National Health Education Week 2010

Since 1995, National Health Education Week (NHEW) has been celebrated during the third week of October. This celebration focuses national attention on a major public health issue and promotes consumers' understanding of the role of health education in promoting the public's health.

This year the event will take place from October 17-23. The theme for this year is "A Tobacco Free Nation Through Health Education," and each day will focus on a different aspect of tobacco prevention and control:

• Monday: Tobacco Prevention at a Community Level
• Tuesday: Innovative Approaches to Tobacco Cessation: What's Working & With Whom?
• Wednesday: Tobacco & Health Disparities
• Thursday: Preventing Tobacco use among Youth
• Friday: Global Trends in Tobacco Adoption and Marketing

For more information, visit The Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) website, at http://www.sophe.org.