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ForwardElectronic Cigarettes and Vaping: What Every Pharmacy Professional Needs to Know
This presentation will include the history of electronic cigarettes and discuss the rapid increase in use. Safety concerns and health risks of vaping will be discussed. The use of electronic cigarettes as a tool for quitting traditional smoking will be evaluated. This presentation will prepare pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to counsel patients who want to quit vaping.
Funding for this webinar was made possible in part by grant number 6 NU58DP006790-05-02, CFDA 93.387 from the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) Bureau of Prevention, Promotion, and Support’s Tobacco Prevention and Control Branch through a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The views expressed in written webinar materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the ADPH or CDC nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
Target Audience
This application-based program is intended for Pharmacists and Technicians.
Learning Objectives
Pharmacists
1) Describe the evolution, marketing trends, and regulatory landscape of electronic cigarettes.
2) Discuss the safety concerns and health risks associated with vaping.
3) Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of using electronic cigarettes as a smoking cessation tool.
4) Apply evidence-based strategies to counsel patients who want to quit vaping.
5) Identify resources available to assist patients ready to quit vaping.
Technicians
1) Describe the evolution, marketing trends, and regulatory landscape of electronic cigarettes.
2) Discuss the safety concerns and health risks associated with vaping.
3) Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of using electronic cigarettes as a smoking cessation tool.
4) Apply evidence-based strategies to counsel patients who want to quit vaping.
5) Identify resources available to assist patients ready to quit vaping.
Electronic Cigarettes and Vaping What Every Pharmacy Professional Needs to Know-Program Packet.pdf
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Dr. Miranda Andrus currently serves as Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Practice with Auburn University Harrison School of Pharmacy and Clinical Professor of Family Medicine with the University of Alabama-Birmingham (UAB) School of Medicine in Huntsville. Dr. Andrus earned a Doctor of Pharmacy degree, graduating Magna Cum Laude, from the Samford University McWhorter School of Pharmacy in 1999. She completed a post-graduate specialty residency in Primary Care at the Durham VA Medical Center and UNC-Chapel Hill School of Pharmacy in 2000. In 2002, Dr. Andrus became a Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist.
Dr. Andrus is currently (2018-2021) serving as treasurer on the board of regents of the American College of Clinical Pharmacists (ACCP). She served as chair of the ACCP Education and Training Practice and Research Network in 2006-2007 and has served on numerous ACCP national committees. In 2009 she received the distinction of Fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (FCCP).
Practice Site
Dr. Andrus practices at the UAB-Huntsville Family Medicine Center where she provides pharmacotherapy services to patients and actively educates medical residents and pharmacy students in the clinical setting. Dr. Andrus previously worked for HSOP in Tuscaloosa for four years, where she practiced in rural primary care. Her areas of interest include the scholarship of teaching and learning in experiential education, tobacco abuse and treatment, diabetes, hypertension and dyslipidemia.
Auburn University is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education; credits are recognized nationwide. The Universal Activity Number for this knowledge-based program is 0001-9999-26-001-L01-P/T and is intended for pharmacists and technicians.
Available Credit
- 1.00 ACPE PharmacyAuburn University is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education; credits are recognized nationwide.
- 1.00 ACPE TechnicianAuburn University is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education; credits are recognized nationwide.