Why not let the voters decide? When it comes to tobacco control, the answer can be tricky. This webinar explores how states and local communities have used ballot measures to support tobacco control, and the advantages and disadvantages of ballot measure strategies.

This webinar will provide an interactive discussion of the use of outcomes-based incentives with worksite wellness initiatives and the legal and policy implications of these efforts. Over the past few years, strong opinions have been voiced for and against the use of outcomes-based incentives in connection with worksite wellness initiatives. As employers attempt to reign in rising health care costs, many are moving toward the use of these incentives tied to health care premiums and/or deductibles.

This webinar outlines intervention and policy strategies to promote healthy eating and physical activity in the child care setting. Presenters cover the current state of the research, including opportunities for improvement and research gaps. In addition, presenters provide an analysis of the child care legal landscape, including statutes, regulations and cases. Finally, presenters will cover existing intervention-based resources and promising interventions being used around the country. Sponsored by The American Heart Association and the Public Health Law Center.

This webinar provides a review the legal foundations for federal, state, and local power to protect the public’s health. Presenters discuss “hot topics” such as social justice, health care reform, the Farm Bill, and tobacco control, and the scope of the government's power to develop, enforce, and implement public health laws and policies. Sponsored by The American Heart Association, the Network for Public Health Law, and the Public Health Law Center.

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This webinar provides an overview of federal regulation of tobacco and explains how to interact directly with the FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products, including how to submit comments to the FDA on tobacco regulation, to promote public health objectives. Sponsored by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, the Public Health Law Center, and the Tobacco Control Legal Consortium.

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The webinar explains the public health importance of strategies to restrict tobacco price discounting, and it will outline the various options that state and local governments might consider in limiting tobacco price discounting, as well as the legal issues implicated by such policy options. Sponsored by the Center for Public Health and Tobacco Policy, the Public Health Law Center, Public Health Law & Policy, and the Tobacco Control Legal Consortium.

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This webinar provides case studies of the three most common types of local gardening efforts – community gardens, school gardens, and employer-sponsored gardens. These case studies will discuss key components needed to establish and successfully maintain these gardening efforts. Sponsored by The American Heart Association and the Public Health Law Center.

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This webinar covers baseline studies conducted in Minnesota and Massachusetts that assessed the secondhand smoke problem, the percentage of buildings with no-smoking policies, residents’ opinions, market demand for smoke-free policies, and experience with policy implementation; results of legal research on options available to owner-occupants and homeowners’ associations; public policy approaches to reducing exposure; strategies for working with trade associations for community association managers and board members and the attorneys who serve them.

This webinar discusses the impact that marketing strategies have on the price of tobacco products and the effects that price reductions have on consumption rates. It explains the importance of policies prohibiting tobacco sampling and limiting the distribution and redemption of tobacco coupons, and outlines various policy options that state and local governments might consider to limit these industry practices. Sponsored by the Public Health Law Center and Tobacco Control Legal Consortium.

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This webinar addresses how procurement policy change is being implemented across the country through government policy and in private and public organizations.  The webinar discusses the importance of procurement policies in creating a healthier work environment, how to successfully implement healthy procurement policies, and how to navigate different legal and policy issues that can arise with the implementation of healthy procurement policies. Sponsored by The American Heart Association and the Public Health Law Center.

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Cigarette manufacturers and others are moving aggressively to develop, test, and market many non-cigarette commercial tobacco products, also called “other tobacco products” (OTPs). This webinar provides a description of OTPs, including gaps in regulation, and emphasizes the important role state and local health departments can play in regulating these products.

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Drafting effective policies is critical to achieving overall systems change. Having clear policies helps to avoid confusion and controversy during the implementation phase. This webinar provides tips and suggestions on challenges, and provide tools to overcome those hurdles. Sponsored by The American Heart Association and the Public Health Law Center.

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