Pharmacotherapy to Assist with Smoking Cessation
Course #91810 - $36 -
- Participation Instructions
- Review the course material online or in print.
- Complete the course evaluation.
- Review your Transcript to view and print your Certificate of Completion. Your date of completion will be the date (Pacific Time) the course was electronically submitted for credit, with no exceptions. Partial credit is not available.
This 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, pharmacists 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.
- INTRODUCTION
- EPIDEMIOLOGY OF TOBACCO USE
- HEALTH RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH SMOKING
- HEALTH BENEFITS OF SMOKING CESSATION
- ROLE OF NICOTINE IN TOBACCO DEPENDENCE AND DISEASE RISK
- COUNSELING INTERVENTIONS FOR TOBACCO USE AND DEPENDENCE: AN OVERVIEW
- PHARMACOTHERAPY TO ASSIST WITH THE SMOKING CESSATION ATTEMPT
- INTERACTIONS BETWEEN SMOKING AND MEDICATIONS
- CONCLUSION
- Works Cited
- Evidence-Based Practice Recommendations Citations
This course is designed for nurses, pharmacists, and pharmacy technicians who may intervene to support attempts to quit smoking.
The purpose of this course is to provide nurses, pharmacists, and pharmacy technicians with enhanced knowledge on the health consequences of smoking, the health benefits of quitting, and the medications available to assist with smoking cessation.
Upon completion of this course, you 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.
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. She also has over 6 years of experience working as a staff pharmacist at a community pharmacy in Seattle. Katie graduated from Northeastern University in Boston in 2009 with a doctor of pharmacy degree. She has done freelance work writing and revising continuing education programs for pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and nurses, and written practice questions for various pharmacy technician exams.
Contributing faculty, Katie Blair, PharmD, RPh, has disclosed no relevant financial relationship with any product manufacturer or service provider mentioned.
Candace Pierce, DNP, RN, CNE, COI
The division planner has disclosed no relevant financial relationship with any product manufacturer or service provider mentioned.
Sarah Campbell
The Director of Development and Academic Affairs has disclosed no relevant financial relationship with any product manufacturer or service provider mentioned.
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