Center for Tobacco Independence

Online (Zoom) Offering This training is free and 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 with pregnant and post-partum individuals. In this training, we will share an overview of smoking & vaping prevalence in the pregnant population. We will identify health implications of smoking & vaping during pregnancy and postpartum, as well as the health effects of second & thirdhand smoke. We will…

In this Essential Skills Training you 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. Participation in the Treating Tobacco Together: Intensive Skills Training is a required component of the “Classic Pathway” for Tobacco Treatment Specialist Certification. 1 Day Virtual with pre-work: Participants must complete six online courses before the live virtual training day that will take approximately 4 hours total to complete. Includes…

This training will take place live, virtually, over Zoom on the following dates:  February 4th - 9:00am - 1:30pm EST February 5th - Recorded Sessions (3.5 hours total) February 6th - 9:00am - 2:00pm EST  This skills-focused training will build on knowledge gained in the Treating Tobacco Together: Essential Skills Training. This training is appropriate for individuals who have completed the Essential Skills Training within the past two years and are interested in increasing their tobacco treatment skills. Participants will build on common…