What’s new in things to do?
You can quickly find updates since the last edition by looking for “*NEW*.
Some of these events might not support the use of reduced-risk products. Some have covered nicotine in the past but may not cover that topic every year.
2025 Virtual Only: (Scroll down to the next section for in-person and hybrid events)
*NEW* Most Tuesdays or Thursdays 11:30 AM ET (Virtual) - Shaping Vaping on X. Find the link on AVM’s page.
*NEW* Apr 24, 2025, 3:00 PM ET (Virtual) - Smoking Cessation at Lung Examination: Lessons Learned and Next Steps from the NCI SCALE Collaboration - Webinar Part 2.
*NEW* Apr 24, 2025, 5:00 - 6:00 PM ET (Virtual) - Tobacco Online Policy Seminar (TOPS) - Natalie Walker, University of Auckland (New Zealand) “Cytisine, Nicotine Salts, and Vaping Cessation: Dual Trials from the New Zealand Frontier”
Apr 26, 2025, (Online) - II COURSE OF WADD’S SPANISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES. (World Association of Dual Disorders) On the agenda: “Tobacco addiction in mental disorders. Empowerment strategies / Adicción al tabaco en trastornos mentales. Estrategias de potenciación.”
*NEW* Apr 28, 2025, 11:00 AM BST (Virtual) - Behavioural Research in Government.
*NEW* 29 Apr 2025 10:30 - 17:00 BST (Virtual) - UCL Health of the Public Annual Symposium 2025.
*NEW* Apr 29, 2025 (Virtual) - Clearing the air: An expert-led discussion on empowering healthcare professionals to support smoking cessation through vaping. UKVIA
*NEW* Apr 29, 2025, 1pm AEDT, (Virtual) - Smoking cessation and vaping cessation in New Zealand : Two community-based pragmatic trials to inform practice and policy.
*NEW* Apr 30, 2025, 1:00 PM ET (Virtual) - Evidence-Based Youth Vaping Prevention Program & Tobacco-Free District Model Policy.
*NEW* Apr 30, 2025, (Virtual, Australia) - Young people and vaping: The pervasiveness of social media marketing and prevention efforts.
*NEW* May 7, 2025, 2pm EAT / 1pm SAST / 12pm WAT (Virtual), Tobacco Control Data Initiative Webinar - E-Cigarettes and Shisha: The Silent Smoke Screen.
*NEW* May 7, 2925, (Virtual) - Old Poison in a New Coat - Nicotine pouches and White Snus. NOTE: See restrictions on who may watch this.
*NEW* May 8, 2025, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM CET | 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM EDT (Virtual) - Update on EU Regulations of E-Vapor and Nicotine Pouches.
*NEW* May 9, 2025, 2:00-3:00 PM ET (Virtual) - Tobacco Online Policy Seminar (TOPS) - Makayla Lavender, University of Nevada, Las Vegas / James Flynn, Miami University “Comparison of Two Papers: Effects of Tobacco-21 on Maternal Smoking”
*NEW* May 12, 2025, (Virtual) - Responsible use of AI in behavioural research.
*NEW* May 13, 2025 (Virtual) - WHO - Exposing lies, protecting lives: Unmask the appeal of tobacco and nicotine products. “Speakers include: WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, the Head of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, Dr Adriana Blanco Marquizo, leading researchers from South Africa, Yale University, and the Netherlands, tobacco control advocates, including the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids and government officials.”
*NEW* May 13, 2025, (Virtual) - Agro-Phyto Webinar - Tobacco Genetic Resources: The Foundation for a Global Industry.
*NEW* May 20, 2025, 1PM ET (Virtual) - The Impact of Smoking Regulations on Casino Gaming.
*NEW* May 23, 2025, 12:00-1:00 PM ET (Virtual) - Tobacco Online Policy Seminar (TOPS) - Jonathan Livingstone-Banks, University of Oxford (UK) “Interventions for smokeless tobacco cessation: a Cochrane Review”
Jun 4, 2025, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM ET (Virtual) - Webinar: Co-Occurring Cannabis and Tobacco Use: Understanding the Link and Treatment Approaches.
