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Annual Training and Conference Outcomes
Theme: "Best Practices for Tobacco Control and Prevention"
At the end of the conference, we hope participants will achieve the following outcomes:
- Hear about the health and economic benefits of tobacco control.
- Identify ways to implement tobacco-free policies in the work place.
- Gain knowledge about how where you live, work, and play impacts your health.
- Learn about "food deserts" (communities with little or no access to healthy foods) that exist in Virginia.
- Gather information about new developments in lung cancer screening.
- Learn about communities working on improving their populations' health through policy, environmental and systems changes.
- Discover new techniques in using social marketing as a tool for health policy change.
- Understand the impact of tobacco and tobacco industry marketing on the LGBT population and rural communities in Virginia.
- Familiarize yourself about the latest FDA tobacco regulations and how they can be implemented in your community.
Who Should Attend?
Health care professionals, health educators, tobacco control and other public health advocates, prevention professionals, employers, policy and decision makers, national and state public health organizations, community members, community organizations and groups interested in creating an environment that promotes tobacco free living.
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