CoEHAR

Common Misconceptions about Tobacco Control in South Asia
2022-07-25 11:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Rome) | Zoom
The South Asian region occupies a unique place in global tobacco control because of a broad spectrum of widely used tobacco products and the consequent mix of local and transnational tobacco industries. Cigarette use is especially high among males in many countries, while bidis are widely used in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, and are very inexpensive. Smokeless tobacco use is a global problem, but the bulk of use is in South Asia and there is emerging promotion of newly developed tobacco and nicotine products across the region. Despite interference from tobacco industry and many other challenges, this region has achieved remarkable successes in tobacco control, including large pictorial warnings that cover up to 80%–90% of the pack in some countries, stringent rules on depiction of tobacco in movies, bans on advertising and promotion, and smoke-free public places.

Cancer Survivorship Summit: Improving Outcomes for People Living with and Beyond Cancer
2022-07-13 | TX
This National Virtual Conference takes a practical approach to improving practice and outcomes for those living with and beyond cancer, moving from surviving to thriving. Through national updates and practical case studies the conference aims to support you to deliver on the above priorities outlined by NHS England and develop effective personalised support and services. The conference will also explore how we meet the unmet needs of people living with and beyond cancer, accelerating the roll-out of stratified follow up pathways and the commissioning of holistic packages of support, and ensuring every person with cancer will have access to relevant elements of a personalised care approach. This conference is particularly timely following the release of the results of the first Cancer Quality of Life Survey.

IHSCM Digital Health Special Interest Group Meeting
2022-07-08 14:00 - 15:30 | TX
We will be joined by David Kwo, former CIO of various NHS Trusts, and Digital Healthcare consultant and specialist, to discuss ICSs; covering how they work, how social care providers can find out about funding, how to become active in ICSs, etc.
Please join us for this insightful meeting, and extend the invite to your colleagues and network.

The management of erectile dysfunction in primary care
2022-07-07 20:00 - 21:00 | TX
This event will greatly benefit GPs and other first contact practitioners looking to enhance their clinical reasoning based on examination and subjective questioning.
The presentation will be delivered online by one of our Nuffield Health at St Bartholomew’s Hospital urology specialist, Mrs Chi-Ying Li. We can’t wait to see you for this event and please do follow our page for information on our upcoming events.

Demystifying the economics of tobacco control
2022-06-29 15:00 - 16:00 | TX
The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and its funding partner Cancer Research UK (CRUK) will present our capstone webinar for the Economics of Tobacco Control Research Initiative: Demystifying the Economics of Tobacco Control – Knowledge, policy, and everything in between.
Celebrating the culmination of over a decade of partnerships, research, and advocacy, this event represents an opportunity to demystify the process of translating knowledge into impactful and effective public policies.
We invite you to discover the key learnings of this global endeavor, to better understand the role of political climate and industry interference within the tobacco space, and discuss the emerging opportunities for continued and meaningful impact.
Networking session: To cap off the webinar, a networking session will follow to invite discussion with our panelists and to learn more. Feel free to jump in!

Why Won't They Stop? Smokescreen: Vaping & Addiction
2022-06-29 01:30 - 15:00 | TX
There are many misconceptions about vaping as our children are targeted daily by product marketers as well as peers. This discussion will focus on the dangers of vaping addiction and latest information on current trends in the electronic cigarette epidemic.

A Fireside Chat – The Impact of Evidence in a Pandemic
2022-06-27 12:00 - 13:30 | TX
The global COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented crisis that has required rapid generation of research evidence to improve policy and practice in health, social care, and other settings. To meet this need, the researcher community has been mobilised more rapidly than ever seen before. This has created a difficult environment for policymakers and implementation actors to navigate. Particularly, as observed in UKCDR and GloPID-R’s COVID-19 Research Project Tracker, thinly spread global funding has, in some instances, resulted in a proliferation of small, underpowered studies without impact. Tied to this, historically, researchers have struggled to disseminate their research to an audience beyond their disciplinary silos and connect to those who can effect change.
The pandemic has acted as a watershed moment, not only in this increased need to produce actionable evidence with clear routes to impact, but it has also logistically changed the game in how researchers interact with policymakers, civil society and other implementation actors. Researchers have had to be flexible and adapt their plans to changing restrictions. This has frequently resulted in locally-based researchers in Low- and Middle-Income Country (LMIC) settings taking the lead in dissemination and policy engagement activities.

