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264 - CCS CPU ON SMOKING CESSATION FOR THE CARDIOVASCULAR SPECIALIST

Friday, October 25, 2024
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM PT
Room: 211
Join us for a special and important interactive workshop about contemporary approaches to smoking cessation for all members of the care team including cardiologists, pharmacists, family physicians, rehab specialists and more. Topics include presentations by leading experts on the harms of smoking and benefits of cessation, systematic evidence-based approach to smoking cessation, including counselling, follow up, and most effective pharmacotherapy plus the role of e-cigarettes in smoking cessation.

This is a ‘sneak peek’ of what you will find in the Canadian Cardiovascular Society Clinical Practice Update: Contemporary Approaches to Smoking Cessation to be published early in 2025.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this session participants will be able to:
  • identify the harms of smoking and benefits of cessation; "
  • describe a brief and systematic evidence-based approach to smoking cessation, including counselling, follow up, and most effective pharmacotherapy; and
  • discuss the role of e-cigarettes in smoking cessation.