

Tobacco Treatment Webinar Series for WA Healthcare Professionals
The Rede Group is pleased to present this six-part virtual training series, provided by the Duke-UNC Tobacco Treatment Specialist Training Program. All sessions are offered via Zoom.
Each session is approved for 1.0 CE hour through Duke Continuing Education.* Instructions to claim CE certificates will be provided at the conclusion of each session.
For questions about the series, please contact The Rede Group. For questions about individual sessions, please contact the Duke-UNC TTS Training Program.

September 12, 2024, 11:00am-12:00pm PT
MINDFULNESS STRATEGIES FOR SMOKING CESSATION
Megan Keith, LCSW, MSW, Duke Smoking Cessation Program
Mindfulness is a simple skill that can help people with tobacco dependence by reducing stress and helping them manage urges, challenging emotions, and addictive thoughts.
Learning Objectives:
1. Identify and describe several core characteristics of mindfulness
2. Identify and describe problems for which mindfulness has been used to help people who smoke
3. Provide instruction for the following practices: A moment of mindfulness, mindful meditation and mindful walking, mindful smoking reduction, urge surfing

October 17, 2024, 11:00am-12:00pm PT
PHARMACOTHERAPY FOR SMOKING CESSATION
Kelly Young, PA-C, Duke Smoking Cessation Program
Understand and apply the latest evidence-based pharmacotherapy strategies for tobacco use treatment. Learn how to safely use standard-of-care tobacco treatment medications in individuals with co-occurring mental health diagnoses and substance use.
Learning Objectives:
1. Understand the neurobiological mechanisms underlying nicotine addiction as the basis for pharmacotherapy treatment
2. Identify pharmacotherapies for tobacco treatment and strategies for their use
3. Describe indications, contraindications, and side effects to these pharmacotherapies
4. Practice creating a pharmacotherapy treatment plan for a variety of clients

November 14, 2024, 11:00am-12:00pm PT
INPATIENT SMOKING CESSATION
Julie Hartzell, MSW, LCSW, UNC Tobacco Treatment Program
Hospitalizations are stressful, and nicotine withdrawal symptoms can negatively impact a person's experience. Nevertheless, hospitalizations present a unique opportunity for patients to examine their tobacco use and the implications it has on their health.
Learning Objectives:
1. Increase your confidence in assessing for tobacco use and nicotine withdrawal
2. Practice motivational interviewing and solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) to help patients become tobacco-free
3. Understand medications and resources to best support patients during admission and after discharge

December 12, 2024, 11:00am-12:00pm PT
DUAL TOBACCO USE
Jeremy Finazzo, LCSWA, LCASA, UNC Tobacco Treatment Program
Despite overall declining trends in recent national smoking rates, youth and other populations of individuals continue to engage in alternative tobacco-product use. Dual and poly-tobacco use can present increased risks to mortality and are a common phenomenon for individuals both new to tobacco use, and who have a pre-established history of tobacco use and are motivated to change. Dual use is not an effective way to safeguard health outcomes. This session will describe the common trends of populations using cigarettes and other tobacco products, discuss the health risks associated with dual and poly tobacco-use, and provide instruction on interviewing skills to educate clients on the misconceptions of alternative tobacco products as standardized tools for smoking cessation.
Learning Objectives:
1. Determine common populations of dual tobacco users, such as youth starting electronic cigarette use and transitioning into combustible tobacco products, and common trends or features that impact the likelihood of different groups to begin dual tobacco use.
2. Describe the observed mortality risks of dual tobacco use patterns, and determine the impact of non-combustible tobacco products on cigarette use and associated health risks.
3. Discuss common misconceptions and myths regarding electronic cigarettes and other alternative tobacco products (ZYN, QuitGo™, etc.) as researched and standard-of-care methods for smoking cessation.
4. Develop interviewing strategies for accurately identifying dual tobacco use and advising against the mortality risks of dual use while conducting an assessment with a client.

January 9, 2025, 11:00am-12:00pm PT
BEST PRACTICES FOR TRAUMA-INFORMED SMOKING CESSATION TREATMENT
Megan Keith, LCSW, MSW, Duke Smoking Cessation Program
The objective of this training is to define and explore the trauma-informed perspective for clinicians. The unique risks and challenges that face clients who have history of trauma will be highlighted, along with solutions. Review of the 6 principles of the Trauma Informed Approach will be provided.
Learning Objectives:
1. Discuss reframing patient resistance as resilience
2. Identify important signs of burnout within your colleagues and yourself
3. Apply these concepts to a variety of scenarios that you are likely to encounter in practice

February 13, 2025, 11:00am-12:00pm PT
IMPLEMENTING SOCIAL SUPPORT STRATEGIES INTO TOBACCO TREATMENT
Jeremy FInazzo, LCSWA LCASA, and Susan Trout, LCSW, MSPH, NCTTP, UNC Tobacco Treatment Program
Social supports (e.g., family, friends) can be a tremendous help or hindrance in a client’s/patient’s tobacco cessation journey. This session will focus on barriers, facilitators, and effective strategies in engaging social supports in tobacco cessation treatment to improve clients’/patients’ success in cutting down or quitting tobacco.
Learning Objectives:
1. Identify types of social supports in tobacco use cessation treatment
2. Identify social supports as barriers and facilitators of tobacco cessation
3. Learn and practice strategies to effectively engage social supports in clients’/patients’ treatment plans
4. Recognize and overcome system-level barriers to engaging social supports in tobacco cessation treatment
CE Credit Information
In support of improving patient care, Duke University Health System Clinical Education and Professional Development is accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), to provide continuing education for the health care team.
The designation was based upon the quality of the educational activity and its compliance with the standards and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).


About the Duke-UNC Tobacco Treatment Specialist Training Program
The Duke-UNC Tobacco Treatment Specialist Training Program is a collaboration of three leaders in tobacco treatment, education, and research--the Duke Smoking Cessation Program, the University of North Carolina Tobacco Treatment Program, and the North Carolina Division of Public Health--and has been making TTS education accessible to medical, behavioral and public health professionals in North Carolina and beyond since 2016.
The primary aim of the program is to train health professionals to provide evidence-based treatment for tobacco use and dependence. Our comprehensive tobacco treatment specialist training and intensive CE Short Courses provide an impactful education experience for a wide variety of professionals, including clinicians, nurses, pharmacists, social workers, public health policy-makers, and more.
Learn more about Duke-UNC TTS here.