Lori Skrobola, CTTS
Parent Outreach and Education Manager
Parents Against Vaping E-Cigarettes (PAVe)
https://www.parentsagainstvaping.org

Lori is Parents against Vaping’s (PAVe’s) Parent Outreach and Education Manager. She is also a certified Tobacco Treatment Specialist, trained by the Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. Since 2020, Lori has played an active role in helping stop the tobacco industry from addicting a new generation and keeping them addicted through:

• Advocating for changing public health policy through collaboration with organizations, such as Parents Against Vaping, the American Heart Association, POW’R Against Tobacco, Tobacco-Free Kids, and Truth Initiative
• Participating in public health advocacy campaigns, such as Tobacco Kills NY and Flavors Hook Kids
• Working strategically with the media to increase awareness and create a favorable environment for policy change

Lori is also a veteran brand marketer, advertising executive, and marketing consultant for corporations, non-profits, and agencies. Unique in breadth and depth of client-side and agency experience across all marketing disciplines.

Learning Objectives/Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this activity, the healthcare team will be able to:

1.  Identify and apply effective communication strategies to educate youth and caregivers about the risks of nicotine, vaping, and co-use with cannabis.

2. Integrate empathetic, evidence-based approaches into clinical and community settings to address youth nicotine dependence—prioritizing education, behavioral support, and treatment over judgment or punitive responses.

3. Support improved youth health outcomes by referring to evidence-based cessation tools, recognizing early signs of use, and advocating for stronger regulations and enforcement to reduce access to harmful products.

Target Audience:
Physicians, nurses, social workers, health educators, administrators, and support staff working with American Indian and/or Alaska Native communities.

Funding for this webinar was made possible by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention DP-23-0014: Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH). The contents of this activity do not necessarily represent the official views of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, Indian Health Service, or Department of Health and Human Services.

Continuing Education (CE) Credit Information:
There is no registration fee to participate in this activity. In order to receive continuing education credit, learners must participate in the webinar in its entirety, and complete an online evaluation.

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Accreditation:

In support of improving patient care, IHS Clinical Support Center is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

This activity was planned by and for the health care team, and learners will receive 1.0 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.

Physicians
The IHS Clinical Support Center designates this live activity for 1 hour of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for each hour of participation.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses
This activity is designated 1.0 contact hour for each hour of participation.

Social Workers

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, the IHS Clinical Support Center is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 1.0 clinical continuing education credit.

Disclosure Statement:  As a jointly accredited provider of continuing education, the IHS Clinical Support Center must ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in its educational activities. Course directors/coordinators, planning committee members, faculty, reviewers and all others who are in a position to control the content of this educational activity are required to disclose the existence of all financial relationships with ineligible companies within the prior 24 months.  Safeguards against commercial bias have been put in place. Faculty will also disclose any off-label and/or investigational use of pharmaceuticals or instruments discussed in their presentation. All those who are in a position to control the content of this educational activity have completed the disclosure process and have indicated that they do not have any relevant financial relationships or affiliations with any manufacturers or commercial products to disclose.

There is no commercial interest support for this educational activity.

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Hardware/Software Requirements
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