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 Classic 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.

Register for the Essential Skills Training: Four Training Formats To Choose From

The Treating Tobacco Together: Essential Skills Training is available in four different modalities: in-person, virtual 3 day, virtual 1 day, and online asynchronous options. Each format has the same content and continuing education credits available. All Essential Skills Training options are approved for Tobacco Treatment Specialist Certification. You only need to pick ONE of the options to fulfill the requirements.

Complete Online Essential Skills Training: Register Here

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 CTI Classic Pathway.
Fee: $25 for Maine residents, $50 for non-Maine residents 

Maine In-Person with Pre Work:

Join us for an in-person all day session where you can learn and connect with other attendees. This training option also includes three pre-work courses that must be completed prior to attendance of the in-person training.  
Fee: $25 for Maine residents, $50 for non-Maine residents 

Virtual 3 Day (Live via Zoom)

Participate in this virtual training over three days with each session lasting approximately 3 hours. Sessions will include both didactive and interactive components, allowing for participants to engage with other attendees in the virtual setting.  
Fee: $25 for Maine residents, $50 for non-Maine residents 

Virtual 1 Day 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: $25 for Maine residents, $50 for non-Maine residents 

Available Offerings:

Complete Online Essential Skills Training: Register Here

Maine In-Person Offerings:

  • May 6, 2025 – MaineHealth, Portland, Maine  // Registration closes April 28, 2025

Virtual 3 Day (Live via Zoom) Offerings:

  • No current offerings available

Virtual 1 Day with Pre Work (Live via Zoom) Offerings:

  • April 24, 2025 – Registration has closed for this event
  • April 29, 2025 – Registration will close April 21, 2025 at 11:45pm

Please Note: Registration for the 1 Day Virtual Essential Skills Trainings close early in order to allow participants ample time to complete online course pre-work prior to the live session via Zoom. Online course pre-work will be released approximately one week prior to the live training session.

Training Cost: $25 for Maine resident, $50 for non-Maine resident

Register for the In-Person, Virtual 3 Day, or Virtual 1 Day Essential Skills Trainings Here

The MaineHealth Center for Tobacco Independence administers tobacco treatment trainings on behalf of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC), Maine Department of Health and Human Services.

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