Time to Renew Your Tobacco Training?
If you took our Tobacco Treatment Specialist (TTS) training more than 2 years ago, it might be time to renew your training status.
What Is Recertification?
Recertification shows that you’re keeping your skills up to date. It’s for people who finished our TTS training and want to stay current in the field of tobacco treatment.
To recertify, you’ll need:
- 18 hours of continuing education about quitting tobacco, public health, or addiction
- A $100 fee
- To fill out a short recertification application
The complete the recertification application and payment, please use the link below:
What’s New:
There are some exciting changes happening in the world of TTS!
Please note: We have been known since the early 2000’s to have been a certifying body in this field, but starting July 1, 2025, we’re changing gears.
Moving forward we are going to be known solely as your source for training and continuing education that prepares you to earn national certification through trusted organizations like:
- The American Heart Association
- National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC)
These national groups now handle the testing and official national certification and recertification. This means that starting July 1, 2025 we will no longer be recertifying TTS certificates.
Why the Change?
The goal of these changes is to further the field of TTS in healthcare while also recognizing the importance of the skillset that is acquired through TTS training & certification.
Please visit the following sites for more information about each respective board’s TTS national certification and recertification processes moving forward, including their requirements for continuing education credits.
- Tobacco Treatment Certified Professional by the American Heart Association (CPAHA)
- National Certification in Nicotine and Tobacco Treatment (NCNTT) via NAADAC
Recertification Continuing Education Resources:
These continuing education hours must come from trusted or approved sources like health organizations, conferences, or colleges.
We recommend visiting some of these other sites for ideas of qualifying events.
- CE-credit.com
- Council For Tobacco Treatment Training Programs
- The Florida Keys Area Health Education Center
- Medscape Education click on “CME & Education” then put “tobacco Cessation” in the search box
- Perdue University Pharmacy put “CE” in the search box
- Quantum Units Education
- Smoking Cessation Leadership Center
- UC San Diego School of Medicine
- University of California San Francisco Smoking Cessation Leadership Center
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741 E. Broad St.
Columbus, OH 43205
Phone: 614-437-1530
Fax: 614-437-1506
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