Introduction to Tobacco Treatment in Adolescent & Young Adult Populations

In 2023, approximately 11.3% of middle and high school students in the United States reported using a tobacco product within the past 30 days. This includes e-cigarettes, which have been the most commonly used tobacco product among youth since 2014. These devices contain nicotine, which is highly addictive and can harm adolescent brain development, impacting young people’s health and future smoking behaviors. This course is designed for both healthcare and non-healthcare professionals--including school administrators, educators, guidance counselors, and school nurses--who would like an overview of the problem of tobacco use among young people and practical strategies to reduce use and prevent tobacco use initiation among these vulnerable populations.

In this CE activity, you will learn how to:

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• Describe the 5 A’s model  

• Identify success rates of different types and lengths of behavioral treatment

• Identify key behavioral strategies  

• Define lapse & relapse and how to help patients who have experienced either  

• Identify relapse predictors and how to mitigate  

• Describe several characteristics of mindfulness  

• Identify and describe problems for which mindfulness has been used to help people who smoke  

• Provide instruction for the following practices: A moment of mindfulness, mindful meditation and mindful walking, mindful smoking reduction, urge surfing