Using Economic Data to Promote Smoke-Free Policies

December 16, 2005 from 3:00-4:30pm (Eastern Time)

Policy Conference Call
Organized by the Tobacco Control Network (TCN)
This conference call will provide an opportunity to hear about recently released economic data on the effects of smoking and environmental tobacco smoke and to hear from your peers on how they have used this data in the promotion of smoke-free policies within their state.

1. Introductions and Roll Call
   Jessica Lowy, TTAC
    
2. Economic Effects of Environmental Tobacco Smoke
   Donald Behan, Georgia State University
    
   Society of Actuaries Economic Costs of ETS Report, March 2005
    
3. Smoking-Attributable Mortality, Morbidity, and Economic Cost (SAMMEC) Data
   Robert Merritt and Jeff Chrismon, CDC/OSH
    
   SAMMEC MMWR, July 2005
    
4. Use of Economic Data to Promote Sound Policy within States
   Sally Malek, North Carolina Department of Health
   Bruce Adkins, West Virginia Department of Health
    
   West Virginia Tobacco is killing (and costing) us report, August 2005
    
5. Questions and Answers

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