Clearing the Air ^Ⓡ Institute FAQs

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Q: When does the conference begin and end?

A: The conference kicks off on Monday evening with a Welcome Reception and will end late afternoon on Thursday, around 3:30pm ET. 

Q: How do I register? 

A: Registration for the 2026 conference will open in 2025.  

Q: Why do I have to apply to register?

A: The Clearing the Air^® Institute is designed to be a small strategic convening of approximately 200 to 225 people in a retreat-like setting where advocates, public health professionals, researchers, workers, and funders from the local, state, and national level convene to review the current landscape, challenges and opportunities, and to collectively outline a path for commercial tobacco control law and Tribal policies that provide equitable protections to all. It also helps ensure we have a fair representation of key voices across the country given the limited space, so that we have a good balance of people who are experienced in tobacco control while ensuring we include those who are new to this important work. 

Q: I submitted my registration application, what’s next? 

A: Registration applications are approved on a rolling basis. Once you are approved, you will receive an email with an invoice to pay for your registration. 

Q: Are you offering scholarships? How do I apply?

A: Thanks in part to our generous sponsors, ANR Foundation can provide limited partial scholarships to help ensure that public health advocates in key communities are able to participate in the Institute. We offer scholarships on the basis of financial need and potential impact, with special attention to underrepresented individuals working in communities where we must close smokefree gaps. To apply for a scholarship, please indicate your need for support in your registration application.

Q: I live near the host city/can stay with family in the area. Do I need to stay at the hotel/conference location?

A: Clearing the Air^® Institute has always been valued for its retreat-like feel and experience and we are developing an agenda conducive to connecting during the meeting and in post-session conversations. While your lodging is separate from registration at this conference and you are welcome to stay wherever you would like, we strongly encourage you to stay at the hotel/conference location to take full advantage of the networking opportunities of this conference.  

Q: How do I book a room at the hotel/conference location? Is there a conference discount? 

A: More details will be provided as the 2026 conference approaches. 

Q: What does my registration fee include?
A: The registration fee includes access to all sessions, meals and snacks; free Wi-Fi in all guest and meeting rooms; Institute materials; participation at scheduled events; and follow-up materials. The fee DOES NOT include your lodging or travel cost.

*To become a member or to check the status of your ANR/F membership, please contact heidi.wohlwend@no-smoke.org.

Anyone who is a member, donor, or has Professional Access will receive the ANR/F member rate.

Q: How do I get there?

A: Information for the 2026 location will be released in 2025. 

Clearing the Air ^Ⓡ Institute Policies

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ANR Foundation may update our policies to address emerging issues. Please continue to refer to our Institute website at clearingtheairinstitute.com/ to keep up to date. If there is a significant shift in policy, we will email conference registrants directly.

Health and Wellness Policy

As a public health organization, the American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation (ANRF) considers the health and safety of all those on-site at our Clearing the Air^® Institute a top priority. As such, we ask all conference participants, speakers, as well as ANR Foundation staff and representatives to refrain from attending if sick. Masks will be optional in accordance with national public health guidelines. By registering for the conference, all participants are agreeing to comply with ANR Foundation’s health and wellness related policies.

Code of Conduct Policy

The Clearing the Air^® Institute is a space dedicated to learning, and it is important to us that all participants feel welcome. ANR Foundation appreciates your partnership in ensuring that the professional environment we share is one defined by mutual respect and inclusiveness, where dignity and diversity are valued. If you experience or witness offensive language, inappropriate behavior, or harassment of any kind while attending an ANR Foundation event or program, please alert a member of the ANR Foundation staff.

Photography/Video/Audio Taping Release

ANR Foundation strives to capture the community, peer-learning environment of our conferences. To do so, we photograph and record various aspects of the conference, and your image and voice might be captured. Furthermore, we may use these photographs and videos for future distribution and promotional purposes in our print and online communications materials. By participating in this conference and/or being present at the venue, you authorize ANR Foundation to use and reproduce any photographs taken, without compensation. All negatives and positives, photographic prints and digital photo files shall constitute ANR Foundation property. If you would like to opt-out, please contact cta@no-smoke.org. 

Conflict of Interest Policy

As stated in the application, conference attendees may not have any relationship with commercial tobacco, marijuana/cannabis, and/or the electronic smoking device or any allied organization. Should that change, the attendee certifies that he/she/they will notify ANR Foundation and acknowledges that their registration will be forfeited. 

Cancellation & Refund Policy​
All cancellations must be submitted in writing to cta@no-smoke.org. Registrations may be transferred to a colleague in the same organization upon written request and approval by ANR Foundation.

Early Bird registration is not refundable at any time.

Regular & Late Registration
• 50% refund for cancellations received on or before June 30th (2024)
• 25% refund for cancellations received by August 31st (2024)

• NO refunds will be given for cancellations on or after September 1st or for no shows. (2024)
• NO refunds or registration transfers will be given for registrants who are or become affiliated with commercial tobacco, marijuana/cannabis, and/or the electronic smoking device or allied organization.
• NO refunds or registration transfers will be given for registrants who must leave or refrain from attending the 2024 Clearing the Air^® Institute due to violating conference policies.