Thinking 'bout THR Events
January 1-8, 2025
What’s new in things to do?
New to this listing: Webinars and other virtual-only events are listed separately from events that are in-person only or offer both in-person and virtual options. I don't guarantee that I sorted them all correctly!
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* Jan 9, 2025, 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM CST (Virtual/fee) - TFKC 2025 Winter Meeting, Thursday, January 9, 2025. By Tobacco Free Kansas Coalition. Legislative Update. Presentation: Clearing the Air: Addressing Tobacco Use within the Intellectual Disabilities Community through Special Olympics Kansas Initiatives. Presentation: Americans for Nonsmokers Rights and CEASE Kansas re smokefree casinos. Presentation: Update on the Juul Settlement in Kansas. Presentation: Celebrating Success is Kansas - local stories. Presentation: The Harms of Tobacco Flavors
*NEW* Jan 10-12, 2025, Los Angeles, CA, US - Censorship in the Sciences: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Registration for in-person attendance is closed. The event will be live-streamed, and the link for Zoom is included on the event’s information page.
*NEW* Jan 15, 2025, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CST (Virtual) - Trauma-Informed Tobacco Control & Community Engagement.
*NEW* Jan 15, 2025, 11:00 AM - 1:15 PM CST (Virtual) - Tackling Tobacco Together: A Deep Dive into Tobacco Recovery Treatment Within Priority Populations. For Alameda County, CA, US
*NEW* Jan 15, 2025, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM CST (Virtual) - Current Trends in Youth Substance Use. “Dive into the latest information around alcohol, cannabis, vaping, and more to gain insight on the risks involved and how they impact youth.”
Jan 17, 2025 (Virtual) - Responding to Journal Peer Reviewers. - This webinar is open to all CAsToR trainees & junior investigators.
*NEW* Jan 20, 2025 (Virtual) 1:00 PM - Spotlight on Vaping: Evidence on Dual use with Tobacco Cigarettes.
Jan 21, 2025 - Set for Argument: Food and Drug Administration; et al. v. R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company. (Does anyone know of a link to listen to the live audio?)
Jan 21, 2025 (Virtual) 1:00 PM CT - HPV Vaccine and Tobacco Cessation as Prevention.
Jan 21, 2025 (Virtual) 12:00-1:00 CST - COPD Webinar.
Jan 23, 2025 (online) - Release date - Statistics on Local Stop Smoking Services in England, April 2024 to September 2024 (Q2).
Jan 23, 2025 (Virtual) 12:00 - 1:00 PM ET - Lunch & Learn - Connecting Trauma and Tobacco.
*NEW* Jan 23, 2025, (Virtual) 6:00-7:00 PM CST - Tobacco & Trauma.
Jan 24, 2025, 1:00 PM CT (Virtual) - Tobacco Online Policy Seminar (TOPS) - “Flavorants and Addiction: An Empirical Analysis of Cigarette Bans and Taxation”
Jan 24, 2025, 12:00-1:00 PM ET (Virtual) - Challenges Regulating the Tobacco Industry.
Jan 25, 2025, (Virtual) 12:00 PM (ET?) - US Tobacco Control Policies to Reduce Health Disparities. Jan 28, 2025, 7:30 AM CT (Virtual) - Behavioural Research UK: AI in behavioural research.
*NEW* Jan 28, 2025, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM ET (Virtual) - Foundations of Policy & Advocacy Workshop. Part 1 of the 3-part series "Building a Strong Advocacy Network to Advance Tobacco & Nicotine Prevention" by Tobacco Free RI, Health Resources in Action, Oasis International, and RI Department of Health Tobacco Control Program.
*NEW* Jan 28, 2025, (Virtual/fee) - Planet of the Vapes - Young People and Vaping. UK - by KIP Education
*NEW* Jan 28, 2025, 9:15 AM - 10:45 AM PT (virtual) - California AB541 Tobacco Liaison Training.
Jan 29, 2025, (Virtual) 18:00-19:30 CET - Keynote webinar | Spotlight on adolescent vaping.
Jan 29, 2025 (Virtual) 12:00 PM CT - 2024 Cessation Updates: Year in Review.
*NEW* Jan 29, 2025, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST (Virtual) - Healthy Hoops Presents: The Dangers of Vaping. “Register for this Healthy Hoops presentation covering the health risks of vaping among school-age children. Participants learn about e-cigarette and vaping trends. A common myth is that vaping is a healthy alternative to cigarettes.”
Feb 7, 2025, 1:00 PM CT (Virtual) - Tobacco Online Policy Seminar (TOPS) - “Financial Incentives for Smoking Cessation – A Cochrane Review”
*NEW* Feb 7-8, 2025 (Virtual) - 2025 Intersection of Science, Treatment and Policy Conference (NY Society of Addiction Medicine).
