"Best of the West "
Coalition for Tobacco-Free Arizona
5th Annual Conference

Sept. 5 & 6, 2007
Point South Mountain Resort
Phoenix, AZ

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Wednesday, September 5th

Keynote:
Richard Carmona, MD, MPH, FACS, 17th Surgeon General of the United States
The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Second hand smoke

CTFA Awards Luncheon

General Session
Bob Vollinger, MSPH, National Cancer Institute (NCI) review presentation
Brick Lancaster, MS, CHES, Center for Disease Control (CDC) review presentation
National Recommendations for State and Local Tobacco Control and Future Possibilities

Concurrent Break Out Sessions

Media Literacy and Spit Tobacco and Young Adults
Here, There, and, Er, Everywhere? The Camel Snus Test Market in Portland,OR
Robert Anderson, Deputy Director, Prevention Research Center, West Virginia University
New Mexico Media Literacy and Media Kit-Hard to Swallow Spit Tobacco Marketing (PowerPoint and Handout)
Christie McAuley, New Mexico Media Literacy Project, and Outreach Project of Albuquerque Academy
Spit Tobacco Industry Marketing Strategies
Rufus Green, New Mexico Department of Health Services

Using Technology to Quit
American Cancer Society’s Quitlink: Thirteen-month results of a randomized clinical trial evaluating internet based cessation programs - Part 1 and Part 2
Vance Rabius, PhD, American Cancer Society, Austin, TX
Fix nixer The World’s Only Text Messaging Quitting Tool
Katy Kupecz, MPH, CHES Colorado State Tobacco Education and Prevention Partnership (STEPP)

Reaching Latino Communities
Tobacco Use Among Latinos in Arizona, What have we learned so far?
Michelle Walsh, PhD, Evaluation Research and Development Unit at the UA
Prevention and Educations Programs Offered to Inner City Phoenix Latinos
Eve Reyes-Aguirre, Chicanos Por La Causa, Inc
“Futuro Claro” A Culturally Competent Promotora Program
Emma Torres, Campesinos Sin Frontera

General Session
Linda Ferry, MD, MPH, Loma Linda University School of Medicine and School of Public Health
Neurobiology of nicotine dependence and how pharmacotherapy works- see handout

Thursday, September 6th

General Session
James Repace, MSc, Visiting Assistant Clinical Professor Tufts University School of Medicine and REPACE ASSOCIATES-Sponsored by Arizonans Concerned About Smoking (ACAS)
Air Quality and Health Benefits of Smoke Free Workplaces (No PowerPoint available, please visit www.repace.com )

Concurrent Break Out Sessions

Reaching Native Communities
Collaboration in Keeping Tobacco Sacred in Utah
Ed Napia, Indian Walk In Center-Salt Lake City Utah
Indian Health Service-Tobacco Control Task Force Strategic Plan
Megan Wohr, RPh, Phoenix Indian Medical Center

Prevention
Tobacco Free Slogan and Logo Contest
Melissa Jeffers, Maricopa County Tobacco Use Prevention Program
Engaging Youth with Multi-Platform Marketing Strategies
David Tompkins, New Mexico Department of Health Services
Understanding Youth Multiple Substance Use through Visualization-Chew Tobacco’s Nasty Friends
Fredrick Malter, MS, Evaluation, Research and Development Unit, University of Arizona

Working with Disengaged Young Adults
Hard to Reach Young Adults in the Workforce
Merrill Eisenberg, PhD, University of Arizona
Hard to Reach Youth and Young Adult Populations: Colorado’s Research and Programming
Katy Kupecz, MPH, CHES Colorado State Tobacco Education and Prevention Partnership (STEPP)

Luncheon- Best of the West
A panel discussion of innovative programming from the western states.

Concurrent Break Out Sessions

Program Development for Disparate Populations
Reaching Low SES Populations: Strategies of the National Network on Tobacco Prevention and Poverty
Lisa Houston, MPH, National Network on Tobacco Prevention and Poverty, Heath Ed.Council
Robert Anderson, MA, CHES Prevention Research Center, West Virginia University
The Ties that Bind: Speaking, Listening, and Responding, Building Programs thru Community Messages
Louise Strayer, MS, RN and Zenen Salazar, MPH, HealthCare Partnership U of A

Tips and Tools for Physicians to assist Patients
Integrating Best Practices for Reducing Tobacco Use and Exposure An Ethical Responsibility A Moral Imperative
Sher Todd, PhD, MSN, CNS, RN-Operation Tobacco-Free Nevada, Tobacco Free Babies Project
Strategies to Engage the Healthcare Provider in Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation
Mary Gilles, MD, Healthcare Partnership, The University of Arizona

Driving Consumer Demand
Faux Prescription Pads Maybe Just What the Doctor Ordered
Kellie Andes, Maricopa County Tobacco Use Prevention Program
Spring Training, “S-W-I-N-G, batter, batter”!
Laurie Thomas, MPA, Maricopa County Tobacco Use Prevention Program
The impact of Program Funded NRT on Quit Rates: Arizona’s Cessation Service Experience
Deirdre Avery, MS, MPH, Mei-Kuang Chen MS, Sue Volker, ERDU/UA

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