The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Session: Booze, Butts, and Bucks: A Taxing Matter
3217.0: Monday, November 11, 2002: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Oral
Booze, Butts, and Bucks: A Taxing Matter
Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to: (1)Identify the benefits of alcohol and tobacco excise taxes. (2) Identify methods to structure excise taxes and achieve passage. (3) Assess potential to achieve reduction in alcohol and tobacco-related problems through community mobilization to pass alcohol and tobacco excise taxes.
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organizer(s):Diana M. Conti
Moderator(s):Diana M. Conti
2:30 PMAlcohol and tobacco excise taxes: Research, practice, challenges, and promise (SESSION ABSTRACT)
Diana M. Conti, Glenn Wieringa, MRC, Thomas P Houston, MD, Sherry Neal-Horsey
2:31 PMIntroductory Remarks
2:32 PMEllen Ward, Executive Director, Texans Standing Tall
2:52 PMSherry Neal-Horsey, Director, Missouri's Youth/Adult Alliance Against Underage Drinking Coalition
3:12 PMGlenn Wieringa, District IHI Coordinator, New Mexico Department of Public Health
3:32 PMThomas Houston, MD, Co-Director, Smokeless States National Program Office, American Medical Association
3:52 PMQuestions, Discussions
Organized by:Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs
Endorsed by:School Health Education and Services; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA