Playing a leading role in the field of struggling with addictions for 103 years at both national and international levels, The Turkish Green Crescent Society will cover national and global developments in the struggle against tobacco addiction with International Symposium on Novel and Emerging Tobacco and Nicotine Products and Tobacco Control which will be held online on May 30, 2023.

The main objective of the symposium is to share the latest scientific developments on harms of novel tobacco and nicotine products with the international community within the scope of struggle against tobacco addiction and enable the creation of scientific and evidence-based novel and effective approaches.

The Symposium will bring together many researchers, experts, and representatives of institutions and organizations in the field of tobacco addiction from various countries worldwide, and focus on the following five themes for that purpose:

• Effects of novel and emerging tobacco and nicotine products on public health

• The trends and patterns regarding the use of novel and emerging tobacco and nicotine products in the population, and the factors affecting their incidence and prevalence

• Current practices and research methods in the struggle against tobacco addiction with a focus on the harms of novel and emerging tobacco and nicotine products

• Prevention, intervention and advocacy efforts against novel and emerging nicotine and tobacco products; emerging risks and hazards

• Innovative policy, action plan and intervention program proposals in the struggle against novel and emerging nicotine and tobacco products