Year 2002 Events

1-4 December 2002 (Ottawa, Canada)
3rd Canadian National Conference on Tobacco or Health

19-21 November 2002 (San Francisco, USA)
The 2002 US National Conference on Tobacco or Health
The purpose of the National Conference is to help improve and sustain the effectiveness and reach of tobacco control programs and activities in the United States.

15-25 October 2002 (Geneva, Switzerland)
INB-5
The fifth meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.

3-5 October 2002 (Santander, Spain)
4th European Conference of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
The conference will include round table discussions, symposia, and debates of the most recent research findings and the main current issues in treatment, legislation, basic science, prevention, approaches to special populations such as pregnant smokers, and harm reduction.

29 September - 3 October 2002 (New Delhi, India)
2nd World Assembly on Tobacco Counters Health
A scientific timetable has been scheduled by the WATCH-2002 counselors to intensify our efforts in order to curb the unmitigated spread of tobacco use especially in less developed countries which fall within the empires expansion targets.

22-25 September 2002 (Stockholm, Sweden)
Third International Conference on Smokeless Tobacco

15-18 September 2002 (Montreal, Canada)
1ere Conference Internationale Francophone sur le Control du Tabac

20 September 2002 (Nashville, TN, USA)
3rd U.S. Public Hearing on the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
Please submit comments via e-mail to FCTC.OGHA@osophs.dhhs.gov or check the Federal Register for information on attending the Hearing or mailing in comments.

1-4 September 2002 (Vienna, Austria)
8th Central European Lung Cancer Conference
Send email to congress@mondial.at for more information.

30 July - 1 August 2002 (New York, NY, USA)
International Conference on Illicit Tobacco Trade
This supplemental meeting to the negotiations for the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control will deliver a report to the FCTC Intergovernmental Negotiating Body that will reflect the views expressed at the conference, measures or "best practices" considered to be effective in combating illicit tobacco trade, and appropriate definitions for inclusion in the main body of the FCTC or in a protocol to the FCTC.

30 June - 5 July 2002 (Oslo, Norway)
18th UICC International Cancer Congress
The meeting will reflect the principal goal of the International Union Against Cancer (UICC): to focus on cancer as a global challenge with the aim of decreasing its incidence, mortality and the suffering of cancer patients and their families. It will attempt to summarise recent scientific findings and evaluate the outcome of cancer control activities over the past four years with the objective to project effective control strategies for the next quadrennium.

20-22 June 2002 (Warsaw, Poland)
3rd European Conference on Tobacco or Health: Closing the Gap - Solidarity for Health
The goal of the 3ECTOH is to mobilise Europeans to improve health through tobacco control. This will be impossible without closing the gaps in health and tobacco control policies in Europe. What we need, besides broad implementation of comprehensive tobacco control policies and smoking cessation programs throughout Europe, is European solidarity for health.

22 February 2002 (Madrid, Spain)
III Reunion de Invierno de Tabaquismo
Contact bcmedic@bcmedic.com for more information.

18-19 February 2002 (Warsaw, Poland)
Ministerial Conference for a Tobacco-Free Europe: A European Partnership Towards the FCTC

14-15 February 2002 (Washington, DC, USA)
1st National Hispanic/Latino Conference on Tobacco Prevention and Control
sponsored by the National Latino Council on Alcohol and Tobacco Prevention (LCAT) has been rescheduled for February 14-15 due to the events of September 11. The conference will feature skill-building workshops, as well as information sessions and opportunities for networking.

Year 2001 Events