Advocacy Training for Liquid Nicotine: Education, Evaluation and Action Planning

Physicians are important advocates for their patients, but few receive adequate training. To improve knowledge and involvement in advocacy at our institution, our team instituted an educational program about advocacy related to liquid nicotine, including interactive advocacy workshops and development of an advocacy action plan (AP). Liquid nicotine (“e-cigarettes”) is a hot topic that affects the health of children of all ages, given a toddler’s recent fatal ingestion and skyrocketing use among adolescents.