Breaking the addiction: Wisconsin cessation programs help patients end tobacco dependence Volume 109, Issue 2 Since the launch of the Wisconsin Cessation Outreach Program 10 years ago, smoking rates in Wisconsin have declined nearly 20%. This issue of the Wisconsin Medical Journal includes 2 papers that look both at the program’s success and the effectiveness of one of its initiatives, the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line. Click on the cover to the left to open the new virtual Journal and read any of the articles below. The virtual Journal requires Flash software. To download Flash, click here. View the archived Wisconsin Medical Journal volumes here.

Editorial

In Remembrance
Kim Peek, 1951-2009 (PDF)
Darold Treffert, MD

Tobacco, hypertension, and the environment… and a request for reviewers (PDF)
John Frey, III, MD

Commentary

Infectious Disease and Cancer (PDF)
Joseph J. Mazza, MD, MACP

Original Contributions

A Decade of Experience Promoting the Clinical Treatment of Tobacco Dependence in Wisconsin (PDF)
Lezli A. Redmond, MPH; Robert Adsit, MEd; Kathleen H. Kobinsky, MPH, CHES; Wendy Theobald, PhD; Michael C. Fiore, MD, MPH, MBA

The Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line’s Fax to Quit Program: Participant Satisfaction and Effectiveness (PDF)
Kathleen H. Kobinsky, MPH, CHES; Lezli A. Redmond, MPH; Stevens S. Smith, PhD; Patricia L. Yepassis-Zembrou, MD, MPH; Michael C. Fiore, MD, MPH, MBA

Preliminary Description of the Feasibility of Using Peer Leaders to Encourage Hypertension Self-Management (PDF)
Avery Hayes, MD; Jeffrey Morzinski, PhD; Kristyn Ertl, BA; Christine Wurm, BS; Leslie Patterson, MS; Nancy Wilke, OT; Jeff Whittle, MD, MPH

Tickborne Powassan Virus Infections Among Wisconsin Residents (PDF)
Diep K. Hoang Johnson, BS; J. Erin Staples, MD; Mark J. Sotir, PhD MPH; David M. Warshauer, PhD; Jeffrey P. Davis, MD

Review Article

Late Effects in Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer: Considerations for the General Practitioner (PDF)
Debra Schmidt, RN, MS, CPNP; Lynnette Anderson, RN, MS, CPNP; Kristin Bingen, PhD; Jennifer Hoag, PhD; Mary Jo Kupst, PhD; Anne B. Warwick, MD, MPH

Your Profession

Dean’s Corner
A strategic approach to addressing physician workforce needs (PDF)
Robert N. Golden, MD

MetaStar Matters
The Wisconsin Pressure Ulcer Coalition (PDF)
Jay A. Gold, MD, JD, MPH; Jody Rothe, RN, WCC

Your Society

Community-based HPV vaccination for rural Wisconsin (PDF)
Michelle Clark-Forsting

WHITEC to provide technical resources for Wisconsin practices implementing EHRs (PDF)
Susan L. Turney, MD, MS, FACP, FACMPE

Your Practice

What is wrong with your medical staff? (PDF)
Elizabeth A. Snelson, Esq.


Call for Papers, Reviewers

Instructions for Authors

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