Silvano Gallus
Day by day
Preliminary Programme
08.15-09.00 ARENA Room
- Registration
09.00-10.00 ARENA Room
- Opening Ceremony
Francesco Schittulli, President, LILT
Marco Alloisio, President, LILT Milan
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General – Video address
Juha Pekka Turunen, President ECL – Video message
Lamberto Bertolè, Health Councillor, Municipality of Milan
Dirk Van Den Steen, Head of Unit, DG SANTE
Kristina Mauer‑Stender, Regional Advisor for Tobacco Control, WHO Europe
Renata Solimini, Senior Investigator, Department of Addiction and Doping, ISS
Presenter: Andrea Monti, Communications Director, Milano Cortina 2026 Foundation
PLENARY
10.00-11.00 ARENA Room
- Opening Scientific Session
Silvano Gallus, Chair ECToH Milan 2026 Scientific Committee
Girolamo Sirchia, Former Minister of Health, Italy
Reinskje Talhout Rese – Senior Scientific Advisor and Head of WHO CC Tobacco Product Regulation and Control – RIVM
Luke Clancy, Director, TobaccoFree Research Institute Ireland – TFRI
Moderator: Letizia Gabaglio, Science Journalist
PLENARY
11.00-11.30
- Coffee Break
11.00-11.30 FOYER
- Poster Sessions
11.30-12.30 ARENA Room
- Novel and Emerging Nicotine and Tobacco Products
Chair Ruggia
Co-chair Neuberger
Luciano Ruggia
Manfred Neuberger
ORAL PRESENTATIONS:
| Asta Federica | Impact of New Tobacco Products on smoking prevalence in Italy: A Double-Intervention Interrupted Time Series Analysis (PASSI 2008–2023) |
| Li Charlotte (Xin) | Combustible tobacco and emerging nicotine-containing product use among older adults in the European Union: findings from Eurobarometer 2023 |
| Pauwels Charlotte | Nicotine sticks for use in heated tobacco product devices: marketing, content, emissions and regulatory approaches |
| Reinskje Talhout | Cooling Compounds in Tobacco Products Before and After Ban |
| Ferketich Amy | Patterns in Tobacco Use Transitions among Adolescents and Young Adults who Use E-cigarettes Alone or With Other Products |
PARALLEL SESSION
11.30-12.30 SCALA 4 Room
- Equity and Inclusion and Health Literacy
Chair Hanafin
Co-chair Fonseca
J. Hanafin
Cristiana Fonseca
ORAL PRESENTATIONS:
| Hanafin Joan | Different Types of School Absenteeism and Associations with Smoking and E-Cigarette Use |
| Teshima Ayaka | Educational inequalities in tobacco-related cancer mortality in 28 European countries |
| Udeanu Amalia | Tobacco Use and Cessation Among Adults with Intellectual Disability: Advancing Inclusion in Tobacco Research |
| Lotrean Darius | Designing Retrieval Augmented Generative Artificial Intelligence Applications in Tobacco Control: Lessons Learned During ECTC25 |
PARALLEL SESSION
11.30-12.30 SCALA 3 Room
- Best of ECTOH 2023
Chair Sardanelli
Co-chair Molins
Francesco Sardanelli
Laureano Molins
Julia Rey-Brandariz – The tobacco epidemic in Spain: 1987-2020
Marco Scala – The role of novel nicotine-containing products on SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 progression
Carla Guerra Tort – Attributable mortality to second-hand smoke exposure in Spain
Zaineb Sheikh – How has the tobacco industry passed tax changes through to consumers in 12 Sub-Saharan African countries?
