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American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Exposition
November 2-6, 2013
Boston, MA
The American Public Health Association (APHA) 2013 Annual Meeting is an opportunity for public health professionals around the world to gather, discuss, and learn about current and emerging health science, policy, and practice issues in efforts to prevent disease and promote health. It is the largest and oldest gathering of this type in the world. Click here for more information about the conference.

Beyond the 5 A's: Improving Cessation Interventions Through Strengthened Training
November 14-15, 2013
Scottsdale, AZ
This one-and-a-half day interactive conference brings together professionals who design and deliver smoking cessation education programs to translate recent advances in both evidence and practice into action that will improve the frequency and effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions. National Jewish Health and the North American Quitline Consortium in collaboration with the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center will hold the conference. Registration will remain open through November 4, 2013. Click here to learn more.

Great American Smokeout
November 21, 2013
The American Cancer Society sponsors the Great American Smokeout (GASO) event each year to encourage smokers to make a plan to quit, or to plan in advance and quit smoking that day. Click here to visit ACS’s GASO website, which has various resources to help smokers quit. Visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s GASO page for more resources for smokers.

Warner Series webinar: Community Health Centers – Helping Your Patients Quit Tobacco Use
November 21, 2013 at 2:00-3:30pm Eastern time
Partnership for Prevention and Legacy will co-sponsor a free webinar on Great American Smokeout day. The program will feature Mike Fiore, MD, University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Treatment and Intervention, Donald Weaver, MD, National Association of Community Health Centers, and other presenters. Save the date, and watch Legacy’s Warner Lecture Series website for more information.

Society for Research in Nicotine and Tobacco Annual Meeting
February 5-8, 2014
Seattle, WA
The Society for Research in Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) is holding its 20th annual meeting. Online registration will be available in November, and the Rapid Response Abstract Submission deadline is January 3, 2014. Find out more here.

Kick Butts Day
March 19, 2014
Last year, there were nearly 1,300 Kick Butts Day events happening across the country and on military bases around the world. Youth leaders and adults who support them are encouraged to check out the KBD website, stay tuned for updates from the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids about upcoming webinars and funding opportunities and start thinking about organizing an event.Registration for event organizers opens on November 1, 2013. Find out more here.

Reduce Tobacco Use Conference 2014
April 10-11, 2014
Arlington, VA
Co-hosted by the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth and Prevention Connections, this conference will address tobacco and nicotine use prevention and reduction strategies for youth and young adults including working with priority populations, policy, research and evaluation, best practices, cessation and social media and marketing. Speakers will include representatives from the CDC, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, and Dr. Victor DeNoble, a renowned expert in tobacco addiction, as well as many more knowledgeable and engaging presenters. Click here for more information and to register.

Promising Practices to Promote Tobacco-Free Active Living and Healthy Eating in Low Socioeconomic Status Communities
April 28-29, 2014
Washington, DC
The Health Education Council’s Break Free Alliance is organizing this practice-based conference, to bring together a broad range of participants who are invested in creating and sustaining health equity and healthy communities. The principal goal of this conference is to promote change at policy, systems and environmental levels to improve the health of low socioeconomic status populations. For more information about the conference, click here. Eight sponsorship packages are available for potential sponsors to choose the level of support that is best geared to their organizational strategies and goals. Click here to learn more about sponsorship opportunities.

Clearing the Air: An Institute for Policy Advocacy, IX
September 28-October 1, 2014
Lake Tahoe, CA
Clearing the Air: An Institute for Policy Advocacy (IX) is a three-day skills-building and strategy planning Institute designed 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. It will take place at the Stanford Sierra Conference Center in South Lake Tahoe, CA. The meeting is hosted by the Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation and sponsored in part by the American Heart Association, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, Legacy, and California’s Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program. Click here to visit the conference website; more details regarding the agenda and registration to come.

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