Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Native Network Webinars Offered

Reposted at http://www.tobaccodeathray.blogspot.com, From Break Free Alliance

Engaging Tribes to Raise Tobacco Taxes

Learning Objectives:  


• Participants will be able to identify and apply at least one method engage tribal communities to raise tribal tobacco taxes.
• Participants will be able to differentiate between state and tribal tobacco taxes.

Speaker: 

Vanessa Tibbitts, Oglala Lakota, is the Program Manager for the Northern Plains Tribal Tobacco Technical Assistance Center at the Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board. She provides assistance to tobacco control activities with tribes in the Northern Plains region.  Vanessa serves American Indians using the skills she has acquired professionally, academically, and through her elders for the future of her people. 

 Tuesday, April 23, 2013 from 3:00 - 4:00 PM ET


Space is limited. After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.

 


 Global Bridges - Going Mobile: The Potential of mHealth for Tobacco Dependence Treatment

 
Erik Augustson, Ph.D., MPH, the program director of the Tobacco Control Research Branch of the National Cancer Institute, will discuss the use of mHealth for health behavior interventions, particularly in tobacco dependence. mHealth has been defined as “health-related services delivered by mobile communication devices,” which can be in the form of SMS messaging, smartphone applications, or the mobile web.  The webinar will focus on text message-based interventions, such as NCI’s SmokefreeTXT, and the opportunity to implement such interventions at an international level.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013 from 1:00 – 2:00 pm ET


 



Tobacco Control Network Webinar - An Introduction to E-Cigarettes for States and Locals

This webinar is a collaboration between The National Association of Local Boards of Health and the Tobacco Control Network. It will feature speakers from the Tobacco Control Legal Consortium, Legacy, Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights, California Attorney General’s Office, and Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department, WA.

Participants will be able to:

Describe e-cigarettes and other electronic nicotine delivery devices that are currently on the market.
  • Evaluate policy options for regulating e-cigarettes at the state and local levels.
  • Describe regulatory actions state and local governments can take to protect the public’s health from the potential hazards of e-cigarettes
Monday, April 29, 2013 from 3:00 – 4:30 pm ET


 
American Academy of Pediatrics Webinar - Smokescreens and the Silver Screen: Smoking in the Media

 The webinar will focus on the influence of smoking imagery on children and evidence for smoking initiation. Different types of media will be covered, as well as strategies to discuss the impact of smoking imagery with children, adolescents, and families in a pediatric clinical setting. Featured presenters include Jim Sargent, MD, FAAP of the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and Jennifer Shu, MD, FAAP, of the Children's Medical Group in Atlanta. This webinar is approved for a maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Can't make the live webinar? No problem- the archived webinar will also be offered for a maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ through the AAP Richmond Center Web site. Contact richmondcenter@aap.org with any questions.

 Monday, May 13, 2013 from 2:00 - 3:30pm ET

 
REGISTER HERE 

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