Pharmacotherapy to Assist with Smoking Cessation, 2nd Edition
Course Overview
This course is intended to educate pharmacy and healthcare professionals on the health consequences of smoking, the health benefits of quitting, and the medications available to assist with smoking cessation. The course will review the epidemiology of tobacco use, the health risks of smoking, the health benefits of smoking cessation, the role of nicotine in maintaining tobacco dependence, and both pharmacological and nonpharmacological therapies with established efficacy for smoking cessation. With this information, pharmacy and healthcare providers should be better able to assist smokers with their cessation attempt, educate smokers on potential adverse effects of these pharmacotherapies, and provide counseling points that include how and when to properly take the medication.
Learning Outcomes
Upon the completion of this course, the learner should be able to:
- Describe the epidemiology and changing patterns of tobacco use in the United States.
- Identify the health consequences of smoking and the health benefits of smoking cessation.
- Outline principles of smoking cessation interventions.
- Describe key clinical considerations (such as mechanism of action, dosing, adverse effects, and drug interactions) for medications indicated as aids for smoking cessation.
About the Author/Presenter
Katie Blair, PharmD, RPh, is a pharmacist and freelance writer specializing in pharmacy education. She works as a consultant pharmacist in Vancouver, Washington, serving long-term-care facilities in the area. Katie also has over six years of experience working as a staff pharmacist at a community pharmacy in Seattle. She graduated from Northeastern University in Boston in 2009 with a doctor of pharmacy degree.
Audience/Accreditations and Approvals
TRC Healthcare/ NetCE
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by TRC Healthcare/ NetCE. TRC Healthcare/NetCE is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
This course is designed for the following healthcare professions (select your profession for details):
Nursing, Pharmacy
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