U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in partnership with state and local public health authorities and tobacco prevention professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest, will hold a Youth and Tobacco Town Hall Meeting on the Seattle campus of the University of Washington on Thursday, June 14, 2012.

Three of our nation's top health leaders will join us in Seattle to launch this important meeting. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin will discuss her recently released report, Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults. Dr. Lawrence Deyton, Director, FDA Center for Tobacco Products, will discuss the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act and FDA’s action agenda for tobacco product regulation. Dr. Timothy McAfee, Director, CDC Office on Smoking and Health will discuss CDC’s work in this area, including its national campaign to reduce tobacco use and the HHS Tobacco Control Strategic Action Plan to End the Tobacco Epidemic.

The specific goals of our Youth Tobacco Town Hall are:

• To help spread the word about the Surgeon General’s Report, Preventing Tobacco Use among Youth and Young Adults
• To learn about new initiatives at the FDA to reduce the public health burden of tobacco products
• To increase the already-considerable regional energy around efforts to prevent tobacco initiation and reduce tobacco use among young people in the Pacific Northwest
• To provide an opportunity for advocates and experts working in this field to share experiences, solutions, and ideas for further reducing tobacco initiation and use among young people.

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Fact Sheet on Substance Abuse Structured Assessment and Brief Intervention

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released an SBIRT fact sheet. "Substance (Other Than Tobacco) Abuse Structured Assessment and Brief Intervention (SBIRT) Services" provides education on substance abuse structured assessment and brief intervention (SBIRT). It includes an early intervention approach that targets individuals with nondependent substance use to provide effective strategies for intervention prior to the need for more extensive or specialized treatment.

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Upcoming Events

Clinical Supervision 201: Ethical Dilemmas and Other Challenges Wednesday, June 13, 2012
3pm-4pm EST (12pm-1pm PST)
Free NAADAC Institute Webinar

ATTC iTraining Webinar: Adolescent Care Management
Presented by NW Frontier Addiction Technology Transfer Ctr.
June 21, 2012
11:00-12:30 am Pacific Time
http://www.attcnetwork.org/learn/education/webinarseries.asp

Hybrid Problem Gambling Pre-certification Course

Evergreen Council on Problem Gambling
June 19 - 22, 2012
Spokane, WA
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WA Behavioral Healthcare Conference
"Making a Difference in Difficult Times"
Sponsored by Washington Community Mental Health Council. 35 workshops on corrections and mental health, advancing clinical skills, peers in the treatment setting, youth & families and recovery & resiliency. CE available.
June 20-22, 2012
Yakima, WA
http://wcmhcnet.org/conferences.html

More Events:
ADAI Calendar of training events in Seattle and Washington

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Also of Interest

June 27 is National HIV Testing Day (healthfinder.gov).

Research Results in the News: A Users Guide (National Institutes of Health).

Report shows decrease in smoking levels among adolescents and young adults in a six year period (SAMHSA News Release).

Friends' Parents Can Sway Teens' Odds for Drinking, Smoking (MedlinePlus).

Video Game Trains Doctors to Fight Prescription Drug Abuse (Join Together Daily News).

Odds of quitting smoking affected by genetics (NIH News).