Top Ten Reasons to Prioritize Tobacco Treatment

The University of California, Davis, Health is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of California, Davis, Health designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses

For the purpose of recertification, the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME.

Physician Assistants

Physician Assistants may claim a maximum of 0.25 Category 1 credits for completing this activity. The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society.

Learning Objectives

1. Describe the tobacco-related burden of disease
2. Identify how tobacco treatment can improve health
3. Characterize the role of providers in tobacco treatment

Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships

As a provider accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the University of California, Davis, Health must ensure balance, independence and objectivity in all its continuing medical education (CME) activities to promote improvements in health care and not proprietary interests of a commercial interest. The CME provider controls all decisions related to identification of CME needs, determination of educational objectives, selection and presentation of content, selection of all persons and organizations that will be in a position to control the content, selection of educational methods and evaluation of the activity. Course directors, planning committee members, presenters, authors, moderators, panel members and others in a position to control the content of this activity are required to disclose relevant financial relationships with commercial interests related to the subject matter of this educational activity. Learners are able to assess the potential for commercial bias when complete disclosure, resolution of conflicts of interest, and acknowledgment of commercial support are provided prior to the activity. Informed learners are the final safeguards in assuring that a CME activity is independent from the influence or control of commercial interests. We believe these mechanisms contribute to the transparency and accountability of CME.

The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education defines a commercial interest as any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods and services consumed by, or used on patients.

The following person has disclosed a relevant financial relationship with a commercial interest related to this CME activity which has been resolved through UC Davis, Health Office of Continuing Medical Education procedures to meet ACCME standards:

NAME COMPANY RELATIONSHIP
None

The following persons have disclosed no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests related to this CME activity:

Elisa Tong, MD, MA

Linda Sarna, PhD, RN

Lisa Kroon, PharmD

Rina Edi, MD

Ulfat Shaikh, MD, MPH, MS

E. Bimla Schwarz, MD, MS, FACP

Victor Duval, MD

Cindy Valencia

Rebecca Hsieh

Shannon Haggit, MSW