3093.0 Leveling the Playing Field: Social Injustice and Tobacco

Monday, November 8, 2010: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Oral
As the major cause of preventable death in the US, smoking has significant health, social justice , and economic components. Second-hand smoke exposure is increasingly recognized as an additional burden to each of these components. This session will focus on efforts to deal with second-hand smoke exposure among populations and in venues where interventions are most difficult, but can have greatest positive impact.
Session Objectives: Discuss social justice issues related to second-hand smoke exposure Describe the effects of second-hand smoke exposure as it relates to various venues and populations
Moderator:
Simon McNabb
Panelists:
Christine Nevin-Woods, DO MPH , William Blatt, MPH , Cynthia Hallett, MPH , Annie Tegen, MPH and Amanda Cue, MPH

10:30am
Health, social justice, and economic issues related to the development of local ordinances to prevent second hand smoke exposure
Christine Nevin-Woods, DO MPH, Shylo Dennison, BS and Anita Balakrishnan
  
10:48am
Addressing tobacco use disparities among LGBT populations: A report by the American Lung Association
William Blatt, MPH and Jessica Lazar, MALS
  
11:06am
Unintended Consequences of Current Smokefree Efforts
Cynthia Hallett, MPH
11:24am
Your paycheck or your health: Secondhand smoke in casinos
Annie Tegen, MPH and Cynthia Hallett, MPH
  
11:42am
A social justice approach to tobacco policy advocacy
Maureen Sedonaen, MBA, Jennifer Juras, PhD and Amanda Cue, MPH

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs
Endorsed by: Community Health Planning and Policy Development

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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