A four day, campus based, module aimed at professionals working in public health, health promotion and related fields. The module will be taught by leading academics and practitioners in the field of tobacco control and may be taken a 'stand alone' CPD or 6 credits at M level, following completion of a 3000 word report. Applications are downloadable from the website

 

PRESENTER: Anna Byberg, Dawn Farm Project Manager. DESCRIPTION: This program will describe the prevalence of tobacco addiction among alcoholics and drug addicts, the relationship between tobacco use and recovery, and basic information about how to quit using tobacco. This program is part of the FREE, annual Dawn Farm Education Series. People with a personal or professional interest are all welcome to attend. COST/REGISTRATION/CE: All programs are free and open to anyone interested. Registration is not required. 1.5 hours of free C.E. approved by MCBAP (Michigan Certification Board for Addiction Professionals) is offered for each workshop. A certificate to document attendance is provided on request. SPONSOR: The Education Series is organized by Dawn Farm, a non-profit community of programs providing a continuum of chemical dependency services. CONTACT INFORMATION: For information, please contact Matt Statman, Education Series Coordinator, at 734-485-8725 or info@dawnfarm.org, or see http://www.dawnfarm.org/edseries.html. LOCATION: St. Joseph Mercy Hospital Education Center, 5305 Elliott Drive, Ypsilanti, Michigan

 

Held in partnership with the UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies and hosted at the University of Bath, this conference is open to all those, worldwide, working in the fields of tobacco or nicotine research. The theme of the conference will be Translating Science to Policy. Registration is now open as are calls for abstracts and symposium proposals Held in Georgian Bath ( now a UNESCO World Heritage Site)

 

The APACT conference is the premier tobacco control conference for the Asia Pacific, with the 2010 conference focusing on change, challenge and progress: FCTC in the Asia Pacific. APACT 2010 aims to encourage tobacco control and public health advocates, researchers, practitioners, policy makers, and especially youth leaders, to share experiences and discuss strategies for implementation of the FCTC.