This course focuses on applying tobacco cessation interventions and will provide you with the skills, tools and resources to help with implementation of evidence-based practice in tobacco cessation.

Objectives
Participants will learn how to:

• Describe RNAO best practice guidelines and TI Initiative
• Identify the leadership role of a Best Practice Champion
• Explain the basics of tobacco dependence
• Identify key recommendations in the RNAO tobacco cessation BPG
• Demonstrate interventions/strategies through case study examples
• List different types of tobacco cessation medications
• Discuss use of the “Toolkit: Implementation of Best Practice Guidelines” when integrating tobacco cessation best practices into organizational settings

Presenters
Tiiu Sildva (BN, MPH) Tobacco Intervention Specialist, Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO)