2026 Session 4 Seminars
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Seeing clearly with regulatory stances: What would the world look like under different regulatory stances, and what are the different ways of getting there?
Speaker
Dr. Alex C. Liber Public Health Researcher - Center for Innovation in Health Policy & Practice, RTI International
3:45 pm - 4:00 pm
Title & Speaker TBC
Speaker
4:00 pm - 4:15 pm
Nicotine pouches: Will they make a difference?
Speaker
Prof Peter Hajek Professor of Clinical Psychology & Director of the Tobacco Dependence Research Unit - Wolfson Institute of Public Health, Queen Mary University of London
4:15 pm - 4:30 pm
Title & Speaker TBC
4:30 pm - 4:45 pm
Is this what success looks like? 50 years of smoking in a society where cigarettes have competed with snus and, more recently, nicotine pouches
Speaker
Tord Finne Vedøy Senior Researcher, Department of Alcohol, Tobacco and Drugs - Norwegian Institute of Public Health
4:45 pm - 5:00 pm
CLOSING KEYNOTE: Big questions, missing data and end goals
Speaker
Prof Dorothy K. Hatsukami Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - University of Minnesota
5:00 pm - 5:25 pm
Panel Discussion and Q&A
Chair
Prof Robin Mermelstein Distinguished Professor of Psychology and IHRP Director - University of Illinois, Chicago
Speakers
- Dr. Alex C. Liber Public Health Researcher - Center for Innovation in Health Policy & Practice, RTI International
- Prof Peter Hajek Professor of Clinical Psychology & Director of the Tobacco Dependence Research Unit - Wolfson Institute of Public Health, Queen Mary University of London
Speaker TBC - Tord Finne Vedøy Senior Researcher, Department of Alcohol, Tobacco and Drugs - Norwegian Institute of Public Health
- Prof Dorothy K. Hatsukami Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - University of Minnesota
5:25 pm - 5:30 pm
Summit Closing Thoughts
Chair
- Prof Robin Mermelstein Distinguished Professor of Psychology and IHRP Director - University of Illinois, Chicago