*NEW* Jun 6, 2025, 2:00-3:00 PM ET (Virtual) - Tobacco Online Policy Seminar (TOPS) - Doris Gammon, RTI International “Measuring Changes in Tobacco Product Sales and Availability following California’s Statewide Flavored Tobacco Sales Restriction – A Synthetic Control Method using Retail Scanner Data”
*NEW* Jun 20, 2025, 2:00-3:00 PM ET (Virtual) - Tobacco Online Policy Seminar (TOPS) - Shweta Mital, University of Manitoba (Canada) “Are E‐Cigarettes Substitutes or Complements to Combustible Cigarettes Among Youths? Evidence From Canada”
*NEW* Jul 11, 2025, 2:00-3:00 PM ET (Virtual) - Tobacco Online Policy Seminar (TOPS) - Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, University of Massachusetts Amherst “Interventions for quitting vaping: Findings from a new Cochrane Living Systematic Review”
*NEW* Aug 8, 2025, 2:00-3:00 PM ET (Virtual) - Tobacco Online Policy Seminar (TOPS) - Lauren Schmitz, University of Wisconsin - Madison “Understanding the Role of Genetic Heterogeneity in Smoking Interventions: Experimental Evidence from the Lung Health Study”
*NEW* Aug 22, 2025, 2:00-3:00 PM ET (Virtual) - Tobacco Online Policy Seminar (TOPS) - Justin White, Boston University “Effect of a minimum floor price law for tobacco products on tobacco sales in Oakland, California”
*NEW* Sep 5, 2025, 2:00-3:00 PM ET (Virtual) - Tobacco Online Policy Seminar (TOPS) - Orestis Efthimiou, University of Bern (Switzerland) “Personalized counselling on the use of e-cigarettes to achieve tobacco abstinence: secondary analysis of data from a RCT”
*NEW* Sep 19, 2025, 2:00-3:00 PM ET (Virtual) - Tobacco Online Policy Seminar (TOPS) - Rachel Fung, University of Missouri “Historical Cigarette Prohibition, Cigarette Use, and Mortality”
Oct 8, 2025, (Virtual) - Introduction to Tobacco and Nicotine Law and Regulation. Registration is opening soon.
*NEW* Nov 13, 2025 (Tentative Virtual Date) - NTSC (More information coming soon) The theme will be "Dual-Use: Who, What, How?”
2025 In-Person or In-Person/Virtual (Hybrid):
Apr 24-27, 2025, Denver, CO, US - ASAM 56th Annual Conference (American Society of Addiction Medicine). One of their workshops, Let's Practice: Vaping Cessation Advice for Youth. 2 sessions discussing GLP-1s and addiction.
Apr 25-30, 2025, Chicago, IL, US - AACR Annual Meeting 2025.
Apr 27-30, 2025 - Bogotá, Colombia - 28th edition of the Harm Reduction Conference (HR25)
Apr 29-May 1, 2025, Winnipeg, CA - Public Health 2025.
May 13-14, 2025, QLD, AU (Virtual & In-person) - AddictionZ. (Program includes a session(s) on tobacco/vaping)
May 13-15, 2025, Maihama, Japan, (In-person & Virtual) - 33rd Asia Collaborative Study Meeting (ACS).
May 14-16, 2025, Ghent, Belgium - 13th International Club Health Conference. Alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs are topics that may be covered this year.
May 15-16, 2025, Washington DC, US (In-person & Virtual) - FDLI Annual Conference.
May 17-21, 2025, Los Angeles, CA, US (In-person & partial virtual) - American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. The theme for the 2025 Annual Meeting, "Lifestyle for Positive Mental and Physical Health," highlights the critical impact of regular physical activity, nutrition, restorative sleep, avoidance of harmful substances, social connectedness, and stress amelioration practices in improving mental and physical health outcomes.
May 18-21, 2025, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Annual Meeting of the Society for Clinical Trials.
May 19, 2025, Washington DC, US - E-Cigarette Summit.
May 20-22, 2025, Milwaukee, WI, US - Wisconsin Public Health Association 2025 Annual Conference.
May 21-23, 2025, Quebec City, CA - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE — 6th Edition Addiction, Family Members, and Affected Others.
May 26-Jun 1, 2025, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (hybrid) - THR Film Festival.
May 27-30, 2025, Seattle, WA, US - Society for Prevention Research (SPR) 33rd Annual Meeting.
May 28, 2025, Baltimore, MD, US - Kahlert Institute for Addiction Medicine Annual Research Symposium.
May 28-30, 2025, Washington DC, US - ASCPT 2025 Annual Meeting. (American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics). One of the sessions: “GLP-1 Agonists for Addiction: A Novel Therapeutic Approach toward Recovery for an Undertreated Disorder.” Research suggests that these agents exhibit promising effects in reducing addictive-like behaviors across various substances, including alcohol, nicotine, stimulants, and opioids.
*NEW* May 30, 2025, Aula Magna of the Biological Tower “F. Latteri” of the University of Catania, Italy. CoEHAR Annual Conference.
