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.
Date and time
Location
Maritime Conference Center
692 Maritime Boulevard Linthicum Heights, MD 21090Agenda
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Registration/Breakfast
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Welcome: Tobacco Education in the Field: What Have We Learned
Niharika Khanna, MBBS, MD DGO
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM
State of Tobacco Control in Maryland
Dana Moncrief, MHS, CHES
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Language Matters: Youth Tobacco Prevention and Cessation
Joi Kenner
10:00 AM - 10:10 AM
Break
10:10 AM - 11:05 AM
Panel: Innovations in Tobacco/Nicotine Cessation
11:05 AM - 12:00 PM
Panel: Perspectives on Tobacco/Nicotine Use
Chris Bostic, JD, MS/Megan Diaz, PhD
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Working Lunch
1:15 PM - 3:00 PM
Breakout A - Cytisine for Tobacco Cessation
Janaki Deepak, MBBS
1:15 PM - 2:00 PM
Breakout B - Interpretation of State Surveillance Data/Veterans Data
Nikardi Hynes, MPH
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Break
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM
Breakout C - New Guidelines for Treating Adolescent Tobacco/Nicotine Addiction
Susan Walley, MD
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM
Breakout D - Leveraging Faith Networks in Tobacco Cessation
Panagis Galiatsatos, MD
3:00 PM
Adjourn
Good to know
Highlights
- 6 hours
- In person
- Free parking
- Doors at 8:00 AM
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.
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