Recent Findings

2025 Using Genetics to Prevent Lung Cancer https://siteman.wustl.edu/using-genetics-to-prevent-lung-cancer/
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-cigarettes 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 Connection 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