PTTU: Resources

Section	Name	Description
Module 1: Lesson 1: Tobacco and Tobacco Products	History of Tobacco	Read the entire chapter. (23 minutes) World Lung Foundation
	A Social and Cultural History of Smoking	Read the entire page. (17 minutes) Britannica
	The History of the Discovery of the Cigarette–lung Cancer Link: Evidentiary Traditions, Corporate Denial, Global Toll	Read the entire page. (30 minutes)
	Types of Tobacco Products	Read the entire document. (11 minutes) Not Known!
	Anatomy of a Cigarette	Read the entire page. (8 minutes) NOVA - 2001
	Tobacco Smoke and Involuntary Smoking: Composition, Exposure and Regulations	Read all of 1.1. (32 minutes) NIH - 2004

Module 1: Lesson 2: Epidemiology of Tobacco Use	Evolution of the Global Smoking Epidemic Over the Past Half-century: Strengthening the Evidence Base for Policy Action	Read the abstract, introduction/background, discussion, and conclusion. (30 minutes) BMJ Journal - 2023
	The Global Burden of Tobacco	Read the abstract, introduction/background, discussion, and conclusion. (5 minutes) The Lancet - 2021
	Factors that Influence Tobacco Use	Read the entire chapter, except the reference list. (60 minutes) National Academy of Sciences - 2009
	Risk Factors	Read the entire page. (30 minutes) NIH, PubMed - 2021
	Tobacco: Preventing Uptake, Promoting Guitting and Treating Dependence	Read the entire page. (12 minutes) NICE - 2023
	National, Regional, and Global Prevalence of Cigarette Smoking Among Women/females in the General Population: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis	Read the abstract, results, discussion, and conclussion. (20 minutes) NIH, PubMed - 2021

Module 1: Lesson 3: Patterns, Variations, and Subgroups in Tobacco Consumption	Achieving Health Equity in Tobacco Control	Read full document. (30 minutes) African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council; the American Cancer Society, etc.- 2015
	Factors That Influence Tobacco Use Among Four Racial/Ethnic Minority Groups	Read pages 225-233. (45 minutes) Surgeon General's Report
	Intergenerational differences in smoking among West Indian, Haitian, Latin American, and African blacks in the United States	Read the abstract, introduction/background, discussion, and conclusion. (30 minutes) SSM - Population Health - 2017
	Risk and Protective Factors for Vaping and Smoking Among High School Students in Maine	Read abstract, introduction, demographic characteristics, discussion, public health implications, and conclusion. (20 minutes) CD - 2023
	Patterns of Smoking Cessation Among U.S. Adults, Young Adults, and Youth	Read the entire chapter, except the reference list. (169 minutes) Surgeon General's Report - 2020
	Smoking Cessation, Quit Attempts and Predictive Factors among Vietnamese Adults in 2020	Read the abstract, introduction/background, discussion, and conclusion. (30 minutes) Smoking Cessation and Quit Attempts - 2023
	Explanations of Socio-economic Disparities in Smoking	Read entire page. (5 minutes) The Cancer Council - 2022
	Tobacco and Socioeconomic Status	Read full document. (16 minutes) Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids / Hope Neuling - 2023

Module 2: Lesson 1 Health Implications of Tobacco Use and Exposure	Health Problems Caused by Secondhand Smoke	Read the entire page. (5 minutes) CDC - 2022
	The Health Consequences of Smoking —50 Years of Progress A Report of the Surgeon General	Read under Headlines : (19 minutes) - Major conclusions - Chapter conclusions (pgs. 7-13) Department of Health and Human Services,CDC, Prevention and Health Promotion - 2014
	Women and Smoking: The Effect of Gender on the Epidemiology, Health Effects, and Cessation of Smoking	Read the abstract, introduction/background, discussion, and conclusion. (30 minutes) Current Addiction Reports - 2014
	Pathogenesis of (smoking-related) Non-communicable Diseases—Evidence for a Common Underlying Pathophysiological Pattern	Read the abstract, introduction/background, discussion, and conclusion. (20 minutes) NIH, PubMed - 2022
	A Biopsychosocial Approach to Examining Tobacco-related Health Disparities Among Racially Classified Social Groups	Read the abstract, introduction/background, discussion, and conclusion. (30 minutes) Addiction - 2007
	Respiratory Diseases	Read the entire chapter. (161 minutes) National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (US) Office on Smoking and Health - 2014
	Secondhand and Thirdhand Smoke: A Review on Chemical Contents, Exposure Routes, and Protective Strategies	Read the abstract, introduction/background, discussion, and conclusion. (45 minutes) Environmental Science and Pollution Research - 2023

