Someone asked me if I would publish these newsletters on the Internet so people could access them without having to dig through their email. This is my experiment to see if I can do them here. If it works, there will be more of them.
*Updated* Global coverage of calls to action: Advocating For Tobacco Harm Reduction
Conservative Home: Gareth Johnson: MPs should not lose sight of the benefits of vaping
Reason: Solicitor General Takes Vaping to the Supreme Court
Cancer Research UK: Can vaping cause changes in our cells?
Filter: Why India’s Future “Will Not Be Vape-Free”
Two from R Street: COP Out – The World Health Organization Efforts to End the Harms of Tobacco and Progressive Except for Nicotine: A Discussion of States’ Inconsistent Adoption of Harm Reduction Public Policy
Two from TPA: CULLIP: Zyn Outcry Exposes Anti-Smoking Orgs Fighting To Protect Cigs From Competition and Heated Tobacco Products Can Help the US Make Smoking Obsolete
GFN: Consumers Move to Vaping Products at Dramatic Rate - David Sweanor
TPA: Across the Pond Episode 14: Kurt Yeo
GFN: THE UK's VAPE MISINFORMATION PROBLEM - Will Godfrey
Mar 27, 2024 - (Virtual) 12-1 pm EST - Products on the Shelves: An Overview of the Tobacco & Nicotine Products Available Today
Mar 29, 2024, 2:00 PM ET (TOPS VIRTUAL) - Samuel Sturm, Georgia State University “The Effect of Cigarette Taxes on Expenditures, Income, and Savings”
Apr 11, 2024, Washington DC, US (In-person and virtual) - Tobacco and Nicotine Products Regulatory Science Symposium FDLI
Apr 12, 2024, 2:00 PM ET (TOPS VIRTUAL) - Anton Badev, Federal Reserve Board of Governors “Tobacco Policy in Unstable Friendship Networks”
Apr 17, 2024 - (Virtual) 12-1 pm EST - Brief Solution-Focused Therapy: Applications for Tobacco Use Disorder Treatment
*NEW* Apr 22, 2024, Arlington, VA (In Person) - OWNiT Members event Lessons in Leadership: The Art of Building a Personal Brand
Apr 22-24, 2024, Arlington, VA (In Person) - TMA Annual Meeting and Conference
Apr 26, 2024, 2:00 PM ET (TOPS VIRTUAL) - Annika Theodoulou, University of Oxford “A Complex Evidence Synthesis Investigating the Effect of Individual-level Smoking Cessation Interventions on Socioeconomic Inequalities in Tobacco Smoking”
May 10, 2024, 2:00 PM ET (TOPS VIRTUAL) - Guillermo Paraje, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez “The Impact of WHO FCTC on the Number of Smokers: An Analysis using ITSA with Synthetic Control Groups”
May 14, 2024, Washington, DC, US - ECigarette Summit Early Bird ends March 29
May 15-16, 2024, Washington, DC, US (In-person and virtual) - FDLI Annual Conference
May 20-21, 2024 - Virtual (all day) - Rutgers-Tobacco Dependence Program’s TTS (Tobacco Treatment Specialist) Training (Note: Approximately 18 hours of self-paced online modules due before the group training)
May 20-22, 2024 - (Virtual) - ToPCon - Commercial Tobacco Prevention Conference
May 30-31, 2024 - Brisbane, AU - 2024 SRNT-Oceania Chapter Conference (30th) and Tobacco Endgame Centre of Research Excellence Annual Symposium (31st) Online Registration Link (for both)
Jun ??, 2024, Portland, ME, US - Tobacco Treatment and Prevention Conference
Jun 13-15, 2024, Warsaw, Poland - GFN - Global Forum on Nicotine - Registration open! (Pre-Conference activities Jun 12)
Jun 19-20, 2024, Miami, FL, US - Next Generation Nicotine Delivery USA
Jun 27-28, 2024, Minneapolis, MN, US - National Tribal Tobacco Conference
Jul 21-23, 2024, San Marcos, TX, US - Texas Tobacco-Free Conference
Aug 18-21, 2024, Mobile, AL, US - Federation of Tax Administrators - 2024 Tobacco Annual Meeting
Sep 8-11, 2024, Atlanta, GA, US - 77TH TOBACCO SCIENCE RESEARCH CONFERENCE
Sep 23, 2024, NYC, NY, US - New Approaches Conference
Sep 24-25, 2024, Athens, Greece - GTNF (Event link not yet available)
Nov 14-15, 2024, UK - SSA Annual Conference
Nov 14-16, 2024, Chicago, IL, US—AMERSA Conference—Registration opens in June. Note: We won't know until the agenda is announced if nicotine will be part of this year's conference.
Check out the public Google calendar of THR-related events created and maintained by Clive Bates. It allows people to import events into their own calendars or display them separately. Also, check out the event calendar from Ecig Intelligence. Their listings include consumer/trade shows and expos that I don't include in this newsletter.
*NEW* Wanted: Suggestions for online seminars
AMERSA Conference Nov 14-16, 2024 - Notes: This conference doesn't always have content about nicotine. The conference requires the use of person-first language. Submission Deadline: May 1, 2024, for the following: abstracts, workshops, and conference awards (travel and registration fees).
Events 2025
Mar 12-15, 2025 New Orleans, LA, US - SRNT 31st Annual Meeting
Aug 26-28, 2025 Chicago, IL, US - The National Conference on Tobacco or Health (NCTOH) (Link is to announcement, not event info)
*NEW* Sep 10-12, 2025 Romania - SRNT-E Conference
Events 2026
Mar 4-6, 2026 Baltimore, MD, US - SRNT 32nd Annual Meeting
Notes:
Some of the events may not be supportive of THR. Some don’t cover nicotine every year.
Deadlines are in bold type. Additions to the testimony and events sections since the last edition will be denoted by "*NEW*"
I create these newsletters as a personal project. They are not affiliated with any current or past employers or groups I do volunteer work with. I believe that everyone deserves a seat at the table. If you’re interested in nicotine with a focus on THR, this newsletter is for you.
Until next time,
Skip “#BeKind” Murray
