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3rd Annual Conference Agenda

"Best of the West"
Educating, Training and Collaborating on Tobacco Control
Sept. 8-9, 2004
Four Points Sheraton, Phoenix, AZ

 

Download the agenda here (pdf).

September 8, 2005

8:00-noon: Pre-Conference Training: Arizona Tobacco Intervention Skills Certification Program. - Find out more about this training by viewing the conference invitation here.

12:00pm: Registration and Exhibit Hall Open

1:00pm: Welcome: Meryl Salit, RRT, MBA, CTFA Chair - Ballroom

Opening Plenary: Topic: tbd
Cheryl Healton, PhD, President and CEO, American Legacy Foundation
Introduced by Linda Bailey, North American Quitline Consortium

2:15pm: Breakout Sessions

• Helping Young Smokers Quit: Identifying Best Practices for Tobacco Cessation
  Amy Sporer, MS, Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois, Chicago
  Moderator: Connie Weare, MSW, Maricopa County Tobacco Use and Prevention Program

• Healthy Families and Communities
  Sher Todd, PhD, Tobacco Free Babies Project, HealthSmart; Nina Jones, Voices of Ruth
  Moderator: Marty Eckrem , Coconino County Tobacco Prevention Program

• Integrating Tobacco Control Into Other Health Promotions Programs
  Brick Lancaster, MA, CHES, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office on Smoking and Health
  Moderator: Arline Pryor, Maricopa County Tobacco Use and Prevention Program

3:45pm: Break and Exhibit Hall Open
Refreshments served in exhibit hall/lobby

4:00pm: Closing Plenary: What’s Behind Those Philip Morris Commercials? The Common Knowledge Defense - Ballroom
Lissy Friedman, JD, Tobacco Control Resource Center, Northeastern University School of Law and Anna White, Essential Action/Licensed to Kill
Introduced by Deb Montgomery, Colorado Department of Health Services
Sponsored by Colorado Department of Health Services

5:00pm: Closing Remarks: Meryl Salit, RRT, MBA, CTFA Chair

5:30-7:00pm: Reception:
Cultural Entertainment, CTFA Smoke-free Workplace, Champions and Organizational Awards, Networking.
Erica Velasco, CTFA Membership Services Committee Chair

Arizona Smokefree Campaign,
Bill Pfeifer, American Lung Association

Sponsored by American Cancer Society, American Heart Association & American Lung Association

Sponsored by American Cancer Society, American Heart Association & American Lung Association

September 9, 2005

7:00-8:15am: Regional Roundtable Breakfast (see insert for details and topics) - Ballroom

8:00am: Registration and Exhibit Hall Open

8:30am: Welcome - Ballroom
Meryl Salit, RRT, MBA, CTFA Chair

Opening Plenary: Overcoming Generational Poverty in Public Health
Donna M. Beegle, Ed.D., Communication Across Barriers
Introduced by Susan Williams, Mohave County Tobacco Use Prevention Program

9:30am: Break and Exhibit Hall Open

9:45am: Breakout sessions

• Trends in Quitlines
  Linda Bailey, JD, MS, North American Quitline Consortium at American Legacy Foundation; Karen DeLeeuw, MSW, Colorado Department of Public Health; Elisebeth Fildes, University of Reno, Tobacco Users Helpline; Rebecca McGill, University of Arizona, Ashline; Connie Revell, Smoking Cessation Leadership Center, University of California, San Francisco
  Moderator: Meryl Salit, MBA, Arizona Department of Health Services, Tobacco Education and Prevention Program
  
• Strategies to Engage the Healthcare System in Tobacco Control
  Richard Sargent, MD, Montana Tobacco Advisory Board
  Louise Strayer, Healthcare Partnership
  
• Coverage for Cessation
  Matt Barry, Coalition for Tobacco-Free Kids
  Sponsored by the North American Quitline Consortium

11:00am: Break and Exhibit Hall Open
Refreshments served in exhibit hall

11:15am: Breakout sessions

• Young Adult Advocacy
  Malcolm Ahlo, Urban Fuel, Nevada Department of Health
  Moderator: Eileen Eisen-Cohen, MSW Maricopa County Tobacco Use and Prevention Program

• Traditional Native American Tobacco Stories as Prevention Tools
  John Oberly, Tucson Indian Center;
  Paul Saufkie

• Secondhand Smoke Panel: Updates from the States
  Buffy Martin, American Cancer Society, Nevada; Beverly May, Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, Utah; Bill Pfiefer, Arizona, American Lung Association; Chris Sherwin, Colorado Tobacco Education & Prevention Alliance, NM (tbd), CA (tbd)
  Moderator: Cindy Roragen, Nevada Tobacco Prevention Coalition

12:30pm: Break and Exhibit Hall Open

12:45pm: Luncheon Plenary Presentation: Science of Secondhand Smoke - Ballroom Richard Sargent, MD, Montana Tobacco Advisory Board
Introduced by Bill Pfiefer, Arizona, American Lung Association
Sponsored by American Cancer Society, American Heart Association & American Lung Association

1:45pm: Break

2:00pm: Closing Plenary Ballroom: Comedian Rene Hicks
Introduced by Cindy Roragen, Executive Director, Nevada Tobacco Prevention Coalition Sponsored by Nevada Tobacco Prevention Coalition

3:00pm: Closing Remarks: Meryl Salit, RRT, MBA, CTFA Chair

3:15pm: Conference concludes