September 13, 2022
We hope you enjoy this quarterly newsletter from the Training & Education Program at the MaineHealth Center for Tobacco Independence.
CTI provides education and training on evidence-based tobacco treatment to healthcare and behavioral health professionals in Maine on behalf of the Maine Center for Disease Control, Department of Health and Human Services. Our goal is to improve access to high quality, best practice tobacco treatment and create a network of tobacco treatment specialists across the state.
New Training Season Announced!
Schedule of 2022 - 2023 Season
Treating Tobacco Together: Essential Skills Training
*Formerly Known as the "Basic Skills Training"*
Join other health professionals in this virtual training to learn more about nicotine addiction and how to integrate brief, evidence-based tobacco treatment interventions into current practice. The Essential Skills Training is open to all health professionals, prevention professionals, and community members who are interested in learning more about the burden of tobacco and strategies for intervention and treatment.

Please note: The Essential Skills Training title has been updated, though the training contains the same content and information as the formerly known “Basic Skills Training”.
Prerequisite: None
Target Audience: All health education and public health professionals
Treating Tobacco Together: Intensive Skills Training
This training will build on knowledge gained in the Treating Tobacco Together: Essential Skills Training. Participants will explore the value of a comprehensive tobacco use assessment, learn to develop effective treatment plans, discuss considerations for medication management, review relapse prevention strategies and build on counseling skills used in intensive tobacco treatment, such as motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioral therapy.
Prerequisite: Treating Tobacco Together: Essential Skills Training
Target Audience: All health education and public health professionals
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Concurrent Treatment of Tobacco Use Disorder and Other Substance Use Disorders
Presented by Edward J. Perka, Jr., CASAC, ICADC, NCTTP, Tobacco Treatment and Prevention Educator MaineHealth Center for Tobacco Independence.

Essential Skills Training Primer

Presented by Edward J. Perka, Jr., CASAC, ICADC, NCTTP
Tobacco Treatment and Prevention Educator
MaineHealth Center for Tobacco Independence.

September 21, 2022 from 12:00 - 1:00PM
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Selected Resource
Youth Exposure to Advertising and
E-Cigarette Use
Youth are exposed to e-cigarette advertisements from multiple sources.
14.4 million youth are exposed to advertising in retail stores, 10.5 million youth are exposed to advertising through the Internet, 9.6 million youth are exposed through TV or movies, and 8 million youth are exposed through newspapers or magazines.

What Can We Do?

  • Fund tobacco prevention and control programs at CDC-recommended levels to prevent youth use of all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes.

  • Work to limit where and how all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, are sold to reduce youth e-cigarette use, as well as ad exposure.

  • Support efforts to implement and sustain proven youth tobacco prevention actions such as tobacco price increases, comprehensive smoke-free laws, and high-impact mass media campaigns.

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The 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.