2026 Annual SRNT-E Conference

The conference will begin at 10:30 - 12:00 on 21st September with pre-conference workshops (all free of charge). This will be followed by lunch and then opening ceremony which will start at 12:30. Registration will be open from 09:30 on 21st September. The conference will conclude on 23rd September at approximately 16:00.

Please download the full programme below. This includes details of all oral parallel, symposia and poster sessions.

An electronic abstract book will be available nearer the time of the conference.

Thank you to everyone who submitted an idea for the debate this year.  As the most commonly requested idea, and due to it's key relevance to the field and our conference theme, this years debate will be: 

"Tobacco endgame should aim for a smokefree and nicotine free generation"

 Debate team 

 Arguing "for" the proposition (smokefree and nicotine free generation), we are pleased to be joined by: 

• Prof Janet Hoek
• Patricia MacNeil

Arguing "against" the proposition (smokefree generation only) we are pleased to be joined by:

•  Prof Jonathan Foulds
•  Prof Mohammed Shoaib

We look forward to an interesting debate and discussion with the audience on this important topic!

Please find more info on the debate team via the download file below!

Pre-conference workshops will run from 10.30 - 12pm on Monday 21st September. These workshops are available free of charge. An option to register for the workshops will be available during registration for the conference.

Career Paths in Tobacco & Nicotine Research: Insights and Advice for Early Career Researchers 

• Presenters: Simon Ducarroz, Lukasz Balwicki, Janet Hoek, Felix Naughton, Florence Cousson-Gelie 
• This workshop is organised by REFERTab at the invitation of SRNT-Europe. It targets early career researchers (ECRs) working in tobacco and nicotine research. The session offers a structured space for ECRs engage with senior researchers on career trajectories, professional challenges, and key decisions in the field.

Tobacco Research with Inclusion Health Populations: What Works, What Doesn't, and What Next?

• Presenters: Caitlin Notley, Anna Varley, Vera Buss, Zoe Swithenbank, Nicola Lindson, Amanda Farley
• Populations defined as ‘inclusion health’ (e.g., people experiencing homelessness, substance use dependencies, vulnerable migrants) face extreme social exclusion and as a result their smoking is not widely recorded, prioritised or treated. Despite high rates of smoking (up to 80%), these individuals remain substantially underrepresented in the tobacco research literature within Europe, and evidence regarding effective cessation interventions tailored to their circumstances is limited. Furthermore, methodological standards commonly employed to test smoking cessation interventions, including study designs and outcome measures, may be incompatible with the realities of research in this context and be limited in their capacity to measure the impact of interventions. The workshop comprises three structured components. First, researcher-led presentations will provide critical, reflexive accounts of empirical work undertaken with inclusion health groups, foregrounding both methodological innovations and limitations. Second, facilitated breakout discussions will afford participants the opportunity to interrogate these findings, contribute complementary perspectives, and identify cross-cutting methodological and ethical tensions. Third, a collaborative plenary will synthesise emergent themes and co-develop a structured action plan delineating priority research question, recommended methodological frameworks, and strategies for embedding meaningful public and patient involvement throughout the research lifecycle.

Optimization of tobacco interventions via the multiphase optimization strategy (MOST): An informal introduction

• Presenters: Linda Collins, Megan Piper
• Intervention optimization via the multiphase optimization strategy (MOST) enables the investigator to look inside the “black box” and develop an intervention that strikes a strategic balance of effectiveness, affordability, scalability, and efficiency. Although the tobacco field has been a leader in applications of intervention optimization, many behavioral scientists working in tobacco have not yet considered optimizing the interventions they are developing. In this workshop Linda M. Collins (New York University, USA) and Megan Piper (University of Wisconsin, USA) will offer an informal introduction to intervention optimization, with the aim of helping attendees see how intervention optimization can further tobacco control science. We will start with a brief introduction to MOST and an example of intervention optimization in tobacco research. The rest of the time will be spent in open discussion of the intervention optimization concept and how it can further the research agendas of attendees.

Please download detailed instructions about oral, symposia and poster sessions below.