27-2WS New Pharmaceutical Options and Electronic Cigarette

Wednesday, 7 December 2011: 15:20 - 15:35
Coral Kingdom 2 (Fiesta Americana)

Riccardo Polosa, Prof. , University of Catania, Catania, Italy

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this session, participants should be able to:

  1. Discuss benefits of smoking cessation.
  2. Discuss the role of first line pharmacotherapy agents and counseling used in smoking cessation.
  3. Describe how to set up an intervention that results in the best long-term success in smoking cessation.
  4. Review current and future treatments and on-going research areas with a focus on electronic cigarette.