"Best of the West "
Coalition for Tobacco-Free Arizona
4th Annual Conference

Sept. 7 & 8, 2006
Fiesta Inn
2100 S Priest Dr,
Tempe, AZ 85282

Click on the links below to view the presentations (more coming soon)

Thursday, September 7th, 2006

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

Friday, September 8th 2006

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

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