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Healthy Campus: Tobacco-Free
Cessation Workshop, April 12, 2005 |
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The Healthy Campus: Tobacco-Free Cessation Workshop is now
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About the Workshop |
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The workshop provided participants an opportunity to
learn about effective tobacco cessation strategies among
18-24 year olds. This included an interactive activity
on the framework of tobacco addiction, a detailed look at
tobacco cessation strategies on college campuses, and
marketing and prevention strategies. The workshop also
provided an opportunity to network with other colleagues on
this issue.
Special Guest Presentation by:
Linda Hancock, FNP, PhD.
Dr. Hancock serves as both a
clinician and Assistant Director of the Office of Health
Promotion at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond,
VA.
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Objectives: |
- Participants will be able to understand and describe the
“lifestyle risk reduction model of addiction” and will be able
to explain how it can be used for the prevention of nicotine
addiction.
- Participants will be able to help others identify the
genetic risk for nicotine and other drug addiction.
- Participants will be able to systematically evaluate
individuals and decide who is and is not a candidate for
bupropion therapy.
- Participants will be able to list the 5 components to brief
motivational interviewing.
- Participants will be able to define the difference between
commercial marketing, social marketing and social norms
marketing.
- Participants will be able to list at least three websites
that provide marketing strategy information related to tobacco
use reduction and social norms.
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When |
- Tuesday April 12, 2005
- Registration and continental breakfast will be from
8:45-9:30 am.
- Program starts 9:30 am and end 2:30 pm.
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Who Attended? |
A variety of students, health educators,
providers, and administrators from post-secondary
institutions in Minnesota attended the workshop.
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