Evidence-base for pharmacotherapy and treatment options

Sunday, April 22, 2012
G: Yohannes Tsigie Hall (Millennium Hall)
Oluwakemi Odukoya University of Lagos, Nigeria
Dr. Oluwakemi Odukoya is a public health physician and lecturer at the College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Nigeria. She attended the Johns Hopkins Global Tobacco Control Certificate Course in June 2008 and has recently completed training at the Mayo Clinic Nicotine Dependence Center in Rochester, Minnesota. She has worked closely with Prof. Ayo-Yusuf and the Global bridges project as a facilitator of the Tobacco Dependence and Treatment Skills Workshops held in Ibadan and Lagos, Nigeria. She has also made several tobacco related presentations to different cadre of health workers including doctors, nurses and medical students. She has collaborated with local and international researchers in tobacco control and has published papers in peer reviewed journals.

Learning Objectives: Know the evidence-base for the effectiveness of various pharmaceutical regimen for treatment of tobacco dependence and indications for use.