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General
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Vaping Prevention Homepage
Introduction
This course on vaping prevention will teach you, from a medical and public health perspective, about the health risks of vaping and e-cigarettes and the approaches used to prevent their misuse. It provides practical insight into the most prevalent health outcomes of vaping and the recommended strategies to prevent vaping, such as policy formation and updates, and also will describe the role of vaping in smoking cessation.
The course is designed to help you:
- Describe basic aspects of vaping and e-cigarettes, such as history, types of devices, and trends in their use.
- Identify common ingredients in vaping products.
- Discuss trends in the use of e-cigarettes.
- Explain the most prevalent health outcomes related to vaping.
- Summarize the mechanisms of nicotine dependence.
- Identify recommended strategies to prevent vaping.
- Propose a policy update to prevent vaping in your region.
- Describe the role of vapes and e-cigarettes in smoking cessation
- Examine the current debate in the scientific community regarding the efficacy and safety of vaping as a smoking cessation method.
- Discuss supporting and refuting evidence that examines the efficacy and safety of vapes and e-cigarettes as aids for smoking cessation.
There are four modules to complete, which include:- Module 1: Introduction to Vaping and E-Cigarettes
- Module 2: Vaping and Health
- Module 3: Vaping Prevention
- Module 4: Vape Use for Smoking Cessation
The completion time for this course is estimated at 13 hours, including 3 hours and 10 minutes of learning resources, 6 hours and 20 minutes for study and assimilation, and 3 hours and 30 minutes of participating in learning activities and quizzes to assist the learners in the synthesis of learning materials.
Engaging with this course- To register for this course, complete the registration form. Begin the course with Module 1. For each lesson, read the descriptions.
- There is a final quiz to assess your understanding of some important concepts. Click on the hyperlinks to take you to these items in each topic.
Requirements to obtain the certificate
You may browse this course for free to learn for your personal enrichment. There are no requirements.
To obtain a certificate, a learner must successfully complete:
- All reading requirements
- All quizzes and pass with a 70% with unlimited attempts,
- The final exam with a minimum of 70% and a maximum of 3 attempts and
- The self and course evaluation forms
Here are the next steps to take the course and earn a certificate.- Complete the registration form.
- Take the pre-test.
- Begin the course with Module 1: Introduction to Vaping and E-Cigarettes. In each lesson, read the description, complete all required readings and any required activity, as well as take the corresponding quizzes.
This course meets nationally approved standards of education developed for the addiction/substance use disorders counseling profession. This course's participants are assured that the continuing education (CE) credits provided will be accepted toward national credentialing by the NAADAC Certification Commission for Addiction Professionals (NCC AP), as well as by many of the individual state licensing/certification bodies in the addiction and other helping professions.
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Module 1: Intro to Vaping and E-Cigarrettes
Student Learning Outcome:
- Describe fundamental aspects of vaping and e-cigarettes, such as history, basic functioning, and types of devices.
- Identify common ingredients in vaping products.
- Discuss trends in the use of e-cigarettes among adults and young people.
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Module 2: Vaping and Health
Student Learning Outcome:
- Explain the most prevalent health outcomes related to vaping.
- Summarize the mechanisms of nicotine dependence related to the use of e-cigarettes among the general population, especially young people.
8 URLs, 1 Forum, 1 Quiz - Explain the most prevalent health outcomes related to vaping.
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Module 3: Vaping Prevention
Student Learning Outcome:
- Identify recommended strategies to prevent vaping in adult and adolescent populations.
- Describe examples of existing national and global policies that seek to mitigate the vaping crisis.
- Propose a policy update to prevent vaping in your region.
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Module 4: Vape Use for Smoking Cessation
Student Learning Outcome:
- Describe the role of vapes and e-cigarettes in smoking cessation.
- Examine the current debate in the scientific community regarding the efficacy and safety of vaping as a smoking cessation method.
- Discuss supporting and refuting evidence that examines the efficacy and safety of vapes and e-cigarettes as aids for smoking cessation.
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Course and Self Evaluation & Certificate
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