• Activity INFORMATION

  Overview

  In a podcast style discussion, Mike Corvino, PharmD and Cole Swanson, PharmD examine the treatment and management of smoking cessation. Nicotine addiction is the leading cause of preventable death worldwide. Pharmacists and nurses regularly encounter these patients with opportunities for positive intervention. It is important that pharmacists and nurses understand the appropriate use of nicotine replacement therapies as well as other medication options. This session seeks to explore these topics, focusing on how this information can best be incorporated into daily medical practice.

  Access the original podcast here.

  
  

  Handouts

  Financial Support By

  PharmCon

• Learning OBJECTIVES

  Pharmacist

  Identify diagnostic criteria for tobacco use disorder

  Review available options for nicotine replacement therapy

  Recognize the safety and efficacy of non-nicotine therapies to determine their role in treatment

  Recognize non-pharmacologic approaches to assist with smoking cessation

  Discuss the pathophysiology and epidemiology of nicotine addiction

  Nurse

  Recognize non-pharmacologic approaches to assist with smoking cessation

  Discuss the pathophysiology and epidemiology of nicotine addiction

  Recognize the safety and efficacy of non-nicotine therapies to determine their role in treatment

  Identify diagnostic criteria for tobacco use disorder

  Review available options for nicotine replacement therapy

• Activity ACCREDITATION

  Activity Type

  Knowledge

  CE Broker

  20-943805

  Universal Activity Number

  Pharmacist 0798-0000-23-179-H01-P
  Nurse 0798-0000-23-179-H01-N
  

  PharmCon is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

  PharmCon is an approved course provider for continuing education for nurses by the Florida Board of Nursing. PharmCon is also recognized by the California Board of Nursing as a provider of nursing programs.

  In order to obtain a Statement of Credit, participants must score no less than a 70% on the activity's test and complete a program evaluation.

• Activity INSTRUCTION

  Faculty

  Coleman  Swanson, PharmD, CDCES Clinical Pharmacist - Neurology, MUSC Specialty Pharmacy Department

  Michael  Corvino, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP, CDCES Clinical Pharmacist, Fetter Health Care Network

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