Intensive Skills Training is Step 2 of CTI’s three-step Tobacco Treatment Specialist training pathway. It builds advanced skills for delivering evidence-based, person-centered tobacco treatment.
Prerequisite: Participants must have completed Treating Tobacco Together: Essential Skills Training within the past 2 years.
What You’ll Learn
Participants will learn how to:
- Apply motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioral therapy techniques
- Conduct a comprehensive tobacco-use assessment
- Develop individualized treatment plans
- Consider tobacco treatment medications as part of treatment planning
- Support relapse prevention and recovery
Training Format
Live Virtual Training with Pre-Work
Complete approximately 3.5 hours of self-paced pre-work before the first live virtual training on Zoom. Between the two live training days, participants complete an additional 3.5 hours of recorded coursework. All coursework and live sessions are required.
Participants must attend the live sessions on a computer with a webcam and take part in lectures and group activities.
Cost: $150 for Maine residents; $200 for non-Maine residents
Continuing education: 14.0 CME/CEU credits available with attendance
Upcoming Training
November 17–19, 2026
November 17: Live Virtual Training, Day 1 | 9 a.m.–2 p.m. ET
November 18: Required self-paced coursework | Approximately 3.5 hours
November 19: Live Virtual Training, Day 2 | 9 a.m.–2 p.m. ET
Additional Intensive Skills trainings are offered throughout the year. Join the CTI mailing list or view the training calendar for upcoming opportunities.
Questions about this training? Contact tobaccotrng@mainehealth.org or 207-662-7154.
In support of improving patient care, MaineHealth is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. MaineHealth is also approved to accredit continuing education activities with the following credit types: Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE), Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB), American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA), American Psychological Association (APA), Registered Dietitians (RDs) and Dietetic Technicians, Registered (DTRs).