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Nicotine Cessation Across Disciplines, A Team Approach

About This Course

Nicotine cessation continues to be a major component in achieving optimal lung health. Helping our patients quit is a daily challenge, especially with the variety of nicotine delivery systems. This presentation is focused on building rapport during cessation intervention and examining biases around nicotine use. The presenter will also discuss motivational interviewing technique and how the respiratory therapist is vital in the nicotine cessation journey.

Successful completion of this course requires a score of 70% on the post-test.

Original webcast date: September 25, 2019

**Please note that all programs require the participant to view the entire program prior to taking the final quiz and obtaining a course certificate.**

This presentation is offered in conjunction with the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center at UCSF.

Seminar Objectives

Identify meaningful ways to build rapport duration cessation facilitation

Examine biases around nicotine use in marginalized communities

Demonstrate brief motivational interviewing techniques associated with cessation

Describe the value in using respiratory therapists and behavioral health clinicians in nicotine cessation

Chapters

Speaker Information
  • Gabrielle N. Davis MPH, RRT-ACCS, NPS, CTTS, CHES