*NEW* May 30-31, 2025, Romano Palace Hotel in Catania, Italy. TYPE 2 Diabetes in Internal Medicine Practice: Experience Sharings 1. Includes a session titled: “Diabetes management in smokers and the role of smoking cessation and harm reduction.”
*NEW* - World Vape Day #WVD #WVD25 - Awareness day for Tobacco Harm Reduction.
*NEW* - World No Tobacco Day.
*NEW* Jun 4, 2025, Baltimore, MD, US - 9th Annual Maryland Tobacco Control Conference.
Jun 4-5, 2025, Miami, FL, US - 7th Annual Next Generation Nicotine Delivery USA.
Jun 4-6, 2025, Rennes, France - European Health Management Conference 2025 (EHESP).
Jun 10-13, 2025, Boston, US - Society for Epidemiological Research (SER) Annual Meeting.
*NEW* Jun 10-11, 2025, Paris, France - International Albatros congress. Karl Erik Lund will be presenting at this conference. His topic is: “The Mission Creep in tobacco control - How the new vision of a nicotine-free society might undermine the original goal of reducing smoking-related harm”
Jun 11-12, 2025, Madrid, Spain - 14th Workshop on the Economics of Risky Behavior.
Jun 11-12, 2025, Bangor, Maine, US - 2025 Tobacco Treatment and Prevention Conference.
Jun 11-12, 2025, University of Exeter, UK (Virtual & In-person) - Shame and Medicine Conference. (No registration info as of Feb 2, 2025.)
Jun 13-14, 2025, New Orleans, LA, US - 2025 NIDA International Forum.
Jun 14-18, 2025, New Orleans, LA, US - The College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) 87th Annual Scientific Meeting.
Jun 16-20, 2025, New Orleans, LA, US - 2025 Grantmakers In Health (GIH) Annual Conference on Health Philanthropy.
Jun 18-21, 2025, Warsaw, Poland (Virtual free, In-person fee) - GFN - Global Forum on Nicotine.
Jun 18-20, 2025, Dubai, UAE - Global Vape Forum.
June 19-20, 2025, Colombo, Sri Lanka (In-person & Virtual) - 3rd International Conference on Preventive Medicine and Public Health.
Jun 22-25, 2025, Nashville, TN, US - 14th Annual Conference of the American Society of Health Economists. More information is coming soon. Option to sign up to be notified when registration opens.
Jun 22-25, 2025, Aspen, CO, US - Aspen Ideas: Health.
Jun 23-25, 2025, Dublin, Ireland - World Conference on Tobacco Control 2025. (Note eligibility restrictions.)
Jun 25-26, 2025, nipaluna/Hobart, Tasmania - Alcohol, Tobacco and other Drugs Conference (ATDC).
Jun 30-Jul 2, 2025, UK - RES 2025 Annual Conference. (Royal Economic Society).
JUL 14-18, 2025, Anaheim, CA, US (In-Person) - 2025 NACCHO360 (National Association of County and City Health Officials).
Jul 16-17, 2025, Wisconsin Dells, WI, US (In-person and Virtual) - 2025 Wisconsin Harm Reduction Conference.
Jul 17-20, 2025, New Orleans, LA, US - ACBS World Conference 2025.
Aug 6-8, 2025, Surfers Paradise QLD, AU - 2025 DANA Conference (Drug and Alcohol Nurses of Australasia).
Aug 7-9, 2025, Denver, CO, US - APA Annual Convention Bridging the Gap: Digital Innovation in Addiction Psychology.
*NEW* Aug 21-22, 2025, Tuscaloosa, AL, US - 2025 VitAL Annual Conference.
Aug 26-28, 2025 Chicago, IL, US - The National Conference on Tobacco or Health (NCTOH)
Aug 27-29, 2025, Manchester - 2025 Contemporary Drug Problems Conference.
Sep 3-5, 2025 Chicago, IL, US - 10th International Congress on Peer Review and Scientific Publication.
Sep 6-9, 2025, Barcelona, Spain - IASLC 2025 World Conference on Lung Cancer.
*NEW* Sep 8, 2025, Washington DC, US (In-person) - Friends of the National Library of Medicine annual Awards Dinner. (More Info)
Sep 10-11, 2025, Wisconsin Dells, WI, US (In-person and Virtual) - Wisconsin Substance Use Prevention Conference. Registration information is not available as of Feb. 3, 2025.
Sep 10-12, 2025, Romania - SRNT-E Conference.
