Shame, Guilt, and Fear: Do Anti-Smoking Campaigns Work?

Presented on August 17, 2017

By Chad Morris, Ph.D.

Dr. Chad Morris is a psychologist and professor of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. He is committed to studying the chronic and modifiable behaviors that lead to unnecessary morbidity and mortality among at risk populations, particularly tobacco use. In 2006, he created the Behavioral Health & Wellness Program which is a multidisciplinary center of excellence for public policy, research, training, and clinical care. Dr. Morris has been the principal investigator for over 20 psychosocial and pharmacological tobacco cessation studies across the lifespan. He has worked with over 40 states to foster sustainable whole health and tobacco control initiatives for priority populations including individuals with mental illnesses and addictions, justice involved individuals, persons who are homeless, pregnant and new mothers, and youth. He has served on many boards and committees and is currently the Board Chair for the North American Quitline Consortium.

Objectives:

• Describe the evidence base for anti-smoking campaigns that seek to de-normalize smoking
• Outline potential unintended consequence anti-smoking campaigns make have on health disparity populations
• Share strategies for maximizing the effectiveness of future messaging to health disparity populations.

Presentation Quiz and Evaluation

E-Cigarettes in Smoke Free Polices

Presented on February 23, 2021

By Onjewel Smith

Onjewel Smith has worked in the nonprofit sector for more than 20 years helping organizations and communities.  She has worked closely with communities throughout the country to reduce tobacco industry presence (products, marketing, and influence) in African American communities. She has also worked closely with local and statewide tobacco control networks providing technical assistance to their efforts to reach out to and involve African American and other communities of color.  Onjewel currently serves as the Southern States Strategist for the American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation.

Objectives:

• Identify the dangers of electronic cigarettes to public health
• List at least 3 reasons to include e-cigarettes in smokefree policies
• Identify tobacco industry tactics to undermine smokefree policies

Presentation Quiz and Evaluation

Agnotology and Stigma: Lessons from the History of Smoking and Tobacco Control

Presented on May 21, 2020

By Joseph M. Gabriel, Ph.D.

Joseph Gabriel is Associate Professor in the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine at the Florida State University College of Medicine. He received his Ph.D. in History from Rutgers University. He teaches and writes about the history of medicine, with a focus on the history of the pharmaceutical industry, drug addiction, and medical ethics.

Objectives:

• Discuss the history of tobacco industry marketing and tobacco control in the United States
• Define agnotology and discuss how the tobacco industry has used agnotological practices to undermine public health
• Discuss how public health efforts can increase stigma

Presentation Quiz and Evaluation

Reducing the Harm: A Brief Conversation about how far we have come, how far we have yet to go

Presented on March 30, 2021

By Les Beitsch, MD, JD

Dr. Beitsch's focus is on Health Policy and Public Health. Prior to joining the College of Medicine, Dr. Beitsch was Commissioner of Health for the State of Oklahoma, serving in that capacity from June 2001 until November 2003. He has held several positions within the Florida Department of Health for 12 years, most recently Deputy Secretary. He is past chair of the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine, serving in this capacity from October 2013 until December 2020.   He is also affiliated with the Center for Medicine and Public Health. Dr. Beitsch's focus is on Health Policy and Public Health.

Objectives:

• Recognize and describe historic achievements related to tobacco control
• Describe current challenges to further nicotine dependency reductions at the population level
• Explore potential new paradigms that could radically change current tobacco control limitations

Presentation Quiz and Evaluation

Addressing LGBT Tobacco Disparities

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Presented on October 19, 2017

By Regina Washington, DrPH

Dr. Washington is the Director of LGBT HealthLink, a program of CenterLink, working toward eliminating health disparities within LGBT communities as it relates to tobacco use and cancer.

Dr. Washington has over 15 years of combined experience in community, governmental, and academic institutional leadership related to strategic planning, program/policy development, implementation, and evaluation. Her presentations, projects, and writings have focused on health disparities, health education, and health policy, specifically related to tobacco cessation and cancer control. Her public health practice focuses on geographic, social, and behavioral factors associated with cancer health disparities among low socioeconomic status, minority racial/ethnic, sexual and gender minority, and other disadvantaged populations.

Objectives:

• Define basic LGBT terminology and concepts.
• Discuss LGBT health disparities and risk factors.
• Explain best and promising practices for LGBT tobacco control.

Presentation Quiz and Evaluation

Making Tobacco Cessation Inclusive of LGBT Populations

Presented on May 11, 2018

By Regina Washington, DrPH
 

Dr. Washington is the Director of LGBT HealthLink, a program of CenterLink, working toward eliminating health disparities within LGBT communities as it relates to tobacco use and cancer.

Dr. Washington has over 15 years of combined experience in community, governmental, and academic institutional leadership related to strategic planning, program/policy development, implementation, and evaluation. Her presentations, projects, and writings have focused on health disparities, health education, and health policy, specifically related to tobacco cessation and cancer control. Her public health practice focuses on geographic, social, and behavioral factors associated with cancer health disparities among low socioeconomic status, minority racial/ethnic, sexual and gender minority, and other disadvantaged populations.

