2026 4-Day Tobacco Treatment Specialist Training Workshop

Professions: Surgeons, Oncology Providers, Quitline Clinicians, Allied Health Professionals, Graduate Student Clinicians, Primary Care Clinicians, Behavioral Health Clinicians, Professional Counselors, Addictions Counselors, Nurse Practitioners, Registered Nurses, Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, Physician Assistants, Hospitalist, Navigators, Pharmacists, Community Health Workers, Health Educators, Health and Wellness Coaches, Social Workers

Tobacco Treatment Specialists (TTSs) are professional clinicians who possess the skills, knowledge, and training to provide effective, evidence based interventions for tobacco dependence across of range of treatment intensities, in varying contexts, treatment modalities, and with different tobacco using populations.

The MSKCC 4-day, virtual Tobacco Treatment Specialist Training Program will train multi-disciplinary clinicians who work in different healthcare and community settings including primary care, behavioral health, addictions and rehabilitation settings, public housing, oncology settings, specialty medical care such as (e.g. pulmonary medicine, cardiology, oncology), and worksite wellness settings. The curriculum includes:

• TTS Professional Development

• Comprehensive Approaches to Tobacco Control

• Tobacco Products

• Biopsychosocial Model

• Clinical Assessments

• Behavior Change Treatment Strategies

• Pharmacotherapy

• Evidence-Based Treatment Processes, CBT, MI

• Group Counseling

• Documentation, Coding, Billing, Health Insurance, and Program Evaluation

• Law and Ethics

• Live Role Plays with Professional NYC Actors

This training program will be an exclusively live virtual experience. Registered attendees should have access to a computer with a webcam as this training is highly interactive. The training instructors will ask for attendee participation throughout lectures and group training activities. Additional pre-training instructions, including a Zoom link, will be emailed to registrants prior to the start of the program.

Who Should Attend: Clinicians working with adult people who smoke or use other tobacco products.

Fields: Primary Care (Internal Medicine, General and Family Practice), Behavioral Health (Psychiatry, Psychology, Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, etc.), Cardiology, Pulmonary Medicine, Case Management, Dentistry, Emergency Medicine, ENT, Geriatric Medicine, Immigrant Health, Infectious Diseases, Integrative Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pain Medicine, Preventive Medicine, Public Health, Respiratory Therapy, Rheumatology, Sleep Medicine, Urology, Smoke Free Housing, Community Settings

1. Understand the Tobacco Treatment Specialists roles, responsibilities, professional development, and credentialing
2. Describe and identify comprehensive approaches to tobacco control
3. Demonstrate understanding of tobacco products in marketing, design, prevalence of use, and health consequences
4. Identify and describe the biopsychosocial appproach to understanding and treating tobacco use
5. Assess the comprehensive clinical assessment of the tobacco user
6. Apply the principles of evidence-based, patient-centered, behavior change treatment strategies
7. Demonstrate understanding of pharmacotherapy for tobacco use
8. Analyze and evaluate treatment processes
9. Use documentation, coding, billing, health insurance, and program evaluation
10. Describe and identify law and ethics

4-Day Live Virtual Training Fee: $1,100

Discounted registration is available for specific groups. If eligible, you will receive further instructions and a promotion code to use during registration. View our Policy on Registration Discounts for more information.

For details on our cancellation terms, please review our Cancellation Policy.

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA Credit Designation Statement

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 29.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Continuing Education for Licensed Psychologists in New York State*

This event offers 29.25 NYS Psychology Contact Hours.

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is recognized by the New York State Education Department State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0166

Additional credit: Nursing and Social Work credits pending approval.

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Upon completion, participants will receive a training certificate, which makes them eligible for the Certified Professional by the American Heart Association (CPAHA) – Tobacco Treatment National Certification. For additional details about the program and a complete agenda, please email Noshin Haque ([email protected]).

This Program is Accredited by the Council for Tobacco Treatment Training Programs (CTTTP).

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This training is approved for 24.00 OASAS education and training clock hours which satisfy CASAC/CPP/CPS education requirements.

*Not all states accept NYS CEUs for Social Work or Psychology. Please check with the licensing board in your state for guidance on their acceptance of the credit types offered for this course

MSK Course Faculty

Chris Kotsen, PsyD, NCTTP
Jamie Ostroff, PhD, CTTS, NCTTP
Maureen O’Brien, MS, RN, CNS, PMHCNS-BC, CTTS, NCTTP
Smita Banerjee, PhD
Gleneara Bates-Pappas
Tom Payne, PhD, NCTTP

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of an ACE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies (commercial interests). All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.