Coordinator Camp 2014

August 13, 2014

Organized in conjunction with the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, this three-day event brings together adult coordinators of youth tobacco prevention programs from around the country for peer-to-peer learning and skills development. August 13-15, 2014, in New Orleans, LA. For more information, click here.

Protecting Public Health: FDA Regulation of Tobacco Products

June 11, 2014

On June 11, Legacy hosted the second in a series of thought leader discussions delving deeper into the findings and recommendations from the Surgeon General’s 50th Anniversary Report on the Health Consequences of Smoking. This Warner Series lecture focused on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s regulation of tobacco products in order to reduce tobacco product addictiveness and harmfulness.

11th National Reduce Tobacco Use Conference

April 10, 2014

The Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth and Prevention Connections is pleased to invite you to the 11th National Reduce Tobacco Use Conference to be held April 10-11, in Arlington, VA.  Click here for more information. 

National Public Health Week

April 7, 2014

The American Public Health Association brings together communities to kick-off National Public Health Week (April 7-13). Click here to find out more information. 

Up In Smoke? The Beginning of the End of Combustible Tobacco Products

March 31, 2014

On March 31, 2014 Legacy hosted the first in a series of thought leader panel discussions that delve deeper into findings from the 2014 U.S. Surgeon General’s Report on the health consequences of smoking, including how to innovatively and more rapidly end the premature deaths caused by cigarette smoking. This Warner Series panel discussion considered ways to speed the end of combustible cigarettes, and the role that alternative products such as e-cigarettes could play in ending cigarette smoking that prematurely kills more than 480,000 people each year.

Community Health Centers – Helping Your Patients Quit Tobacco Use

November 21, 2013

Legacy, along with the Partnership for Prevention will be hosting a special Warner Series event that will discuss Community Health Centers Guide on the 21st of November from 2 till 3:30 pm. The event will take place as a webinar and is free to view online. 

Fifteen Years after The Master Settlement Agreement (MSA): Successes and Challenges

October 23, 2013

On October, 23, 2013, Legacy, the National Association of Attorneys General and RTI International, a non-profit research institute, hosted a round-table discussion that brings together State Attorneys General and public health and tobacco control experts to explore the successes and challenges of the largest civil litigation settlement in U.S. history.