Thinking 'bout THR
April 13-19, 2024
Dr. Colin Mendelsohn: My evidence at the NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into Vaping, 12 April 2024
REAL DEAL | Tobacco Control Heavyweight Takes THR Helm
#sonoflibertyradio - Marewa Glover "Endgame policies"
Dr Derek Yach Discusses Recent Position Statement By The Brazilian Society of Cardiology
In The Vapor - a weekly show highlighting consumer advocates. Getting To Know Phillip Kirschberg.
Across the Pond Episode 17: Jeffrey Zamora
‘Joke of a country’: Australians caught with vapes in ACT face fines up to $32k
GFN - AUSTRALIA'S POUCH CONUNDRUM | Colin Mendelsohn unpacks the use of nicotine pouches in Australia
Wrapping up this section with some folks in Australia showing some appreciation for Doc Colin: The Unstoppable Force - An Ode To Dr Colin Mendelsohn
Need more input…
Wanted: Suggestions for SRNT-E online autumn seminars
Videos and Films…
Jun 13-15, 2024, Warsaw, Poland - GFN - Global Forum on Nicotine. Call for the following film/video submissions: #GFNfives, #ScienceLab, and film festival. The submission deadline is May 15, 2024.
*NEW* October 27-30, 2024, Minneapolis, MN, US - 2024 APHA Annual Meeting and Expo. While APHA welcomes films from all disciplines of public health, films related to the APHA 2024 theme “Rebuilding Trust in Public Health and Science” are highly encouraged. The submission deadline is May 10. Submit a film or volunteer to be a film peer-reviewer.
Conference Submissions…
Sep 8-11, 2024, Atlanta, GA, US - 77TH TOBACCO SCIENCE RESEARCH CONFERENCE. Call for abstracts. The submission deadline is May 17, 2024.
Sep 16-17, 2024 (Virtual) - 7th Summit on Tobacco Harm Reduction by SCOHRE. Call for speakers. The submission deadline is May 15, 2024.
*NEW* October 13-17, 2024, Edinburgh, Scotland - CORESTA Congress 2024. Call for abstracts for poster and oral presentations. The submission deadline is May 17, 2024.
*NEW* October 27-30, 2024, Minneapolis, MN, US - 2024 APHA Annual Meeting and Expo. Registration opens in June.
*NEW* Oct 23-25, 2024, Broadbeach, Australia - Oceania Tobacco Control Conference 2024. Note: not THR-friendly. See list of Conflict of Interest Principles. The submission deadline is April 26, 2024, for abstracts for Long Oral, Poster, Rapid-fire, and Workshop presentations.
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).
Nov 14-15, 2024, UK - SSA Annual Conference. Submissions for posters and oral presentations are due by July 3, 2024
Opportunities…
*NEW* BR-UK GO-Science Senior Policy Fellow Interviews held on 13 May and the post is available immediately.
*NEW* London, UK Head of Research Interpretation Application Deadline May 2
Education / Certification…
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)
Harm Reduction in the U.S.: Center Stage (Narcotics) and End Stage (Tobacco)
Trust the Science to Help Millions of Smokers Quit
CoEHAR Founder Riccardo Polosa addresses the Australian Senators on vaping reform
To Save Veterans’ Lives, the VA Must Innovate on Smoking Cessation
Could nicotine pouches help you quit smoking?
Vapes Seem to Have Become More Effective as Smoking Cessation Tools
Just More Talking Points: FDA Commissioner Visits with the House Oversight Committee
Lives Hang in the Balance While the FDA Bureaucracy Churns
Democrats Should Join the Call for FDA to Accelerate Approval of Smokefree Products
NNA writes to the Regulatory Policy Committee
Better vape than smoke, and bans don’t work, inquiry told
Swedish ‘snus tax’ is a game changer in tobacco harm reduction policies
New study: Vapes increasingly likely to help smokers quit
Why do Lib Dems want to crack down on smoking but legalise cannabis?
Are Vape Aerosols Really Toxic?
There is no evidence of a nicotine e-cigarette testing positive for fentanyl.
