Tobacco Kills: Intervention and Policy Solutions in Addiction Treatment

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 Credits^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the webinar activity.

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.