Conference Topic Areas
Access 2008 will feature three topic areas: Disrupting Access to Tobacco, Creating Access to Smoke-Free Living, and Assuring Access to Cessation. The conference encourages abstracts on innovative strategies for tobacco prevention, including strategies that have not yet been implemented. We will also give priority to submissions that include evaluations to demonstrate program success. Presenters should pick a topic area for each submission based on the descriptions that follow.
Disrupting Access to Tobacco
This topic area covers research into and experience with social norm changes, policy developments, and education programs that make it harder for people to obtain and use tobacco. Examples of topics in this track:- Reducing youth access to tobacco
- Controlling the supply of tobacco
- Reducing demand for tobacco
- Changing perceptions about tobacco products and their use
Creating Access to Smoke-Free Living
This topic area covers evidence for proven strategies or promising practices to protect people from exposure to secondhand smoke. Examples of topics in this track:- Eliminating exposure in multi-unit housing
- Implementing smoking bans
- Developing smoke-free community master plans
- Eliminating exposure in automobiles
Assuring Access to Cessation
This topic area covers research and programs that identify methods to provide cessation treatment, or identify social and environmental interventions that support cessation. Eliminating disparities in access to cessation is a special emphasis of this track. Examples of topics in this track:- Supporting cessation for high-prevalence populations
- Expanding knowledge of pharmacotherapy for cessation
- Assessing environments for support of cessation
- Understanding nicotine addiction and recovery
Application for CHES Category I continuing education contact hours (CECH) has been made to the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. (NCHEC).