Center for Tobacco Independence

Update (4/13/2020): Please note that this webinar has been postponed to a later date – we will notify registrants when the new date has been selected. Tim Cowan will review data on past and current tobacco and nicotine use, and quitting behavior in Maine. He will use multiple frames of reference to help the audience identify where we have made progress in reducing tobacco use and where we have not. Of particular focus will be reviewing data from the 2019 Maine Integrated Youth…

The tobacco epidemic is one of the biggest public health threats the world has ever faced, killing more than 8 million people a year around the world. More than 7 million of those deaths are the result of direct tobacco use while around 1.2 million are the result of non-smokers being exposed to second-hand smoke, according to WHO International. This webinar will provide an introduction to commonly used tobacco around the globe and provide resources for clinicians and providers to aid in treating…

Working with individuals with tobacco use disorder and helping them to start living a tobacco-free life can be very rewarding. It can also be challenging and frustrating at times. Although many providers in healthcare are familiar with the concept of self-care, that is, paying attention to your own mental, physical, and spiritual selves, and indeed encourage their clients or patients to embrace the concept, some may find it a challenge to put the concept into practice in their own lives. In this webinar, we…