About Us
The UK National Smoking Cessation Conference is organised for the field by Exchange Supplies.
The conference speakers and presentations are independently selected by the programme directors Andy McEwen and Heather Thomson, the programme planning committee (whose members are listed below) and the conference partners (also
listed below).
Exchange Supplies is a social enterprise that was established to develop harm reduction responses to illicit drug use. As part of that mission we organise a national drug treatment conference and a national conference on injecting drug use.
With development of the field rather than profit as our primary aim, we are different from commercial conference organisers in that we are able to commit to running an annual conference for the forseeable future and invest the conference income in bringing the best possible speakers from around the world to speak to UK audiences, the best free online conference archive, quality venues, and professionally organised events.
We are an ISO 9001 accredited organisation, which means that we have a full set of independently audited proceedures designed to continually improve the conferences we organise. If you would like to give us any feedback, on either the website or the conference, please click here to send us a feedback form.
Exchange Supplies staff involved in organsing the conference:
Andrew Preston - conference organiser, MD Exchange Supplies (andrew@exchangesupplies.org)
Monique Tomlinson - speaker, sponsor and venue liaison (monique@exchangesupplies.org)
Helen Phillips - registration and reception coordinator (helen@exchangesupplies.org)
Belinda Cole - delegate registration (belinda@exchangesupplies.org)
Small Business Web Hosting - webmaster
Fluke Design - programmes/flyers conference graphic design
+ our reception and ushering staff on the day.
Conference planning group
Programme directors:
Andy McEwen, Cancer Research UK Health Behaviour Research Centre, University College London (andy.mcewen@ucl.ac.uk)
and
Heather Thomson, Health Improvement Manager, Directorate of Public Health, Leeds Primary Care Trust
Programme committee:
Miriam Armstrong, PharmacyHealthLink;
Deborah Arnott, Action on Smoking and Health (ASH);
Steve Crone, QUIT;
Linda Durgan, All Wales Smoking Cessation Service;
Trish Grierson, Dumfries and Galloway Primary Care NHS Trust;
Peter Hajek, Tobacco Dependence Research & Treatment Centre, Barts and the London Queen Mary’s School of Medicine and Dentistry;
John Hughes, Professor of Psychiatry, Psychology and Family Practice, University of Vermont, USA;
Elspeth Lee, Behaviour Research and Tobacco Control, Cancer Research UK;
Gerry McElwee, ASH Northern Ireland;
Ann McNeill, University of Nottingham;
Chris Owens, British Association of Stop Smoking Practitioners (BASSP)
Lesley Owen, National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE);
David Robertson, Ash Scotland Alliances Manager;
Gay Sutherland, Maudsley Hospital Smoking Cessation Clinic;
Dan Tickle, No Smoking Day;
Robert West, Cancer Research UK Health Behaviour Research Centre, University College London.
Supporting organisations:
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH);
ASH Northern Ireland;
ASH Scotland;
ASH Wales;
Association for the Treatment of Tobacco Use and Dependence (ATTUD);
British Association of Stop Smoking Practitioners (BASSP);
British Heart Foundation;
British Medical Association (BMA) ;
British Lung Foundation;
Cancer Research UK;
Cardio Wellness;
Journal of Smoking Cessation;
No Smoking Day;
Pharmacy Health Link;
Pip Mason Consultancy;
QUIT;
Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation;
Royal College of Nursing;
Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH);
Smoking Cessation Service Research Network (SCSRN);
Society for the Study of Addiction;
The Stroke Association.
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