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APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition
October 29 - November 2, 2011
Washington, DC
The American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting & Exposition is the oldest and largest gathering of public health professionals in the world. The theme of the 2011 Annual Meeting is, “Healthy Communities Promote Healthy Minds and Bodies.” Click here to read more about the APHA Annual Meeting.

• In search of tobacco control presentations at APHA?
  Click here to view the APHA Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs (ATOD) Section Program Guide for scientific sessions, poster sessions, social events, and more. Click here for a listing of ATOD scientific sessions at the APHA conference.
   
• Visit the Tobacco Technical Assistance Consortium (TTAC) at APHA
  The Tobacco Technical Assistance Consortium (TTAC) and its sister organization, the Diabetes Training and Technical Assistance Center (DTTAC) will be exhibiting at the APHA Annual Meeting. Meeting attendees can visit booth #2116 to learn more about tobacco control and diabetes prevention training opportunities with DTTAC and TTAC.
   
• Bringing Tobacco Use Survey Data to Life: The Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey
  The Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey (TUS-CPS) is a National Cancer Institute (NCI) survey of tobacco use and policy information that has been administered triennially as part of the U.S. Census Bureau's and Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey since 1992. TUS-CPS data are available for public use, and because it uses a large, nationally representative sample, the TUS-CPS is a key source of national, state, and local-level data on smoking, other tobacco use, and policy. At the APHA conference, NCI will host a formal meet the expert session and informal demonstrations on how to access and use the data. Click here for more details.

Webinar: To smoke or not to smoke: That is the adolescent's question
November 1, 2011
The Smoking Cessation Leadership Center (SCLC) is pleased to announce its next free webinar, scheduled for November 1 at 2:00-3:30 pm ET. Attendees will learn how societal and developmental factors impact smoking initiation, continuation, and cessation; gain an understanding of the relationship between adolescent decision-making and smoking behavior; and be able to identify effective adolescent-focused tobacco intervention practices that utilize a developmental framework. The presenter will be Bonnie Halpern-Felsher, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco. Click here to register. This webinar will be recorded and can be viewed online on the SCLC website after the presentation. For answers to other questions, contact Reason Reyes, SCLC Director of Technical Assistance, at reason.reyes@ucsf.edu or call toll-free (877) 509-3786.

November 2-3, 2011 Tobacco Product Scientific Advisory (TPSAC) Meeting POSTPONED
FDA is postponing the Tobacco Product Scientific Advisory (TPSAC) meeting scheduled for November 2-3, 2011 because key participants were unavailable due to unforeseen scheduling conflicts. A new meeting date will be announced in the Federal Register. Click here to read about the postponement.

Webinar: Regulating non-cigarette tobacco products more effectively
November 2, 2011
This webinar, scheduled for November 2 at 12:00 - 1:30 pm ET, is the first in the Public Health Policy Change series, sponsored by the Public Health Law Center. Cigarette manufacturers and other businesses are moving aggressively to develop, test, and market many non-cigarette commercial tobacco products, hoping to capitalize on declining cigarette use and to exploit loopholes in regulations written with cigarettes in mind. This webinar will describe some of these "other tobacco products," discuss gaps in regulation, and point out steps that local and state health departments can take to regulate these products. Click here to register and to view a calendar of upcoming webinars.

Webinar: Helping Patients Quit: Implementing the Joint Commission Tobacco Measure Set in Your Hospital
November 3, 2011
Hospitalization provides an opportunity to assist tobacco users with quitting. With Partnership for Prevention funding, The Joint Commission has developed a new set of performance measures to address the assessment and treatment of tobacco dependence for all hospitalized patients. This new measure set will be available for hospital selection in January 2012. Partnership for Prevention is hosting this educational webinar for the ActionToQuit Network and other tobacco control leaders and advocates nationwide. The program will feature a synopsis of The Joint Commission measure set; Massachusetts General Hospital’s experience in tobacco screening and intervention; and an overview of the newly released Helping Patients Quit guide. Click here for more information about the webinar, or click here to register.

Webinar: Social media and tobacco control
November 3, 2011
The Julius B. Richmond Center of Excellence is pleased to announce its social media webinar, which will be on November 3, 2011, at 3:00 pm ET (90 minutes). This webinar will provide an overview of the various social media platforms and how to effectively utilize this technology to advance tobacco prevention and control efforts. Click here to register for the webinar.

