“Tobacco Kills: Intervention and Policy Solutions in Addiction Treatment”

Dear Colleagues,
The Smoking Cessation Leadership Center (SCLC) and the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of
America (CADCA) are pleased to invite you to this free webinar, “Tobacco Kills: Intervention
and Policy Solutions in Addiction Treatment” on September 23, 2014 at 2:00pm Eastern Time/
11:00am Pacific Time (90 minutes).

We are honored to have Joseph Guydish, PhD, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Health Policy at
the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies at University of California, San Francisco
presenting on this topic for us.

Webinar Objectives:
 Discuss the very high prevalence of smoking among persons in addiction treatment, and
some of the reasons underlying this high prevalence.
 Explain the role of smoking in excess mortality as well as premature mortality among
persons who receive addiction treatment.
 Describe program and policy approaches to better addressing smoking in addiction
treatment populations.
 Identify the rate of quit attempts for persons in addiction treatment, and strategies for
increasing quit attempts

REGISTER HERE: https://cc.readytalk.com/r/3oxjo1mdd5q2&eom

Accreditation:
The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

UCSF designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the webinar activity.

Nurse Practitioners and Registered Nurses: For the purpose of recertification, the American Nurses Credentialing Center accepts AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME.

Physician Assistants: The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) states that the AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM are acceptable for continuing medical education requirements for recertification.

California Pharmacists: The California Board of Pharmacy accepts as continuing professional education those courses that meet the standard of relevance to pharmacy practice and have been approved for AMA PRA category 1 creditTM. If you are a pharmacist in another state, you should check with your state board for approval of this credit.

Social Workers: This course meets the qualifications for 1.5 hours of continuing education credit for MFTs and/or LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. If you a social worker in another state, you should check with your state board for approval of this credit.

SCLC will be offering free CME/CEUs for participants who join the LIVE session, on September
23, 2014. You will receive instructions on how to claim credit via the post webinar email. Don’t need to claim CME/CEUs? SCLC issues free certificates of attendance for those who want contact hours only.

Please feel free to forward this announcement to your colleagues. For questions, contact Jennifer Matekuare, SCLC Operations Manager, at jmatekuare@medicine.ucsf.edu, or call toll-free (877) 509-3786. This webinar will be recorded and may be viewed online on the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center’s website after the presentation.