Despite substantial statewide progress, a significant
number of Minnesotans continue to experience health
concerns related to commercial tobacco use. This is
especially true within communities that have
historically been targeted by the tobacco industry, and
contributes to significant health disparities in our
state.
You play an important role in creating a Minnesota where
everyone is free from the harms of tobacco.
Join us to collaborate and learn more about current
tobacco control and prevention issues. We'll explore how
together, we can reduce tobacco-related health
inequities and sustain our long-term efforts.
The conference will be held:
January 24-26, 2017
St. Paul RiverCentre
175 W Kellogg Blvd, St. Paul, MN 55102 |
THEME
Preparing for
Action: The Next Horizon for Minnesota Tobacco Control
FOCUS AREAS
1. Eliminating Tobacco Inequities*
2. Working Together to Take Bold Steps for Policy
Change in Tobacco Control
3. Sustainability of Tobacco Control in Minnesota
OBJECTIVES
Conference participants will leave with:
1. An understanding of key tobacco prevention and
control issues and a
roadmap for collaborative
change work that sustains our long-term efforts.
2. An understanding of the important role they play in
creating a state
where everyone is free from the
harms of commercial tobacco.
3. An understanding of the disparities faced by
commercial tobacco users
and why these inequities exist
in Minnesota.
4. Confidence and a sense of urgency to use newly
acquired knowledge
and skills to reduce tobacco
inequities.
*Includes but
is not limited to communities of color; indigenous
communities; LGBT; urban and rural populations; those
with mental illness or substance use disorders; the
homeless; those of lower socioeconomic status, as well
as other groups with persistently high tobacco use
rates.
“Tobacco use” refers to manufactured commercial tobacco
in all forms (cigarettes, cigars, smokeless, hookah,
etc.), as well as all forms of electronic nicotine
delivery systems (ENDS), and not the traditional,
sacred, medicinal, spiritual, or ceremonial use of
tobacco by American Indians and other groups. |
