SCLC Webinar on May 5 - Behavioral Health and Tobacco Product Use: Addressing Disparities, Improving

Please join the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) for the next live webinar, Behavioral Health and Tobacco Product Use: Addressing Disparities, Improving Outcomes on Tuesday, May 5, 2026 from 1:00 – 2:00 pm (ET).

The National Partnership on Behavioral Health and Tobacco Use has launched a new educational resource: a slide deck that serves as a ready-to-use presentation tool. Now it is your chance to see this slide deck in action! This live webinar will explore the harms of tobacco, share treatment resources for individuals with behavioral health conditions, and highlight key references with credible citations.

The following expert speakers presenting on these important topics:

• Brian Hurley, MD, MBA, FAPA, DFASAM, Immediate Past President of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM), Medical Director, Bureau of Substance Abuse Prevention and Control - Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, and Assistant Professor of Addiction Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
• Leah Wentworth, PhD, MPH, National Director in the Office of Science and Research, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)

Learning Objectives

By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

1. Recognize the persistent disparities in rate of tobacco product use among people receiving behavioral health services. 

2. Describe how to implement at least two interventions for tobacco treatment in behavioral health settings.

3. Explain the importance of tobacco treatment to improve behavioral health and population health outcomes.