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Information and resources to assist providers and educators in their tobacco cessation efforts. Resources include:
Healthcare Provider Tobacco Cessation Training
Dartmouth Medical School Smoking Cessation for Pregnancy and Beyond 
This program is intended for health care providers who will be assisting their female patients in quitting smoking, in particular, patients who are pregnant or in their child-bearing years.
Health and Human Services- Helping Smokers Quit /A Guide for Clinicians
Public Health Service Clinical Practice Guideline for clinicians to implement a system to ensure that tobacco-use status is obtained and recorded at every patient visit. Even brief tobacco dependence treatment is effective and should be offered to every patient who uses tobacco. ASK - ADVISE - ASSESS - ASSIST - ARRANGE
Mayo Clinic Nicotine Dependence Education Program
The 18th Annual Nicotine Dependence Conference will focus on common challenges facing the treatment of patients with tobacco dependence. The conference is designed primarily for practitioners with experience in tobacco dependence treatment. Physicians, tobacco treatment specialists and other experts in tobacco treatment and behavior change will provide advanced discussions of treatment strategies to help practitioners more effectively intervene with their patients.
Conference Dates: May 23-25, 2011
Tobacco Treatment Specialist Training
Learn basic skills for working with smokers through a self-paced online program while earning Continuation Educational Credits
(CEU’s) and/or
attend a 4-day Core Certification Training Program in Worcester,Massachusetts.
Both programs are offered through the University of Massachusetts Medical School . For additional details about the programs please email
cttrt@usmassmed.edu.
Tobacco Cessation Provider Competency Course
Under review and available in the near future
Tobacco Cessation Program Materials (Fort Knox, KY)
Under review and available in the near future
Tobacco Cessation Program Technical Reports
Under review and available in the near future
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