Sept. 7 & 8, 2006
Fiesta Inn
Tempe, AZ
Champion Award: Prescott Citizens for Clean Air
Other Nominees: Bessie Foster of Union Middle School, and Pam Spenser of La Paz County
Worksite of the Year Award: Indian Health Service
Other Nominees: Mercy Gilbert Medical Center; Horizon Bank in Parker, Arizona; and Maricopa County Government
Click on the links below to view the presentations
General Session - Tobacco Control - Translating Research into Policy
Scott Leischow, PhD, Deputy Director - Arizona Cancer Center
Breakout Tracks -
Track 1 - Tobacco Use and Co-Occurring Disorders
Eric Schindler, PhD - Child and Family Resources and Pat Penn, PhD - La Frontera Center, Inc.
Track 2 - Smoking in Movies Increases Adolescent Smoking
Ann Marie Charlesworth - Center for Tobacco Control, Research and Education, Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco
Track 3 – Smoke-Free Environments: Casinos, Public Housing, and Restaurants
Joanne Wellman Benson -California Department of Health Services
Michelle Walsh, PhD - Evaluation Unit, University of Arizona
Chris Pritsos, PhD, University of Reno
Track 4 – Secret Strategies to Working with the Media
Laurie Thomas - Maricopa County Tobacco Education and Prevention Program
Dale Matteson - Matteson Media Group (NV)
General Session - Second Hand Smoke and Acute Myocardial Infarction
Carl Bartecchi, MD, Internist - Colorado
General Session – Smokeless Tobacco Cessation: What we have learned about helping chewers quit?
Herb Severson, PhD, Oregon Research Institute
Morning Breakout Tracks
Track 1 – Integrating Best Practices for Tobacco Use and Exposure: An Ethical Responsibility-A Moral Imperative for Healthcare Providers
Mary Gilles, MD - HealthCare Partnership
Sher Todd, PhD, MSN, CNS, RN – Operation Tobacco-Free Nevada and Tobacco-Free Babies Project
Ann Fulton, JD- Cavett and Fulton PC
Track 2 - Effective Techniques with Native American and Hispanic Communities
Elizabeth Lara-O’Rourke - United Indian Health Service
Raul Lou Salazar - California Rural Indian Health Board
Zenen Salazar, MPH - University of Arizona, Healthcare Partnership
Track 3 - Tobacco-Free Rodeo
Cowboy Ted Hallisey, MEd - Cowboy Ted’s Foundation for Kids/National Tobacco-Free Rodeo Program
Debra Kelley - American Lung Association, San Diego
Erin Dixon-Washoe County Health Department
Track 4 - Cessation for Armed Forces, LGBT, Homeless, and Prison Populations
Colleen Haydon - Project Uniform (CA)
Donna Upson, MD, MA - University of New Mexico
Roger Valdez - Tobacco Prevention Program, Public Health, Seattle King County;
Jan Vidimos - Pinal County Health Department Tobacco Use Prevention Program
Luncheon Speaker - Does Depression or Anxiety Create a Gender Advantage in Successful Quit Attempts?
Linda Ferry, MD, MPH, Loma Linda University School of Medicine and School of Public Health
Afternoon Breakout Tracks
Track 1- Quitlines: Counseling Native Americans, Evaluating the ACS Quitline, North American Quitline Consortium, and the Arizona Smokers’ Helpline
Deborah Kawkeka - California Smokers’ Helpline
Vance Rabius, PhD - American Cancer Society
Ali Kamen, MPH - North American Quitline Consortium
Stephen Michael - Arizona Smokers’ Helpline
Track 2 - Prevention and Cessation with College-Aged Populations
Kimberlee Homer and Colleen Haydon - Campuses Organized and United for Good Health
Julie Knost - Maricopa County Tobacco Use Prevention Program, Project IGNITE (Influence, Guide, Network, for Intercollegiate Tobacco Education)
Track 3 - Statewide Tobacco Control Policies
Debbie Montgomery Colorado State Tobacco Education and Prevention Partnership,
Kaysie Schmidt, Otero County Health Department, and Erin Bertoli American Heart Association - Smoke-Free Colorado,
Michelle Pabis - American Cancer Society Smoke-Free Arizona,
Buffy Martin- American Cancer Society, Nevadans for Tobacco-Free Kids.
Track 4 - Tobacco Prevention and Initiation and Youth Access
Sharon Brown, PhD(c), MPH, MN - University of California, Irvine
Roger Valdez - Tobacco Prevention Program, Public Health Seattle-King County
General Session - Jimmy Danelli Standup Comedy Revue
Coalition for Tobacco-Free Arizona
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