The Hall of Vape
2022-06-25 - 2022-06-26 | TX
The Hall of Vape will once again be the largest and most detailed e-cigarette trade fair of its kind in Europe. Visitors will have the unique opportunity to marvel at a unique exhibition all about e-cigarettes, liquids and accessories and, of course, an incredibly large variety of products to try.
A conference center peppered with numerous celebrities from all over the world as well as some world premieres and product launches are just a part of what our visitors can expect.

How can the illicit drug control field inform the tobacco endgame?
2022-06-23 19:00 - 20:00 | TX
The regulation of tobacco and substances that have traditionally been Illicit (e.g., cannabis) are heading in opposite directions with tobacco policies heading toward sales bans, while many jurisdictions have moved to legalise cannabis. This convergence in control approaches offers opportunities for policy researchers to learn from the illicit drug policy field in reforming the regulation of tobacco. This includes issues related to the illicit tobacco market and also new models of supply that are more restrictive than the current options for tobacco products.

Virtual Class: At Risk Pregnancy / Smoking, Alcohol, Drugs, and Pregnancy
2022-06-16 16:00 - 18:30 | TX
**For pregnant women only** All attendees who participate will receive a FREE gift bag. Bags will be available for pick up after class until 4 PM. Please call, text, or email us to schedule a pick up time if you cannot pick it up on the day of class.
The meeting link will be emailed to you at 8:30 AM on the day of class. Click on the GoToMeeting link to join class over your mobile device or laptop!
We look forward to having you!

GFN Five 2022
2022-06-16 - 2022-06-18 | TX
To register to participate in #GFN22 please complete the form below. Registering will give you free access to the content on the conference website, the opportunity to submit your ‘GFN Five’, and access to the event stream.
If you intend to participate online, enter your name, email and set a password. If you intend to participate in person in Warsaw, please also complete your address details for invoicing purposes.

Annual Cardiac Sarcoidosis Symposium
2022-06-15 13:00 - 21:00 | TX
Cardiac sarcoidosis is a condition that has gained a growing interest in recent years, from a wide range of professionals including respiratory physicians, cardiologists, nurses and scientists.
This symposium will showcase the latest research and clinical guidelines on cardiac sarcoidosis, with an emphasis on the multidisciplinary approach, in combination with clinical information and various imaging modalities.
Our expert speakers will focus on the clinical diagnosis, management and prognosis of cardiac sarcoidosis – both from a cardiac and a respiratory perspective.

Peninsula Forum for Environment and Human Health 2022
2022-06-14 11:00 - 13:30 | TX
The European Centre for Environment and Human Health (ECEHH) would like to invite you to explore the benefits of “Harnessing the power of community engagement in research”
For more than a decade the European Centre for Environment and Human Health has worked to put the complex relationships between people and the environment at the top of local, national and international agendas.
This year’s Peninsula Forum will focus on the power of community engagement when used as part of world class research.
Discover how our pioneering research and collaborative approach is identifying solutions to benefit both nature and people and influencing local, national and international policy-change.

E-cigarettes and Smoking: Correlation, Causation, and Selection Bias
2022-06-09 15:00 - 16:00 | TX
Some public health officials, including those in Korea, discourage smokers from using electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) because ENDS use is positively correlated with smoking in cross-sectional surveys. From the observed correlation such officials deduce that ENDS causally discourage cessation from tobacco. However, use of ENDS is a choice made by individuals, and that choice is highly likely to be correlated with unobserved factors related to smoking behavior. Ignoring this issue of sample selection leads to bias in estimates of the causal effect of ENDS use on smoking. This study investigates this correlation, selection bias, and the causal effect of ENDS use on cessation with several econometric models designed to estimate causal effects from cross-sectional, observational data. Direct and indirect evidence supports the hypotheses that there are 1) selection bias and 2) a causal effect leading from ENDS use to a higher probability of cessation.

