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KU research award will help develop pain and nicotine intervention for cancer survivors
Cancer survivors are often excluded from smoking cessation studies, even though survivors managing chronic pain are significantly more likely to use nicotine than the general population.

Q&A: 6 Questions with Rich Yi
Rich Yi is a professor in the Department of Psychology and the Director of the Cofrin Logan Center for Addiction Research and Treatment, which became a Life Span Institute center in 2018.

US tobacco firms used cigarette-selling tactics to globally market ultraprocessed foods
A new study from the University of Kansas details how U.S. tobacco corporations expanded into global food markets from the mid-1980s to the mid-2000s, using strategies honed through cigarette sales to market ultraprocessed foods, which are industrially processed and contain ingredients and additives that maximize their appeal.
KU Researchers Receive 2026 Hawks for Hope Awards for Addiction Studies
The Hawks for Hope Research Awards provide support for research on substance use. The annual awards were established in memory of Patrick Guthrie by members of the Guthrie family.