2025 Canadian Conference on Tobacco and Nicotine (CCTN25)
The 2025 Canadian Conference on Tobacco and Nicotine (CCTN25) is Canada’s leading interdisciplinary knowledge exchange event focused on reducing the harms associated with commercial tobacco and nicotine use. Taking place virtually, CCTN25 will convene public health professionals, researchers, policymakers, clinicians, educators, and advocates from across the country and beyond.
Through interactive plenaries, symposia, panel discussions, and networking forums, participants will examine the current landscape of commercial tobacco and nicotine use; explore emerging evidence and trends; consider the potential implications of emerging alternative nicotine products; and share policy, practice, and community-led innovations. With a continued focus on reaching less than 5% tobacco use prevalence by 2035, the conference will support critical dialogue and cross-sector collaboration to accelerate progress toward a tobacco- and nicotine-free future.
CCTN25 is designed to support real-time dialogue and collaboration—equipping attendees with the knowledge, connections, and momentum needed to accelerate progress toward a tobacco- and nicotine-free future.
CCTN25 will:
- Facilitate multi-directional knowledge exchange among researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and community partners to strengthen efforts to prevent and reduce the harms of commercial tobacco and nicotine use across sectors and jurisdictions.
- Profile innovative, evidence-informed strategies to prevent and reduce the harms of commercial tobacco and nicotine use in Canada.
- Advance health equity by examining the disproportionate impacts of tobacco and nicotine use on structurally disadvantaged populations, including but not limited to Indigenous Peoples, racialized communities, 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals, youth, and people with lived and living experience.
- Strengthen collaboration and systems leadership across public health, clinical care, education, advocacy, and policy to drive transformative action at the local, provincial/territorial, and national levels.