20th Annual MD Tobacco Control Resource Center Best Practices Conference

An annual conference which brings together public health, clinical, and behavioral health professionals to discuss tobacco control.

About this Event

Please register for either in-person or virtual attendance. Virtual attendees will have access to all breakout sessions.

Free parking on site. Specific parking instructions to be provided at a later date.

Registration and breakfast begin at 8:00 AM. Lunch provided. Snack breaks in the morning and afternoon.

FREE CEU/CME

Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES/MCHES): Application pending.

Community Health Workers: A certificate for 5.5 CEUs will be awarded upon completion of this conference.

Continuing Medical Education (CME): The AAFP has reviewed 20th Annual Maryland Tobacco Control Resource Center Best Practices Conference and deemed it acceptable for up to 5.50 Live AAFP Prescribed credit(s). Term of Approval is from 10/23/2025 to 10/23/2025. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

AAFP Prescribed credit is accepted by the American Medical Association as equivalent to AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™ toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. When applying for the AMA PRA, Prescribed credit earned must be reported as Prescribed, not as Category 1.

Counselors/Therapists: A certificate for 5.5 CEUs of Category A will be awarded upon completion of this conference. University of Maryland School of Medicine has been approved by the Maryland State Board of Examiners as an authorized sponsor who may provide Category A CEUs for certified or licensed professional counselors, marriage and family therapists, and alcohol and drug counselors. University of Maryland School of Medicine maintains responsibility for the program.

Social Workers: A certificate for 5.0 CEUs of Category I will be awarded upon completion of this conference. University of Maryland School of Medicine has been approved by the Maryland State Board of Social Work Examiners as an authorized sponsor who may provide Category I CEUs for social workers. University of Maryland School of Medicine maintains responsibility for the program.

Agenda


🕑: 08:00 AM - 09:00 AM
Registration/Breakfast

🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:15 AM
Welcome: Tobacco Education in the Field: What Have We Learned
Host: Niharika Khanna, MBBS, MD DGO

🕑: 09:15 AM - 09:45 AM
State of Tobacco Control in Maryland
Host: Dana Moncrief, MHS, CHES

🕑: 09:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Language Matters: Youth Tobacco Prevention and Cessation

🕑: 10:00 AM - 10:10 AM
Break

Info: Snack break in the atrium.

🕑: 10:10 AM - 11:05 AM
Panel: Innovations in Tobacco/Nicotine Cessation
Host: Wendy Kanely/Paula Ernst, BA, CTTS

🕑: 11:05 AM - 12:00 PM
Panel: Perspectives on Tobacco/Nicotine Use
Host: Chris Bostic, JD, MS/Megan Diaz, PhD

🕑: 12:00 PM - 01:15 PM
Working Lunch

Info: Buffet Lunch Provided

🕑: 01:15 PM - 03:00 PM
Breakout A - Cytisine for Tobacco Cessation
Host: Janaki Deepak, MBBS

🕑: 01:15 PM - 02:00 PM
Breakout B - Interpretation of State Surveillance Data/Veterans Data
Host: Nikardi Hynes, MPH

🕑: 02:00 PM - 02:15 PM
Break

Info: Snack break in the atrium.

Breakout C - Pediatric Tobacco/Vaping Trends
Host: Susan Walley, MD

🕑: 02:15 PM - 03:00 PM
Breakout D - Leveraging Faith Networks in Tobacco Cessation
Host: Panagis Galiatsatos, MD

🕑: 03:00 PM
Adjourn

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