During the FY 07-08 Florida Legislature session the Florida AHEC Network was awarded funding to educate health profession students and health care professionals on the dangers of tobacco and to develop cessation programs for users who want to quit.

The AHEC Tobacco Training and Cessation (A.T.T.A.C.) program was developed and implemented in collaboration with our community and academic partners.

Health Profession Student Training

The A.T.T.A.C. program partners with area Colleges and Universities to train their health professions students on tobacco use, prevention and cessation issues. Many of these health professions students are then deployed into area middle schools where they serve as role models while teaching young people about the consequences of tobacco use and promoting a message of abstinence and prevention.

Click here for more information for faculty and health professions students.

Click here for more information for middle school teachers and classrooms.

QuitTeam

Quitteam LogoThe QuitTeam utilizes trained Tobacco Cessation Specialists to provide free counseling and support services to medically needy patients interested in quitting tobacco.   

Click here to find out more information about our cessation   services.

Health Care Provider Training

In addition to health profession student training and tobacco cessation efforts, the A.T.T.A.C. program also offers health care professionals continuing education opportunities on a variety of tobacco related subjects.

Click here for more information about trainings

Click here for more information about CMEs and CEUs.

 

All three components of the program promote and support referrals to the Florida State QuitLine.

 

Sponsored by Gulfcoast South AHEC and the State of Florida, Department of Health.


Contact us:

Emily M. Hite
Tobacco Training Coordinator
ehite@health.usf.edu

Tiffany Prater
Clinical Training Coordinator
tprater@health.usf.edu

The QuitTeam:

Jessica Balos, MA, CTTS
Tobacco Cessation Specialist jbalos@health.usf.edu

Deirdre Dingman, MPH, CHES, CTTS
Tobacco Cessation Specialist
ddingman@health.usf.edu

Beth Shirilla
Tobacco Project Assistant
bshirill@health.usf.edu

Edna Apostol, MPH
Chief Executive Officer
eapostol@health.usf.edu

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