Events
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Tobacco and Substance Use Prevention and Control Program and its related public health and non-profit partners frequently offer training, events, and conferences focused on the many different areas of tobacco and substance use prevention and control.
If you have an conference in Maine that is relevant to the prevention and control of tobacco, substance use, suicide or injury; submit information to tsup.dhhs@maine.gov. We will review and post if appropriate.
Tobacco Intervention: Basic Skills Training
Join other healthcare professionals in this one-day training to learn more about nicotine addiction and how to integrate brief, evidence-based tobacco treatment interventions into current practice. It has been well established that brief interventions can significantly increase quit attempts and lead to long-term tobacco abstinence. Led by licensed healthcare professionals, participants will learn how to use effective, motivational strategies and gain confidence when working with patients or clients who use tobacco.
The curriculum includes:
- The Burden of Tobacco Use
- Tobacco Products & Vaping
- Evidence-based Quit Methods
- Motivational Engagement Strategies
- Tobacco Treatment Medications
- The 5 A’s Brief Intervention Model
Tobacco Intervention: Basic Skills Training
Join other healthcare professionals in this one-day training to learn more about nicotine addiction and how to integrate brief, evidence-based tobacco treatment interventions into current practice. It has been well established that brief interventions can significantly increase quit attempts and lead to long-term tobacco abstinence. Led by licensed healthcare professionals, participants will learn how to use effective, motivational strategies and gain confidence when working with patients or clients who use tobacco.
The curriculum includes:
- The Burden of Tobacco Use
- Tobacco Products & Vaping
- Evidence-based Quit Methods
- Motivational Engagement Strategies
- Tobacco Treatment Medications
- The 5 A’s Brief Intervention Model
Engaging Youth in Preventing Opioid Abuse
Join peers from across the country to build skills needed to talk with youth about opioids. We also include the latest research about marijuana use.
You'll learn proven strategies for engaging youth in prevention activities and policy change, plus best practices for incorporating our evidence-based DVD Drugs: True Stories into your programming.
Sponsor:
Blake Works: Words can Work
Prevention Topic:
Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drugs
Annual Infectious Disease Conference
The annual Infectious Disease Conference targets public health issues of emerging concern. Presentations topics will focus on a range of infectious diseases, immunizations, and emerging technologies.
Great American Smoke-Out
Every year, on the third Thursday of November, smokers across the nation take part in the American Cancer Society Great American Smokeout event. Encourage someone you know to use the date to make a plan to quit, or plan in advance and then quit smoking that day. By quitting – even for 1 day – smokers will be taking an important step toward a healthier life and reducing their cancer risk.
Tobacco Intervention: Basic Skills Training
Join other healthcare professionals in this one-day training to learn more about nicotine addiction and how to integrate brief, evidence-based tobacco treatment interventions into current practice. It has been well established that brief interventions can significantly increase quit attempts and lead to long-term tobacco abstinence. Led by licensed healthcare professionals, participants will learn how to use effective, motivational strategies and gain confidence when working with patients or clients who use tobacco.
The curriculum includes:
- The Burden of Tobacco Use
- Tobacco Products & Vaping
- Evidence-based Quit Methods
- Motivational Engagement Strategies
- Tobacco Treatment Medications
- The 5 A’s Brief Intervention Model
National Methamphetamine Awareness Day
November 30 is National Methamphetamine Awareness Day, a day designated to raise awareness about the dangers of methamphetamines and how to prevent use. The State of Maine Methamphetamine Taskforce has convened to release updated methamphetamine prevention materials. To learn more about these resources click here.
National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month
In an average year, 30 million Americans drive drunk, and 10 million Americans drive impaired by illicit drugs.
A 2010 survey by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) revealed that 13.2 percent of all people aged 16 or older drove under the influence of alcohol and 4.3 percent drove under the influence of illicit drugs during the past year.1
Furthermore, rates of impaired driving differed dramatically by age.1
- While 11.8 percent of people aged 26 and older drove drunk, 19.5 percent of people aged 16 to 25 drove drunk.
- And, 2.8 percent of the older group drove drugged, while 11.4 percent of younger drivers did so.1
December seems particularly suited to this observation because traffic fatalities that involve impaired drivers increase significantly during the Christmas and New Year’s holiday periods.2
- On average, 25 people were killed in alcohol-impaired driving crashes per day during December 2010.
- Young adults are among those at greatest risk for driving impaired. During December 2010, drivers 21 to 34 years old were alcohol impaired and involved in fatal crashes at a higher percentage than any other age group.
Tobacco Intervention: Intensive Skills Training
This two-day skills-focused training will build on knowledge gained in the Tobacco Intervention: Basic Skills Training. Participants will:
- Explore the value of a comprehensive tobacco use assessment
- Learn to develop effective treatment plans
- Discuss considerations for medication management
- Review relapse prevention strategies.
Clinicians will also spend time building on common counseling skills used in intensive tobacco treatment such as motivational interviewing and cognitive behavior