SCLC Webinar on October 29 - "Tobacco Cessation Under Siege: Industry Reinvention, Federal Setbacks,

Wednesday, October 29, 2025 from 1:00 – 2:30 2025/2026
Please join the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) for the next live webinar, Tobacco Cessation Under Siege: Industry Reinvention, Federal Setbacks, and California’s Lessons in Resilience onWednesday, October 29, 2025 from 1:00 – 2:30 pm (ET).

The following experts will present on these important topics:

• Pamela M. Ling, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Director of the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education at the University of California San Francisco
• Timothy McAfee, MD, MPH, Professor in the Department of Behavior & Social Sciences at the University of California San Francisco
• April Roeseler, BSN, MSPH, Former Branch Chief of the California Tobacco Control Program, in the California Department of Public Health

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

1. Identify two reasons why tobacco industry denormalization is important to tobacco control and tobacco cessation among youth.
2. Describe three novel non-cigarette nicotine products and their potential impact on youth tobacco use.
3. Describe two important consequences of the destruction of the Office on Smoking and Health at CDC for the capacity of the US tobacco control/Endgame/cessation ecosystem, including impacts on availability of cessation support.
4. Describe two ways the US tobacco control/Endgame/cessation ecosystem can adapt to the loss of federal capacities.
5. State at least three strategies for creating a resilient tobacco use prevention program and three methods for responding to threats.