Our speaker is Elias Klemperer, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Psychological Science at the University of Vermont. This presentation will be on the importance of tobacco treatment for people with opioid use disorder and discuss research on providing treatment for smokers who are not motivated or not ready to quit. It will also explore barriers to quitting tobacco among those who live in rural communities.

Learning objectives
1. Discuss the importance of tobacco treatment for people with opioid use disorder
2. Explain how lack of motivation or readiness to quit in the near future is a common barrier for tobacco use disorder
3. Consider special barriers to quitting tobacco among those who live in rural communities
4. Identify treatment strategies for tobacco users who are not motivated to quit