Webinar: Addressing barriers to delivering tobacco dependence interventions across mental health care settings
February 10, 2010
Join SAMHSA and the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center on February 10, 2010 at 1 pm ET for our next webinar, “Addressing barriers to delivering tobacco dependence interventions across mental health care settings.” The speakers will discuss strategies for working through barriers clinicians often face when addressing tobacco dependence among persons with mental illnesses. This webinar will move beyond making the case for the importance and need for tobacco dependence interventions in this population. Participants will be encouraged to share ideas and strategize about how to work through tobacco dependence treatment challenges at the staff and systems level. Click here to register.

It’s About a Billion Lives: Advances in Tobacco Control – Celebrating Tobacco Research and Education at UCSF
February 12, 2010
San Francisco, CA
On February 12, 2010, the UCSF Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education is hosting its annual symposium, “It’s About a Billion Lives: Advances in Tobacco Control – Celebrating Tobacco Research and Education at UCSF.” The symposium will bring together thought leaders from around the country to examine the latest implications of tobacco’s effects on health and policy. The symposium will also include a poster session displaying the breadth of tobacco research at UCSF. For more information about the symposium, contact Jennifer Lau or visit the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education website.

NACDD Chronic Disease Academy
February 17-19, 2010
Orlando, FL
The National Association of Chronic Disease Directors presents this unique learning opportunity with ten different skill-based educational programs geared toward the chronic disease workforce and anyone interested in chronic disease prevention and control. Each session, ranging in length from 1 to 1 ½ days, will be an interactive, intense training experience. The course content of all Academy classes are based on the NACDD Competencies for Chronic Disease Practice, and will be delivered in five identified areas/tracks: Build Support; Design and Evaluate Programs; Influence Policies and Systems Change; Lead Strategically; and Manage Programs and Resources. Click here for general information about the Chronic Disease Academy. Detailed information about the trainings is available here.

Through With Chew Week
February 14-20, 2010
Great American Spit Out
February 18, 2010
Through With Chew Week is held the third full week of February each year. The Great American Spit Out (GASpO) is held on the Thursday of Through With Chew Week. These events give spit tobacco users the inspiration to quit for a day or even longer. The Through With Chew Week Toolkit was designed to help communities enhance their efforts in conducting a successful Through With Chew Week and GASpO. Click here to download the 2010 Through With Chew Week Toolkit. The military tobacco cessation website, ucanquit2.org, offers GASpO tools and resources for tobacco users, including a quit plan, calendar, quit blog, and a calculator to determine how much money a tobacco user can save by quitting. Click here to view these materials.

Native Tobacco Policy Summit
February 18-19, 2010
Seattle, WA
Washington State’s Native People for Cancer Control is hosting the Native Tobacco Policy Summit on February 18-19, 2010 at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. The summit is for American Indian leaders, tribal health directors and clinic staff, tribal tobacco program coordinators, advocates, policymakers, and others interested in working on tobacco policy within American Indian communities. The summit will provide an overview of the history of tobacco policy change in Native communities, and offer step by step guidance on how to adopt policies and address key community priorities and concerns. DOH, the Chehalis and Yakama Tribes, and the American Cancer Society are key sponsors for this event. Click here for more information.

Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 16th Annual Meeting
February 24-27, 2010
Baltimore, MD
The 16th annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco will be held on February 24-27, 2010 in Baltimore, Maryland. After an exciting joint conference with SRNT-Europe in 2009, which highlighted the many important achievements in tobacco control research from around the globe, we are eagerly anticipating another exciting scientific meeting that will feature cross-disciplinary research in basic, clinical, epidemiology, public health, and policy sciences. Continuing in the tradition of past meetings, we anticipate cutting edge science, productive conversations with colleagues, the formation of new collaborations, and some well-earned relaxation. Click here for travel information and other conference details.

