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This live session provides a focused overview of tobacco and nicotine use, emphasizing assessment, treatment, harm reduction, and the evolving landscape of vaping and electronic nicotine delivery systems.

What This Includes

• Epidemiology and patterns of tobacco and nicotine use
• The evolution of tobacco products and emerging nicotine delivery technologies
• Neurobiology of nicotine, including dependence, intoxication, and withdrawal
• Screening and assessment of nicotine use disorder
• Pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic treatment approaches for nicotine dependence
• Harm reduction strategies related to tobacco and nicotine use
• Regulatory considerations and ongoing controversies surrounding vaping and electronic nicotine products

What to Expect

• Live, faculty-led instruction delivered in an interactive online format
• Discussion of current trends and challenges in tobacco and nicotine use
• Structured content aligned with the ACAAM National Addiction Medicine Didactic Curriculum and ABPM content areas
• Emphasis on practical approaches to screening, treatment, and patient engagement
• Clinical insights for addressing nicotine dependence across a variety of care settings

Maureen Strohm, MD FAAFP DFASAM Dr. Strohm is a family physician and addiction medicine specialist who serves as the founding Program Director of the Addiction Medicine Fellowship at HCA Sunrise Health GME Consortium in Las Vegas. She has led the development of graduate medical education programs in family and addiction medicine and has extensive experience in training physicians in the care of substance use disorders. Her work focuses on medical education and the delivery of comprehensive, patient‑centered care grounded in the biopsychosocial model, particularly for individuals and families affected by substance use disorders.

Terrence Sanvictores, DO Dr. Sanvictores is an Addiction Medicine Fellow at HCA Sunrise Health GME Consortium in Las Vegas and a family medicine physician.

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