OTTAWA, Jan. 19, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- National and international smoking cessation authorities are gathering in Ottawa today to attend the second and final day of the 11 th Annual Ottawa Conference: State of the Art Clinical Approaches to Smoking Cessation , Canada’s premier event promoting the latest ideas and evidence in clinical tobacco treatment, program development and smoking cessation research. This year’s proceedings take place ahead of National Non-Smoking Week, January 20-26.

CONFERENCE DETAILS WHAT: The 11th Annual Ottawa Conference: State of the Art Clinical Approaches to Smoking Cessation WHEN: January 18 and 19, 2019 WHERE: Shaw Centre, 55 Colonel By Dr, Ottawa, ON K1N 9J2

TODAY’S HOT TOPICS

  • Understanding and Treating Tobacco Dependence in Smokers with Mental Illness
  • OMSC to the Rescue: Lessons Learned from Implementing Smoking Cessation in Specialty Populations
  • Tobacco Cessation Programs in Canada’s Far North: A Nunavut Perspective
  • Motivational Interviewing: Moving from Ambivalence to Change Talk
  • Federal Tobacco Control Strategy and Its Implication
  • Cannabis and the Heart: Getting Into and Out of the Weeds 

Visit the OMSC website for detailed information including timings and locations of all proceedings.

TO COORDINATE INTERVIEWS WITH KEY SPOKESPERSONS, PLEASE CONTACT: Leigh B. Morris Communications Officer University of Ottawa Heart Institute 613-316-6409 (cell) lmorris@ottawaheart.ca