Experts convene in Ottawa to showcase breakthrough strategies and research in smoking cessation

January 22, 2025
The 17th Annual Ottawa Conference: State-of-the-Art Clinical Approaches to Smoking Cessation runs from January 24-25, closing out National Non-Smoking Week in Canada.
The 17th Annual Ottawa Conference: State-of-the-Art Clinical Approaches to Smoking Cessation runs from January 24-25, closing out National Non-Smoking Week in Canada.

January 22, 2025, OTTAWA – National and international experts in smoking cessation will gather in the capital this week for the 17th Annual Ottawa Conference: State-of-the-Art Clinical Approaches to Smoking Cessation. The event, supported by the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, and Canada’s leading forum on tobacco and nicotine addiction treatment, will showcase the latest innovations, evidence-based strategies, and research in smoking cessation and quit-smoking program development.

Media are invited to attend this year’s proceedings, which will take place at the Rogers Centre (55 Colonel By Drive) from Friday, January 24 through Saturday, January 25, closing out Canada’s National Non-Smoking Week (January 19-25).

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  • Incorporating Smoking Cessation into Alternative Models of Care
  • Pregnancy, Lactation and Smoking Cessation
  • Smoking Cessation and Concurrent Alcohol/Substance Use
  • Social Media, Youth Vaping Uptake and Vaping Cessation
  • What Patients Want from Quit Vaping Experts

Media opportunities and invited speakers

Leading smoking cessation authorities will be in attendance. Interviews are possible upon request (subject to speaker availability). Invited speakers include:

  • Dr. Mark Eisenberg, McGill University
  • Ryan Fahey, Physical and Health Education Canada
  • Dr. Sean Gilman, McGill University Health Centre
  • Dr. Samantha Green, Temerty Faculty of Medicine
  • Dr. David Hammond, University of Waterloo
  • Javad Heshmati, University of Ottawa Heart Institute
  • Dr. Susan Kilborn, Community Vet Outreach
  • Maria Agustina Lopez Laporte, University of Ottawa Heart Institute
  • Dr. Hassan Mir, University of Ottawa Heart Institute
  • Dr. Kerri-Anne Mullen, University of Ottawa Heart Institute
  • Dr. Andrew Pipe, University of Ottawa Heart Institute
  • Dr. Peter Selby, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
  • Dr. Laura Struik, Institute for Healthy Living and Chronic Disease Prevention

To attend a live in-person presentation or to arrange an interview with a conference delegate, participant or cessation expert, please contact the liaison below.

Media contact

Leigh B. Morris
Communications Officer
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
613-316-6409 (cell)
lmorris@ottawaheart.ca