Continuing Education
Smoking Cessation
Adult Smoking Cessation Strategies: A Rural Healthcare CE Initiative
The Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Foundation jointly sponsored this activity with the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine and the Michigan Academy of Family Physicians.
This publication/activity is made possible through an educational grant from Pfizer Inc.
This continuing nursing education activity is approved by the Washington State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. It is approved for 2.0 contact hours.
To Receive Contact Hours
- Read the module, and review the references and Web site links.
- Go to “Registration and Post-Test.” You will be asked to register, take the post-test, and complete the evaluation.
- If you pass the test with a score of 80% or higher, you may print a certificate for this activity.
- If you do not pass the test with a score of 80% or higher, you have one opportunity to retake the post-test.
Disclosures
Faculty Disclosures: The Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Foundation (NPHF) and the University of Illinois at Chicago adhere to the conflict-of-interest guidelines of the American Nurses Credentialing Center and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education. The members of this Expert Panel have completed conflict-of-interest statements. Disclosures do not suggest bias but provide readers with information relevant to evaluation of contents of these guidelines.
Barbara Forbes, MSN, GNP, serves on the Speaker’s Bureau for Pfizer and serves as a consultant for GlaxoSmithKline. Alan Blum, MD; Lisa Sharp, PhD; David E. Steward, MD; and Farion R. Williams, MD, report no conflicts of interest.
Reviewers and Planners: Martin Lipsky reports research, Illinois Academy of Family Physicians; Speaker’s Bureau, sanofi-aventis; Consultant, Haymarket. No other disclosures from reviewers or planners.
Disclaimer: The content and views presented in this educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily reflect those of the NPHF, the Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network, the University of Illinois, Rockford, or the Michigan Academy of Family Physicians. This material has been prepared based on a review of multiple sources of information, but it is not exhaustive of the subject matter. Therefore, healthcare professionals and other individuals should review and consider other publications and materials on the subject matter and should not rely solely on the information contained in this educational activity.
Note: This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not yet approved by the FDA. The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings. Further, participants should consider the information presented critically and are encouraged to consult appropriate resources for any product or device mentioned in this program.
This educational activity may discuss complementary/alternative/therapeutic modalities. This discussion does not constitute endorsement of the use of any specific modality in the care of clients.
Adult Smoking Cessation Strategies: A Rural Healthcare CE Initiative
