Missed our most recent teleseminar, Smoking Cessation – Assisting Your Patients? Not to worry – you can download the recording on our website! Recordings of our teleseminar events are available as audio courses in our online library.
Audio Course – A0027 Smoking Cessation – Assisting Your Patients
This presentation was delivered by Kathy Boyd on April 5, 2016.
The course includes the importance of addressing smoking and tobacco use with dental patients, oral signs of tobacco use, and possible warning signs of oral cancers. Kathy will cover:
- The importance of incorporating smoking cessation into your patients care practice
- Oral symptoms of tobacco use
- Key recommendations for treating tobacco use and dependence
- E-cigarettes
- How to direct your patients to access free nicotine replacement therapies (patch or gum)
- How to talk to your patients about their smoking (without turning them off)
- Description of BC Lung Association's free, evidence-based "QuitNow" smoking cessation program
- How to refer your patients to "QuitNow".
This audio course is worth 1 CE credit. You can purchase it for 1 token or $20. Download the course.