Healthcare Professional Training Center:
Tobacco Education Programs

The following Tobacco Educations Sessions will be available in 2010. 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 614-457-1511 to schedule a 1-hour In-service for your organization.

Tobacco Treatment Specialist Certification Course
February 8 – 12, 2010
Tuition: $500, which includes continental breakfast and lunch each day

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, and offered twice in 2010. After initial certification, TTS-training individuals need continuing education in tobacco-related subjects to retain certification.

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To attend this course, you must fill out and return the course application
by January 23rd.

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, Nutrition and Tobacco Cessation
Fee: $50 Early Bird and $60 Late Registration (After February 8, 2010)

Although smoking cessation is associated with significant health benefits, weight gain is noted as a primary reason for not trying to quit smoking. Understanding nutritional choices and the mechanism of weight gain helps counselors in assisting their patients. Stress is one of the common triggers for relapse in tobacco cessation.
Mindful Based Stress Reduction is a technique to help reduce stress in tobacco users who are in the process of quitting. This presentation will help tobacco cessation counselors in addressing these issues.

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Tobacco Treatment Specialist Re-certification
Fee: $75

TTS Re-certification is good for 2 years. Re-certification requires 18 hours of education within the 2-year interval from accredited organizations, on tobacco cessation, prevention, health policy, or closely related areas such as behavioral health counseling.

TTS Certification Course activity has been submitted to the Ohio Nurses Association (OBN-001-91) for approval to award contact hours. The Ohio Nurses Association is accredited as an approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

TTS Certification Course and ½ day Workshop activities have been submitted to Social Work Board for approval for contact hours.