SPECIAL EVENT
11.30-12.30 SCALA 1 Room
- Call for school projects & best practice award
Chair Sacchi
Co-chair Vitale
Giulia Sacchi
Alessandro Vitale
SPECIAL EVENT
12.30-13.30 ARENA Room
- KEYNOTE – Tobacco Control Scale
Luk Joossens
Erin Roman
PLENARY
13.30-14.30
- LUNCHTIME
13.30-14.30 FOYER
- Poster Sessions
14.30-15.00 ARENA Room
- The European Tobacco Products Directive (TPD): current impact and future steps
Constantine Vardavas
I. Possenti
STATE OF THE ART
14.30-15.00 SCALA 4 Room
- ECAC: Beyond Tobacco. Nicotine Matters
Silvia Franceschi
Wolfgang Fecke
M. Scala
STATE OF THE ART
- 15.00-16.00 ARENA Room
WHO – Unmasking the Appeal: How Nicotine Addiction Is Engineered, Accelerated and Sustained
Chair Ciobanu
Co-chair Fayokun
Angela Ciobanu
Ranti Fayokun
WORKSHOP
15.00-16.00 SCALA 4 Room
- Health Impacts of Tobacco and Nicotine Use
Chair Franceschi
Co-Chair M.S. Cattaruzza
Silvia Franceschi
Maria Sofia Cattaruzza
ORAL PRESENTATIONS:
| Alessandra Lugo | Effect of the use of novel nicotine products on the risk of cancer and other non communicable diseases |
| Bjurlin Marc | Urinary Carcinogens, Molecular Alterations, and Bladder Cancer Risk in Electronic Cigarette Users |
| Bjurlin Marc | Prognostic Impact of Combustible Smoking Cessation on Bladder Cancer Outcomes |
| Antinozzi Martina | Effect of novel tobacco products on gut microbiota composition in healthy young adults |
| Healy Eibhlín | Comparative Effects of Vaping, Smoking, and Dual Exposure on Third Trimester Fetal Biometry A Secondary Analysis of the ECHO Study |
PARALLEL SESSION
- 15.00-16.00 SCALA 3 Room
Tobacco and Nicotine Taxation
Chair Fernández
Co-chair Roman
E. Fernández
Erin Roman
ORAL PRESENTATIONS:
| Sheikh Zaineb | Eroding the Floor: The Weakening Impact of the UK’s Minimum Excise Tax on Tobacco |
| Dera Paulina | Is the industry helping to combat illegal trade? Poland’s experience in recent years |
| Zdravković Aleksandar | Heated tobacco products use in Serbia |
| Jovanović Olivera | Youth Smoking Initiation in CESEE countries: A comparative analysis among ten selected countries |
PARALLEL SESSION
15.00-16.00 SCALA 2 Room
- JA-SAFE – The EU Joint Action on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention including Smoke and Aerosol Free Environments
Chair Vardavas
Constantine Vardavas
SIMPOSIA
15.00-16.00 SCALA 1 Room
- Mobilizing Gen Z for a tobacco and nicotine-Free Future
Chairs Morandi and Rollini
Martina Morandi
Ruggero Rollini
Laura Jarandilla Martín, Carlos Navarrete-Llamas – Proyecto Zero
Elisabed Kejeradze, Naida Salkovic – ECL Youth Ambassadors
Samuele Andreoli, Festim Saliu – SISM Segretariato Italiano Studenti in Medicina
Emanuele Manciulli, Sofia Catalano – Provincial Student Council of Milan
Darius Lotrean – ENSPNext and Youth Health Organization
SPECIAL EVENT
15.00-16.00 BRERA Room
- Campaigning for Health: Workshop on Civic Action Against Tobacco
WORKSHOP
16.00-16.30
- COFFEE BREAK
16.00-16.30 FOYER
- Poster Sessions
16.30-17.00 ARENA Room
- WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC)
Kristina Mauer-Stender
M. Scala
STATE OF THE ART
16.30-17.00 SCALA 4 Room
- Sport and Tobacco-Free Promotion
Thomas Zandonai
I. Possenti
STATE OF THE ART
16.30-17.30 SCALA 2 Room
- Engaging 9-Year-Olds: Italian evidence and practice over a decade
Chair Sacchi
Giulia Sacchi
SPECIAL EVENT
16.30-17.00 BRERA Room
- JA-SAFE Internal Meeting
17.00-18.00 ARENA Room
- WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC)
Chair Ciobanu
Co-chair Girvalaki
Angela Ciobanu
Charis Girvalaki
ORAL PRESENTATIONS:
