Pharmacotherapy of Tobacco Cessation

Pharmacotherapy of Tobacco Cessation

This continuing education course discusses pharmacological interventions to help your patients quit smoking or other tobacco use. The drugs currently available to support tobacco cessation are discussed in detail. This course was revised and updated in June 2008.
Course Need, Goal, Objectives, and Target Audience

Need: Clinicians need to know how to offer pharmacological interventions to patients who are quitting tobacco in order to improve abstinence rates.

Goal: The learner will be knowledgeable about providing pharmacological interventions for smoking cessation.

Objectives: After completing this course you will be able to
  • Use first-line smoking deterrent pharmacotherapies with patients and use second-line smoking deterrent pharmacotherapies as a back-up
  • Consider the indications and contraindications, special precautions, and warnings for use of first-line smoking deterrent pharmacotherapies when providing tobacco interventions
  • Consider the efficacy of first-line smoking deterrent pharmacotherapies when selecting one for a patient
  • Describe proper use of each form of smoking deterrent pharmacotherapy to patients
  • Consider the costs of various smoking deterrent pharmacotherapy treatments when selecting one for a patient
Audience: Physicians and other healthcare professionals, counselors, substance abuse workers, psychologists, and trainees in these fields. ACCME and NBCC credit are available.
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Course Participation

Obtaining CE credit for participation in this course requires that you are logged in, take the pre-test, view the course, take the post-test, satisfaction survey, and then request credit. To receive CE credit, you must answer at least 70% of the post-test questions correctly. When successful, you will be instructed on how to print out a credit statement/CME certificate for your records. Keep track of the amount of time it takes you to complete this course.Each health professional should claim credit only for the time actually spent in the activity. Unless otherwise noted, credit is available at the cost of $15/credit hour. If there is a noticeable discrepancy between credit time claimed and time spent which can not be resolved, we may void the credit. [DETAILS]

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Continuing education credits are provided by Clinical Tools, Inc. Please review the Accreditation Details for more information. Initial development of this course was supported by a from NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, #R44HL65885

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Accreditation

Credit Type and Hours: [DETAILS]
  • Physician toward AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM for 1.00 hour(s)
  • FBN for 1.0 hour(s)
  • FBD for 1.0 hour(s)
  • CECH for 1.0 hour(s)
  • FBRC for 1.0 hour(s)
Physician release: 7/10/08
Physician expiration: 6/30/11
FBN release: 11/8/07
FBN expiration: 10/31/11
FBD release: 9/10/07
FBD expiration: 2/28/10
CECH release: 7/31/09
CECH expiration: 8/1/10
FBRC release: 10/12/09
FBRC expiration: 10/12/10
Last content review: 6/30/08
Last editorial review: 8/1/08

Sponsored by: Clinical Tools, Inc.
Authors
Karen Mary Rossie, DMD, MS, MACP, PhD
Mary P. Metcalf, PhD
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Disclosure

Clinical Tools, Inc. requires that all authors participating in CME development disclose their financial interest or other relationship with the manufacturers of any commercial products and/or providers of commercial services discussed in this educational presentation and with any commercial supporters of this activity.
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