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Warner Series webcast: Fifteen years after the Master Settlement Agreement: Successes and challenges
October 23, 2013 at 12:30-2:00pm Eastern Time
Legacy, the National Association of Attorneys General and RTI International, will host a presentation that brings together Attorneys General and public health and tobacco control experts to explore the Master Settlement Agreements successes, challenges and implications for public health policy for years to come. The event will be held at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. and will be available live via webcast and archived for a national audience. Click here for more details. Registration is not necessary for those attending the presentation in person in Washington, DC; the webcast can simply be viewed online here.

Point of Sale Training Institute
October 24-25, 2013
Chapel Hill, NC
Hosted by Counter Tools, this two-day, interactive training is designed for tobacco control and public health workers from state and local health departments and voluntary organizations who want to learn more, get started, or ramp up their point-of-sale efforts. The training and associated follow-up activities are particularly helpful for those who want to start doing retail store assessments and would like to try the Counter Store Audit Center software, a web-based mobile data collection system. Counter Tools is a project at the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health. Those who are interested can learn more or register here.

2013 AAP National Conference and Exhibition
October 26-29, 2013
Orlando, FL
The American Academy of Pediatrics’ National Conference and Exhibition (NCE) will focus on the latest best practices and pharmacological and technical advances from leaders in pediatrics. This year, the AAP’s Provisional Section on Tobacco Control (PSOTCo) is hosting sessions that will address tobacco and child health. Click here for details about the NCE, or click here for additional information about the PSOTCo and its current activities.

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.

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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