*Updated* Global coverage of calls to action: Advocating For Tobacco Harm Reduction
GFN - THE WHO'S INFODEMIC PROBLEM | Will Godfrey explores the WHO's latest Twitter scandal.
E-cigarettes and harm reduction: An evidence review
Tobacco harm reduction means different things to different people. Some may wish to achieve a nicotine-free society. Others may wish to squash the tobacco industry. Some prefer that people who choose to use nicotine use it in a form that has less risk than smoking tobacco. What we all have in common is a desire to reduce/eliminate smoking-related diseases and premature deaths. The events listed below focus on nicotine. Some events may not be supportive of reduced-risk products. Some have covered nicotine in the past but may not cover that topic every year.
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
*NEW* Apr 25, 2024, (Virtual) - Investigating research fraud and errors: Tips and tools to help you get started NOTE: Must be a member of IRE (Investigative Reporters & Editors)
*NEW* Apr 25, 2024, 1:00 PM ET - The Partnership @drugfreeNH and American Heart Association Virtual Community Conversation on the Youth Vaping Epidemic
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”
Apr 26, 2024, UK 11:30 AM-1:00 PM (Virtual) - BR-UK: Open science and the importance of pre-registration
Apr 26, 2024, 8:00 AM - 12:30 PM PT (In-person and virtual) San Francisco, CA, US - UCSF's "It's About A Billion Lives" Annual Symposium on Tobacco Control
Apr 26, 2024, 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Fargo, ND, US Nicotine Dependence Conference
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
May 15-16, 2024, Washington, DC, US (In-person and virtual) - FDLI Annual Conference
*NEW* May 17-22, 2024, San Diego, CA, US - American Thoracic Society Conference. Note: COI statement.
May 20-22, 2024 - (Virtual) - ToPCon - Commercial Tobacco Prevention Conference
May 30, 2024 - (Virtual) 3:00-4:00 PM - CAsToR A Conversation about the Use of Computational Models in Tobacco Regulation.
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 4-5, 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)
*NEW* Jun 16-19, 2024, San Diego, CA, US - 2024 ASHEcon Conference (Health Economists).
Jun 19-20, 2024, Miami, FL, US - Next Generation Nicotine Delivery USA
Jun 27-28, 2024, Minneapolis, MN, US - National Tribal Tobacco Conference
Jul 4-5, 2024, Opatija, Croatia - 13th Workshop on the Economics of Risky Behavior. Program here.
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
*NEW* Sep 7-10, 2024, San Diego, CA, US (In-person & Virtual) World Conference on Lung Cancer. Early Bird registration ends June 7, 2024
Sep 8-11, 2024, Atlanta, GA, US - 77TH TOBACCO SCIENCE RESEARCH CONFERENCE
Sep 16-17, 2024 (Virtual) - 7th Summit on Tobacco Harm Reduction by SCOHRE
Sep 23, 2024, NYC, NY, US - New Approaches Conference
Sep 24-25, 2024, Athens, Greece - GTNF (Event link not yet available)
*NEW* Oct 13-17, 2024, Edinburgh, Scotland - CORESTA Congress 2024
*NEW* Oct 23-25, 2024, Lisbon, Portugal - LISBON ADDICTIONS European Conference on Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies.
*NEW* Oct 23-25, 2024, Broadbeach, Australia - Oceania Tobacco Control Conference 2024. Early bird registration ends June 30, 2024. Note: not THR-friendly. See list of Conflict of Interest Principles
*NEW* Oct 27-30, 2024, Minneapolis, MN, US - 2024 APHA Annual Meeting and Expo (Public Health). Registration opens in June.
Nov 14-15, 2024, UK - SSA Annual Conference. Early bird discounts until September 9, 2024
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.
*NEW* December 5, 2024, UK (Virtual and In-person), E-Cigarette Summit UK
Check out the public Google calendar of THR-related events created and maintained by Clive Bates. 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.
Events 2025
Jan 15-19, 2025 Seattle, WA, US - Society for Social Work and Research.
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)
Sep 10-12, 2025 Romania - SRNT-E Conference
Events 2026
Mar 4-6, 2026 Baltimore, MD, US - SRNT 32nd Annual Meeting
Notes:
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
