BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:fe9d227a684714aec0493fe90d32063951 CATEGORIES:Continuing Education SUMMARY:Mayo clinic-Pain and the (Cigarette) Butt: Examining the Challenges of Quitting Smoking for People Living with Chronic Pain – Fall Webinar Series 1 DESCRIPTION:
This webinar is designed to educate health care providers about th e unique challenges associated with motivating patients living with chronic pain to quit smoking. Presenter describes the psychological experience of pain and untangles the way it perpetuates the smoking habit. Presenter and participants explore the misconception that “smoking provides pain relief” and examine how it contributes to patients’ hesitancy to quit. Presenter il luminates the way motivational interviewing can circumvent these unique bar riers to smoking cessation.