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Master Agreement Settlement spending report available
The U.S. Government Accountability Office has prepared a
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States
TCN member presentations at UICC World Cancer Congress
and World Conference on Tobacco OR Health
If you will be attending the World Conference on Tobacco
OR Health, please consider attending one of your colleague’s
presentations listed below.
Monday, July 10th:
5 As, 5 Rs, and Beyond: Building Clinicians, Communities,
and Capacities to Address Cessation Among Diverse Populations
Malinda Reddish Douglas, MPH1, Linda Wright Eakers,
MPH, CPM1, Corey A. Love, BA2, and Daniel L. O'Donoghue,
PhD, PA-C3. (1) Tobacco Use Prevention, Oklahoma State Department
of Health, (2) MATCH Project, Tulsa Health Department, (3)
Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health
Science Center
1:30pm, Room 209B (Convention Center), View abstract
for more information
Arresting Tobacco in the Wild, Wild West
Sylvia Bagdonas and Jacob E. Sones, MBA. Substance Abuse
Division, Wyoming Department of Health
3:30pm, Room 301 (Convention Center), View abstract
for more information
Thursday, July 13th:
Policy Statement on Secondhand Smoke by State Government
Health Agency
Bruce W. Adkins, MS, PA, West Virginia Bureau for Public
Health, Division of Tobacco Prevention
12:00pm, Poster Session (14-100), View abstract
for more information
“The First Five Years” - Evolution
of a Youth Tobacco Prevention Media Campaign
Scott Schoengarth, BA and Terry Reid, MSW. Washington
State Department of Health, Tobacco Prevention and Control
Program
12:00pm, Poster Session (13-152), View abstract
for more information
Friday, July 14th:
Building state capacity: the Tobacco Control Network
Jessica S. Lowy, MPH, CHES, Tobacco Technical Assistance
Consortium, and Diane Beeson, MBA, Tobacco Prevention and
Control Division, Alabama Department of Public Health
12:00pm, Poster Session (103-109), View abstract
for more information
A Regional Approach to Comprehensive Tobacco Prevention
Bruce W. Adkins, MS, PA and Garland R. Holley, M.A.,
West Virginia Bureau for Public Health, Division of Tobacco
Prevention; Donald R. Reed Jr., M.A., Community Connections,
Inc.
12:00pm, Poster Session (103-48), View abstract
for more information
Community Norm Change - Hawaiian Style
John Hunt, MPA, Tobacco-Free Kauai, and Lila Johnson,
Hawaii Department of Health
12:00pm, Poster Session (103-84), View abstract
for more information
Database Designed to Track and Link Statewide Tobacco
Use Control Policies
Gina Roberts, Chelsea Jones, MS, CHES, and Christine
Bosworth, MPH. Tobacco Use Control Project, Virginia Department
of Health
12:00pm, Poster Session (103-108), View abstract
for more information
Effective Counter Marketing Techniques: The Best
from Eight Years of Effort by The Partnership For A Tobacco-Free
Maine
MaryBeth Welton, CHES, Department of Health & Human
Services, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention,
and Kimberly Stiver, CD&M Communications
12:00pm, Poster Session (104-11), View abstract
for more information
Treating Tobacco Use During Pregnancy and Beyond
Becky Tuttle, M.A.1, Monica Scheibmeir, PhD, ARNP2,
and Harlen Hays, MS, BA1. (1) Tobacco Use Prevention Program,
Kansas Department of Health and Environment (2) School of
Nursing, University of Kansas Medical Center
12:00pm, Poster Session (102-67), View abstract
for more information
Smoke-free Multi-Unit Housing: The Next Frontier
Joanne Wellman-Benson, RDH, MPH, Tobacco Control Section,
California Department of Health Services
2:00pm (Entire session begins at 1:30pm), Room 209A (Convention
Center), View abstract
for more information
Countering Tobacco Industry Strategies
Moderator: Lila Johnson, Hawaii Department of Health
3:30pm, Renaissance Ballroom West A (Renaissance Hotel),
View abstract
for more information
Saturday, July 15th:
Cross Fertilization: Tobacco Control and Chronic
Disease
Karen Siener, MPH, Office on Smoking and Health, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Tami MacAller,
MPH, CHES, California Diabetes Program & CA Department
of Health Services, University of California San Franciso,
Karen Main, MPA, Oregon Asthma and Tobacco Control Programs,
Oregon Department of Human Services, MaryBeth Welton, CHES,
Department of Health & Human Services, Maine Center
for Disease Control and Prevention, and Joanne Wellman-Benson,
RDH, MPH, Tobacco Control Section, California Department
of Health Services
8:30am, Meeting Room 15 (Renaissance Hotel), View abstract
for more information
Montana:
Montana Cancer Control Coalition plans to decrease tobacco
use
In an effort to reduce cancer, the Montana Cancer Control
Coalition has prepared a two-year plan that includes decreasing
the prevalence of tobacco use among adults and youth. Strategies
include basic education on the need to increase tobacco
prices and reduce tobacco industry sponsorship. The coalition
is made up of more than 130 health advocates, including
96 private, public, and governmental organizations. Click
here for additional information.
Virginia:
Virginia announces head of Tobacco revitalization
commission
Neal Noyes, a former federal economic development official
from Richmond, will serve as executive director of the Virginia
Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission,
which will be responsible for helping tobacco-dependent
communities revamp their economies. Click here
for more information.
Washington:
Washington State selects new ad agency
WongDoody advertising agency has been selected to represent
the Washington State Department of Health Tobacco Prevention
and Control Program for the next two years, following a
competitive process that included a broad request for proposals,
review of submitted agency proposals, and interviews with
the three finalist agencies at their places of business.
WongDoody replaces Sedgwick Rd., which has been the program’s
advertising agency for nearly five years. WongDoody’s
first assignment will be a new youth tobacco prevention
campaign scheduled to kick-off in early September.
WongDoody is an independently owned advertising, design,
interactive, and public relations agency with offices in
Seattle and Los Angeles. Other clients include Alaska Airlines,
Alpine Electronics, Autodesk, The Loreto Bay Company, T-Mobile,
and the Seattle International Film Festival. Wong Doody
has 87 employees and annual billings in excess of $100 million.
For more information, contact Scott Schoengarth at 360-236-3634
or scott.schoengarth@doh.wa.gov.
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