The new addictions course available on-line at PAHA is “Understanding Tobacco and other Nicotine-containing Substances”. This is an 6-hour course that is available at our on-line training center anytime at http://substanceabusecounselortraining.com which covers the topic of Understanding Tobacco and other Nicotine-containing Substances with a specific substance abuse focus for Nurses, Counselors, and other Health Professionals.
Here are the topics covered in this course:
- Nicotine and Tobacco Epidemiology
- Morbidity and Mortality
- Effects on Women and Children
- Tobacco Assessment
- Criteria for Nicotine Dependence
- Nicotine Withdrawal
- Intervention
- Pharmacology for Tobacco Cessation
- Nicotine transdermal patch
- Nicotine gum & lozenges
- Nicotine nasal spray & vapor inhalers
- Sustained-release bupropion
- Varenicline
- Rimonabant and nicotine vaccine
- Recent FDA warnings on Varenicline (Chantix) and bupropion
- Integration of Tobacco Dependence Treatment in Mental Health Care Settings
- A Very Long History of Tobacco
To enroll in this course on-line please visit http://substanceabusecounselortraining.com. For more information about our face-to-face courses, please see our schedule at: https://addictionsprofessional.com/csac-certification/our-schedule
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