Feb 12, 2025, 12:30-5:00 PM (Virtual) NZ - Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 goal: How can we get there now?
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”
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 12, 2025, (Virtual) 9:00 AM - 4:45 PM ET - Benefit-Cost Analysis for U.S. Regulations. SBCA Professional Development Workshop.
*NEW* March 18, 2025 (Virtual/fee) - Vaping - online training course. By Hope UK.
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”
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.
*NEW* 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.”
2025 In-Person, In-Person/Virtual:
Jan 15-19, 2025, Seattle, WA, US - Society for Social Work and Research.
Jan 16-17, 2025, (In-Person, Partial Virtual) Manchester, UK - RCGP & AP Managing addictions in primary care 2025. (Note: Tobacco is on the agenda)
Jan 24-25, 2025, Ottawa, ON, CA - Ottawa Conference: State of the Art Clinical Approaches to Smoking Cessation. Early bird ends Dec 15, 2024
Jan 27-28, 2025, Las Vegas, NV, US (In-person) - E-Vapor and Tobacco Law Symposium. Early bird deadline: Dec 13, 2024. Hotel discount deadline: Dec 26, 2024.
Jan 28, 2025, Savanah, GA, US - Annual Beginner’s Guide to the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) & Tobacco and Nicotine Regulation Training. Must be a member of National Association of Attorneys General.
Feb 13-15, 2025, Boston, MA, US - 2025 AAAS ANNUAL MEETING. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. Early bird registration ends Jan 22, 2025.
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. (No further information available as of Dec 5, 2024)
*NEW* 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. Early Bird rates end Feb 14, 2025. (*NEW* Note: Dates include pre and post-conference workshops w/additional registration fees.) The discounted rate for rooms ends Feb 9, 2025.
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.) Registration opening late 2024.
Mar 16-20, 2025, Orlando, FL, US - SOT 64th Annual Meeting and ToxExpo.
*NEW* 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 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.
*NEW* 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. Early bird deadline Jan 20, 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. (No further information available as of Dec 20, 2024.)
*NEW* 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 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), formerly the TMA Annual Meeting & Conference (I’m not aware of a link available to the event yet)
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.
*NEW* 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.
*NEW* 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 14-16, 2025, Ghent, Belgium - 13th International Club Health Conference. Alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs are topics that may be covered this year. *NEW Abstracts will be accepted until Jan 8, 2025 (I am inserting that here because it ends before the next planned publication of the Opportunities newsletter).
*NEW* May 15-16, 2025, Washington DC, US (In-person & Virtual) - FDLI Annual Conference.
*NEW* 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.
*NEW* 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 27-30, 2025, Seattle, WA, US - Society for Prevention Research (SPR) 33rd Annual Meeting.
*NEW* 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. Early Bird rates until Jan 23, 2025.
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).
*NEW* 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 Dec 18, 2024)
*NEW* Jun 13-14, 2025, New Orleans, LA, US - 2025 NIDA International Forum.
*NEW* 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.
*NEW* 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. Early bird deadline: Dec 5, 2024.
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.
*NEW* 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 30-Jul 2, 2025, UK - RES 2025 Annual Conference.
JUL 14-18, 2025, Anaheim, CA, US (In-Person) - 2025 NACCHO360 (National Association of County and City Health Officials).
Jul 17-20, 2025, New Orleans, LA, US - ACBS World Conference 2025.
*NEW* 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 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 Dec 8, 2024)
Sep? GTNF
Sep 16-18, 2025, Renton, WA, US (In-person) - 2025 Public Health Law Conference.
*NEW* Sep 19-20, 2025, Somerville, MA, US (In-person and Virtual) - Addictions 2025 Conference. (Includes nicotine)
Sep 25, 2025, New York, NY, US - Fourth Annual New Approaches Summit. (No further information available as of Nov 25, 2024)
Oct? FDLI
Oct? NTSC
Oct 5-8, 2025, Prague, Czech Republic - 25th World Congress of Psychiatry (WCP 2025). (No registration info as of Dec 26, 2024)
*NEW* Oct 11-13, 2025, Seattle, WA, US - NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals Annual Conference.
*NEW* 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 Dec 8, 2024)
*NEW* Nov 2-5, 2025, Washington DC, US - APHA American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. (No further information as of Jan 4, 2025)
Nov 11-12, 2025, Philadelphia, PA, US - 10th annual GOLD International COPD Conference. (No further information available as of Dec 8, 2024.)
Nov 13-15,2025, Hyatt Seattle, WA, US - Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management - Fall Research Conference. (APPAM)
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
*NEW* Nov 27-28, 2025, Caen, France - 19th Congress of the Francophone Tabacology Society. (No further information as of Jan 4, 2025)
2026:
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.
*NEW* 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)
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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