Upcoming trainings related to treating tobacco dependence in our community.

DC Community Environmental Health Forum - Unveiling a draft report on
environmental health risks and engage District organizations and residents in a critique of the
draft list of environmental health priorities.

February 6, 2010, 10:00 AM – 1:30 PM

Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, 901 G Street, NW

RSVP By January 27th!

Call Joanne Perodin at (202) 543-4033 ext 12 or email jperodin@cehn.org

SAMHSA and the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center

Webinar: “Addressing barriers to delivering tobacco dependence interventions across mental health care settings.”

February 10, 2010 (1pm ET, 90 min.)

Register Online Today!

Daryl Sharp, PhD, APRN, BC, and Susan Blaakman, MS, APRN, BC, faculty members at the University of Rochester, School of Nursing, will discuss strategies for working through barriers clinicians often face when addressing tobacco dependence among persons with mental illnesses.  This webinar will move beyond making the case for the importance and need for tobacco dependence interventions in this population.  Participants will be encouraged to share ideas and strategize about how to work through tobacco dependence treatment challenges at the staff and systems level.  Please tune in to this interactive educational session.