SUMMIT DETAILS

The inaugural E-Cigarette Summit was held at the Royal Society, London, in November 2013. It came at a critical point in history when both public health experts and regulators were negotiating the TPD (European Tobacco Products Directive) and grappling to understand a consumer-driven product on an unprecedented growth trajectory.

Now in its 12th year in the UK and 8th year in Washington D.C., the E-Cigarette Summit has gained an unparalleled reputation as a neutral meeting point for scientists, regulators, industry, public health, and practitioners to explore the latest research on e-cigarettes and facilitate respectful debate on what remain highly controversial issues. The aim will always be to ensure that disparate views can be explored in the context of a common aim, which is to reduce smoking-related death and disease.

HYBRID ACCESS

The Summit is planned as an in-person event for speakers, but we aim to maximise the experience for all delegates, whether you are joining us in person, watching the live stream virtually or catching up later on-demand. All Summit participants will have access to the event app where they can view the Speaker slides, follow the active chat/ discussion and submit questions for the panel debates.
We will “live stream” the Summit as per the agenda (UK Time zone). Individual videos of speaker presentations and panel discussions will be added to the virtual platform within 48 hours of the live event for you to watch/re-watch later. The app will be live for 3 months after the event.

The app will allow you to:

  • View presentation PPT slides
  • Join in the on-line conversation with all delegates – including those that are virtual
  • Participate in Polls
  • Submit/answer questions and upvote questions for the panels
  • Share thoughts, photos and suggestions
  • Access videos of the presentations after the event for 3 months.

2024 TOPICS

SESSION 1:

Context, Evidence & Government Challenges

  • Opening Keynote: Conceptualising THR and balancing clinical and population considerations
  • The Tobacco & Vapes Bill
  • Situating e-cigarettes for harm reduction in the wider context:
  • Cochrane Review evidence: updates on e-cigarettes for quitting smoking and emerging evidence on ways to quit vaping:
  • Concern about e-cigarettes, understanding the priorities – toxicology or behaviour?
  • Part 2: Complex problems, clumsy solutions and the court of public opinion
  • Panel Q&A:  Balancing regulatory responsibilities to improve public health

SESSION 2:

Research Informing Public Health Policy

  • Vaping policies: Maximising benefits and minimising unintended consequences:
  • Vaping & Illicit Drugs – Promise and pitfalls:
  • E-cigarettes for smoking cessation among people experiencing homelessness (Project SCeTCH):
  • Understanding & addressing harm perceptions:
  • Effect of flavour descriptors and packaging on adults and youth:
  • Panel Q&A:  Identifying effective interventions to minimise unintended consequences

SESSION 3:

Regulatory Challenges & Potential Solutions

  • The role of vaping in creating a smokefree country
  • UK regulations & enforcement:
  • Disruptor, disaster, or distraction? Vaping and smokefree New Zealand:
  • Australia’s unique nicotine regulatory framework – can light touch medicines regulation work?
  • EU Regulations: Vaping, pouches & flavours:
  • Panel Q&A: Worst fears & optimal outcomes

SESSION 4:

Challenges to Ending Smoking

  • U.S. Kids No Longer Smoke. Why Aren’t We Celebrating?
  • Influences on smoking & vaping transitions:
  • When unintended consequences are the main consequences – rethinking regulation:
  • Lessons from the U.S regulatory experience – where great opportunities met reality:
  • Accelerating the end of smoking:
  • Closing Keynote: Real people living in real communities: Are we doing enough to make a smoke-free future a reality for everyone?
  • Panel Q&A:  Is smoking still the main problem?

SPEAKERS

Prof Ann McNeill

Professor of Tobacco Addiction

Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London

Prof Lion Shahab

Professor of Health Psychology, University College London

Co-Director of the UCL Tobacco and Alcohol Research Group

Dr Karl E. Lund

Senior Researcher

Norwegian Institute of Public Health

Prof Hayden McRobbie

Professor of Population Health

Wolfson Institute of Public Health, Queen Mary University of London

Prof Abigail S. Friedman

Associate Professor of Health Policy & Faculty Director of Online and Non-Degree Programming

Yale School of Public Health

Prof Robert West

Professor Emeritus of Health Psychology

University College London

Bubbly Sandhu

Senior regulatory Compliance Lead (WEEE & Battery)

Department for Business and Trade, The Office for Product Safety & Standards (DBT/OPSS)

David Hunt

CTSI lead officer Tobacco Vapes and Nicotine

Senior Trading Standards Officer London Borough of Hackney

Kate Pike

Lead Officer for Tobacco,Vapes and Nicotine

Chartered Trading Standards Institute

Prof Jonathan Foulds

Professor of Public Health Sciences & Psychiatry

Penn State University, College of Medicine

Dr Harry Tattan-Birch

Research Fellow

University College London (UCL)

Assoc Prof Tessa Langley

Associate Professor in Public Health Economics and Evaluation

University of Nottingham

Prof Benjamin A. Toll

Professor of Public Health Sciences & Psychiatry

Medical University of South Carolina

Dr Jasmine Khouja

Lecturer in Psychology

University of Bath

Louise Ross

Clinical Consultant

NCSCT

Dr Ruth Sharrock

Clinical Lead for Tobacco Dependency for the North East & North Cumbria ICS

Respiratory Consultant, Queen Elizabeth Hospital - Gateshead

Caitlin Robinson

Programme Manager ‘HIVE Team’ (Health Inequalities)

Gateshead Health NHS Trust

Dr Debbie Robson RMN, PhD

Reader in Tobacco Harm Reduction

Nicotine Research Group, King’s College London

Dr John Robins

Research Associate

Nicotine Research Group, King's College London

Prof Caitlin Notley

Chair of Addiction Sciences

University of East Anglia

Tim Phillips

Managing Director

ECigIntelligence/TobaccoIntelligence

Assistant Prof Jamie Hartmann-Boyce

Assistant Professor in Health Promotion and Policy

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Prof Sarah Jackson

Professorial Research Fellow, Alcohol and Tobacco Research Group

University College London (UCL)

Ben Youdan

Director

ASH New Zealand

Martin Dockrell

Former Tobacco Control Programme Lead

(Retired) Office of Health Improvement & Disparities (OHID)

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