Webinar: Rather wreck my gums than my lungs: Smokeless tobacco and California rural adolescent males

The Smoking Cessation Leadership Center (SCLC) is pleased to invite you to this free webinar: “Rather wreck my gums than my lungs: Smokeless tobacco and California rural adolescent males” on Wednesday, August 30, 2017, at 1:00pm EDT (60 minutes).

We are honored to have Benjamin Chaffee, DDS, MPH, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of California, at San Francisco, School of Dentistry, presenting on this topic for us.

Webinar Objectives:

1. Describe the influences that contribute to high levels of smokeless tobacco use among rural youth
2. Compare adolescents’ perceptions and beliefs related to smokeless and combustible tobacco
3. Identify how pending FDA regulation may affect the toxicity of smokeless tobacco products                                                                                                                                                                                                       REGISTER HERE:  https://cc.readytalk.com/r/r556invizywa&eom

CME/CEUs will be available for participants who join the LIVE session, on August 30, 2017. You will receive instructions on how to claim credit via the post webinar email.

Accreditation for Respiratory Therapists:

This program has been approved for a maximum of 1.50 contact hours Continuing Respiratory Care Education (CRCE) credit by the American Association for Respiratory Care, 9425 N. MacArthur Blvd. Suite 100 Irving TX 75063, Course # 149246000.

ACCME Accreditation:

The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

UCSF designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the webinar activity.

Advance Practice Registered Nurses and Registered Nurses: For the purpose of recertification, the American Nurses Credentialing Center accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME.

Physician Assistants: The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) states that the AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM are acceptable for continuing medical education requirements for recertification.

California Pharmacists: The California Board of Pharmacy accepts as continuing professional education those courses that meet the standard of relevance to pharmacy practice and have been approved for AMA PRA category 1 Credit^TM. If you are a pharmacist in another state, you should check with your state board for approval of this credit.

Disclosures

This UCSF CME activity was planned and developed to uphold academic standards to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor; adhere to requirements to protect health information under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA); and include a mechanism to inform learners when unapproved or unlabeled uses of therapeutic products or agents are discussed or referenced.

The following faculty speakers, moderators, and planning committee members have disclosed they have no financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any commercial companies who have provided products or services relating to their presentation(s) or commercial support for this continuing medical education activity:

Benjamin Chaffee, DDS, MPH, PhD, Christine Cheng, Brian Clark, Jennifer Matekuare, Roxana Said, MPH, Catherine Saucedo, and Steven A. Schroeder, MD

Don’t need to claim CME/CEUs?  SCLC issues free certificates of attendance for those who want contact hours only.