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Webinar - Helping Children Breathe: Effective Strategies to Reduce Tobacco Smoke Exposure for Children with Respiratory Illness
January 16, 2013 at 2:00-3:30pm Eastern Time
Tobacco use continues to one of public health’s most persistent problems. Secondhand smoke poses a huge threat to all children, and children with respiratory illness are especially at risk for complications when exposed. This webinar from the American Academy of Pediatrics Richmond Center will address effective strategies, for families, physicians, and public health practitioners, to limit tobacco smoke exposure for children with asthma, cystic fibrosis, and other respiratory ailments. Featured speakers, Karen Wilson, MD, MPH and Harold Farber, MD, MSPH, will discuss practical approaches to protecting children from tobacco smoke both in the hospital and home. Contact richmondcenter@aap.org with any questions. Click here for details, or click here to register.

State of the Art Clinical Approaches to Smoking Cessation
February 1-2, 2013
Ottawa, Canada
The University of Ottawa Heart Institute is hosting the 5th annual Ottawa Conference: State of the Art Clinical Approaches to Smoking Cessation. This conference is for health professionals interested in learning more about the preventative health practice of clinical smoking cessation. Click here for more information on how to register for the conference.

CADCA's 2013 National Leadership Forum
February 4-7, 2013
National Harbor, MD
Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America's (CADCA) Forum is the nation’s largest meeting for community prevention leaders, treatment professionals and researchers. The Forum will be held in conjunction with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)/Center for Substance Abuse Prevention’s (CSAP) 9th Annual Prevention Day. Learn new skills to help you tackle community substance abuse problems, hear from experts in the field and network with nearly 3,000 substance abuse professionals from across the country. Click here to learn more about CADCA, or click here to register for CADCA’s 23rd Annual National Leadership Forum.

Through with Chew Week
February 17-23, 2013
“Through with Chew Week” is an annual, nationwide effort to draw awareness to the issues with smokeless tobacco. The Through with Chew Week Toolkit was designed for Wyoming Tobacco-Free Community Program Managers to enhance their efforts in conducting a successful Through With Chew Week and Great American Spit Out. Individuals from other states may be able to use these activities to raise awareness and promote these events in their local communities or statewide. Click here for more information.

Great American Spit Out
February 21, 2013
Held on the Thursday of Through With Chew Week, the Great American Spit Out is an occasion to encourage chewing tobacco users to remain tobacco-free for 24 hours, or kick off the first day of the rest of their life without tobacco. Click here for details.

Society for Research in Nicotine and Tobacco Annual Meeting
March 13-16, 2013
Boston, MA
The Society for Research in Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) is holding its 19th annual meeting in March 2013 in Boston. Click here for more information. Registration will open soon. Also, rapid response abstract submissions will be accepted until January 11, 2013.

Kick Butts Day
March 20, 2013
The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids is planning for the best and biggest Kick Butts Day yet. Kick Butts Day is a national day of activism that empowers youth to stand out, speak up and seize control against Big Tobacco. Teachers, youth leaders, and health advocates can organize events to raise awareness of the tobacco problem, encourage youth to stay tobacco-free, and urge strong action to protect kids from tobacco. The Kick Butts Day website, www.kickbuttsday.org, has been redesigned to make it even easier to participate in Kick Butts Day. The site includes step-by-step directions to plan a Kick Butts Day event or activity, register an event (so that CTFK can help promote it) and apply for a grant for an event, as well as new information to make the KBD website a year-round resource for youth advocates fighting tobacco. Click here for more information.

Clearing the Air: An Institute for Policy Advocacy, VIII
May 5-8, 2013
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 The American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation sponsored 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. 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. To submit a request 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.

NACCHO Annual 2013
July 10-12, 2013
Dallas, TX
Registration is now open for NACCHO Annual 2013, the conference of the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO). NACCHO Annual 2013 is the premier opportunity for local health officials to learn about breakthrough research and technologies, meet and network with colleagues, and share ideas. Attendees also include national public health organizations and associations, representatives from state and federal agencies and schools of public health, and leaders of state associations of county and city health officials. Click here to visit the conference website and learn more about the conference program, view the call for abstracts, and find details about exhibiting at the meeting. The deadline for the call for proposals for NACCHO Annual 2013 has been extended to December 23, 2012.

National Summit on Smokeless & Spit Tobacco
August 6-8, 2013
Missoula, MT
The 7th National Summit on Smokeless and Spit Tobacco is designed especially for professionals and advocates working in the field of smokeless tobacco use prevention and cessation. The conference is dedicated to addressing the health and social issues attributed to smokeless and spit tobacco use, and the theme for the 2013 conference is “Empowering Advocates for the Next Frontier in Smokeless Tobacco.” Click here to learn more, and save the date! Call for abstracts now open! The conference organizers are now accepting abstracts for oral presentations, poster presentations, and special sessions on a variety of topics. The deadline for abstract submissions is February 13, 2013. Click here for details.

2013 National Association of Local Boards of Health Annual Conference
August 14-16, 2013
Salt Lake City, UT
The 27th annual National Association of Local Boards of Health (NALBOH) conference is designed to provide attendees with information on public health governance functions, engaging citizens, and the role of effective leadership in healthy communities. Objectives of the conference are for the attendees to: describe the association between the 10 essential public health services, the core functions of public health, and the governance functions for a strong board of health and health department relationship; identify evidence-based best practices for involving citizens in public health decision making; and describe the role of board development for effective leaders in healthy communities. Call for Proposals now open! NALBOH is accepting proposals for presentations at the conference in the following areas: Governance & Leadership, Board Development, Public Health Policy, and Public Health Priorities, which includes the topic of Tobacco Use Prevention & Control. Proposals are due by February 1, 2013. Click here for more information about the conference, or click here to download the call for proposals.

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