paper: AI Tool Helps Screen for Addiction
UW-CTRI Researcher Dr. Marlon Mundt and colleagues today published a paper in Nature Medicine that found, compared to patients who received provider-initiated consultations, patients identified for addiction medicine referrals by AI screening and who received …
April 30, 2025UW-CTRI’s Matthews Wins Alder 12 Race
UW-CTRI Research Specialist Julia Matthews on April 1 defeated incumbent Alder Amani Latimer to represent District 12 on Madison’s City Council. That district includes north side neighborhoods near the Dane County Regional Airport. Matthews told the Capitol …
April 30, 2025UW-CTRI Experts Present to 130 VA Providers
UW-CTRI Regional Outreach Specialist Allie Gorrilla, MPH and UW-CTRI Researcher Dr. Jesse Kaye recently presented online to more than 130 VA Veteran Justice Program (VJP) providers from across the country. One participant said, “It was …
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