What's New?

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This is one more component of the Smoke-Free Ontario Strategy that will encourage tobacco users to quit. Making NRT more affordable, and coupled with counselling and support by physicians, pharmacists and dentists increases the chance patients using NRT will achieve long-term success.

For details on this exemption visit:
www.mhp.gov.on.ca/english/news/2007/073007.asp

Varenicline
New smoking cessation medication now available. Click the link below for more information.
www.ctica.org/Champix_New_Drugs_Drug_News_Jan_Feb_07.pdf

Now Available - New Online Workshop
E-Learning Project - A Focus on Clinical Tobacco Interventions for Youth The Clinical Tobacco Intervention (CTI) Program has introduced an e-learning module for physicians, pharmacists and dentists focusing on cessation interventions for youth. The development of this program is being supported by a grant from Health Canada. This web-based module will take approximately one hour to complete and covers the following topics:

• Epidemiology and health risks of smoking in youth
• Why youth start to smoke
• Addiction and teen smoking
• Counselling strategies
• Smoking cessation aids
• Societal messaging

In order to participate, it is recommended that participants have attended a previous educational session on tobacco use cessation, either through CTI or another group. Participants should have an understanding of the Stages of Change, Minimal Contact Intervention, The 5 A’s Model, Motivating Tobacco Users to Quit, Pharmacotherapy, Relapse, and Physiological Effects of Nicotine. The Youth E-Learning Module focuses on youth as a special population and builds on these concepts addressed through the CTI continuing education programs.

There is no fee to participate and the module has been recognized for continuing education (CE) credits.

To access the module please click the "E-Learning" tab on the left hand side of the screen and follow the registration instructions.

Financial contribution from the Tobacco Control Programme, Health Canada.
www.ctica.org/contact/contact.html

New Feature
Now you can order CTI materials online! Select the 'Materials' tab and click on your association logo to activate the order form.


No Show and Cancellation Policy
CTI continually strives to bring high quality training programs to as many interested physicians, pharmacists and dentists as possible. In an effort to meet demand and accommodate the greatest number of practitioners CTI has implemented a “No Show and Cancellation” policy. This will ensure that CTI training event attendance is maximized and resources are utilized as best possible.

• No-Shows: For each registrant who does not attend a $25.00 administrative fee will be charged for each registrant to the credit card number provided on the registration form.

• Cancellations: Cancellations must be received in writing (fax or email) at least 72 hours in advance of the workshop. Cancellations received outside of this timeframe will be subject to an administrative fee of $25.00 for each registrant.

• On-site registrations will not be accepted.

CTI appreciates compliance with this new policy. Should you have any questions, please contact your association representative.
www.ctica.org/contact/contact.html

TELL US ABOUT YOUR SMOKING CESSATION ACTIVITIES!
The Clinical Tobacco Intervention Program (CTI) is interested in learning from dentists, physicians, and pharmacists about their success stories and experiences with helping patients to quit smoking.

You can write about or discuss the following:

• Discussing tobacco use with patients.

• Guiding some patients to consider quitting.

• Implementing a team approach (i.e. inclusion of support staff).

• Being involved in CTI – attending a CTI training event or ordering an education kit.

• Having patients acknowledge/appreciate your professional role in tobacco intervention.

• Memorable experiences with patient(s) and your efforts to assist them to stop tobacco consumption.

We appreciate any and all stories that you share with us. Please remember not to use any unique patient identifying information.

Please send your stories via your association representative.
www.ctica.org/contact/contact.html

NEW RESOURCES FROM CTI
Two of the most popular CTI resources are now available in French!

Votre Guide vers un avenir sans tabac (Your Guide to a Smoke Free Future Patient Booklet)

Un plan personnalisé d’abandon du tabagisme (Quit Plan Pad – Practitioner/Patient Resource)

Click on the link below to contact your association representative to order these materials in French.
ctica.org/contact/contact.html

Newly available from CTI
Local Cessation Services The 2008 update to the Compendium of Smoking Cessation Services and Programs - lists local services and programs that you can use for patient referral for more extensive counseling.

To access your local Smoking Cessation Services and Programs, click on the following link:
ctica.org/cessation/cessation.html

Framework Convention for Tobacco Control (FCTC) treaty adopted in May 2003.
The first-ever global health treaty was recently adopted by the governing body of the World Health Organization. The FCTC aims "to protect present and future generations from the devastating health, social, environmental and economic consequences of tobacco consumption and exposure to tobacco smoke" that causes the deaths of almost five million people worldwide each year. The provisions made in the treaty include: a comprehensive ban on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship; substantial health warning labels; prohibition of the use of misleading terms on tobacco products (e.g. "light", "mild", "low tar"); actions to protect non-smokers; implementation of taxation, importation and litigation measures. Canadian members of the FCTC include: The Canadian Cancer Society; Non-Smokers Rights Association; Physicians for a Smoke Free Canada. To learn more about the FCTC, visit their website at
www.fctc.org

New Database Presents the facts on the global tobacco epidemic
Tobacco FactFile, a project of the Tobacco Control Research Centre (TCRC) at the British Medical Association, presents key facts and data about tobacco across the globe. The widely endorsed web site is a centralized source of information for future tobacco control activities designed primarily for the media, health professionals and policy makers.

To access tobacco facts and information, click on their web site at:
www.tobaccofactfile.org

American Heart Association Guidelines for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke: 2002 Update…
(Globe & Mail, July 16) In a tough new set of guidelines for preventing heart disease and stroke, the Heart Association said the goal of every person who wants to avoid cardiovascular disease should be "complete cessation" and "no exposure to environmental tobacco smoke." These guidelines update the 1997 guidelines which serve as an aid to health care professionals and their patients without established coronary artery disease or other atherosclerotic diseases.

For a copy of these guidelines click on the following link -
www.circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/106/3/388

Important tips for helping pregnant patients who use tobacco
This document answers some frequently asked questions (FAQ's) about tobacco use and cessation during pregnancy. You may print this document for future reference. Click on link below to open document.
www.ctica.org/pregnant_Tobacco_users.pdf