| van Kalmthout Danielle | Tobacco Product Waste at the Crossroads of Global and EU Law: Aligning the SUP Revision with FCTC Article 18 and the UN Plastics Treaty |
| Cunningham Rob | Canada’s Successful Implementation of Warnings Directly on Individual Cigarettes |
| Schaller Katrin | The new Public Health Index – assessing public health policies in Europe |
| Nayani Sarah | Advancing Tobacco Control in Belgium: Progress, Innovation, and Remaining Challenges under the WHO FCTC |
| Vanessa Gorasso | How does Europe monitors tobacco use? Gaps and opportunities revealed through a 16-country analysis |
PARALLEL SESSION
17.00-18.00 SCALA 4 Room
- Snus, Nicotine Pouches and Other Nicotine and Tobacco Products
Chair Gallus
Co-Chair Zandonai
Silvano Gallus
Thomas Zandonai
ORAL PRESENTATIONS:
| ESCHENBRENNER Amélie | Illicit digital marketing of new nicotine products in France: a 2024 online observatory |
| Thomas Zandonai | Nicotine in Sports: Discrepancies Between Neurophysiological Effects and Performance Outcomes |
| Bast Lotus Sofie | Who are the young users of oral nicotine pouches; those already smoking cigarettes – or a new group of nicotine addicts? |
| Larsdotter Zweygberg Alma | Smokeless nicotine use during pregnancy and preeclampsia hazard: a Swedish population-based cohort study |
| Hanafin Joan | Overview of Emerging Nicotine Product Use by Teenagers and a Comparison with Smoking and E-Cigarette Use |
PARALLEL SESSION
17.00-18.00 SCALA 3 Room
- The Gendered Epidemic
Chair Tamang
Elizabeth Tamang
SIMPOSIA
17.00-18.00 BRERA Room
- JA-SAFE Internal Meeting
09.00-10.00 BRERA Room
- JA-SAFE Internal Meeting
09.30-10.00 SCALA 4 Room
- Youth and Adolescence
Sabrina Molinaro
C. Stival
STATE OF THE ART
09.30-10.00 SCALA 3 Room
- Lung Cancer Screening
David Baldwin
I. Possenti
STATE OF THE ART
09.30-11.00 SCALA 1 Room
- Unlocking the potential of forward-looking tobacco control measures in Europe
Chair S. Bialous
S. Bialous
SIMPOSIA
10.00-12.00 ARENA Room
- Agenti 00Sigarette: a celebration for Primary School Children
Internal Event
10.00-11.00 SCALA 4 Room
- Tobacco and Nicotine in Youth
Chair Clancy
Co-chair Kislev
Luke Clancy
Shira Kislev
ORAL PRESENTATIONS:
| Sivaratnam Surabhi | Clearing The Air – Exploring The International Public Policy Responses to the Synthetic Nicotine Crisis: A Scoping Review |
| Miller Marta | Level of nicotine dependence in dual users of electronic and tobacco cigarettes in Polish adolescents – the PolNicoYouth Study |
| Romelli Marco | How much pocket money flies into addictions? Spending on nicotine products among underage Italian students |
| Fan Siyuan | Association between social media use frequency and oral nicotine pouch awareness and use among US middle and high school students using National Youth Tobacco Survey data, 2021-2023 |
| Patrizia Steca | Ten-year follow-up evaluation of the anti-smoking educational program “Agenti 00Sigarette – Missione LILT”: A mixed-method study |
PARALLEL SESSION
10.00-11.00 SCALA 3 Room
- Integrating Smoking Cessation into Clinical Care
Chair Pastorino
Co-chair Neuberger
Ugo Pastorino
Manfred Neuberger
ORAL PRESENTATIONS:
| Gorini Giuseppe | Integration with smoking cessation in the CCM-ITALUNG2 pilot on lung cancer screening in Italy. Preliminary results |
| Przewozniak Krzysztof | Cytisine as smoking cessation aid: its history, neuropharmacological activity, treatment regimen, safety profile and effectiveness. Brief summary of current scientific knowledge |
| Ostojic Jelena | Approach to current smokers with obstructive lung disease in tertiary outpatient department in Croatia. |