Webinar: Emerging Tobacco Retailer Policies
November 8, 2011
Join the Center for Tobacco Policy & Organizing (the Center), a project of the American Lung Association in California, and the Technical Assistance Legal Center (TALC), a project of Public Health Law & Policy, for a webinar on November 8 from 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. ET. The webinar will go beyond the basics of local tobacco retailer licensing ordinances and detail the emerging policy options that can be “plugged-in” to a basic licensing ordinance. These policy options include prohibiting sales of tobacco products near schools, restricting the individual sale of little cigars and cigarillos, limiting licenses based on density and several others. Presenters will talk about the benefits and policy considerations of these innovative policies, and community representatives will share stories about implementation in the field. Registration for this webinar is required. Click here to register.

Warner Series lecture: Smoking in the Military
November 10, 2011
Save the date! More information about this event will be available soon on the Legacy website. The Kenneth E. Warner Lecture Series at Legacy provides public health leaders with a forum for a dynamic and thought-provoking dialogue on emerging and controversial issues, laying the seeds for a comprehensive, collaborative plan for the next generation of tobacco control policies.

2011 Making it Better conference
November 14-16, 2011
Minneapolis, MN
The conference’s goals are to increase knowledge of best practices; build skills in policy, systems and environmental change efforts; and facilitate attendees’ learning from each other to address the epidemic of obesity and commercial tobacco use and exposure. The conference is open to federal, state and local public health leaders; elected and appointed public policymakers, as well as partners engaged in policy-related obesity and tobacco prevention and control initiatives. Click here to learn more, or register here.

FDA Stakeholder Discussion Series meeting with the research community
December 15, 2011
Rockville, MD
The FDA Center for Tobacco Products (FDA CTP) Stakeholder Discussion Series session with the Research Community has been rescheduled for December 15 in Rockville, Maryland. The goal of the Stakeholder Discussion Series is to establish a two-way dialogue between CTP officials and important stakeholders. More information about the session will be posted here on the FDA CTP website in the coming weeks.

World Conference on Tobacco or Health
March 20-24, 2012
Singapore
Registration is 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. Click here to learn more about the conference.

2012 National Health Promotion Summit
April 10-11, 2012
Washington, DC
Co-sponsored by the HHS Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion and the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research, the theme of the 2012 National Health Promotion Summit is, “Prevention. Promotion. Progress.” The goals of the summit are to promote the development of disease prevention and health promotion policies that align with national prevention initiatives, integrate health policies across all sectors, and encourage stakeholders at every level to collaborate on reaching national health goals. Click here to view the summit’s website. Registration will open in January 2012.

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. Click here to visit the conference website for more information. Registration will open on November 8, 2011.

NAQC Conference 2012: Quitline Innovation and Sustainability: Exploring Strategies and Seizing Opportunities in Challenging Times
August 13-14, 2012
Kansas City, MO
The promotion and delivery of quality, evidence-based quitline services in the midst of difficult fiscal climates, ongoing healthcare reforms, shifting policy landscapes and an ever-growing demand for cessation services remains a critical priority for the entire quitline community and its partners. NAQC Conference 2012 will be the only international conference to focus solely on building the capacity of the quitline community to improve the availability and quality of its services while responding to these mounting challenges and opportunities. The conference will be an official ancillary meeting to the National Conference on Tobacco or Health. To learn more about the conference, click here or contact NAQC at naqc@naquitline.org.

2012 National Conference on Tobacco or Health
August 15-17, 2012
Kansas City, MO
The purpose of the National Conference on Tobacco or Health (NCTOH) is to help improve and sustain the effectiveness and reach of tobacco control programs and activities in the United States. Registration and hotel bookings are now open! The early bird registration rate is in effect through February 28, 2012. Click here to view the conference website. Click here to sign up to receive conference updates by email. Call for Abstracts/Abstract Reviewers The conference organizers have issued a call for abstracts addressing a variety of tobacco program areas. The call for abstracts is open through December 14, 2011. Volunteers are being sought to carry out peer-review of abstracts; volunteers may sign up on conference website in the “Abstract” section.

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