Webinars

SCLC's webinar series is integral to the technical assistance provided by the SCLC. Nationally recognized smoking cessation experts offer the latest information related to smoking cessation (including effective interventions) for the general and the behavioral health populations.

The Goals of SCLC’s Webinar Series:

  • Provide training and technical assistance to raise awareness of the many benefits smoking cessation efforts and to increase understanding of effective smoking cessation strategies.
  • Implement or enhance existing tobacco cessation services using evidence-based practices.
  • Ensure that consumers and staff have access to smoking cessation services and support to promote health and wellness.
  • Establish partnerships between behavioral health and nicotine cessation organizations to increase available tobacco cessation resources in communities. 

SCLC has over 75 webinars covering the latest topics on tobacco addiction and recovery

Celebrating 15 Years! Click here for information on the Recorded Webinar Collections for 2016 and 2017

Current Webinars

Vaping and Ecigs among Behavioral Health Populations: Research Evidence and Research Needs

Speakers

Judith (Jodi) Prochaska, PhD, MPH

Associate Professor of Medicine, Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University

Judith (Jodi) Prochaska, PhD, MPH is Associate Professor of Medicine with the Stanford Prevention Research Center and a member of the Stanford Cancer Institute. Dr. Prochaska is a Principal Investigator on multiple research awards from the National Institutes of Health and the State of California Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program. Her research program is leveraging technology (e.g., web, text, social media) to bring tobacco cessation treatment into novel settings and to populations with high smoking prevalence. With attention to medical education and clinical practice, Dr. Prochaska has disseminated tobacco treatment curricula to psychiatry and cardiology training programs as part of Rx for Change (http://rxforchange.ucsf.edu). She has authored over 175 peer-reviewed publications, serves on the Editorial Board of JAMA Internal Medicine, is an editor with the Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Review Group, and is on the advisory board for Optum’s Quit for Life Tobacco Quitline. Dr. Prochaska is immediate past president of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT), the international scientific society aimed at stimulating the generation and dissemination of new knowledge concerning nicotine and tobacco from bench to bedside and through to health policy.

Webinar Objectives

  1. Describe the use rates of vaping and ecigs among behavioral health populations

  2. Review the extant of research on vaping and ecigs among behavioral health populations

  3. Identify research needs to inform clinical practice guidelines regarding vaping and ecigs in behavioral health populations

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