| Katsaounou Paraskevi | Cytisinicline for Smoking Cessation in Smokers with Multiple Comorbidities: Real-World Outcomes from an Extended-Dose Strategy |
PARALLEL SESSION
10.00-11.00 SCALA 2 Room
- Nicotine Pouches
Angela Ciobanu
Ranti Fayokun
Helen Stjerna
SIMPOSIA
11.00-11.30
- Coffee break
11.00-11.30 FOYER
- Poster Sessions
11.30-12.00 SCALA 4 Room
- Tobacco Industry Interference Index
Erin Roman
M. Scala
STATE OF THE ART
11.30-12.00 SCALA 3 Room
- Taxation and fiscal policy
Ángel López-Nicolás
I. Possenti
STATE OF THE ART
11.30-12.30 SCALA 2 Room
- Joint Health Actions: Healthy Cities and Companies Against Tobacco (session in Italian)
SPECIAL EVENT
11.30-12.30 SCALA 1 Room
- Smoking cessation: the role of Cytisine
Chair Przewozniak, Bjurlin
Krzysztof Przewozniak
Marc Bjurlin
SIMPOSIA
12.00-13.00 SCALA 4 Room
- Tobacco Industry Interference in Governments
Chair Gallagher
Co-chair Roman
Allen Gallagher
Erin Roman
ORAL PRESENTATIONS:
| Sheikh Zaineb | Patterns of Influence in EU Tobacco Tax Directive Consultation: Evidence from Sentiment and Similarity Analysis |
| Dagli Guner Elif | Development of the New Tobacco Industry Manipulation Index (NTIMI-40): A Comprehensive Tool for Detecting and Quantifying Industry Interference |
| Dera Paulina | Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2025: Poland |
| Asztalos Bogdán | Tobacco harm reduction narratives in Hungarian media ads: Introducing an innovative monitoring technique |
PARALLEL SESSION
12.00-13.00 SCALA 3 Room
- Tobacco Taxation
Chair Clancy
Co-chair Lopez Nicolas
Luke Clancy
Ángel López-Nicolás
ORAL PRESENTATIONS:
| Parola Annamaria | Integrated model for tobacco control: fiscal measures in Europe and evidence-based advocacy activities by Fondazione Umberto Veronesi ETS. |
| Kislev Shira | How to calculate the size of a country’s e-cigarette shadow market? |
| Fidanovski Kristijan | Easier to afford, more likely to be smoked? Marlboro indices show higher cigarette affordability in the South and East of Europe |
| Cunningham Rob | Canada’s Annual Tobacco Strategy Cost Recovery Fee on Tobacco Manufacturers |
PARALLEL SESSION
12.30-13.30 SCALA 1 Room
- Nicotine Pouch Cessation – Lessons from Sweden’s Clinical Frontline
Chair H. Jesper
Co-chair S. Gabriels
Jesper Hellberg
Suzanne Gabriels
SIMPOSIA
12.00-13.30 BRERA Room
- Prevention in Action: Experiential Methods for Health Professionals
Chair Parrinello
Co-chair Ghitti
M. Parrinello
T. Ghitti
WORKSHOP
13.00-13.30 SCALA 4 Room
- ECL 30 yrs of ECToH
Juha Pekka Turunen
Luk Joossens
Wolfgang Fecke
I. Possenti
STATE OF THE ART
13.00-13.30 SCALA 3 Room
- Funding Corner Network for collaborative future projects
C. Lusetti
WORKSHOP
13.00-13.30 SCALA 2 Room
- Conventional and Electronic Cigarettes: Real Impact on Health and Tobacco Control
Andrea Bianco
Luciano Ruggia
M. Scala
STATE OF THE ART
13.30-14.30
- Lunchtime
13.30-14.30 FOYER
- Poster Sessions
14.30-15.00 ARENA Room
- Research vs. policy making for tobacco control
Esteve Fernández Muñoz
Silvano Gallus
PLENARY
14.30-16.00 SCALA 3 Room
- ESO Observatory on Lung Cancer: Innovation and care in the next 12 months
Chair A. Curioni
A. Curioni
SIMPOSIA
14.30-16.00 BRERA Room
- Prevention in Action: Experiential Methods for Health Professionals
Chair Parrinello
Co-chair Ghitti
M. Parrinello
T. Ghitti
WORKSHOP
15.00-16.00 ARENA Room
- Tobacco Industry Interference in Science
Chair Lugo
Co-chair Fernandez
Alessandra Lugo
Esteve Fernández Muñoz
ORAL PRESENTATIONS:
