Abstracts

Introduction

The 13th World Conference on Tobacco OR Health invites authors to submit abstracts for presentation in all areas relating to tobacco and its impact on health and the economic and socio-political environment.

Abstract Mission

It is the intent of the conference organizers that abstract submissions complement the invited sessions by providing rich information on the tobacco control experience witnessed in all regions of the world. Therefore, the conference organizers are striving for geographic, gender, and income balance within the pool of accepted abstracts. The organizers encourage submitters to build their submissions around the conference theme, “Building Capacity for a Tobacco-Free World.”

Submission Categories

The conference organizers have established five program tracks to help guide program planning. The communicable disease model of host, vector, agent and environment has been adapted to create five tracks: People, Policy, Practice, Producer, and Product. The invited program has been created around these tracks.

Cessation strategies
Countering tobacco industry practices
Counter-marketing campaigns
Policy development
Ratification and implementation of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
Research, surveillance and program evaluation
Science of nicotine and nicotine addiction
Secondhand smoke policy
Special population strategies
The spectrum of tobacco products
Tobacco and agriculture
Tobacco and economics
Tobacco and ethics
Tobacco and women
Tobacco and international trade
Tobacco control advocacy efforts
Tobacco’s impact on the environment
Tobacco industry funding of research and community organizations or events
Tobacco taxation as tobacco control fundraising and an independent intervention
Youth-based tobacco control programs and advocacy

The conference organizers intend to intersperse accepted abstracts seamlessly within the invited program to reflect the five program tracks.

Deadlines

Abstracts will be due on December 15, 2005. Accepted presenters will be notified in February 2006. Those applying for a scholarship must submit an abstract by November 30, 2005.

Submission Guidelines

All submitters who are accepted must register and pay conference registration fees.
No more than three abstracts will be accepted per primary author.
Abstracts must be submitted in English.
Those lacking Internet access should contact the Congress Secretariat at +404-417-5998 (Fax: +404-728-0133) for details on how to submit their abstract. All abstracts will be peer reviewed and evaluated on their content quality, topic applicability, and appropriateness. The final decision of acceptance will be made by the Congress Program Chairs and the Program Committee.

Before you can finish submitting your abstract you must provide the following information:

The title of your presentation
If you selected a 15-minute or poster presentation, you must submit at least one learning objective. If you selected a 90-minute oral presentation, you must submit three (3) learning objectives. See guidelines for writing learning objectives.
A conflict of interest disclosure and biographical sketch for the presenter(s). See education, professional experience, and conflict of interest disclosure.
The body of your abstract, not to exceed 250 words.
The abstract must include these: Objective, Method, Results. See sample abstract
We recommend you first compose the body of the abstract in your usual word processing program. What you submit will be displayed online and will be included in the abstract book without editing. So use your word processor's spell checker and grammar checker to spot and correct any errors.