CCTV Overview

The 2025 Canadian Conference on Tobacco and Vaping (CCTV25) is the country’s premier gathering for professionals committed to ending commercial tobacco use and reducing the harms of vaping. Taking place virtually on 5–6 November, CCTV25 offers a dynamic forum for public health practitioners, researchers, policymakers, clinicians, educators, and students to exchange evidence, share best practices, and explore innovative approaches to tobacco and vaping control. With a focus on interdisciplinary dialogue and actionable knowledge, this conference equips participants with the tools they need to advance effective policies, programs, and research across Canada.

Held in a flexible, user-friendly virtual environment, CCTV25 brings together leading voices from across the country while ensuring broad access and meaningful interaction. From engaging plenaries and symposia to discussion forums and networking spaces, participants can learn, connect, and collaborate in real time—without leaving their communities. Whether working at the local, provincial, or national level, attendees will leave better prepared to respond to emerging challenges and lead transformative change in tobacco and vaping control.

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Important dates:

Call for Submissions Launch: 16 July
Call for Submissions Deadline: 14 August
Preliminary Program Launch: 9 September
Final Program Launch: 3 October
Virtual Conference Platform Launch: 29 October
Canadian Conference on Tobacco and Vaping: 5-6 November

Conference objectives

The 2025 Canadian Conference on Tobacco and Vaping will provide participants the opportunity to:

Profile new research, successful strategies and best practices in tobacco and vaping control.
Connect stakeholders to shape the future of Canada’s tobacco and vaping control research, policies and programs.
Examine current tobacco and vaping control-related issues from various disciplines and sectors and discuss relevant knowledge translation approaches.
Explore strategies to address emerging issues and potential impacts on decision-making, research, policy and practice.

learning objectives

Having attended the 2025 Canadian Conference on Tobacco and Vaping, participants will be better prepared to:

Utilize effective evidence-based programs and best clinical practices as well as policy approaches.
Describe tobacco and vaping control-related research and identify colleagues and partners to develop initiatives.
Identify tobacco and vaping control-related challenges and solutions, trends, emerging issues and evidence gaps.

Virtual Platform

CPHA will embrace technology and present sessions on November 5-6 from 11:00-16:30 (Eastern) daily.

The Virtual conference platform will allow participants to:

Stream live sessions and connect with speakers via live Q&A.
Interact with other participants directly, share contact information, and connect via chat or in small groups.
Engage in live discussion forums where participants can ask and answer questions.
Export session notes and contacts that participants meet in the platform.
View session recordings post-conference.

The only equipment necessary for participants is an electronic device with an internet connection. The virtual platform works on computers, tablets and smartphones. The platform is optimized for viewing using Chrome.

Scientific Program

Registered participants will have access to all virtual sessions and post-conference recordings.

Sessions

The virtual forum will feature many of the same program elements as the planned in-person event. Participants will be able to ask questions and up-vote other questions. Presenters will be able to answer verbally during the live session. If any questions remain unanswered, presenters and participants are encouraged to continue the discussion in a post-session discussion forum.

Plenary sessions will be live streamed and feature either a keynote address or a panel discussion with a live question and answer period.
Concurrent sessions, including symposia, workshops, and oral presentations, will be comprised of pre-recorded presentations and a live question and answer period.
Discussion forums [networking rooms]
- Suggest a topic or theme and moderate an open dialogue to gather feedback on a particular topic or community project.
- Engage in focussed conversations where attendees can work together in real-time.

Timing

As the Tobacco and Vaping Control Forum welcomes participants from all over the country, we want to ensure participants are engaged and avoid screen fatigue. Sessions are presented from 11:00-16:30 (Eastern) daily.

Networking

We understand that networking is an important part of forum participation and our virtual platform allows for the interaction of all registered participants and presenters through the networking space. The networking options allow participants to:

See a list of all registered participants and initiate conversations;
Create a private chat or in small groups other participants; and
Engage in the discussion forums to explore pertinent topics.

Steering Committee

Ian Culbert, Canadian Public Health Association (Chair)
Les Hagen, Action on Smoking & Health
Sarah Butson, Canadian Lung Association
Ian Culbert, Canadian Public Health Association
Manuel Arango, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
Rebecca Love, Indigenous Cancer Care Unit, Ontario Health
Laurie Zawertailo, Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, CAMH
Cynthia Carr, Manitoba Tobacco Reduction Alliance
Leslie Phillips, Newfoundland and Labrador Alliance for Control of Tobacco
Michael Chaiton, Ontario Tobacco Research Unit
Shae Wale, Respecting Tobacco, First Nations Health Authority
David Hammond, University of Waterloo