Triennial in Seattle American Legacy Foundation® President Dr. Cheryl Healton told attorneys general, researchers and advocates in public health, as well as representatives of major tobacco companies, that more must be done to combat the nation's tobacco epidemic during her remarks at the third Triennial Conference under the historic 1998 Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) between the states and the tobacco industry. The National Association of Attorneys General — the trade group for the state attorneys general (the chief enforcers of the MSA) hosts the conference every three years to evaluate and discuss the public health successes of MSA and to coordinate efforts by the attorneys general, public health advocates and tobacco companies to continue to reduce youth smoking. Since the establishment of the MSA, youth smoking had been on the decline, but new research shows that the decline has stalled. That is why campaigns, such as the foundation's national youth smoking prevention campaign truth®, are so important, Dr. Healton told the audience. The foundation, which was established under the MSA to reduce tobacco use in the U.S., aims to provide youth and adults with the resources and information to stop smoking or never start. Topics of the conference included trends in youth smoking, youth access to tobacco, and legislation that would give the Food and Drug Administration regulatory power over tobacco, among other things. Joining Dr. Healton as presenters were her esteemed colleagues in public health, including; Dr. Richard Bonnie, Professor of Medicine and Law at the University of Virginia, and Chair of the Institute of Medicine Committee on Reducing Tobacco Use; Matt Myers, Director for the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids; and Dr. Terry Pechacek, Associate Director for Science - Centers for Disease Control's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office of Smoking and Health.