January 20, 2015 2:00PM - 3:00PM EST
Since the 1964 Surgeon General’s report formally established
the severe health risks of smoking, the U.S. has made considerable progress on
tobacco control. The emergence of novel tobacco products such as
electronic-cigarettes (“e-cigarettes”), however, presents new challenges to
public health and cancer control practitioners.
As the popularity of e-cigarettes continues to grow,
controversy has arisen over categorizing and regulating this new product. Our
January 2015 cyber-seminar will give participants a broader understanding of
public health concerns around e-cigarette use. It will also identify areas in
which e-cigarettes could be regulated at the state and local level, discuss
typical gaps in current laws and analyze various approaches to effectively
close such gaps.
This session will help participants be more aware of some of
the key resources available in developing and implementing e-cigarettes
legislation and to identify at least 2-3 strategies to share with their own
communities and state partners.
Learning Objectives
At the end of the cyber-seminar, participants will be able
to:
- Describe various patterns of electronic cigarette use and assess correlates related to electronic cigarette use
- Demonstrate how and why existing local and state tobacco control laws often fail to regulate e-cigarettes effectively.
- Discuss the potential implications of federal regulation of e-cigarettes on state and local policies and identify likely gaps in such regulation.
- Analyze different approaches for effectively regulating e-cigarettes to achieve policy goals at the state and local levels.
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