56TH ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING
2022-06-08 - 2022-06-10 | Bari, Bari, Italy
Dear Friends, Colleagues and ESCI members,
Because of pandemia, we totally changed our behaviors and learned how to interacted with each other by using technology in Scientific and personal communication. We got new ideas as researchers while on worldwide lockdown. We now see now the light at the end of the tunnel and, on behalf of the European Society for Clinical Investigation (ESCI), I warmly invite you to attend the 54th Annual Scientific Meeting, to be held in Bari, Italy, June 8-10, 2022. This will be the second time that the conference will take place in Bari, a city with an important University campus. Bari has thousands of years of history, overlooking the Adriatic Sea in the Apulia Region, the beating heart of the Mediterranean Europe with superb people, culture, heritage, and food.
From the past years, ESCI has been committed to update our knowledge, to share expertise by merging clinicians and basic researchers across Europe, working in the multidisciplinary field of biomedical research. No matter how bad the situation has been, we are coming back stronger in the post-COVID era, with great responsibility.
The congress will focus on “BRIDGING GAPS BETWEEN AGING, TRANSLATIONAL, AND TRANSITIONAL RESEARCH” hosting top speakers, sound research groups, merging basic, translational and clinical research, organizing symposia and pre-meeting courses, oral presentations and poster sessions. Going back “to the future” allowing hundreds of young investigators to meet, discuss, challenge each other, and share novel experiences in a beautiful environment.
I am sure you will consider being part of this large international scientific community by active participation, promoting new ideas and collaborations. ESCI will continue to support, encourage excellent, honest, highly innovative and sound clinical science through collaborations and mobility of young investigators across Europe and worldwide.
I look forward to seeing you in a splendid location, Bari 2022 – ESCI is waiting for you!
Piero Portincasa
Local organizer
Past-President ESCI
President Trust, ESCI

CoEHAR National Conference for No Tobacco Day
2022-05-31 09:00 - 16:30 | Piazza Università catania, Via Roccaforte, Catania, Catania, 95124, Italia
On Tuesday 31 May 2022, on the occasion of No Tobacco Day, the CoEHAR Research Center for the Reduction of Harm from Smoking of the University of Catania organizes the first National Conference on the reduction of harm from smoking entitled “Risks and benefits of products without combustion “.

Virtual Tobacco Cessation Program_ Series # 2
2022-05-24 12:00 - 12:30 | TX
About this event
This program is for active tobacco users only. Please ONLY sign up if you are a current tobacco user interested in reducing your tobacco use.
Thank you
Your health is very important to us. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Onsite Tobacco Cessation program will take place virtually instead of in-person .
Your assigned Onsite Health Coach will contact you with additional details prior to your first scheduled session.

1st International Conference on IMAGE ANALYSIS AND PROCESSING
2022-05-23 - 2022-05-27 | Lecce
ICIAP 2021 is the 21st edition of a series of conferences organized every two years by the Italian Association for Research in Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning (CVPL, ex GIRPR) which is part of the International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR). The focus of the conference is on both classic and recent trends in computer vision, pattern recognition and image processing, and covers both theoretical and applicative aspects.

Vapitaly 2022
2022-05-14 - 2022-05-16 | Veronafiere, Viale dell’Industria, 36, Verona, VR, 37135, Italy
The sixth edition of the Italian International Vaping Event will take place in Verona (Italy), where it originally started: Veronafiere Exhibition centre and the city of Verona, strategically located and internationally renowned, will again be the place where Italian and international vaping entrepreneurs, retailers and vape lovers meet.

Following the science: using the best available evidence to assess the health risks of nicotine products.
2022-05-12 15:00 - 16:00 | TX
Nicotine products have undergone numerous developments in the last half a century. Many alternatives to traditional combustible tobacco products have been introduced to consumers, most of which were developed to reduce harms associated with traditional products. As these products become increasingly popular with consumers, it is important to continuously assess their efficacy and safety with the goal of minimising harm. In this webinar, we will present our approach to objectively and methodologically identifying and analysing the best available evidence. We will explore what the current evidence tells us about the relative harms of the full spectrum of nicotine products, from combustible cigarettes to nicotine replacement therapies. Drawing on other examples of harm reduction, we will discuss the importance of taking a pragmatic approach to public health issues to obtain better outcomes.

How to provide Very Brief advice on Smoking Cessation during COVID, Virtual
2022-05-11 02:30 - 16:30 | TX
Learn how by using simple motivational interviewing techniques can enable you to support and guide a smoker to stub out the habit
About this event
We are providing FREE virtual bite size training packages for those supporting people living in the East Riding. The course will give you the skills and confidence in understanding more about smoking and the use of tobacco, an introduction to motivational interviewing technique.

Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Summit
2022-04-21 15:30 - 23:30 | TX
Shelby County Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Summit

About this event

The Memphis Area Prevention Coalition, The University of Memphis, Church Health, and Alliance Health Care bring you the 2022 ATOD Summit! This will be an all-day event offering 6 Continuing Education hours! This conference is free!
Alcohol kills on average 95,000 Americans every year. Tobacco related deaths average 480,000 per year. Once again, meth is back on the scene in full force and taking over US cities. Hear from local experts about current data and find out what we can do to help prevent unnecessary ATOD related deaths.
To join the ATOD Summit, visit the ATOD Summit Webpage (Click Here ).
Thank you to our wonderful Summit Sponsors:

University of Memphis

Smoking, Quitting and Vaping
2022-04-13 19:00 - 21:00 | TX
Why do people smoke? And why is it so difficult to quit? Could vaping be part of the solution?
By Professor Lynne Dawkins, Professor of Nicotine and Tobacco Studies, School of Applied Sciences, LSBU

2nd edition Vaping Expo 02/03/04 April 2022
2022-04-02 - 2022-04-04 | MalpensaFiere | Centro Fiere Congressi ed Eventi, 16 Via XI Settembre, Busto Arsizio, 21052, Italy

EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY 2022
2022-04-02 | Philadelphia, United States
EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY 2022Pennsylvania Convention Center – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAApril 2-5, 2022
Abstract Title: Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems Exhibit LowerToxicity Compared to Cigarettes: “The Replica Study Experience”Presenting Author: Alfio DistefanoSession Title: Interdisciplinary/translational science (SEBM)Session Day: Sunday, April 3, 2022Programming Society: American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

The New Look of Nicotine
2022-03-30 15:00 - 16:30 | TX
Overview of vaping, prevalence of use, toxicology & safety

About this event

In this presentation, “The New Look of Nicotine Addiction” , participants will receive an overview of vaping 101, the prevalence of use, toxicology and safety, secondary exposure cessation and harm reduction as well as youth use and risks. What does new research tell us about youth vaping and COVID-19? With almost 1 in 4 Ohio high school students using a vaping product and the FDA identifying vaping as an epidemic, what should you and your community know about vaping and Juuling?

Participants will:
• understand the history, growth and iterations of the electronic cigarette
• be able to identify common myths about the electronic cigarette
• be able to identify health risks of using electronic cigarettes
• be able to identify best practice vape prevention tools as well as alternative to suspension interventions.

CEUs
Montgomery County Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services has been approved by the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board to offer continuing education credit hours to Counselors and Social Workers (Provider #RCS111304) and the Ohio Chemical Dependency Professionals Board to offer recognized clock hours to Chemical Dependency Counselors and Prevention Professionals (Provider #50-17863) and has approved this training for 1.5 hours of CEUs.
In order to ethically provide CEUs, we use a platform that generates attendance time reports. We must have a total time in attendance for each participant in order to issue CEUs and the CEUs issued are based on the total amount of time accumulated between the time an attendee joins and the time the attendee logs off. We are ethically bound to report the accumulated amount of time a participant attended, therefore we cannot issue CEUs to:

Individuals sharing a monitor, computer, and/or login
Individuals joining by audio phone only
Individuals missing more than 10 minutes of a training that is 60 minutes in length

CEUs will be adjusted to the nearest quarter hour to reflect the amount of time present for sessions over 60 minutes in length.
This session will not be recorded. If you are unable to attend but would like to request more information and resources from the speaker, please contact Becky Ketron at bketron@mcadamhs.org

43rd Annual National Convention of the Philippine College of Occupational Medicine (PCOM)
2022-03-23 | TX
43rd Annual Convention of the Philippine College of Occupational Medicine (PCOM), with which we are organizing a satellite symposium entitled “Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR)”.
Title: “Potential Impact of THR on Cigarette Use in Adult Smokers”.
Speaker: prof. Riccardo Polosa

Tobacco, It's Lit, But Is It Really Just Smoke?
2022-03-22 18:00 - 19:00 | TX
Join us virtually as Tiffany Thigpen, Region 10 Tobacco Prevention Coordinator, comes to present about tobacco and what it really is.

SRNT (Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco)
2022-03-15 - 2022-03-18 | TX
2022 SRNT Annual Meeting – Baltimora
Poster Presentation
Giovanni Li Volti and Massimo Caruso

“E-CIGS EXHIBIT LOWER TOXICITY COMPARED TO CIGARETTES: THE REPLICA STUDY GROUP EXPERIENCE”
“COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT CYTOTOXICITY ASSAYS FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF TOBACCO RELATED PRODUCT TOXICITY”

Vaping and E-cigarettes Awareness workshop
2022-03-07 14:00 - 15:15 | TX
An interactive workshop for Oxfordshire based health and social care workers to learn about e-cigarettes and how they help smokers quit.
Find out more: https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/residents/social-and-health-care/health-recovery-and-wellbeing/smoke-free-oxfordshire
