December 12th, 2023- 8:30am - 11:00am EST December 13th, 2023- 9:00am- 11:30am EST December 14th, 2023- 8:45am- 11:30am EST   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: Essential Skills Training is a required component for the National Certificate in Tobacco Treatment Practice Training “Classic Pathway”. Virtual: Includes 3 days of training…

Presenter: Tim Cowan, MSPH; Director, Community Health Surveillance and Evaluation at MaineHealth 1.0 CHES & 1.0 CME Credits available with attendance of live webinar In this presentation, we will examine how the prevalence of tobacco/nicotine dependence in Maine compares to other regions in the country- both within demographic groups as well as within counties that have similar socio-economic and demographic profiles as counties in Maine.  We will also examine changes in tobacco use over time.  Through all of these lenses, we will assess…

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: Essential Skills Training is a required component for the National Certificate in Tobacco Treatment Practice Training “Classic Pathway”. 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…