National Conference on Tobacco or Health National Conference on Tobacco or Health Conférence nationale sur le tabagisme ou la santé
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Program

The Program Committee is developing a dynamic program to present the latest evidence, research findings, programs, and activities in Canadian tobacco control and around the world. More information will be posted as plans progress.

The plenary and symposia sessions will explore the critical elements of tobacco control’s future, while the concurrent sessions will probe key issues including plain packaging, retail reform, Bill C-32, new products, new frontiers in second-hand smoke, industry litigation, contraband and the implication of new nicotine addiction research and the use of NRT’s in cessation.

Tentative Schedule

Last updated September 16, 2009.

Sunday November 1
Time Activity
10:30am-4:30pm CAN-ADAPTT

Annual general meeting

Open to all registered NCTH delegates

3pm-10pm Youth/Young Adult Stream 3.0

Geared to youth and young adults involved in tobacco control across Canada

7pm-9pm Welcome reception in "EXPO"
Monday November 2
Time Activity
7:00am-8:30am Breakfast
7:00am-8:30am First-timer’s Breakfast
8:30am-10:00am Opening Address and Plenary
New Directions in Tobacco Control: An Overview of the Last 10 Years
  • Cheryl Moyer, Consultant
  • David Hammond, PhD, University of Waterloo
10:00am-10:30am Networking Break
10:30am-12:00pm Plenary
The Dream for Tobacco Control’s Future
  • Louis Gauvin former Coordinator, Coalition québecoise pour le contrôle du tabac
Canadian Tobacco Control - Regaining the Global Lead
  • Dr. Rob Strang, Medical Officer of Health, Nova Scotia
Noon-1:30pm Lunch
1:30pm-3:00pm Concurrent sessions
  • Tobacco Control Research Capacity
  • Youth Engagement
  • Outdoor Tobacco Smoke Exposure
  • What’s in a Cigarette?
  • Interventions for High Prevalence Populations
  • Provincial Medicare Cost Recovery
  • Smoke-Free Psychiatric Hospitals
  • Calculating Reach and Quit Rates for Quitlines
  • Factors Related to Youth Susceptibility to Smoking
3:00pm-4:00pm Concurrent sessions
  • Smoke-Free MUDs
  • Smoking Cessation in Montréal and Ontario
  • Web-based Social Networking
  • Adolescent Smoking Behaviours
  • Tobacco Informatics Monitorig System (TIMS)
  • Cessation Support at the Local Level
  • Breast Cancer and Tobacco Smoke
  • Tobacco Funding at Universities
  • Cessation and Young Mothers
4:00pm-5:30pm Networking/EXPO (Posters/Marketplace)
7:00pm-11:00pm JOIE DE VIVRE at Pub St-Paul!

In the authentic surroundings of Pub St-Paul in Old Montréal, enjoy a tremendous buffet dinner featuring pub favourites while listening to French-Canadian folk music performed by “Les Grand Portage.” You will experience French culture first-hand through the sounds of the fiddle, spoons and the magic of Le Bonhomme Giguerres - French marionettes. Later, dance the night away with BLUSH, a Montreal dance band playing music from the 70s on. An evening you don’t want to miss!

*Shuttle transportation will be provided to and from the hotel.

Tuesday November 3
Time Activity
7:00am-8:30am Breakfast
8:30am-9:30am The 4 P’s of Marketing: What’s In Store for Them in Tobacco Control’s Future? : Part 1
Plain Packaging
OR
Placement (Retail Reform) and Promotion
9:30am-10:30am The 4 P’s of Marketing: What’s In Store for Them in Tobacco Control’s Future? : Part 2
Product
OR
Price
10:30am-12:00pm Concurrent Sessions
  • Comprehensive Strategies
  • Product Innovation and Moratorium
  • Teen Tobacco Challenge and STAND
  • Smoke-Free Outdoor Spaces
  • Cessation for Clinicians
  • Physician Smoking Status and Counseling
  • Policy as Population Health Intervention
Noon-1:30pm Lunch
1:30pm-3:00pm Concurrent Sessions
  • Public Health Roundtable
  • Display Bans
  • SHS in MUDs
  • BC Tobacco Control Strategy for YA
  • Cessation for Francophones
  • Grassrooots Youth Campaigns
  • The Typical Canadian Smoker and Tobacco Use Monitoring
  • Cessation for Drug Treatment Population
  • International Knoweldge Exchange
  • Health Care Providers and Tobacco Dependence
3:00pm-4:00pm Concurrent Sessions
  • Tobacco Control and Chronic Disease Integration
  • Quit to Win Contests
  • Contraband Research
  • Connectivity Between Researchers and Policy-Makers
  • School-Based Programs for Tobacco Prevention
  • Canada’s YSS
  • Supporting Public Health Nurses in Cessation
  • Quitlines
  • Social Smoking and Addiction
4:00pm-5:30pm Plenary
Make your voice heard!

This facilitated, interactive session will gather input on priorities and needs in tobacco control.

6:00pm-7:30pm French Networking Event

An opportunity for Francophones and Francophiles to share resources and better practices. If interested in attending, please register in advance by contacting Anne Meloche.

Wednesday November 4
Time Activity
7:00am-8:30am Breakfast
8:30am-10:00am Concurrent Sessions
  • Reseach Roundtable
  • Youth Campaigns and Emerging Media
  • Smoking in Specific Sectors
  • Social Inequity
  • New Fathers Who Smoke
  • Tobacco Use in Mental Health Care
  • Tobacco-Free Sports
  • Frameworks and Models for Cessation
  • Lessons Learned from Communities of Practice
10:00am-10:30am Networking Break
10:30am-12:00pm Concurrent Sessions
  • Cessation in Special Populations
  • Smokers and Quitting
  • Taking Action on Contraband
  • Global Youth Advocacy
  • Cessation and Collaboration
  • Dialogue on Mental Health Disabilities
  • Evaluation Models
  • Going Smoke-Free in Newfoundland
  • Cessation in Health Care
Noon-1:30pm Lunch/Closing Plenary
Bringing It All Together

This session will present the resolutions from the field for future directions in tobacco control.

Social Change Campaigns
  • Jeff Jordan, Founder and Owner, Rescue Social Change Organization, San Diego, California