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Tobacco control has changed dramatically since the Helsinki conference in 2003! The landmark Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) has been ratified, paving the way for a comprehensive, global approach to reducing the disease, suffering and death caused by tobacco use.

The Final Program for the 13th World Conference on Tobacco OR Health is now available online. Please note our program is constantly undergoing updates as various speakers confirm or amend their presentations. Click on the links below for the freshest program information.

Registrants can utilize the Personal Scheduler, which will enable attendees to view the track, select specific sessions and presentations and create a personal itinerary. The itinerary can be accessed from any computer with an Internet connection. You can change, update and add to your itinerary at any time. Click here to personalize your schedule

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Still, challenges abound in each region ofthe world. Lack of political will and public awareness are hurdles that continue to stand in the way of progress. And, in too many nations, the tobacco industry and its front groups still influence, shape, and form public policy and opinion to meet their corporate interest. Yet, we tobacco control advocates are united by a common purpose, a strong presence, and a driving passion. We have never been more motivated.

The 13th World Conference on Tobacco OR Health will provide a gathering, a forum, and a celebration for our life’s work. The Conference theme, “Building Capacity for a Tobacco-Free World,” acknowledges the vast need for a variety of skills necessary to ensure success against tobacco. In addition to professional developments, the conference also provides an opportunity to share our passion for tobacco control with each other, to bear witness to the successes that truly make the world a healthier place to live, and to inspire all of us to maintain our vigilance against the worldwide scourge of tobacco.

Because the tobacco industry itself is an agent of disease, this conference is metaphorically based on the communicable disease model. Instead of host, agent, vector, and environment, the conference tracks focus on people, product, producer, policy and practice. These five areas form the basis of conference sessions, with the practice area serving as the linchpin to the conference theme of “Building Capacity for a Tobacco-Free World.” The communicable disease model will provide a laser focus within each track, while also providing crosstrack sessions that address issues from various perspectives.

The conference has seven goals:

Over the course of four days in July 2006, thousands of passionate, successful tobacco control advocates from all over the world will gather in Washington, D.C. to share their stories, their accomplishments, and their challenges. Please plan to join this remarkable group!

Continuing Education

CME Statement
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and American Cancer Society. CDC is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this educational activity for a maximum of 18.5 category 1 credits toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the activity.

CNE Statement
This activity for 22.2 contact hours is provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which is accredited as a provider of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditations.

CECH Statement
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is a designated event for the CHES to receive 18.5 Category I contact hours in health education, CDC provider number GA0082.

CEU Statement
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been approved as an Authorized Provider of continuing education and training programs by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training and awards 1.85 Continuing Education Units (CEUs).

Conference Tracks

The conference uses a variation of the communicable disease model in its coverage of tobacco-related issues. Instead of host, vector, agent, and environment, it uses People, Product, Producer, Policy, and Practice. A substantial portion of the track preparatory work was paid for by Health Canada, the National Cancer Institute, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and an unrestricted educational grant from Pfizer.

People

This track will examine approaches to reducing the burden of tobacco use on people. Topics that will be addressed include individual- and population-based approaches to helping people quit smoking, uptake prevention, and protecting non-smokers from exposure to second-hand smoke.

Policy

These sessions will examine the governmental and voluntary policies to regulate, control, and prevent the use of tobacco products.

Practice

This track focuses on innovative and replicable approaches to prevent and reduce tobacco use and how to deliver tobacco control programs on a shoestring budget. It will closely engage the other four tracks in crosscutting issues.

Producer

This track will span leaf (growing and manufacturing) to lip (consumer use). Topics include: industry marketing, youth programs, and regulation.

Product

These sessions will examine tobacco product physiology, pharmacology, pathology, and progression.