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Webinar: A Solution for Connecting Clinical Settings and Community Resources: Electronic Referrals With Feedback For Tobacco Use, Obesity, Diabetes, and Beyond
RESCHEDULED to November 8, 2012 at 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm Eastern Time
Due to disruptions caused by Hurricane Sandy on the East Coast, this webinar, originally scheduled for November 1, has been rescheduled. This webinar, presented by the Multi-State Collaborative for Health Systems Change, will present a working solution for an electronic referral system that will allow any healthcare provider to refer patients to any community resource - cessation services, opportunities for physical exercise, nutritional advice, diabetes care management and more. Unlike other approaches, this model will automatically add feedback reports from these diverse community settings directly into a patient's medical record. Click here for more information. Registered participants will be automatically re-registered for the new date. The browser information for the rescheduled webinar has not changed. An announcement with new registration information will be distributed for anyone else wishing to register.

Webinar: Emerging Tobacco Products
November 8, 2012 at 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Eastern Time
The Smoking Cessation Leadership Center (SCLC) and Legacy are conducting a free webinar titled “Emerging Tobacco Products.” Experts from Legacy and the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) will be presenting. Webinar objectives include the following: understand the causes for concern about tobacco products other than cigarettes; learn about various emerging tobacco products, including little cigars and cigarillos; understand the impact of these products on tobacco control; and to discuss a successful statewide tobacco prevention initiative to address cigar use in Maryland. Click here for more information and to register.

Webinar: Pressing the FDA on Menthol
November 13, 2012 at 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Eastern Time
The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009 granted the FDA the authority to address the crushing public health burden of menthol in tobacco products, especially on youth, African-Americans, and the LGBTQ community. Unfortunately, in the three years since the law was enacted, the FDA has studied the issue but failed to act on this authority. Part of the Public Health Law Center’s Public Health Policy Change series, this webinar will discuss what the public health community can do to press the FDA to take bold action on menthol. Click here for more information, and to find out about other upcoming webinars.

Webinar: "Those Look Like Candy!": Emerging and Alternative Tobacco Products
November 14, 2012 at 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Eastern Time
This webinar from the American Academy of Pediatrics Julius B. Richmond Center of Excellence will focus on lesser-known types of tobacco and nicotine products that youth and adults are using as popular alternatives to smoking cigarettes. The following topics will be discussed: physical appearance and harm, regulation and marketing, and how clinicians can discuss use of these items with patients and families in a practice setting. Featured presenters include Susanne Tanski, MD, MPH, FAAP, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and Mark Gottlieb, JD, Public Health Advocacy Institute. Contact richmondcenter@aap.org with any questions. Click here to register for this webinar.

Great American Smokeout
November 15, 2012
The 37th Great American Smokeout (GASO) is an event sponsored by The American Cancer Society (ACS), and encourages smokers to use the commemoration date of November 15 as a date to make a plan to quit or to quit smoking on that day. ACS is promoting this event in hopes that smokers will take advantage of this date to make healthier decisions, and reduce their risk of developing cancer. Click here to read more about this event and to access resources and tools to promote workplace, community or school GASO events.

State of the Art Clinical Approaches to Smoking Cessation
February 1-2, 2013
Ottawa, Canada
The Ottawa Conference Program Committee is now seeking abstracts for poster presentations to be displayed during the 5th Annual Ottawa Conference: State of the Art Clinical Approaches to Smoking Cessation hosted by the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI). 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 submit an abstract and to register for the conference at early bird rates.

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. The early bird rates for registration will be valid through December 14, 2012.

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 in December 2012.

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.

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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