Module 2: Lesson 2: Socio-economic Impact of Tobacco Use	WHO Global Report on Trends in Prevalence of Tobacco Use 2000–2025 Fourth Edition	Read pgs 5-37. (2 minutes) Harvard University - 2021
	Economic Costs of Tobacco Use	Read the entire document. (20 minutes) Institute for Health Research and Policy - 2019
	Smoking-Attributable Morbidity, Mortality, and Economic Costs	Read the entire chapter. (90 minutes) National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (US) Office on Smoking and Health - 2014
	Global Economic Cost of Smoking-attributable Diseases	Read the abstract, introduction/background, discussion, and conclusion. (30 minutes) BMJ Journals - 2017

Module 2: Lesson 3: Environmental Impact of Tobacco Use	Tobacco and the Environment	Read the entire page. (20 minutes) University of Bath - 2022
	Plastics, the Environment and the Tobacco Industry	Read the entire page. (20 minutes) University of Bath - 2022
	Tobacco and Non-Communicable Diseases	Read the entire document. (5 minutes) Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids - 2013
	Six Cost-Effective Actions Endorsed by WHO to Reduce Tobacco’s Deadly Toll	Read the entire document. (20 minutes) MPower

Module 3: Lesson 1: Mechanisms Tobacco Use Disorder	Nicotine Addiction: Neurobiology and Mechanism	Read the abstract, introduction/background, discussion, and conclusion. (15 minutes) Journal of Pharmacopuncture - 2020
	Nicotine Pharmacology	Read the entire chapter. (70 minutes) Institute of Medicine (US) Committee to Assess the Science Base for Tobacco Harm Reduction - 2001
	Neurobiological and Neurophysiological Mechanisms Underlying Nicotine Seeking and Smoking Relapse	Read the abstract, introduction/background, discussion, and conclusion. (45 minutes) Molecular Neuropsychiatry - 2018
	Nicotine Addiction: Neurobiology and Mechanism	Read the abstract, introduction/background, discussion, and conclusion. (15 minutes) Journal of Pharmacopuncture - 2020
	Neurogenetic Determinants and Mechanisms of Addiction to Nicotine and Smoked Tobacco	Read the abstract, introduction/background, discussion, and conclusion. (55 minutes) European Journal of Neuroscience - 2018

Module 3: Lesson 2: Nicotine Withdrawal: Pathophysiology and Clinical Manifestations	Influence of Processes of Change on Stages of Change for Smoking Cessation	Read the abstract, introduction/background, discussion, and conclusion. (20 minutes) Journal of Applied Science - 2021
	What is Nicotine Withdrawal?	Read the web content and watch the two videos. (11 minutes) Quit Victoria - 2023
	New Mechanisms and Perspectives in Nicotine Withdrawal	Read the abstract, introduction/background, discussion, and conclusion. (60 minutes) Journal of Neuropharmacology - 2014
	Neural Mechanisms Underlying Nicotine Addiction: Acute Positive Reinforcement and Withdrawal	Read the entire document. (50 minutes) 2000

Module 4: Lesson 1: Understanding the Cessation Process & Models of Change	Guidelines for implementation of Article 14 WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control	Read page 4. (8 minutes) WHO - 2013
	Improving Smoking Cessation Approaches at the Individual Level	Read the abstract, introduction/background, discussion, and conclusion. (30 minutes) BMJ Journals - 2012
	Influence of Processes of Change on Stages of Change for Smoking Cessation	Read the abstract, introduction/background, discussion, and conclusion. (20 minutes) Journal of Applied Social Science - 2021
	Promotion of Smoking Cessation Using the Transtheoretical Model: Short-Term and Long-Term Effectiveness for Workers in Coastal Central Taiwan	Read the abstract, introduction/background, discussion, and conclusion. (20 minutes) NIH, PubMed - 2022
	How Smokers go About Quitting	Read the full page. (11 minutes) The Cancer Council - 2022

Module 4: Lesson 2: Barriers to Quitting & Patient Perspectives	Reasons to Quit and Barriers to Quitting Smoking in US Young Adults	Read the abstract, introduction/background, discussion, and conclusion. (20 minutes) Family Practice - 2016
	The Views and Experiences of Smokers Who Quit Smoking Unassisted. A Systematic Review of the Qualitative Evidence	Read the abstract, introduction/background, results, discussion, and conclusion. (20 minutes) University of Edinburgh, UNITED KINGDOM - 2015
	Barriers and Facilitators for Smoking Cessation in Chronic Smokers with Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Enrolled in a Randomized Intervention Trial: A Qualitative Study	Read the objectives, introduction, results, discussion, and conclusion. (30 minutes) Front. Psychol - 2023

