Healthcare Professional Training Center:
Tobacco Education Programs

The following Tobacco Educations Sessions will be available in 2011. Please contact Laura Atkinson at 614-437-1511 or latkinson@breathingassociation.org for more information. 

These programs are supported in part by an education grant from Pfizer pharmaceuticals.

1-Hour In-services

These in-services, currently being scheduled, are an introduction to tobacco cessation, serving hospital medical staff, resident physicians and nurses. Various topics include: How to Administer Brief Cessation Interventions, Pharmacology, Smokeless Tobacco, etc. Please contact Laura Atkinson at 614-437-1511 to schedule a 1-hour In-service for your organization.

Our upcoming 2012 schedule is as follows:

Tobacco Treatment Specialist Training Course
April 23-27, 2012

The Tobacco Treatment Specialist Certification Course requires prerequisite training in counseling, social work, nursing, or addictions medicine; prior experience in tobacco dependence treatment; and a rigorous post-test. This course has been designed to meet the national standards being developed by ATTUD – the Association for Treatment of Tobacco Use and Dependence. Tobacco Treatment TTS courses will be one week long. After initial certification, TTS-training individuals need continuing education in tobacco-related subjects to retain certification.