WCTOH Conference Satellite Symposia

Thursday, July 13, 2006
6:15 am – 8:15 am

Global Cessation Treatment: A Decade of Progress, A Century of Hope
Convention Center 207AB

This session will review the progress made over the last 10 years in expanding smokers’ access to treatment for tobacco dependence and highlight the opportunities for more expansion of treatment access and utilization. Noted faculty will present information on the universality of smoker insights, the impact of expanded treatment availability in and beyond the US, and a successful case study in Europe. In addition, our distinguished panel will discuss ways to address treatment challenges in the developing world, including leveraging FCTC and improving current regulatory systems to expand access to effective cessation treatment. The program will conclude with an opportunity for audience questions and answers.

For more information concerning this satellite please visit the following website
www.progressandhope.com.

Smoking Cessation Working Group: Best Practices Consensus and Dissemination
Convention Center 202AB

Experience a unique forum for discussion of the most creative and innovative smoking cessation practices from around the world. Working group discussions will be summarized and distributed internationally to interested healthcare practitioners.

The purpose of this CME symposium is to facilitate the sharing of successful tobacco control efforts, best practices, and effective intervention techniques form around the world. Individual and population-based approached to help people quit smoking, to prevent them from starting to smoke, and to protect nonsmoker from exposure will be examined. Also explored will be the most current medical and nonmedical interventions to address tobacco use as a comorbidity of diabetes; cardiovascular disease; respiratory disease; eye, skin and dental disorders; and birth defects.

Thursday, July 13, 2006
5:15 PM – 7:15PM

Making Good Campaigns Great: What Works in Stop Smoking Campaigns
Convention Center 204

This symposium, conducted by the Global Dialogue for Effective Stop Smoking Campaigns initiative, will provide participants with an interactive and informative experience focused on lessons learned from stop smoking campaigns around the world. It will also highlight resources designed to help those launching stop smoking campaigns to plan, implement, and evaluate their campaigns. Emphasis will be placed on diverse audiences and environments, with special attention to variations in budgets and resources. Individual elements of the symposium include: showing participants ads, eliciting reactions, and discussing lessons learned about each; providing global guidelines for researching and evaluating stop smoking campaigns; sharing strategies for securing and sustaining campaign funding; highlighting key resources to help campaign development/implementation; providing opportunities to view materials from “successful” campaigns and ask questions of their creators/developers; and providing opportunities to work with the Global Dialogue.

Friday, July 14, 2006
6:45 am – 8:15 am

The Best from Around the World: Program Successes That Can Save Lives
Convention Center 207AB

We will engage symposium attendees to determine what have been the most successful strategies to combat tobacco use around the world and what elements may be translatable to the U.S. and other countries. We will present landmark examples from around the world successes in tobacco control (e.g., smoke-free environments; product regulation; counter-marketing strategies; community-based programs; surveillance and evaluation). We will hear Expert World Panel opinions as to how “lessons learned” may or may not apply to other countries and recommendations for world tobacco control initiatives. The following objectives will be addressed during the symposium: (1) To understand the “best of” successes of tobacco control efforts around the world; (2)To understand the degree to which tobacco control successes that work in one country will work in other countries; and (3)To understand how tobacco control programs in U.S. and other countries can maximize success.

Saturday, July 15, 2006 6:15 am – 8:15 am

The UICC Smokefree Partnership: Practical Support for Smokefree Policies
Convention Center 204

Recent years have seen exciting progress in the adoption of 100% smokefree laws. The Global Smokefree Partnership, a new multipartner initiative coordinated by UICC, aims to promote effective smokefree policies worldwide. This policy-focused session brings together leading experts and practitioners in the field to:

Short presentations will be followed by interactive exercises, in which participants will have the opportunity to contribute to mapping the next wave of smokefree policies.