Objectives:

• Identify best practices for tobacco control in LGBT communities
• Discuss recommended survey questions to collect sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) data
• Discuss strategies for asking SOGI questions on intake survey

Presentation Quiz and Evaluation

Tobacco Marketing and Prevention Campaigns Target LGBTQ+

Presented on May 4, 2021

By Dr. Kristen Emory

Dr. Emory is the Director, Advisor and an Instructor of the Undergraduate Program in the School of Public Health at San Diego State University. She is a trained sociologist and health behaviorist and utilizes this foundation to better understand and reduce local and global health disparities as well as increase health equity among young vulnerable and diverse populations across the globe.

Objectives:

• Identify the ways the tobacco industry has historically targeted LGBTQI+ populations in the US and globally.

• Describe contemporary challenges regarding tobacco control and prevention efforts directed at LGBTQI+ populations in the US.

• Discuss ways to counteract tobacco industry marketing to LGBTQI+ in the contemporary climate.

Presentation Quiz and Evaluation

Using Email to Help Smokers Quit: Results from a Randomized Clinical Trial

CE Title: Helping Smokers Quit: Efficacy of Tailored Email Messages Providing Information

Presented on November 16, 2017

By J. Lee Westmaas, PhD

J. Lee Westmaas, PhD, is director of tobacco control research in the Behavioral Research Center (BRC) at the American Cancer Society. His research uses theory to investigate predictors of smokers’ motivation to quit, and the success of their quit attempts, in cancer survivors and other populations that experience disparities in the prevalence and effects of tobacco use (e.g., socioeconomically disadvantaged individuals, LGBTI). His research emphasizes social/psychological influences and processes, for example, the receipt of emotional and other support during quit attempts, mood, personality factors, and the role of health behavior theory variables such as perceptions of risk and self-efficacy. Contextual and environmental influences such as education level, stress, access to health care and cessation treatment, and tobacco regulation through smoke-free laws and taxes, are also important considerations in his research. Dr. Westmaas uses results of this research to develop and test interventions that take advantage of existing digital tools such as email, smartphone apps, and texts to provide information and support to assist smokers’ quit attempts.

Objectives:

• Identify digital based interventions for smoking cessation.
• Identify advantages for utilizing tailored emails for smoking cessation.

 Presentation Quiz and Evaluation

Providing Smoking Cessation Services to Cancer Patients

Presented on February 15, 2018

By Sonia Duffy, PhD, RN, FAAN

During her pre-doctoral post-doctoral fellowships, Dr. Duffy was trained in health behaviors and epidemiology, particularly related to smoking cessation, but also other health behaviors. Since then, Dr. Duffy's research interests have focused on health behavior interventions among a variety of populations. Dr. Duffy conducted a randomized controlled trial (RCT) testing the Tobacco Tactics intervention among head and neck cancer patients and it was found to be efficacious. Based on this work, she conducted an implementation study to test the Tobacco Tactics intervention among inpatients at three VA hospitals and it was also found to be effective. In a recently completed U01 grant, across non-VA hospitals, she trained 1028 inpatient nurses to conduct the Tobacco Tactics intervention, which significantly increased quit rates in the intervention hospitals compared to usual care hospitals. In a recently completed R21, she tested the web-based Tobacco Tactics intervention among blue collar workers and found significantly increased quit rates in the intervention group compared to referral the 1-800-QUIT NOW group. As part of a large NCI supported p50 grant, Dr. Duffy showed the relationship between biomarkers and health behaviors and survival.

Objectives:

• Identify the prevalence of smoking among cancer patients
• Identify risks associated with continued smoking among cancer patients
• Identify physical, psychological, and social issues related to smoking among cancer patients
• Identify patient, provider, and institutional barriers to providing cessation services to cancer patients
• Identify evidence-based treatment strategies for delivering smoking cessation interventions to cancer patients

Presentation Quiz and Evaluation

Current and Emerging Pharmacotherapies for Tobacco Cessation

Presented on May 13, 2021

By Frank Vitale

Frank Vitale is the National Director of the Pharmacy Partnership for Tobacco Cessation and a Clinical Assistant Professor at Purdue College of Pharmacy.

Objectives:

• Identify the role of medications in the smoking cessation process
• Review the 7 FDA approved medications for cessation

Presentation Quiz and Evaluation

Youth Cessation and the Vaping Epidemic

Presented on March 9, 2021

By Lisa Gwynn, D.O., MBA

Lisa Gwynn, D.O, MBA is an associate professor of clinical pediatrics and public health sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.  She serves as the President of the Florida Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (FCAAP).  Dr. Gwynn joined the University of Miami faculty in 2010 following nine years of public practice. She earned her medical degree from Nova Southeastern University School of Osteopathic Medicine.  Dr. Gwynn earned her MBA in health sector management and policy from the University of Miami School of Business.

