2026 Session 1 Seminars

8:15 am - 8:20 am

Welcome & introductions from the Summit chair (AM)

Chair

8:20 am - 8:50 am

OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS WITH Q&A

Speaker

8:50 am - 9:05 am

Pharmacology and toxicology of nicotine, implications for public health

Speaker

9:05 am - 9:20 am

Capturing total nicotine exposure in a multi-product landscape using Nicotine Product Days (NPDs)

Speaker

  • Dr Ruoyan Sun Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy & Organization - School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham
9:20 am - 9:35 am

The harmfulness and the addictiveness of nicotine products: Two separate but related constructs

Speaker

  • Prof Jonathan Foulds Professor Department of Public Health Sciences Division of Health Services and Behavioral Research - Penn State Center for Research on Tobacco and Health
9:35 am - 9:50 am

A clash between two absolutist narratives: How to define success and set priorities for research and health outcomes

Speaker

  • Prof Robin MermelsteinProf Robin Mermelstein Distinguished Professor of Psychology and IHRP Director - University of Illinois, Chicago
9:50 am - 10:15 am

Panel Discussion and Q&A

Chair

Speakers

  • Speaker TBC FDA Invited Speaker
  • Prof Neal L. Benowitz MD Professor of Medicine Emeritus (Active) - University of California, San Franciso
  • Dr Ruoyan Sun Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy & Organization - School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • Prof Jonathan Foulds Professor Department of Public Health Sciences Division of Health Services and Behavioral Research - Penn State Center for Research on Tobacco and Health
  • Prof Robin MermelsteinProf Robin Mermelstein Distinguished Professor of Psychology and IHRP Director - University of Illinois, Chicago

Guest Panelist

  • Tim Phillips Managing Director - ECigIntelligence/TobaccoIntelligence
10:15 am - 10:35 am

AM REFRESHMENT BREAK