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| The selection of conference topics and speakers is independently overseen by the programme directors Andy McEwen and Heather Thomson. They work closely with the programme planning group (whose members are listed below) and the conference partners (also listed below) to ensure that the programme is interesting, topical and relevant. The UK National Smoking Cessation Conference is organised for the field by social enterprise, Exchange Supplies. With promotion of human health, and the 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. Exchange Supplies is 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 drop us a line at info@uknscc.org, or give us a call on 01305 262244. Contact us For general enquiries about the event, please call the conference organisers Exchange Supplies on 01305 262244 or email updates@uknscc.org. For sponsorship and exhibition enquiries, contact Monique Tomlinson on 020 8269 0662 or email monique@uknscc.org. Conference planning group Programme directors: Andy McEwen, Director, National Centre for Smoking Cessation & Training (NCSCT) and Heather Thomson, Health Improvement Manager, The Office of the Director of Public Health, Leeds City Council Programme committee: Deborah Arnott, Action on Smoking and Health (ASH); Chris Cutts, Centre for Postgraduate Pharmacy Education; Peter Hajek, Tobacco Dependence Research and 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; Cindy Marsh, Stop Smoking Wales; Gerry McElwee, ASH Northern Ireland; Ann McNeill, UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies, King's College London; Chris Owens, British Association of Stop Smoking Practitioners (BASSP); Lesley Owen, National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE); David Robertson, Ash Scotland Alliances Manager; 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; Pharmacy Health Link; QUIT; 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. More about Exchange Supplies Exchange Supplies is a social enterprise that was established to develop harm reduction responses to illicit drug use, they are the UK's leading supplier of injecting equipment. Exchange Supplies also has a sister company, Nicotine Direct, that builds upon the knowledge about smoking cessation, gained through running the UKNSCC, to offer all nicotine replacement therapies, and e-cigarettes, alongside heaps of useful information, to visit the nicotine direct site, click here. | |
