You can quickly find updates since the last edition by looking for “*NEW*.
Reminder: I cannot know which journal submission requests are from reputable entities.
Call for Films, Videos, and Photos
GFN25 Film Festival. Submission deadline: May 14, 2025.
GFN Photo Festival. Submission deadline: May 14, 2025.
Call for Nominations:
*NEW* Nominations and self-applications are now open for Standing Up for Science - The John Maddox Prize. Deadline: Apr 30, 2025. “Standing up for Science - The John Maddox Prize, recognises researchers who stand up and speak out for science and evidence-based policy, advancing public discussion around difficult topics, despite challenges or hostility, and successfully making a change in public discourse or policy.”
*NEW* TSRC Lifetime Achievement Award. (My computer won’t let me download the form, so I do not know the deadline.)
Call for Statements/Comments/Testimony/Signatures/Participants:
*NEW* 2025 VSML Consumer Survey.
CASAA - (US)
Sign the petition: UK Vape Tax. Deadline: May 6, 2025
US FDA - Submit a comment: Tobacco Product Standard for Nicotine Yield of Cigarettes and Certain Other Combusted Tobacco Products. Submission deadline: September 15, 2025. Information about the rule is here.
Employment/Career Development/CV-Resume Builders
*NEW* The Section on Tobacco, Alcohol, and Drug Use at NYU Grossman School of Medicine’s Department of Population Health is seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Fellow to join our dynamic research team.
*NEW* Director, Development - Global Action to End Smoking.
*NEW* Public Health Hiring Help. (A blog with listings of job opportunities.)
Grants/Funding:
*NEW* Global Action to End Smoking. Proposal deadline: May 23
*NEW* Rapid Response Research Awards. Research to Advance Racial & Indigenous Health Equity. Brief Proposals are due May 28, 2025 at 3pm EDT.
*NEW* SRNT-E 2025 Travel Award. Submission deadline: July 10, 2025.
*NEW* New Research Support Awards. Research to Advance Racial & Indigenous Health Equity. July 16, 2025, 3pm EDT: Letters of intent due through the RWJF Application & Review (A&R) System.
Opening Soon! Conference/Seminar/Webinar/Symposium Submissions:
𝗨𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 (𝗨𝗖𝗛𝗗 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱). Abstract submission is opening soon. (Abstracts opened in June for the 2023 conference)
Conference/Seminar/Webinar/Symposium Submissions:
EPH (European Public Health) Conference 2025. Submission deadline for single and workshop abstracts: May 1, 2025.
2026 Allied Social Science Association (ASSA) annual meeting. Submission deadline: May 1, 2025.
*NEW* APSAD 2025 (Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs. Abstract deadline: May 5, 2025.
*NEW* 78th Tobacco Science Research Conference. Abstract deadline: May 16, 2025
*NEW* CORESTA Product Science and Product Technology Conference (PSPT2025). Abstract deadline: May 23, 2025.
*NEW* 2025 VitAL Annual Conference. Proposal deadline: May 30, 2025.
*NEW* SSA Annual Conference (Society for the Study of Addiction). Submission deadline for oral presentations, poster presentations, and workshops: June 4, 2025.
*NEW* 8th Summit on Tobacco Harm Reduction. Abstract deadline July 21, 2025.
IASLC 2025 World Conference on Lung Cancer. The late-breaking abstract deadline is Jul 30, 2025. (Note that tobacco control, etc., is a category on the abstract page.)
International Conference on Drug Abuse and Addiction Studies, in Antalya, Türkiye. Paper submission deadline Aug 1, 2025.
Call for Papers/Abstracts in Journals, etc.:
Neurobiology of behavior and cognition: mechanisms, modulation, and clinical implications – innovations and highlights. Submission deadline: April 30, 2025. “Section C: Translational insights in mental health and addiction presents cutting-edge research focused on per-sonalized treatments for substance use disorders, the role of tobacco use in self-medication among people living with HIV, and the interplay between interoception, hormones, and addiction.”
Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (CPT). "Innovations in Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics.” Submission deadline: May 15, 2025.
*NEW* CORESTA Agronomy & Leaf Integrity and Phytopathology & Genetics Conference (AP2025). Abstract deadline: May 23, 2025.
*NEW* CORESTA Product Science and Product Technology Conference (PSPT2025). Abstract deadline: May 23, 2025.
The Tobacco Endgame in Low- And Middle-Income Countries and Indigenous Communities: Evidence Syntheses and Systematic Reviews. Submission deadline: 25 May 2025
Social Accountability in Medical Education. Submission deadline: May 31, 2025.
Novel technologies, behavioral and pharmacological targets, and interventions to facilitate health behavior change. Submission deadline: Jun 1, 2025. “Papers addressing a variety of substances, including, but not limited to, alcohol, cannabis, stimulants, nicotine/tobacco, and opioids, and related comorbidities, are welcome.”
Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics: Pharmacometrics and Systems Pharmacology (PSP). Applications and Innovations in Model-Based Meta-Analysis (MBMA). Submission Deadline: June 15, 2025.
The Value of Data in the Digital Supply Chain. Submission deadline: Jun 30, 2025
*NEW* Special Issue: In Memoriam of Warren K. Bickel — Contributions to Behavioral Economics, Decision-Making, and Addiction Science. Submission Deadline: July 1, 2025. “Warren’s main contribution to the ITC Project was his creation of the experimental tobacco marketplace (ETM) as a way to test how tobacco control policies might impact hypothetical purchase tasks.”
*NEW* Rethinking addiction: Technological advances, mechanistic insights, and the re-evaluation of substance use disorders. Manuscript Summary Submission Deadline 30 July 2025.
Assessment and Management of Cardiovascular Risk. Manuscript deadline: Jul 31, 2025.
Theme Issue: The Emergence of Medical Futures Studies. Submission deadline: Sep 30, 2025
STRONGER Scholars: A Research Education Program to Reduce Tobacco-Related Cancer Disparities and Improve Health Equity. A special issue of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025
*NEW* Call for papers - Electronic cigarettes: emerging trends. Submission Status: Open. Submission Deadline: 5 January 2026
Exploring Macrophages and Environmental Exposures in the Lung. Submission deadline: June 30, 2026.
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