| Matthes Britta K. | Targeting Trust: How the tobacco industry attempts to engage health professionals |
| Legg Tess | Philip Morris International’s influence on science on plain packaging of cigarettes: a contemporary case study |
| Scala Marco | Conflict of interest in research on novel tobacco and nicotine products |
| Canevascini Michela | Hidden Ties: How the Tobacco Industry Connects with Swiss Universities |
| Peruga Armando | Regulator’s Trojan Horse: Tobacco Industry Interference in Spain’s Advisory Council |
PARALLEL SESSION
15.00-16.00 SCALA 4 Room
- Smoke and Aerosol-Free Environment in Pregnancy and Childhood
Chair Vardavas
Constantine Vardavas
ORAL PRESENTATIONS:
| bar-zeev yael | Feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of a digital intervention targeting expectant fathers to promote second-hand smoke exposure reduction during pregnancy: a pilot randomized controlled trial |
| Fu Marcela | Smoking in cars with children: What do Europeans who smoke do? Findings from eight ITC European Surveys |
| Tigova Olena | Promoting smoke-free homes among Spanish households with children: A mixed-methods pilot intervention study |
| Lotrean Lucia Maria | Active and passive smoking among Romanian pregnant women-impact of the comprehensive ban of smoking in public places |
| Jasmine Keng | An Air Quality Monitoring Study of Indoor Public Places in Bosnia & Herzegovina |
PARALLEL SESSION
15.00-16.00 SCALA 2 Room
- Monitoring nicotine control policies: future directions and challenges
Roman
Erin Roman
WORKSHOP
16.00-16.30
- Coffee break
16.00-16.30 FOYER
- Poster Sessions
16.30-17.00 ARENA Room
- Surveillance system
Geoffrey Fong
Silvano Gallus
PLENARY
17.00-18.00 ARENA Room
- E-cigarettes and Other Nicotine and Tobacco Products
Chair Them Kjaer
Co-chair Gabriels
Niels Them Kjær
Suzanne Gabriels
ORAL PRESENTATIONS:
| Zervas Efthimios | Emissions of particles and carbonyls from the use of herbal tea sticks |
| Aygun Hasanova | Public support for banning flavoured e-cigarettes in the European Union: a repeated cross-sectional study using Eurobarometer data from 2017 and 2023 |
| Feng Miao | Structural Fragility in Digital Public Health Campaigns: A Longitudinal Network Analysis of U.S. E-Cigarette Prevention (2014–2023) |
| Knudsen Astrid | A new vision for a nicotine and tobacco endgame |
PARALLEL SESSION
17.00-18.00 SCALA 4 Room
- Smoking Cessation: Drivers and Outcomes
Chair Borras
Co-chair Veronese
Josep Maria Borràs
Chiara Veronese
ORAL PRESENTATIONS:
| Pastorino Ugo | Stopping smoking reduces all-cause mortality in lung cancer screening trial participants |
| Guignard Romain | Effectiveness of an intervention to improve discussions on smoking cessation in general practice: results from a randomised controlled trial (TABAC-PRO) |
| Gorini Giuseppe | Postdiagnosis smoking cessation and life expectancy of patients with cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis |
| Cristina Martinez | Trends and social determinants of smoking cessation methods in the European Union, 2012-2020: a repeated cross-sectional analysis |
| Martina Blake | Practical implementation of a financial incentives programme to encourage smoking cessation among low-income populations |
PARALLEL SESSION
17.00-18.00 SCALA 3 Room
- Advocacy readiness for the EU tobacco and nicotine product directive
Chair Roman
Co-chair Verheyen
Erin Roman
Joachim Verheyen
WORKSHOP
17.00-18.00 SCALA 2 Room
- From burden to policy: new evidence for tobacco and nicotine control in Europe
Chair Segal
Alexa Segal
SIMPOSIA
17.30-18.00 SCALA 1 Room
- Patient engagement: what future?
