IGTC Well Represented at SRNT Annual Meeting

A woman in a blazer stands on stage in front of a colorful backdrop giving a presentations — IGTC Director Joanna Cohen gave a plenary presentation at the SRNT Annual Meeting. Photo courtesy of Tobacco Control Unit at the Catalan Institute of Oncology.

IGTC staff presented a wide variety of research at the 2025 Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Annual Meeting in New Orleans, which brings together top nicotine and tobacco control researchers.

A man in a blue sweater and tan pants speaks to a woman in a blue top about his research — Jeff Hardesty answers questions on his poster **Association between cooling descriptors and device/liquid combinations among adults who frequently use ENDS**.

The sixteen posters and one oral presentation covered domestic and international work on topics such as health warning label compliance, tobacco packaging regulations and the marketing of tobacco products. Eight staff members and one student presented work at the meeting.

Additionally, IGTC Director Joanna Cohen provided the policy/public health theme plenary with a presentation on "Packaged to Persuade: Building the Scientific Case for Plain and Standardized Packaging for All Tobacco Products." The presentation emphasized the need for plain and standardized packaging by demonstrating the broad array of design features and marketing appeals used in tobacco product packaging, the many different sizes and shapes for packaging across the world, and how tobacco companies manipulate graphic health warning labels.

The presentation highlighted the work of IGTC, particularly the Institute’s work on the Tobacco Pack Surveillance System study and outlined how low- and middle-income countries have led the way in tobacco control policies, including with large picture health warnings. At least 19 countries have implemented plain and standardized packaging to combat the enticing packages created by the tobacco industry. Associate professor Ryan David Kennedy introduced Cohen at the plenary session.

A woman in a dark blazer and green top speaks at a podium — Emma Walker gives her oral presentation "**Geocoordinate data visualization of tobacco litter in urban outdoor environments: A pilot study in Guangzhou, China**."

A woman in a dark blazer shares her research with a woman in a colorful top — Qinghua Nian shares her work on **tobacco sales and marketing at points of sale near schools in China**.