Grand Rounds - January 24, 2025
"Contemporary Tobacco Control Issues: Ecigarettes, Tobacco Treatment, and Lung Cancer Screening"
Speaker: Michael B. Steinberg, M.D., MPH, FACP. Medical Director, Rutgers Institute for Nicotine and Tobacco Studies; Interim Executive Vice Chair and Vice Chair for Clinical Research, Department of Medicine Professor and Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
Objectives
- Describe recent health, policy, and epidemiological issues related to the use of tobacco products and electronic cigarettes/vaping devices and the concept of harm reduction.
- Utilize the current evidence regarding tobacco dependence treatment techniques including the evidence for ENDS use in smoking cessation.
- Review the misperceptions regarding nicotine among the general population and physicians.
Accreditation: St. Charles Health System is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. St. Charles Health System designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM.
The period to claim credit for this activity expires one year after its original publication. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
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Target Audience: Physicians, Nurses, Pharmacists, Allied Health Professionals.
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