Treating Tobacco Together: Essential Skills Training

Treating Tobacco Together: Essential Skills Training

*The Essential Skills Training title has been updated, though the training contains the same content and information as the formerly known Basic Skills Training.

Join other health professionals in this training to learn more about nicotine addiction and how to integrate brief, evidence-based tobacco treatment interventions into current practice. The Essential Skills Training is open to all health professionals, prevention professionals, and community members who are interested in learning more about the burden of tobacco and strategies for intervention and treatment. Participation in the Treating Tobacco Together: Essential Skills Training is a required component for the Tobacco Treatment Specialist Certification 3-Step Training Pathway.

In this training, participants will learn about tobacco prevalence, products and burden, e-cigarettes and vaping, motivational interviewing, how to integrate brief, evidence-based tobacco treatment interventions into current practice, tobacco treatment medications and relapse prevention and recovery.

Training Offerings

Both Essential Skills Training formats are approved as the first component of the Tobacco Treatment Specialist Certification 3-Step Training Pathway.

Virtual 1 Day Training with Pre-Work (Live via Zoom)

Participate in this virtual training over one day lasting 4 hours, with approximately 4 hours of pre work to be completed prior to the start of the live online session.  Sessions will include both didactive and interactive components, allowing for participants to engage with other attendees in the virtual setting.
Fee: $50 for Maine residents, $75 for non-Maine residents

Upcoming Offerings :

  • September 18, 2025 – Registration closes September 8, 2025 at 11:59pm
  • December 10, 2025 – Registration closes December 2, 2025 at 11:59pm
  • March 17, 2026 – Registration closes March 6, 2026 at 11:59pm
  • April 30, 2026 – Registration closes April 20, 2026 at 11:59pm 

Register for 1 Day Virtual Essential Skills Trainings Here

Complete Online Essential Skills Training:

This is the asynchronous version of our traditional Treating Tobacco Together: Essential Skills Training. By choosing this option, you are opting to complete the Essential Skills Training fully online with no required live training sessions. From purchase date, you have one (1) year to complete the training (10 lessons; approximately 6.5 hours). The training has been approved for up to 6.0 continuing education credits and the course must be completed in full to 1) receive credit and 2) fulfill the requirement for the Tobacco Treatment Specialist Certification 3-Step Training Pathway.

Fee: $50 for Maine residents, $75 for non-Maine residents

Register For Complete Online Essential Skills Training Here

The MaineHealth Center for Tobacco Independence is nationally accredited as a Tobacco Treatment Specialist Certification Program through the Council of Tobacco Treatment Training Programs (CTTTP). CTI administers the Treating Tobacco Together: Essential Skills Training on behalf of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC), Maine Department of Health and Human Services.

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