Recent Findings

Here are selected recent findings in the news and media by the Precision Prevention and Treatment team.

2023 An Assessment of an EHR-Assisted Tobacco Treatment Model for GI Patients: Takeaways from ELEVATE https://www.hcplive.com/view/assessment-ehr-assisted-tobacco-treatment-model-gi-patients-elevate
2022 Curiosus Magazine Study looks at dual nicotine use https://www.barnesjewish.org/Curiosus-Mag/Article/ArtMID/6756/ArticleID/2285/STUDY-LOOKS-AT-DUAL-NICOTINE-USE
2022 Curiosus Magazine A two-step intervention for lung cancer https://www.barnesjewish.org/Curiosus-Mag/Article/ArtMID/6756/ArticleID/2277/A-TWO-STEP-INTERVENTION-FOR-LUNG-CANCER
2022 ASCO/JNCCN: New research encourages harnessing health technology to help patients with cancer quit smoking https://ascopost.com/news/may-2022/new-research-encourages-harnessing-health-technology-to-help-patients-with-cancer-quit-smoking/
2022 Smoking cessation program that target cancer patients effective https://medicine.wustl.edu/news/smoking-cessation-program-that-targets-cancer-patients-effective/
2022 Healio Health technology may help people with cancer quit smoking https://www.healio.com/news/hematology-oncology/20220526/health-technology-may-help-people-with-cancer-quit-smoking
2022 Cigarette smokers trying to quit often end up vaping and smoking https://medicine.wustl.edu/news/cigarette-smokers-trying-to-quit-often-end-up-vaping-and-smoking/
2022 KMOV4 News by Alexis Zotos Many local stores already pulling juul e-cogarette off shelves https://www.kmov.com/video/2022/06/24/many-local-stores-already-pulling-juul-e-cigarettes-off-shelves/
2022 St. Louis American on Menthol Ban by Alvin Reid https://www.stlamerican.com/news/national_news/fda-moves-to-ban-menthol-cigarettes/article_a3e1e468-ecfc-11ec-8c9a-170b75980a19.html
2022 HealthDay Many smokers who want to quit just end up vaping too https://consumer.healthday.com/7-27-many-smokers-who-want-to-quit-just-end-up-vaping-too-2657708793.html
2021 Invited talk on Healthy Lung https://missouribotanicalgarden-my.sharepoint.com/:v:/g/personal/dandrews_mobot_org/ER2Il8do1ztPh0OwbCzMsfsB4A4uPd_vCML9PgeeAjCKWg?e=G4mIIT
2021 Implementing genomics into smoking cessation https://www.stlmag.com/health/wash-u-dissemination-implementation-science-alex-ramsey-rupa-patel/
2020 Smoking cessation should be ‘pillar’ of the cancer treatment protocol https://www.healio.com/news/hematology-oncology/20200212/smoking-cessation-should-be-pillar-of-the-cancer-treatment-protocol
2020 Tailoring treatment for African American smokers has potential to lower cancer risk and improve health https://siteman.wustl.edu/tailoring-treatment-for-african-american-smokers-has-potential-to-lower-cancer-risk-and-improve-health-2/
2020 Can E-Cigarettes Help Patients Stop Smoking Combustible Cigarettes? https://www.lungcancernews.org/2019/08/14/can-e-cigarettes-help-patients-stop-smoking-combustible-cigarettes/
2019 More cancer patients get help to quit smoking https://medicine.wustl.edu/news/smoking-cessation-strategy-shows-promising-early-results/
2018 NCI Video on Cancer Center Cessation Initiative https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mH_Lot3PjR0
2018 Smoking rates decline when those with mental illness get support to kick habit https://medicine.wustl.edu/news/smoking-rates-decline-when-those-with-mental-illness-get-support-to-kick-habit/
2018 Helping cancer patients quit smoking https://medicine.wustl.edu/news/initiative-help-cancer-patients-quit-smoking/
2017 Ivanhoe News The Smoking and Health Connnection https://www.ivanhoe.com/smart-living/health-news/smoking-health-connection/
2017 Washington University wants to help smokers kick the habit http://fox2now.com/2017/11/16/washington-university-wants-to-help-smokers-kick-the-habit/
2016 Many smokers with serious mental illness want to kick the habit https://medicine.wustl.edu/news/many-smokers-serious-mental-illness-want-kick-habit/
2016 Quitting can reduce genetic predisposition for lung cancer https://medicine.wustl.edu/news/even-genetic-predisposition-lung-cancer-quitting-smoking-reduces-risk/
2015 Trial to study smoking cessation therapy tailored to a smoker’s DNA https://medicine.wustl.edu/news/trial-to-study-smoking-cessation-therapy-tailored-to-a-smokers-dna/
2015 Genetic variant linked to smoking longer and getting lung cancer sooner https://source.wustl.edu/2015/04/gene-variant-linked-to-smoking-longer-getting-lung-cancer-sooner/
2015 NIDA News Gene variants related to greater difficulty in quitting and earlier lung cancer diagnosis https://www.drugabuse.gov/news-events/news-releases/2015/04/gene-variant-related-to-greater-difficulty-in-quitting-smoking-earlier-lung-cancer-diagnosis
2013 Gene influences success of nicotine replacement therapy in smokers https://source.wustl.edu/2013/10/gene-influences-success-of-nicotine-replacement-therapy-in-smokers/
2012 Fox News Genetics may predict a person’s success in quitting smoking http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/05/31/genetics-may-predict-person-success-quitting-smoking.html
2012 Genes predict if medication can help you quit smoking https://source.wustl.edu/2012/05/genes-predict-if-medicationcan-help-you-quit-smoking/
2012 NIH News Odds of quitting smoking affected by genetics https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/odds-quitting-smoking-affected-genetics

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