It's About a Billion Lives Symposium

Thursday, July 1, 2027, 7:00 AM - Saturday, June 29, 2030, 8:00 AM


AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (4.00 hours), American Psychological Association (APA) CE Credits (4.00 hours), Association of Social Work Boards Approved CE (ASWB ACE) ACE Credit (4.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (4.00 hours)

The Smoking Cessation Leadership Center (SCLC) hosted this webinar on April 26, 2024. You may claim CE/CME credit after viewing the recorded webinar.

The symposium highlights current research advances in tobacco control from multiple disciplines. The opening keynote panel includes national and international experts discussing strategies to end the tobacco epidemic, including tobacco policy approaches, product regulation and tobacco cessation strategies with an equity lens. Scientific presentations will include the role of pharmacists in systems supporting tobacco cessation, impact of the changing policy environment for tobacco and cannabis, tobacco misinformation on social media, and efforts to reduce tobacco exposure and use among people experiencing homelessness. The session also includes a multidisciplinary interactive poster session featuring current tobacco research at UCSF.

Keynote Panel: Ending the Tobacco Epidemic:

• Catherine O. Egbe, PhD Senior Specialist Scientist Mental health, Alcohol, Substance use and Tobacco Research Unit (MASTRU) South African Medical Research Council

• Allison Chausmer Hoffman, PhD, MA, Deputy Director for Research Translation, CDC Office on 

  Smoking and Health (OSH).

• Charlene Le Fauve, PhD, Senior Advisor for Health Equity, FDA Center for Tobacco Products 

  (CTP)

• Ruth Malone, RN, PhD, UCSF Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences

• Moderator: Joanna Cohen, PhD, Bloomberg Professor of Disease Prevention, Chair, Department of Health, Behavior, and Society, Johns Hopkins University.

Presentations by Faculty and Postdoctoral Scholars:

• "Evaluation of a contingency management smoking cessation intervention for people experiencing homelessness," Dian Gu, PhD, CTCRE Postdoctoral Scholar

• "Unlocking Potential: Pharmacists' Key Role in Tobacco Cessation," Lisa Kroon, PharmD, Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, Co-Vice Dean of Clinical Innovation & Entrepreneurship, 

  Assistant Chief Pharmacy Officer, Clinical Innovation, Education and Research, UCSF Health

• "Social policies, health equity, and cannabis and tobacco-related outcomes: Mixed 

  methods analyses" Morgan Philbin, PhD, MHS, Associate Professor of Medicine, Associate 

  Director, UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative

• "Toward an Analytical Framework of Tobacco-Related Misinformation: Findings from 

  Twitter Data," Eileen Han, PhD, CTCRE Postdoctoral Scholar

Closing Remarks: Harold Collard, MD, MS, UCSF Vice Chancellor for Research

Select COURSE CONTENT above to begin.

All planning committee members, reviewers, and speaker(s) have disclosed they have no relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

1. Explain three key strategies to end today’s tobacco use epidemic
2. Describe two different strategies to improve equity in tobacco use and improve tobacco cessation in diverse populations.

In support of improving patient care, the University of California, San Francisco Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

ACCME Credit:

Physicians: UCSF Office of CME designates this live Activity for a maximum of 4.0 AMA PRA Category 1™ Credit(s). Physicians should claim only the the credit commensurate to their participation in the activity.

Advance Practice Registered Nurses and Registered Nurses: For the purpose of recertification, the American Nurses Credentialing Center accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME.

Physician Assistants: The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) states that the AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM are acceptable for continuing medical education requirements for recertification.

California Pharmacists: The California Board of Pharmacy accepts as continuing professional education those courses that meet the standard of relevance to pharmacy practice and have been approved for AMA PRA category 1 Credit^TM. If you are a pharmacist in another state, you should check with your state board for approval of this credit.

California Psychologists: The California Board of Psychology recognizes and accepts for continuing education credit courses that are provided by entities approved by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME). AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM is acceptable to meeting the CE requirements for the California Board of Psychology. Providers in other states should check with their state boards for acceptance of CME credit.

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Psychology ( APA Credit): UCSF Office of CME designates this (Activity Type) for a maximum of 4.0 APA credits. 

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Behavioral Health (ASWB Credit): Social workers completing this course receive 4.0 Psychotherapy, Clinical Interventions, and Case Management continuing education credits.

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