Supporting a smokefree generation – A Hertfordshire perspective

Please find below an invitation to the next University of Hertfordshire and Hertfordshire County Council Public Health master class Supporting a smokefree generation – A Hertfordshire perspective. This online event is being held on Wednesday, 15^th January 2025 at 10am – 12noon; I would be grateful if you could circulate this invitation to associated colleagues / networks who may find this of interest. 

Title:     Supporting a smokefree generation – A Hertfordshire perspective
Date:     Wednesday, 15^th January 2025
Time:     10am – 12 noon

This is an online event via MS Teams.  For further details and TO BOOK YOUR PLACE, please visit the Supporting a smokefree generation booking page  

During this masterclass we will cover the following learning outcomes:

1. Understand what we mean by “a smokefree generation.”
2. Understand what action is being taken in Hertfordshire to tackle vaping in young people.
3. Increase awareness of what Trading Standards are doing to reduce illegal vapes for sale in Hertfordshire.
4. Understand what the evidence from research tells us about the best way to design services and interventions that will reach smokers and support them to quit successfully

Chair:  Professor Alejandro Quiroz Flores, Director, Centre for Research in Public Health and Community Care (CRIPACC), University of Hertfordshire

Programme:

Welcome Professor Alejandro Quiroz Flores, Director, Centre for Research in Public Health and Community Care (CRIPACC), University of Hertfordshire

Setting the scene – what we mean by ‘smokefree generation’ Rushma Patel, Health Improvement Lead – Tobacco Control, Hertfordshire County Council

Vaping for adults for smoking cessation Jo Meola, Senior Health Improvement Manager, Hertfordshire County Council

Vaping in children and young people – research findings Adele Glover, Research and Evaluation Officer, Hertfordshire County Council

Enforcement – Trading Standards. – what’s happening to reduce illegal vapes for sale in Herts Mike McGregor / Mark Kempster, Community Protection, Hertfordshire County Council

What does the evidence tell us about optimising public health action to support smokers to quit? Professor Katherine Brown, Public Health and Applied Behaviour Change (PHAB) Lab, University of Hertfordshire

Panel Q&A (all speakers)

 

If you have any queries regarding this masterclass, please contact PHL&D@hertfordshire.gov.uk