The Health Consequences of Smoking: 50 Years of Progress

A new Surgeon General's Report (SGR) on smoking and health, The Health Consequences of Smoking: 50 Years of Progress, offers new details about the dangers of smoking as well as strategies to curtail the tobacco use epidemic that still sickens and kills many Americans. The 2014 report comes out 50 years after the first SGR on smoking was released-a time when about 4 in 10 Americans smoked.

The High Cost of Excessive Drinking to States

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Legal or Compliance Office: Do You Know the Difference? Does It Matter?  

The Center for Excellence in Higher Education Law and Policy, Stetson University College of Law

Thursday, January 30, 2014, 12-1PM EDT

In today's highly regulated atmosphere, campuses across the nation are creating and expanding their compliance offices and increasing the number of lawyers in both compliance and legal. Many times, the compliance officers are licensed attorneys asked to write policy and procedure, research developments in the law and regulations, otherwise advise the institution, and even reside in the legal office. Join presenter Linda Rawles, both a licensed attorney and certified compliance officer, as she guides you through the differences and similarities in both offices and the pitfalls, challenges, and benefits that come with having both offices on campus. Learn more about Legal or Compliance Office: Do You Know the Difference? Does It Matter?

The IMPACT Conference is historically the largest annual conference focused on the civic engagement of college students in community service, service-learning, community-based research, advocacy and other forms of social action. Building on the rich 28-year tradition of the COOL Conference and the Idealist Campus Conference, IMPACT is the one time during the year when students, administrators, faculty, AmeriCorps members and VISTAs, and nonprofit professionals gather together to learn and share effective practices, improve personal skills and organizational strategies, discover opportunities and resources, exchange stories, be inspired and challenged to sustain our efforts. Learn more about the IMPACT Conference.

2014 California Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drugs Educational Conference

April 3-4, 2014, Camarillo, CA

California State University Channel Islands (CI) invites you to attend the 2014 Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drugs Educational Conference, which will be held on April 3 and 4 on the CI campus. This year's conference theme is "Forecasting the Future: Intervention Today, Prevention Tomorrow." To support emerging student needs and current system-wide efforts, the conference program is related to these themes: Aware, Awake, Alive at the CSU; Tobacco Prevention Initiatives and Education; Policies and Procedures to Support ATOD Prevention; Student-Involved ATOD Prevention; and ATOD Research and Innovation. Learn more about the 2014 Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drugs Educational Conference.

Meeting of the Minds: Networking for Success in Prevention

April 3-5, 2014, Kansas City, MO

Meeting of the Minds is a regional conference dedicated to helping students and professionals network and learn more about effective prevention strategies and student health issues. Students and professionals working in peer education, prevention, student affairs, or law enforcement from colleges and universities in the five-state area are encouraged to present about their work at this conference. Learn more about Meeting of the Minds.

Lifesavers National Conference on Highway Safety Priorities

April 27-29, 2014, Nashville, TN

Drawing over 1,700 participants in 2013, Lifesavers is the premier national highway safety meeting in the United States dedicated to reducing the tragic toll of deaths and injuries on our nation's roadways. Each year, Lifesavers provides a forum for the presentation of proven countermeasures and initiatives that address today's critical highway safety problems. Lifesavers is a non-profit organization with no single sponsor and relies on the involvement of diverse private and public groups who share the common goal of improving highway safety. Learn more about the Lifesavers National Conference.

The 2014 NASPA (Student Affairs Professionals in Higher Education) Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement (CLDE) Conference is a professional development opportunity to educate participants about the civic learning initiatives championed by the field of student affairs. The CLDE conference offers a variety of dynamic learning opportunities to enhance civic engagement work by student affairs practitioners. The CLDE conference is also supported by NASPA's Lead Initiative, a project recognizing a network of 73 postsecondary institutions for their commitment to civic learning and democratic engagement. Learn more about the CLDE Conference.