Kick Butts Day 2010
March 24, 2010
Mark your calendar for the next Kick Butts Day (KBD), March 24, 2010! KBD is an annual day of activism that empowers youth to take action against tobacco use at more than 2,000 events from coast to coast. The 2010 Kick Butts Day website offers a free activity guide with information about events, promotional materials, resources, and other tools to get involved. Register your KBD event on the website so that the KBD team can help your event earn media attention. Click here to visit the KBD website, or click here to download your free activity guide.

Promising Practices: Achieving Health and Social Equity in Tobacco Control
April 27-28, 2010
New Orleans, LA
The next national Break Free Alliance & NAATEN conference will take place April 27-28, 2010 in New Orleans. The Break Free Alliance and the National African American Tobacco Education Network, both programs of the Health Education Council, are hosting this conference as a follow-up to our first successful 2008 conference in Detroit. The conference focuses its efforts on reducing the burden of tobacco use in low socioeconomic status and ethnic minority populations. Our conference tracks for 2010 will focus on a new era in tobacco control: Track A –Integrating Tobacco Control and Chronic Disease Prevention; Track B – Increasing Access to Prevention, Education and Cessation; and Track C – Yes We Can! – Influencing Policy, Legislation and Health Care Reform. Click here for more details. Visit the event website often for updates. Registration is now open. Register before February 5, 2010 for the early bird rate!

World No Tobacco Day 2010
May 31, 2010
World No Tobacco Day is celebrated around the world every year on May 31. This yearly celebration informs the public on the dangers of using tobacco, the business practices of tobacco companies, what the World Health Organization (WHO) is doing to fight the tobacco epidemic, and what people around the world can do to claim their right to health and healthy living and to protect future generations. WHO has selected "Gender and tobacco with an emphasis on marketing to women" as the theme for the next World No Tobacco Day. World No Tobacco Day 2010 will give overdue recognition to the importance of controlling the epidemic of tobacco among women. Click here for more information.

Tribal Institute on Commercial Tobacco: Integrating Chronic Disease Interventions
June 3-4, 2010
Albuquerque, NM
Save the date! Please note the date change for this upcoming training. Scholarships will be available for individuals who work in the tribal community with tobacco programming. A "Call for Presenters" will be sent, and we hope you will consider submitting a proposal. Click here to view the Save the Date announcement. More information will be available soon on the Keep It Sacred website, and a brochure will be distributed as the dates get closer.

18th Annual NALBOH Conference
August 5-7, 2010
Omaha, NE
The National Association of Local Boards of Health (NALBOH) would like to announce its 18th Annual conference, Journey to the Future: Facing Public Health Challenges Today for a Healthier Tomorrow. Online registration is now open. Click here for more information about the conference.

APACT 2010 Conference: Asia Pacific Conference on Tobacco or Health
October 6 – 9, 2010
Sydney, Australia
The Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) is pleased to partner with the Asia Pacific Association for the Control of Tobacco (APACT) to bring evidence-based solutions to the tobacco control issues faced by healthcare providers, advocates and others in the Asia/Pacific region. The APACT conference is the premier tobacco control conference for the Asia Pacific, with the 2010 conference focusing on Change, challenge and progress: FCTC in the Asia Pacific. APACT 2010 aims to encourage tobacco control and public health advocates, researchers, practitioners, policy makers, and especially youth leaders, to share experiences and discuss strategies for implementation of the FCTC. Registration will open in February 2010. Click here to visit the conference website. Abstract submissions are being accepted through March 5, 2010. Funding assistance is available for delegates from low and middle income countries; click here to download the application form. A limited number of scholarships are available for young leaders under the age of 45 who have made a significant contribution to tobacco control.

APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition
November 6-10, 2010
Denver, CO
The APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition is the oldest and largest gathering of public health professionals in the world, attracting more than 13,000 national and international physicians, administrators, nurses, educators, researchers, epidemiologists, and related health specialists. This year’s theme is "Social Justice: A Public Health Imperative." Learn from the experts in the field, hear about cutting edge research and exceptional best practices, discover the latest public health products and services, and share your public health experience with your peers. Click here for a conference overview, or click here to learn more about how to be a presenter. The Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs (ATOD) Section is accepting abstracts through February 1.

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