American Lung Association Launches N-O-T® and INDEPTH® Online Facilitator Training Courses.
Friday, August 14, 2020
Posted by: Natalia Gromov
The
American Lung Association has announced the launch of its highly anticipated
revised N-O-T® Not On Tobacco youth tobacco cessation and INDEPTH® alternative
to suspension programs and facilitator training courses.
For over 20 years, Not On Tobacco has been the premier youth tobacco cessation
program. N-O-T is an evidence-based program with an impressive success
rate, with approximately 90 percent of teens who participate in the program
cutting back or quitting tobacco all together. Post-program, youth also have
been shown to have better grades, higher motivation, fewer absences, better
relationships with teachers and fewer school tobacco use policy violations.
The updated 2020 N-O-T revision goes beyond cigarette smoking to include all
tobacco products, with an increased focus on nicotine dependence, e-cigarettes
and multiple tobacco product use.
Along with N-O-T, our previously offered “Alternative to Suspension” program
has been updated and renamed INDEPTH®, Intervention for Nicotine Dependence:
Education, Prevention, Tobacco and Health. INDEPTH is offered as an
option to students who face suspension for violation of school tobacco use
policies.
While INDEPTH is not a cessation program, steps toward cessation are strongly
encouraged. The program is geared towards youth and focuses on tobacco use,
nicotine dependence, establishing healthy alternatives and making the change to
be free of all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, through discussion and
activities.
Beginning today, facilitators can take the on-line, on-demand training on our
new e-learning platform at their own pace.
INDEPTH Facilitator Training Course is free, includes three-year certification,
school policy guidance and downloadable curriculum and materials
N-O-T Facilitator Training Course is a paid course and includes three-year
certification and INDEPTH Facilitator training also.
These programs support comprehensive tobacco control policies in school or
community settings and support the American Lung Association’s measures to
eliminate tobacco use by youth and to reduce the youth e-cigarette prevalence
rate to 15% by 2025.
To learn more, visit Lung.org or contact NOT@Lung.org or INDEPTH@lung.org.
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