The Summer Institute - Conferences


		Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Office on Smoking and Health The Office on Smoking and Health is a division within the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), which is one of the centers within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). OSH is responsible for leading and coordinating strategic efforts aimed at preventing tobacco use among youth, promoting smoking cessation among youth and adults, protecting nonsmokers from environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), and eliminating tobacco-related health disparities. OSH accomplishes these goals by: expanding the science base of tobacco control; building capacity to conduct tobacco control programs; communicating information to constituents and the public; and facilitating concerted action with and among partners.


		Tobacco Technical Assistance Consortium (TTAC) The Tobacco Technical Assistance Consortium provides technical assistance, information resources, and training for state and local tobacco control programs. The TTAC assists state and local programs and works in collaboration with national partners to develop and support comprehensive tobacco control programs and progress toward proven strategies. Their *mission* is to build capacity within the field to achieve effective tobacco prevention and control programs and policies.


		American Legacy Foundation The American Legacy Foundation® is dedicated to building a world where young people reject tobacco and anyone can quit. Located in Washington, D.C., the foundation develops programs that address the health effects of tobacco use, especially among vulnerable populations disproportionately affected by the toll of tobacco, through grants, technical assistance and training, partnerships, youth activism, and counter-marketing and grassroots marketing campaigns. The foundation’s programs include truth®, a national youth smoking prevention campaign that has been cited as contributing to significant declines in youth smoking; EX®, an innovative public health program designed to speak to smokers in their own language and change the way they approach quitting; research initiatives exploring the causes, consequences and approaches to reducing tobacco use; and a nationally-renowned program of outreach to priority populations. The American Legacy Foundation was created as a result of the November 1998 Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) reached between attorneys general from 46 states, five U.S. territories and the tobacco industry.


		Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids is fighting to free America's youth from tobacco and to create a healthier environment. Its goals are to alter the public's acceptance of tobacco, change public policies at federal, state and local levels to protect children from tobacco, and increase the number of organizations and individuals fighting against tobacco.


		The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation focuses on the pressing health and health care issues facing our country. As the nation's largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to improving the health and health care of all Americans, we work with a diverse group of organizations and individuals to identify solutions and achieve comprehensive, meaningful and timely change. For 35 years we've brought experience, commitment and a rigorous, balanced approach to the problems that affect the health and health care of those we serve. When it comes to helping Americans lead healthier lives and get the care they need, we expect to make a difference in your lifetime. For more information visit www.rwjf.org.


		American Cancer Society The American Cancer Society (ACS) is committed to fighting cancer through balanced programs of research, education, patient service, advocacy, and rehabilitation. ACS is the nationwide community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by: Preventing cancer; Saving lives; and Diminishing suffering from cancer through research, education, advocacy and service.


		Tobacco Control Network (TCN) The Tobacco Control Network (TCN) is comprised of the tobacco control program managers and additional staff from each state, territory, and D.C. This wide representation allows the Network to access a wealth of expertise and experience from across the country. The TCN focuses on raising the primacy of tobacco control in all state health agencies and fostering collaboration and communication among state programs.


		National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD) The National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD) links chronic disease program directors in every US state and territory and provides a national forum focused on efforts to reduce the impact of chronic diseases and their risk factors on states and communities nationwide.



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