Tobacco, Nicotine, and E-Cigarettes

$6.00 | CE Hours:2.00 | Beginning


CE Course Description

As tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of mortality in the United States, differential rates of smoking and use of other tobacco products is a significant contributor to health disparities among some of the most vulnerable people in our society.  This CE course examines the demographics of those who use nicotine products, why nicotine is more addictive and quitting is harder for some people and less so for others, and the treatments available for tobacco dependence.

Author:  Tobacco, Nicotine, and E-Cigarettes.  (2018, January).  National Institute on Drug Abuse.

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CE Course Objectives

1.  Explain why it is important for cessation treatment to be as personalized as possible for someone trying to quit tobacco use.

2.  Compare and contrast four behavioral treatments used for those trying to quit smoking.

3.  Deduce which three brain circuits are changed by repeated exposure of nicotine.

4.  Identify which socioeconomic group has the highest prevalence of people who smoke.

5.  Describe the influence nicotine has on the levels of monoamine oxidase and MAO binding sites in the brain.


CE Outline with Main Points 

1.  What is the scope of tobacco use and its cost to society?

2.  How does tobacco deliver its effects?

3.  Is nicotine addictive?

4.  What are the physical health consequences of tobacco use?

5.  What are the effects of secondhand and thirdhand tobacco smoke?

6.  What are the risks of smoking during pregnancy?

7.  How many adolescents use tobacco?

8.  What are eletronic cigarettes?

a.  How does the federal government regulate e-cigarettes?

b.  Is it true that e-cigarettes are safer than traditional cigarettes?

c.  Risks of e-cigarettes to children

d.  Are e-cigarettes useful for smoking cessation?

e.  E-cigarettes and teens

9.  Other tobacoo products

a.  Cigars

b.  Cigarillos

c.  Hookahs or waterpipes

d.  Smokeless tobacco

e.  Polytobacco use

f.  Flavored tobacco use among adolescents and young adults

10.  Are there gender differences in tobacco smoking?

11.  Do people with mental illness and substance use disorders use tobacco more often?

12.  What are treatments for tobacco dependence?

a.  Behavioral treatments

b.  Smoking cessation for pregnant women

c.  Medications

d.  Transcranial magnetic stimulation

13.  How can we prevent tobacco use?

14.  What research is being done on tobacco use?

a.  Genetics and epigenetics

b.  Neuroimaging

15.  Where can I get further information about tobacco / nicotine?



Social Work Approval


  • Texas Board of Social Workers


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Added On: 2018-07-06

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