Group treatment for tobacco, ENDS videos & more

December 5, 2019

We hope you enjoy this monthly newsletter fr om the Training & Education Program at the Center for Tobacco Independence.

We'd like to wish you and your families a wonderful holiday season!

Upcoming Events

Please click on the orange titles for more information and to register.

BASIC SKILLS TRAININGS

Tobacco Intervention: Basic Skills Training

Tuesday, January 7, 2020

8am - 4pm

South Portland

Learn about nicotine addiction and how to integrate brief, evidence-based tobacco treatment interventions into current practice.

Targeted Basic Skills: Behavioral Health Settings *

Tuesday, February 4, 2020

7:30am - 12:15pm

Portland

Learn about the health burden of tobacco and nicotine on individuals with behavioral health conditions, and opportunities for treatment in mental health and substance use settings.

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WEBINAR

Not Your Father’s (or Mother’s) HelpLine! An Update

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

12 to 1pm

Join us to learn about the HelpLine’s new text-to-quit, web-based treatment, online self-registration and other innovations.

What's the Research?

Group Tobacco Treatment

We know that counseling is part of evidence-based tobacco treatment. Yet it’s difficult for many organizations to offer this service. Some create tobacco treatment groups as a way to efficiently meet the needs of their clients and patients.

But does group counseling work?

A recent literature review, entitled A Narrative Review of Intensive Group Tobacco Treatment: Clinical, Research, and US Policy Recommendations, sought to evaluate the effectiveness of group tobacco treatment conducted in real-world practice settings, as compared to individual treatment. The review included data collected between 2000 and 2017.

In all cases, group treatment was shown to have higher quit rates than individual treatment, as validated by breath carbon monoxide monitor. The review demonstrates the effectiveness and usefulness of group tobacco treatment. It also suggests that group treatment for tobacco dependence should be established and available in all behavioral health and medical settings.

Access the article HERE.

ENDS Education

In this era of quickly evolving news about e-cigarettes (also called ENDS) and vaping, we are committed to providing information and resources for our readers.

The videos featured below are part of a series called No Safe Vape, and were developed by Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health. They offer a concise way to share basic facts about ENDS with colleagues and clients or patients.

Vaping 101 introduces electronic nicotine devices and displays several different types.

Advice for Kids emphasizes the importance of young people avoiding ENDS, and discusses ways they might approach quitting if they've become addicted.

Selected Resource

Understanding Withdrawal Symptoms

Sometimes people are surprised to encounter the symptoms that come with quitting tobacco products.

For instance, people may cough more after quitting, as their lungs are clearing.

This handout lists symptoms along with why they happen and what can be done to address them.

To download the resource, click HERE or on the image.

For more resources, see Provider Tools on our website.

* Targeted Basic Skills: Behavioral Health Settings

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Tuesday, February 4, 2020

7:30am - 12:15pm

MaineHealth, Portland

If you work in the behavioral health field, you know that tobacco can be a difficult issue to address. Your clients - people with mental health diagnoses - are more likely to use tobacco, to smoke more and to have a harder time quitting than those without such a diagnosis. However, these individuals want to quit and CAN quit. But they may need some extra support.

Join other behavioral health professionals and MaineHealth Center for Tobacco Independence Training and Education staff for a half-day training to learn more about confronting tobacco use in individuals with behavioral health conditions.

More Information & Register

For more information about the Training & Education Program, visit:

www.CTIMaine.org

MaineHealth Center for Tobacco Independence (CTI)

Tobacco Treatment Training and Education Program

CTI provides education and training on evidence-based tobacco treatment to healthcare and behavioral health professionals in Maine on behalf of the Maine CDC, DHHS. Our goal is to improve access to high quality, best practice tobacco treatment and create a network of tobacco treatment specialists across the state.