Contemporary Topics in Tobacco Control – Online

Michael Steinberg, MD, MPH, is professor and chief in the Division of General Internal Medicine and vice chair for research at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Steinberg’s ongoing research includes evaluating various tobacco treatment interventions, and he is currently conducting a National Cancer Institute-funded study of physicians’ communications regarding e-cigarettes.

He is also director of the Rutgers Tobacco Dependence Program, which has treated more than 6,000 smokers since 2001 and has trained more than 2,000 health professionals from more than 40 states and 11 countries as tobacco treatment specialists. Most recently, Steinberg has focused his tobacco education efforts at training healthcare providers in underserved countries, such as Botswana, to help them deliver evidence-based tobacco treatment to their communities.

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe recent health, policy, and epidemiological issues related to the use of tobacco products and electronic cigarettes/vaping devices and the concept of harm reduction
2. Utilize the current evidence regarding tobacco dependence treatment techniques
3. Review the misperceptions regarding nicotine among the general population and physicians
4. Identify cigarette relighting behavior and its potential public health implications

Accreditation Statement:

Deborah Heart and Lung Center designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Deborah Heart and Lung Center is accredited by the Medical Society of New Jersey to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Disclosure Statement:

None of the planners, faculty, or the speaker, for this educational activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Original Release Date 05.01.2025

Termination Date:  05.02.2026

Originally this course was presented Live on 05.01.2025