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Winning the Battle Against Smoking: A Digital-Medication Approach

Winning the Battle Against Smoking: A Digital-Medication Approach

From the Bricker research group, Public Health Sciences Division
Science SpotlightJanuary 22, 2024
Cancer and the LGBTQ+ community

Cancer and the LGBTQ+ community

From structural barriers and binary patient forms to gendered diseases, ‘queer cancer’ can be fraught with bias and bad assumptions
Hutch NewsAugust 03, 2023
Evaluation of mobile health app for smokers with depression

Evaluation of mobile health app for smokers with depression

From the Heffner Group, Division of Public Health Sciences
Science SpotlightJanuary 20, 2020
A link between addiction mindset and smoking behavior

A link between addiction mindset and smoking behavior

From the Bricker Group, Division of Public Health Sciences
Science SpotlightMay 20, 2019
7 lung cancer misconceptions

7 lung cancer misconceptions

Myths and misinformation still keep many people in the dark – and that’s bad news for their health
Hutch NewsNovember 15, 2018
Science-based tips for making and keeping healthy New Year’s resolutions

Science-based tips for making and keeping healthy New Year’s resolutions

Hit the road to good health in the new year with advice on diet, exercise, sleep and more from Fred Hutch experts
Hutch NewsJanuary 02, 2018
Smoking after a cancer diagnosis

Smoking after a cancer diagnosis

Lighting up can be a source of shame and treatment complications for cancer patients, but Fred Hutch researchers are here to help them quit
Hutch NewsNovember 16, 2017
Our smoking cessation expert answers questions on e-cigarettes and the FDA's push to limit nicotine

Our smoking cessation expert answers questions on e-cigarettes and the FDA's push to limit nicotine

Smoking cessation expert Dr. Jonathan Bricker weighs in on new studies and a federal effort to regulate an ‘astonishingly addictive’ drug
Hutch NewsAugust 01, 2017
SmartQuit 2.0 app helps twice as many smokers cut habit: study

SmartQuit 2.0 app helps twice as many smokers cut habit: study

Smoking-cessation app developed via Fred Hutch research also helped three quarters of trial users reduce smoking habit
Hutch NewsNovember 17, 2016
Smoking stigma can hurt efforts to quit

Smoking stigma can hurt efforts to quit

A new study reinforces the case for a new kind of smoking control strategy
Hutch NewsNovember 02, 2015
NCI funds $3.1M Fred Hutch clinical trial of a smoking-cessation smartphone app

NCI funds $3.1M Fred Hutch clinical trial of a smoking-cessation smartphone app

First such study to compare effectiveness of quit-smoking programs delivered via mobile apps
News ReleasesJune 19, 2015
Researchers and patients give thanks

Researchers and patients give thanks

From surviving cancer to puppies to Jail House Gin:<br> Sharing gratitude for things large and small
Hutch NewsNovember 26, 2014
Kicking butt: a look at smoking cessation through the decades

Kicking butt: a look at smoking cessation through the decades

From ‘grandma groups’ to pharmacotherapy to online interventions, people will try just about anything to kick the habit
Hutch NewsNovember 19, 2014
Death of baseball’s Tony Gwynn sheds light on dangers of smokeless tobacco

Death of baseball’s Tony Gwynn sheds light on dangers of smokeless tobacco

While smoking has declined in recent years, use of smokeless tobacco has actually increased, according to research
Hutch NewsJune 20, 2014
Getting ready to quit smoking? -  Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Getting ready to quit smoking? - Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has the right opportunity for you
News ReleasesMarch 24, 2014
Adult daily smokers needed for study quit-smoking iPhone app - Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Adult daily smokers needed for study quit-smoking iPhone app - Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Participants in the free Smart Quit study will receive tools to help them quit – and stay quit
News ReleasesMarch 11, 2013