Module 5: Lesson 1: Diagnosis of Tobacco Use and Dependence	DSM Criteria for Tobacco Use Disorder and Tobacco Withdrawal: A Critique and Proposed Revisions for DSM-5	Read the entire page. (40 minutes) NIH , PubMed - 2013
	Smoking Cessation, Version 3.2022, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology	Read the abstract, introduction/background, discussion, and conclusion. (55 minutes) National Comprehensive Cancer Network - 2023

Module 5: Lesson 2: Barriers to Tobacco Cessation	Adherence to Pharmacological Smoking Cessation Interventions: A Literature Review and Synthesis of Correlates and Barriers	Read the abstract, introduction/background, discussion, and conclusion. (30 minutes) Nicotine and Tobacco Research - 2018
	The Impact of Smoking Cessation Attempts on Stress Levels	Read the abstract, introduction/background, discussion, and conclusion. (25 minutes) BMC Public Health - 2019
	Smoking Cessation and Weight Gain: A Common Challenge and a Unique Opportunity	Read the full document. (23 minutes) UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE AND THE ADDICTION MEDICINE SERVICE, CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH - 2008
	The Association of Peer Smoking Behavior and Social Support with Quit Success in Employees Who Participated in a Smoking Cessation Intervention at the Workplace	Read abstract, introduction/background, discussion, strengths and limitations, and conclusion. (21 minutes) MDPI - 2019
	Household Composition, Smoking Cessation and Relapse: Results from a Prospective Longitudinal Australian Cohort.	Read abstract, introduction/background, and discussion. (15 minutes) medRxiv and bioRxiv - 2022
	Non-cigarette Tobacco Products and POS Policies	Read the entire page.
	Novel Tobacco and Nicotine Products and Their Effects on Health	Read pages 15-17.
	Providers’ Non-Cigarette Tobacco Use Intervention Practices in Relation to Beliefs about Patients, Prioritization of and Skills for Intervention, and Referral Knowledge in Texas Healthcare Centers Providing Care to Persons with Behavioral Health Needs	Read the abstract, introduction/background, discussion, and conclusion. (60 minutes) Tobacco Control - 2012
	Weight Gain After Smoking Cessation and Risk of Major Chronic Diseases and Mortality	Read the abstract, introduction/background, discussion, and conclusion. (16 minutes) NIH, PubMed - 2021
	Interventions for Smokeless Tobacco Use Cessation	Read the abstract, introduction/background, discussion and conclusion. (60 minutes) Tobacco Control - 2012

Module 6: Lesson 1: Applying Behavior Change Theories and Models	Social and Behavioral Theories	Read the entire document. (25 minutes) Behavioral and Social Science Report
	Applying a New Theory to Smoking Cessation: Case of Multi-theory Model (MTM) for Health Behavior Change	Read the abstract, introduction/background, discussion, and conclusion. (10 minutes) Health Promotion Perspective - 2017
	Motivational Interviewing for Tobacco Cessation	Watch the video. (24 minutes) YouTube - 2015
	Motivational Interviewing Techniques Facilitating Behavior Change in the General Practice Setting	Read the abstract, introduction/background, discussion, and conclusion. (20 minutes) Australian Family Physician - 2012
	What Finally Prompts Smokers to Attempt to Quit?	Read the entire chapter. (9 minutes) Tobacco in Australia - 2019
	Protection Motivation Theory and Smoking Quitting Intention: Findings Based on Structural Equation Modeling and Mediation Analysis	Read the abstract, introduction/background, discussion, and conclusion. (25 minutes) BMC Public Health - 2022
	New Directions for Motivational Incentive Interventions for Smoking Cessation	Read the abstract, introduction/background, discussion, and conclusion. (15 minutes) Frontiers in Digital Health - 2022

Module 6: Lesson 2: Role of Health Care Workers & Patient Preparedness	Brief Tobacco Cessation Interventions: Practices, Opinions, and Attitudes of Healthcare Professionals	Read the abstract, introduction/background, discussion, and conclusion. (20 minutes) Tobacco Prevention and Cessation - 2020
	A Survey Exploring the Practices of Smoking Cessation Support Among Hospital-based Healthcare Providers	Read the abstract, introduction/background, discussion, and conclusion. (20 minutes) Patient Related Outcome Measures - 2021
	Does Reduced Smoking if you can’t stop Make Any Difference?	Read the abstract, introduction/background, discussion, and conclusion. (15 minutes) BMC Medicine - 2015
	Perceptions and Preparedness Toward Tobacco Cessation Counseling Amongst Clinical Medical Students in Chongqing, Southwest China: A Cross-sectional Study	Read the abstract, introduction/background, discussion, and conclusion. (25 minutes) Frontiers in Public Health - 2022
	Role of Health Professionals and Social Services	Read entire page. (40 minutes) The Cancer Council. - 2022

