Thinking 'bout THR Events
Feb 4-20, 2025
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* TODAY! (FEB 20) 11:30 AM ET (VIRTUAL) - Shaping Vaping. On X (Twitter). Jim McCarthy and Joe Gitchell often have opposing views, even though they share a lot of common ground. Their conversations are spirited and respectful, often leaving us with several “I Never Thought Of It That Way” moments.
Feb 21, 2025, 1:00 PM CT (Virtual) - Tobacco Online Policy Seminar (TOPS) - “Impact of Advertising on Smoking Cessation: Role of Direct-to-Consumer Prescription Drug Advertising”
Feb 22, 2025, 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM PT (Virtual w/ fee) - The Oral and Systemic Health Implications of Vaping. This course is designed to educate healthcare practitioners on the rapidly growing vaping phenomenon and its impact on both oral and systemic health.
Feb 25, 2025, 9:00 AM CST (Virtual) - Open Science in Qualitative Research. “There is a greater shift toward open science. Sharing sensitive and qualitative research data may present ethical and practical challenges for researchers aiming to promote openness.”
Feb 26, 2025, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM ET (Virtual) - Advancing Tobacco Control in China: Qinghua Nian, PhD. Hosted by the Institute for Global Tobacco Control (IGTC).
Feb 28, 2025, 9:00 AM CST (Virtual) - NCCN Patient Webinar: Why Should I Consider a Clinical Trial?
Mar 7, 2025, 1:00 PM CT (Virtual) - Tobacco Online Policy Seminar (TOPS) - “Harm Reduction for Addictive Consumption: When Does it Improve Health and When Does it Backfire?”
Mar 10, 2025, 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM ET (Virtual) - Vaping and the Teen Brain: Parenting Webinar. Learn About: vaping nicotine and THC and how vaping has been integrated in to our youth’s culture as a norm, the dangers of vaping on physical and mental health along with resources available in your area, how vaping interacts with the adolescents brain and it's development.
Mar 12, 2025, (Virtual) 9:00 AM - 4:45 PM ET - Benefit-Cost Analysis for U.S. Regulations. SBCA Professional Development Workshop.
*NEW* Mar 13, 2025, CET 11-12 (Virtual) - Is Sweden a tobacco success story?
March 18, 2025 (Virtual/fee) - Vaping - online training course. By Hope UK.
Mar 20, 2025, 7:00 PM ET (Virtual) - Positive Parenting Webinar Series - Cellphones and Vaping.
Mar 21, 2025, 1:00 PM CT (Virtual) - Tobacco Online Policy Seminar (TOPS) - “Estimating the Effect of E-cigarette Nicotine Restrictions on E-cigarette and Cigarette Sales in Canada”
*NEW* Mar 25, 2025 (Virtual) - Smoking, Vaping, Mental Health and Wellbeing. By Youth Scotland and ASH Scotland.
*NEW* Apr 3, 2025, (Virtual) - Planet of the Vapes - Young People and Vaping. By KIP Education. (fee)
Apr 4, 2025, 1:00 PM CT (Virtual) - Tobacco Online Policy Seminar (TOPS) - “The Intergenerational Effects of Cigarette Taxes on Smoking”
Apr 17, 2024, (Virtual) 12:00 PM CT - Products on the Shelves - Part 2: Tobacco & Nicotine Products.
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.”
Jun 4, 2025, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM ET (Virtual) - Webinar: Co-Occurring Cannabis and Tobacco Use: Understanding the Link and Treatment Approaches.
Oct 8, 2025, (Virtual) - Introduction to Tobacco and Nicotine Law and Regulation. Registration is opening soon.
2025 In-Person or In-Person/Virtual (Hybrid):
Feb 24-25, San Diego, CA, US - Agents of Change Summit 2025.
Mar 5, 2025 York, UK (In-person & Virtual) SCAH - Smoking Cessation and Health Conference.
Mar 6-7, 2025, TX, US - ELIMINATE TOBACCO USE Summit.
Mar 11-14, 2025, Disney Springs, FL, US - IntNSA 47th Annual Conference. (International Nurses Society on Addictions). Sessions include (I searched this page for tobacco, smoking, vaping, and nicotine to find these sessions.): A discussion on the UK approach to a nonsmoking generation ( a review of planned policy), Incorporating Treatment for Tobacco Use Disorder in Addiction Medicine, Homeless population and drug use in Brazil: scoping review, Hearts and Minds Wellness Walk: A Student-Led Educational Health Awareness Benefit, and Community perspectives on addiction among immigrants and ethnic minorities in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Mar 12-15, 2025 New Orleans, LA, US - SRNT 31st Annual Meeting. (Note: Dates include pre and post-conference workshops w/additional registration fees.)
Mar 13, 2025, Newark, NJ, US, 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM ET - Rutgers Equity Alliance for Community Health (REACH) Population Health Symposium.
Mar 14, 2025, Maywood, IL, US - 2025 Ruth K. Palmer Research Symposium. Promoting Inclusivity and Health Equity through Nursing Research. (They’ve covered tobacco in the past. Unknown if they will this year.)
Mar 16-20, 2025, Orlando, FL, US - SOT 64th Annual Meeting and ToxExpo.
