Upcoming Webinars

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Webinar from NC Prevention Partners: Keys to Implementing a Successful Inpatient Tobacco Screening & Treatment Protocol

NC Prevention Partners invites us to learn more about the Inpatient Quit System (IQS), an online solution for healthcare organizations to assess, enhance, and evaluate their policies and protocols used to treat tobacco-using patients. Speakers will discuss how NYU has used IQS, as well as the changes they have made to increase screening, identification and follow-up of identified tobacco users. During this webinar Prevention Partners will also demonstrate the IQS showing sample questions, high-level recommendations reports, in-depth action plans, and review a few tools and resources available in the IQS toolbox.
Tuesday, July 16, 2013 1:00 to 2:00 pm ET  REGISTER HERE

Webinar from Tobacco Control legal Consortium: Not in My Backyard

What Can Locals Do to Regulate Other Tobacco Products?  Tuesday, July 23, 2013 1:00 to 2:30pm ET

The webinar from the Tobacco Control Legal Consortium will provide an overview of local and state policy options, including youth access restrictions, smoke-free measures, sales restrictions, and pricing initiatives; present a few examples of recent legislation; and examine industry practices and hot issues related to the regulation of these emerging tobacco products. 

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Webinar from The Smoking Cessation Leadership Center: Peers Helping Peers: Ways to Quit Tobacco with Rx for Change

The Smoking Cessation Leadership Center (SCLC) is pleased to invite you to its next free webinar, “Peers Helping Peers: Ways to Quit Tobacco with Rx for Change,”
Webinar objectives: ·
Explain why it is important to quit smoking ·
Understand why tobacco products are addictive ·
Describe what helps people quit smoking ·
Explain what peer counselors can do to help others quit smoking ·
Learn from a peer consumer about how to put the training into practice

Wednesday, July 24th, 2013 at 1:00pm ET
Moderator: Bay Area Community Resources SCLC Deputy Director, Catherine Saucedo, will moderate the webinar.  Presenters:
Ken Duckworth, MD, Medical Director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) ·
Karen S. Hudmon, DrPH, MS, RPh, Professor and Associate Head for Operations, Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, Purdue University ·
Frank Vitale, MA, National Director of the Pharmacy Partnership for Tobacco Cessation ·
Beth Lillard, Project Director, Adult Tobacco Cessation Services, Bay Area Community Resources ·
Karen Balsamico, Peer Coordinator, Adult Tobacco Cessation Services,

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Webinar from Emory Centers: "A Taste of Training" - Rescheduled

Introduction to TTAC’s Tobacco 101 Online Tutorial   July 31, 2013 3:00 to 3:30pm ET

Tobacco 101 is TTAC’s new (free!) self-guided online tutorial that provides the information and resources necessary to understand the problems related to tobacco use and the strategies that effectively reduce tobacco use. This 30-minute webinar will provide an overview of the Tobacco 101 tutorial content, highlight the tutorial’s interactive features, and provide suggestions on how a variety of different audiences can use the tool.

 REGISTER HERE  Webinar login information will be sent directly to registered participants prior to the webinar.