Module 7: Lesson 1: Smoking Cessation Drugs: Modes of Action and Classifications	Smoking Cessation Medications	Read the page. (5 minutes) National Library of Medicine - 2023
	Pharmacotherapy for Smoking Cessation in Adults	Read entire page. (35 minutes) Indian Journal of Psychiatry - 2014
	Pharmacologic Agents for Smoking Cessation: A Clinical Review	Read the abstract, introduction/background, discussion, and conclusion. (45 minutes) Clinical Pharmacology - 2010
	The Current State of Tobacco Cessation Treatment	Read full document. (25 minutes) Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences - 2018
	Cytisine for Smoking Cessation	Read the entire article. (5 minutes) NIH - 2018

Module 7: Lesson 2: Correct Use and Side Effects of Smoking Cessation Medications	Stop Smoking Treatments	Read the page. (5 minutes) NHS - 2022
	Interventions to Increase Adherence to Medications for Tobacco Dependence	Read the abstract, introduction/background, discussion, and conclusion. (30 minutes) Cochrane Database Systems Review - 2019
	How do Smoking Cessation Aids Work?	Read the page. (10 minutes) Rx List - 2023
	Pharmacotherapy for Smoking Cessation in Adults	Read the entire article. (75 minutes) UpToDate - 2023
	Multiple Pharmacotherapy Adaptations for Smoking Cessation Based on Treatment Response in Black Adults Who Smoke	Read the abstract, introduction/background, discussion, and conclusion. (35 minutes) JAMA Network Open - 2023

Module 8: Lesson 1: Overview of Complementary and Alternative Therapies	Complementary Health Approaches for Smoking Cessation: What the Science Says	Read the entire article. (8 minutes) National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health - 2021
	Smoking Cessation: Evidence Based Recommendations for the Healthcare System	Read the abstract, introduction/background, discussion, and conclusion. (15 minutes) BMJ - 1999
	Intervention Development for Integration of Conventional Tobacco Cessation Interventions Into Routine CAM Practice	Read the abstract, introduction/background, discussion, and conclusion. (15 minutes) BMJ - 1999

Module 8: Lesson 2: Implementing Complementary and Alternative Therapies in Practice	Integrating Complementary & Alternative Therapies with Conventional Care	Read from pages 15-25. (30 minutes) School of Medicine of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - 2004
	Tobacco Cessation Training for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Practitioners: Results of a Practice-Based Trial	Read the abstract, introduction/background, discussion, and conclusion. (15 minutes) Sacramento County
	Promoting Pharmacy-based Referrals to the Tobacco Quitline: A Pilot Study of Academic Detailing Administered by Pharmacy Students	Read the abstract, introduction/background, discussion, and conclusion. (10 minutes) Journal of Pharmacy Practice - 2013
	The Referral of Patients to Smoking Cessation Counselling: Perceptions and Experiences of Healthcare Providers in General Practice	Read the abstract, introduction/background, discussion, and conclusion. (30 minutes) BMC Health Services Research - 2021

Module 9: Lesson 1: Understanding Probability & Predictors of Relapse	Probability and predictors of relapse to smoking: Results of the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC)	Read the abstract, introduction/background, discussion, and conclusion. (35 minutes) Drug Alcohol Dependence - 2013
	Do predictors of smoking relapse change as a function of duration of abstinence? Findings from the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Australia	Read the abstract, introduction/background, discussion, and conclusion. (35 minutes) Drug Alcohol Dependence - 2013
	An Interpersonal Model of Addiction Relapse	Read the abstract, introduction/background, discussion, and conclusion. (30 minutes) Addiction Disorders and their Treatment - 2014
	Relapse Dynamics During Smoking Cessation: Recurrent Abstinence Violation Effects and Lapse-relapse Progression	Read abstract, introduction/background, discussion, limitations and strengths, implications, and future directions. (45 minutes) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration - 2019
	Handling relapse in smoking cessation: strategies and recommendations	Read the abstract, introduction/background, discussion, and conclusion. (20 minutes) Internal and Emergency Medicine - 2013

Module 9: Lesson 2: Strategies and Techniques for Preventing Relapses	Relapse Prevention	Read the entire presentation. (17 minutes) Mayo Clinic
	Relapse Prevention Interventions for Smoking Cessation	Read the entire paper. (60 minutes) Cochrane Database System Review - 2019

Module 9: Lesson 3: Handling Relapses in Smoking Cessation	How to Help Someone Experiencing a Relapse	Web page. (10 minutes) GoodRX Health - 2022
	Relapse Prevention for Addictive Behaviors	Read the entire article. (4 minutes) Tobacco Use and Dependence Guideline Panel - 2008

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