Guendalina Graffigna
WORKSHOP
09.30-10.00 ARENA Room
- Tobacco Endgame (ERS statement)
Filippos Filippidis
Silvano Gallus
PLENARY
09.30-10.00 BRERA Room
- Towards impactful youth advocacy: Debate on the future of Youth in Tobacco Control
Darius Lotrean
SPECIAL EVENT
10.00-11.00 ARENA Room
- TOBACCO ENDGAME
Chair Fecke
Co-chair Filippidis
Wolfgang Fecke
Filippos Filippidis
ORAL PRESENTATIONS:
| Branston J Robert | Reducing tobacco supplier profits and pricing power: Modelling the impact of a tobacco price cap and tax increase on socioeconomic inequalities in England |
| Avenel Justine | The Role of Personality-Tailored Messages in Digital Health Interventions: Using Machine Learning to Optimize Anti-Tobacco Campaigns |
| Pasquereau Anne | Trends in smoking in France: a sharp decline over the past 10 years |
| Tommasino Chiara | Promoting tobacco-free lifestyles through sport: insights from a pilot survey of athletes |
| Manon Waning | The role of the EU in achieving a Smokefree Generation in the Netherlands |
PARALLEL SESSION
10.00-11.00 SCALA 4 Room
- Smoke and Aerosol-Free Environment
Chair Martinez
Co-chair Van Kalmthout
Cristina Martínez
Danielle Van Kalmthout
ORAL PRESENTATIONS:
| Peruga Armando | Trends in Secondhand Smoke Exposure in European Hospitality Venues 2009-2020 |
| Candal-Pedreira Cristina | Impact of secondhand tobacco smoke on lung function and respiratory symptoms in never-smokers: a systematic review and meta-analysis |
| Gorasso Vanessa | A stakeholder-driven framework for routine policy evaluation: a Belgian case study |
| ANA PAULA MEDINA | Secondhand Smoke Exposure in Households in Cantabria: The Influence of Children on Indoor Smoking Behaviors |
| Ballbè Gibernau Montse | Impact of the Spanish Tobacco Law on air quality and mortality in mental health wards in Catalonia. |
PARALLEL SESSION
10.00-11.00 SCALA 3 Room
- Patient-Centred Tobacco Control in EU Health
Chair Gil
Alba Gil
WORKSHOP
10.00-11.00 SCALA 2 Room
- Heated Tobacco and Nicotine Sticks: Appeal, Use, Health Effects and Regulation
Chair Talhout
Co-chair Fayokun
Reinskje Talhout
R. Fayokun
SIMPOSIA
11.00-11.30
- Coffee break
11.30-12.00 ARENA Room
- Closing “Nicotine-Free Spaces for Healthier Cities”
Marco Alloisio, President, LILT Milan
Juha Pekka Turunen, President, ECL
Silvano Gallus, ECToH Milan 2026 Scientific Committee, Chair
Wolfgang Fecke, ECL, Executive Director
Marc Michils, Flemish League Against Cancer, President
Presenter: Andrea Monti, Communications Director, Milano Cortina 2026 Foundation
- ECToH Milan 2026 Declaration and presentation of the next edition
12.30-13.00
- Lunch to go
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