Ecig Summit Speakers Announced

Organisers of the 2023 E-Cigarette Summit UK, which takes place at the Royal College of Physicians on 16th November 2023, have announced the list of expert speakers

by Dave Cross
Oct 13, 2023

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Organisers of the 2023 E-Cigarette Summit UK, which takes place at the Royal College of Physicians on 16th November 2023, are delighted to have announced the list of expert speakers. They say they will be continuing to offer an interactive hybrid option for those that cannot attend the event in London in person, which includes live and on-demand viewing options.

Registration is open now and Early Bird rates apply until Monday 16th October: www.e-cigarette-summit.com

Organisers of the Summit say: “The next 12 months will be significant for global tobacco control as different countries seek to implement policies to deliver on their smoking end game strategies. The universal public health goal is to reduce smoking rates to below 5%, however, the question on where and how reduced risk nicotine products fit continues to challenge governments and policy experts. The UK has been a pioneer in both supporting and integrating tobacco harm reduction but is experiencing a significant rise in youth use of e-cigarettes, particularly disposables. The critical question is ‘Are we getting it right and do we like the road we have started on?’”

The E-Cigarette Summit differs from other vape events as it focusses on the science and features speakers who have been conducting research in the area of vaping and tobacco harm reduction, making it the foremost event for discussions and analysis of the science.

The announced list of Speakers & Chairs:

The Summit Chair

Professor Ann McNeill - Professor of Tobacco Addiction, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, Kings College London.

SESSION 1: Science & Evidence

Opening Keynote Professor Caitlin Notley – Professor of Addiction Sciences, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia (UEA)
Professor Sanjay Agrawal – Professor of Respiratory Science, Institute of Lung Health, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Chair of the Tobacco Special Advisory Group, Royal College of Physicians
Dr Jamie Hartmann-Boyce – Assistant Professor in Health Promotion and Policy, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Professor Lion Shahab – Professor of Health Psychology, University College London, Co-Director of the UCL Tobacco and Alcohol Research Group
Professor Virginia Berridge – Professor of History and Health Policy, Centre for History in Public Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK

SESSION 2: Policy & Research

Harry Tattan-Birch – PhD student in Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London (UCL)
Eve Taylor MSc – Research Assistant, Kings College London
Sarah Jackson – Principal Research Fellow Behavioural Science and Health, University College London (UCL)
Abigail Friedman – Associate Professor, Dept of Health Policy & Management, Yale School of Public Health
Professor Peter Hajek – Director of the Health and Lifestyle Research Unit, Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University of London

SESSION 3: THR, Nicotine & Public Health

Ailsa Rutter OBE – Director, Fresh and Balance
Rachel McIlvenna – Smokefree NHS Strategic Manager. North East and North Cumbria ICB
Dr Ruth Sharrock – Clinical Lead for Tobacco Dependency for the North East & North Cumbria ICS, Respiratory Consultant, Queen Elizabeth Hospital - Gateshead
Dr Sharifa Ezat Wan Puteh – Professor of Hospital Management and Health Economics and Deputy Dean (Relation & Wealth Creation), Faculty of Medicine, UKM Medical Centre
Louise Ross – Clinical Consultant at NCSCT, Chair and Mental Health Lead, New Nicotine Allianc

SESSION 4: Tobacco Control & Regulation

Deborah Arnott – Chief Executive, Action on Smoking & Health UK (ASH UK)
Ben Youdan – Director, Youdan Consulting (Advisor ASH NZ)
Pascal Diethelm – President, OxySuisse
Prof Tikki Pang – Former Director, Research, Policy & Cooperation, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
Clive Bates – Director, Counterfactual Consulting Ltd

The closing keynote speech will be delivered by Professor Robert West, Professor Emeritus of Health Psychology at the University College London. The title of Professor West’s presentation will be “Keeping our eyes on the prize in nicotine and tobacco policy”. He’ll be telling attendees that it isn’t their job to be “guardians of public morality”, telling the public what to think.

“Arguably, in discourse about e-cigarettes, moral views about what people should and should not enjoy have led to misleading claims from some highly influential public health professionals and health organisations,” he will say. “We are at yet another crossroad in policy choices about e-cigarettes and public health professionals must be self-reflective and humble in pronouncements about the potential harms and benefits of particular policies.”

References:

The 2023 E-Cigarette Summit - https://www.e-cigarette-summit.co.uk/

Dave Cross

Journalist at POTV

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Dave is a freelance writer; with articles on music, motorbikes, football, pop-science, vaping and tobacco harm reduction in Sounds, Melody Maker, UBG, AWoL, Bike, When Saturday Comes, Vape News Magazine, and syndicated across the Johnston Press group. He was published in an anthology of “Greatest Football Writing”, but still believes this was a mistake. Dave contributes sketches to comedy shows and used to co-host a radio sketch show. He’s worked with numerous vape companies to develop content for their websites.