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Summer Webinar Series – Addressing Tobacco Use in Correctional Facilities
August 16 and August 30, 2011
This summer, the Break Free Alliance is hosting a four-part webinar series to address tobacco use among correctional and post-correctional populations. The webinars instruct participants on how to implement tobacco cessation programming and comprehensive tobacco control policies in correctional settings, as well as link newly released inmates with community-based cessation resources. Details about the series can be found on Break Free Alliance’s website. To register, click here. Space is limited! For questions, please contact Kristi Maryman, Break Free Alliance Program Coordinator at kmaryman@healthedcouncil.org.

Public workshop: Scientific Evaluation of Modified Risk Tobacco Product (MRTP) Applications
August 25-26, 2011
Silver Spring, MD
The FDA Center for Tobacco Products (FDA-CTP) is holding a public workshop to discuss issues pertinent to the scientific evaluation of modified risk tobacco products (MRTPs). The workshop will feature five moderated panel discussions. Scientific and medical experts and other interested participants from academia, public health organizations, federal, state and local government agencies, consumer groups, and the tobacco industry are encouraged to attend. Registration is free and will be on a first-come, first-served basis through August 3. FDA will also provide a free, live webcast of the MRTP public workshop. The details will be posted on the FDA-CTP website soon. Click here for more information about the workshop, registration, and logistics.

NALBOH 2011 Annual Conference
September 7-9, 2011
Coeur d'Alene, ID
The National Association of Local Boards of Health (NALBOH) will hold its 19th annual conference in September. The theme of the 2011 Annual NALBOH Conference is Public Health: Effective Governance, Strong Leadership, Engaged Citizens. Accordingly, the conference will provide attendees with information about public health governance, current public health issues, and the role of strong leadership and citizens engaged in improving the health of our communities. Click here to learn more.

Clearing the Air: An Institute for Policy Advocacy, VII
September 25-28, 2011
South Lake Tahoe, CA
Looking for the best tried and true strategies for winning a smoke-free effort in your city or state? The purpose of this 3-day skills-building and strategy planning Institute is to enhance awareness of the dangers of secondhand smoke, share recent science and economic data and first-hand experiences, and expand the capacity of smoke-free advocates, researchers, and other public health professionals nationwide. This year, the Institute will also feature stories about what went wrong in real-life smoke-free campaigns from smoke-free advocates who have learned lessons the hard way. Click here for more details. Please fill out the two-page registration application and do not send money at this time. A separate application is required for each person. To apply for a partial scholarship, fill out the one-page scholarship request form in addition to the registration application. If you are requesting to bring family members and/or guests, please also complete the family form. On occasion, applicants are waitlisted due to space constraints. For more information, email Stephanie Shedd.

World Conference on Tobacco or Health
March 20-24, 2012
Singapore
Registration is now open for the 15th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, being held in Singapore in 2012. The conference will provide opportunities for participants to build global tobacco control capacity by sharing best practices, experiences, knowledge, research, and the latest trends; celebrating successes; renewing their commitment to fight the global tobacco epidemic; and networking for future collaborations. A call for abstracts is open through July 30, 2011. The conference organizers are seeking tobacco control abstracts that are original, innovative and timely. Click here to learn more about the conference, or click here to view submission guidelines and submit an abstract.

Promising Practices to Eliminate Tobacco-Related Disparities: The Power of Communities
April 17-18, 2012
New Orleans, Louisiana
The next Health Education Council and Break Free Alliance (BFA) national tobacco control conference will take place April 17-18, 2012 in New Orleans. This will be BFA's third national tobacco control conference that focuses its efforts on reducing the burden of tobacco use in low socioeconomic status and ethnic/minority populations. The call for abstracts is now open, and scholarship applications are being accepted. The deadline to submit an abstract or scholarship application is September 14, 2011. Visit the Call for Abstracts page for more information on the abstract submission process and the Registration/Scholarships page to learn more about scholarships. For the latest conference information, visit the conference website, or stay connected with Promising Practices 2012 social media: “Like” the conference’s Facebook page, RSVP on Facebook, subscribe to BFA’s blog, or follow BFA on Twitter.

2012 National Conference on Tobacco or Health
August 15-17, 2012
Kansas City, MO
The conference website for the next National Conference on Tobacco or Health (NCTOH) is now available. A form to reserve space for ancillary meetings on a first come, first served basis is now available. The conference organizers are seeking volunteers for peer-review of abstracts; volunteers may sign up on conference website in the “Abstract” section. The NCTOH call for abstracts will open in the fall. Click here to view the conference website, or click here to sign up to receive conference updates directly.

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