Mar 18-20, 2025, Baltimore, MD, US - Joint Meeting on Youth Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery. (The 2024 event included a session on the youth “vaping epidemic.”)
*NEW Mar 26, 2025, Berlin, - 7th Conference Tobacco Harm Reduction - Innovative Smoking Cessation Strategies.
Mar 21-23, 2025, San Antonio, TX, US - Behavior, Biology, and Chemistry (BBC) Annual Meeting: Translational Research in Addiction.
Mar 26-29, 2025, Paris, France - European Lung Cancer Congress 2025.
Mar 26-29, 2025, San Francisco, CA, US (In-person) - The Society of Behavioral Medicine's 46th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions.
Mar 27-29, 2025 - Phoenix, AZ, US - 31st Nicotine Dependence Center Conference 2025: The Evolving Tobacco Landscape and Implications for Policy and Practice.
Apr 1-3, 2025, (Virtual & In-person) Lisbon, Portugal - Behaviour Change for Health and Sustainability Conference 2025. *NEW* See here for information on Pre-conference day: 1 April 2025.
Apr 1-3, 2025, Durant, OK, US—17th Annual Tribal Public Health Conference. Note: tobacco was one of the tracks for abstract submissions.
Apr 2-3, 2025, UT, US - UPHA annual Public Health Conference. Early bird deadline: March 14.
Apr 3-5, 2025, Providence, RI, US - 2025 Collaborative Perspectives on Addiction Meeting.
Apr 6-10, 2025, Honolulu, HI, US - 22nd Annual Hawai‘i International Summit. Preventing, Assessing & Treating Trauma Across the Lifespan. Registration opens in Jan 2025. (One area of emphasis is “Substance Use Prevention and/or Substance Use Treatment/Recovery.” I consider nicotine a “substance.” ~Skip)
Apr 7-8, 2025, St. Paul, MN, US - 2025 Minnesota Commercial Tobacco Prevention and Control Conference. Early bird rates available until March 15.
Apr 8, 2025, Baltimore, MD, US, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM ET (In-person & Virtual) - Mutual Learning, Mobilizing Hope & Capacity Building in Tobacco Control: Stephen Tamplin, MSE. Hosted by the Institute for Global Tobacco Control (IGTC).
*NEW* Apr 10-12, 2025, Nepal - 11th National Summit of Health and Population Scientists in Nepal.
Apr 10-12, 2025, Brasov, Romania - 8th IPCRG Scientific Meeting (International Primary Care Respiratory Group).
Apr 11, 2025, It’s About a Billion Lives Annual Symposium. Registration opens in January.
Apr 15-17, 2025, Arlington, VA, US - American Tobacco & Nicotine Forum (ATNF).
*NEW* Apr 15-18, 2025, Long Beach, CA, US - 2025 SOPHE Annual Conference. (Nicotine is on the agenda). Society for Public Health Education.
Apr 16-17, 2025, Worcester, MA, US - Together For Hope 2025, Shaping the Future of Addiction Care. Sign up to be notified when registration opens.
Apr 16-18, 2025, Long Beach, CA, US - 2025 SOPHE Annual Conference.
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. Early registration deadline: Jan 3, 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) Early bird registration ends Mar 28, 2025.
*NEW* 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. (No information available as of Nov 24, 2024)
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.
*NEW* 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.
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. Early bird ends May 15, 2025.
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.)
*NEW* 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.
*NEW* Aug 6-8, 2025, - 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.
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.
Sep 9 - 12, 2025, Atlanta, GA, US - National Association of Chronic Disease Directors - NACDD Chronic Disease Academy and Showcase. Early bird ends Mar 31, 2025.
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 - 78th Tobacco Science Research Conference. (No further information available as of Feb 2, 2025)
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.
*NEW* 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).
*NEW* Sep 30-Oct 1, 2025, Athens, Greece - 8th Summit Tobacco Harm Reduction. #NoSmokeSummit25 - Registration & Abstract submission information coming soon. (Not available as of Feb 20)
Oct 5-8, 2025, Prague, Czech Republic - 25th World Congress of Psychiatry (WCP 2025). (No registration info as of Dec 26, 2024)
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. (No registration information as of Jan 11, 2025).
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). (No further information available as of Feb 2, 2025)
Oct? NTSC
Oct 28, 2025, Washington DC, US (In-person & Virtual) - Tobacco and Nicotine Products Regulatory Science Symposium. Details are coming soon.
Oct 29-30, 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. (No further information as of Jan 4, 2025)
Nov 6-7, 2025, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK - SSA Annual Conference (Society for the Study of Addiction). (No further information as of Jan 11, 2025)
Nov 9-12, 2025, Sydney, AU - APSAD 2025 (Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs. Registration opens March 2025.
Nov 11-12, 2025, Philadelphia, PA, US - 10th annual GOLD International COPD Conference. (No further information is available as of Feb 2, 2025. Fill out the form to be notified when registration opens.)
Nov 11, 12-14, 2025, Helsinki, Finland - 18th European Public Health Conference 2025. *NEW* Website is now updated to 2025 information.
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. (No further information as of Jan 4, 2025)
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. Details are coming soon.
2026:
*NEW* 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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