Events - July 2nd, 2010
In an effort to continually educate and inform staff, advocates, and youth about tobacco prevention and cessation, the following events were hosted or attended by ADH:
- Governor’s Oral Health Summit
The ADH Office of Oral Health and the Arkansas Oral Health Coalition sponsored the bi-annual Governor’s Oral Health Summit on June 18. The subject matter highlighted the various grant-funded opportunities to improve oral health in Arkansas. Topics included smokeless tobacco cessation, dental sealant programs, family violence awareness and dental workforce issues.
Featured at the program were two specialists in smokeless tobacco. Jack Henningfield, PhD of Johns Hopkins University, who specializes in addictive drugs, presented Smokeless Tobacco: Addictive by Nature and Design. Greg Connolly, DMD, MPH of Harvard University School of Public Health, who specializes in tobacco product design, marketing, and tobacco control interventions, presented Fighting Smoke with Fire.
TPCP followed up with summit participants by sending a mass mailing to encourage them to continue support of their patients’ tobacco cessation efforts. The mailing included fax pads, Quitline cards, and educational pamphlets.
Dr. Jack Henningfield and Dr. Greg Connolly
- Eighth Say Y.E.S. Leadership & Advocacy Training Conference
Youth advocates in Arkansas, the TCYB & Y.E.S. Teams, hosted the eighth Say Y.E.S. Leadership & Advocacy Training Conference in Little Rock on June 11-12. The workshops educated youth on tobacco control and health, and how big tobacco uses money and power to manipulate the truth.
Attendees of Say Y.E.S. Conference
- Arkansas Mission of Mercy
The fourth annual Arkansas Mission of Mercy (ArMoM) was held in Monticello on May 21 and 22. Approximately 743 individuals attended, including 120 dentists, to provide 1,254 patients with more than $705,000 in dental treatment. The Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program successfully obtained 162 patients to sign up for the Arkansas Tobacco Quitline. Those who signed up to quit also received a bag of gifts items and important information about the dangerous effects of tobacco on their health.
Dr. Dresler at the 2010 ARMOM event in Monticello