Sep 14-17, 2025, Knoxville, TN, US (In-person & Virtual) - 78th Tobacco Science Research Conference. (Registration opens in July)
Sep 15-18, 2025, Charlotte, NC, US - State of Black Health 2025.
Sep 16-18, 2025, Renton, WA, US (In-person) - 2025 Public Health Law Conference.
Sep 19-20, 2025, Somerville, MA, US (In-person and Virtual) - Addictions 2025 Conference. (Includes nicotine)
Sep 22, 2025, New York, NY, US - New Approaches Conference.
Sep 24-26, 2025 San Francisco, CA, US - (International Network on Brief Interventions for Alcohol and Other Drugs) - Inebria 2025. (They cover brief interventions for alcohol, tobacco, or other drugs or addictive behaviours.)
Sep 28 - Oct 2, 2025, Surabaya, Indonesia - The CORESTA Agronomy & Leaf Integrity and Phytopathology & Genetics Conference (AP2025).
Sep 30-Oct 1, 2025, Athens, Greece - 8th Summit Tobacco Harm Reduction. #NoSmokeSummit25 - Scientists, healthcare professionals, and students register free of charge. (There is a fee for business participants.)
Oct 5-8, 2025, Prague, Czech Republic - 25th World Congress of Psychiatry (WCP 2025).
Oct 6-8, 2025, Brussel’s Steigenberger Witcher Hotel, GTNF.
Oct 11-13, 2025, Seattle, WA, US - NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals Annual Conference. Registration is now open.
Oct 16-18, 2025, Montreal, Quebec, CA - CSAM-SMCA 2025 Scientific Conference.
Oct 19-23, 2025, Annecy, France - CORESTA Product Science and Product Technology Conference (PSPT2025).
Oct ???, 2025, Washington DC, US (In-person & Virtual) - Tobacco and Nicotine Products Regulatory Science Symposium. Details are coming soon.
Oct ???, 2025, Washington DC, US (In-person & Virtual) - Tobacco and Nicotine Products Regulation and Policy Conference. Details are coming soon.
Nov 2-5, 2025, Washington DC, US - APHA American Public Health Association Annual Meeting.
Nov 6-7, 2025, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK - SSA Annual Conference (Society for the Study of Addiction).
Nov 9-12, 2025, Sydney, AU - APSAD 2025 (Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs.
Nov 11-12, 2025, Philadelphia, PA, US - 10th annual GOLD International COPD Conference.
Nov 11, 12-14, 2025, Helsinki, Finland - 18th European Public Health Conference 2025.
Nov 13-15,2025, Hyatt Seattle, WA, US - Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management - Fall Research Conference. (APPAM). Registration opens in July 2025.
Nov 17, 2025 (all week) Geneva - FCTC COP11
Nov 17, 2025 (all week) Geneva - GoodCOP/BadCOP - Taxpayers Protection Alliance
Nov 24, 2025 (all week) Geneva - FCTC MOP4
Nov 27-28, 2025, Caen, France - 19th Congress of the Francophone Tabacology Society. Registration opens in mid-May.
Nov 27-29, 2025, Antalya, Türkiye - International Conference on Drug Abuse and Addiction Studies. (No details available as of Jan 13, 2025)
Dec 4-5, 2025, Washington, DC, US (In-person & Virtual) - Enforcement, Litigation, and Compliance Conference: For the Drug, Device, Food, and Tobacco Industries.
2026:
Jan 3-5, 2026, Philadelphia, PA, US - 2026 Allied Social Science Association (ASSA) annual meeting.
Jan 12-15, 2026, Lancaster, PA, US - 52nd TOBACCO WORKERS' CONFERENCE.
Mar 4-6, 2026 Baltimore, MD, US - SRNT 32nd Annual Meeting.
Sep 6-9 2026, Cape Town, South Africa - 18th World Conference on Public Health.
Sep 24-26, 2026, Hong Kong - World Cancer Congress.
Nov 1-5, 2026, San Antonio, TX, US - APHA American Public Health Association Annual Meeting.
Nov 5-7, 2026, Boston, MA, US - Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management - Fall Research Conference. (APPAM)
Nov 10-13, 2026, Bilbao, Spain - 19th European Public Health (EPH) Conference 2025.
Event Resources:
Check out the public Google calendar of THR-related events created and maintained by Clive Bates.
The event calendars from Ecig Intelligence and Tobacco Reporter have extensive trade show listings. I don’t usually include trade shows and expos in my event listings unless they have time dedicated to speakers covering THR.
This is a good resource for information on conferences about addiction/behavior.
Notes:
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