Training
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Association for Treatment
of Tobacco Use and Dependence (ATTUD)
Provides information on competencies for tobacco treatment
specialists.
University
of Wisconsin’s Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence CME/CE
This online program is intended for physicians, pharmacists,
nurses, technicians, and allied healthcare professionals.
UMNDJ
School of Public Health, Tobacco Dependence Program
The 5-Day Core Training provides health professionals with
an in-depth understanding of Tobacco Dependence, as well as
the essential science-based treatment tools necessary to help
their client’s achieve freedom from tobacco use.
Arizona
Tobacco Education and Prevention Program’s Health Care
Continuting Education Partnership
Participants are taught to deliver brief evidence-based interventions
appropriate to the client’s readiness to quit.
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnestota:
Tobacco
Treatment Specialist Certification
This program is an intensive, five-day course focusing on
the skills needed to effectively treat tobacco dependence.
This training program is designed for health care professionals
already providing tobacco dependence treatment and for those
with a strong interest in entering the field.
Nicotine
Dependence Conferences
The conference includes nicotine dependence counselor training
and instructions on program development, with speakers drawn
from the research and clinical staff, Mayo support services,
and internationally known experts in the field.
University
of Massachusetts Medical School, The Center for Tobacco Prevention
and Control
Tobacco Treatment Specialist (TTS) Training. This is an intensive,
evidence-based training program designed for persons who deliver
moderate to intensive tobacco treatment services within a
health care or community setting. There is a two-day Basic
Skills for Working with Smokers course and a five-day Core
Certification training course. There are two levels of certification,
(1) an entry level certification which requires 240 hours
experience in tobacco treatment in the last 5 years for licensed
healthcare professionals* (approximately 4 hours/month) OR
480 hours experience in tobacco treatment in the last 5 years
for other healthcare professionals (approximately 8 hours/month),
and (2) a Master TTS certification for those tobacco treatment
providers who have at least 2000 hours documented experience
within the last 5 years.
Rx
for Change
Rx for Change: Clinician-Assisted Tobacco Cessation is a comprehensive,
tobacco cessation training program that equips health professional
students and licensed clinicians with knowledge and skills
for assisting patients with quitting.
Center
for Tobacco Independence, Maine
Three different types of training for health professionals
in Maine are available: brief, intensive and advanced. The
two-day Specialist Training offers practical information on
how to provide moderate to intensive tobacco treatment services.
This program places emphasis on the skills necessary to deliver
behavioral counseling and understand evidence-based treatments.
Published 2005–2008 · Reviewed 10 August 2026