Objectives:

• Understand how to recognize e-cigarette use and treatment options for patients in the office setting
• Define the known harms, hazards and appeal of e-cigarettes in youth
• Recognize nicotine addiction and how to treat

Presentation Quiz and Evaluation

Everyday Self Defense® for Tobacco Treatment Specialists

Presented on April 20, 2020

By Janet Nelson, MSW, LCSW, ACSW

Janet Nelson combines over forty years experience as a social worker and a martial artist in her Everyday Self Defense programs. Over the last two decades she as applied her martial arts experience to the growing personal safety needs of social workers and other human service workers, including child and adult protective service investigators.

Janet's perspective enables her to consider both professional practice standards and the need for worker safety awareness as well as self defense skills.  While the overall theme of an Everyday Self Defense training is to prevent, avoid and escape violence, Janet recognizes that, unfortunately, social workers and other human service workers need help and can no longer ignore their personal safety on the job.

Objectives:

• Identify skills to improve personal insight and control in personal safety situations
• Develop and list capabilities to assess threats to personal safety in the workplace
• List physical and interpersonal skills that help avoid workplace violence

Presentation Quiz and Evaluation

Everyday Self Defense® Use Your Environment

Part 2 of Everyday Self Defense for Tobacco Treatment Specialists

Presented on May 19, 2020

By Janet Nelson, MSW, LCSW, ACSW

Janet Nelson combines over forty years experience as a social worker and a martial artist in her Everyday Self Defense programs. Over the last two decades she as applied her martial arts experience to the growing personal safety needs of social workers and other human service workers, including child and adult protective service investigators.

Janet's perspective enables her to consider both professional practice standards and the need for worker safety awareness as well as self defense skills.  While the overall theme of an Everyday Self Defense training is to prevent, avoid and escape violence, Janet recognizes that, unfortunately, social workers and other human service workers need help and can no longer ignore their personal safety on the job.

Objectives:

• Identify skills to improve personal insight and control in personal safety situations
• Develop and list capabilities to assess threats to personal safety in the workplace
• List physical and interpersonal skills that help avoid workplace violence

Presentation Quiz and Evaluation

Everyday Self Defense® Safely Avoiding Conflict

Part 3 of Everyday Self Defense for Tobacco Treatment Specialists

Presented on June 2, 2020

By Janet Nelson, MSW, LCSW, ACSW

Janet Nelson combines over forty years experience as a social worker and a martial artist in her Everyday Self Defense programs. Over the last two decades she as applied her martial arts experience to the growing personal safety needs of social workers and other human service workers, including child and adult protective service investigators.

Janet's perspective enables her to consider both professional practice standards and the need for worker safety awareness as well as self defense skills.  While the overall theme of an Everyday Self Defense training is to prevent, avoid and escape violence, Janet recognizes that, unfortunately, social workers and other human service workers need help and can no longer ignore their personal safety on the job.

Objectives:

• Identify skills to improve personal insight and control in personal safety situations
• Develop and list capabilities to assess threats to personal safety in the workplace
• List physical and interpersonal skills that help avoid workplace violence

Presentation Quiz and Evaluation

When Quitting is a Good Thing: How Peer Specialists Can Help Others Quit Smoking

Presented on June 22, 2020

By Rebecca Carter, LCSW, CTTS

Rebecca Carter is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a Certified Tobacco Treatment Specialist. Ms. Carter earned her graduate degree in Social Work in 2013 and her Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Social Work in 2012 – both from Florida State University. She is the Tobacco Program Manager for FSU AHEC and is responsible for ensuring access to treatment for individuals with mental health or addictions and tobacco dependence co-morbidities. She provides community outreach, technical assistance for mental health clinicians who have been trained as Tobacco Treatment Specialists (TTS), and training for mental health organizations, as well as, facilitates tobacco dependence treatment groups for the local community mental health hospital. Ms. Carter is working with FSU AHEC to influence social norms about tobacco use by providing guidance to Florida’s behavioral health organizations, as well as, education and advocacy with peer organizations. Ms. Carter is the Secretary for National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Tallahassee Board of Directors, the Staff Advisor for Hang Tough, a student organization on campus, serves on the FSU College of Social Work Field Advisory Committee and on the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Big Bend Steering Committee as the Continuing Education Chair.

Directions:

1. Select webinar or presentation to watch. Click on the title to view presentation.
2. The series is made up of 4 mini presentations. You will have to watch Part 1 & Part 2, and Part 3 & Part 4 before being able to complete the short quiz and presentation evaluation for the two parts. Evaluation link can be found below the objectives for each of the webinar recordings.

Part 1 - Overview

Objectives:

• Discuss overview of nicotine addiction and tobacco use
• Identify prevalence rates of tobacco use in both the general population and the behavioral health population

Part 2 – Role of Peers

Objectives:

• Address the importance of entering into recovery from tobacco
• Describe the role of peers in helping others quit

Presentation Quiz and Evaluation for Parts 1 & 2

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Part 3 – A Disparity in Need of Defense

Objectives:

• Review terminology
• Understand the behavioral health population is a health disparity population and is disproportionately affected by tobacco

Part 4 – Barriers & Benefits

Objectives:

• Recognize barriers to tobacco dependence treatment
• List benefits of quitting tobacco

Presentation Quiz and Evaluation for Parts 3 & 4