new in 2026
14.09.2026
Meet the Exhibitors (In-person only)
18.30
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20.30
Ashstead Suite Eastside Rooms
Event Details
14.09.2026
Meet the Exhibitors (In-person only)
Enjoy canapés and refreshments at this informal free event with SCaH partners and exhibitors. Sponsored by Smoke Free
18.30
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20.30
Ashstead Suite Eastside Rooms
15.09.26 Opening Plenary: National Policy, Evidence and Guidance
Welcome and Opening: Everyone stops and no-one is left behind
08:45
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09:00
Affinity 1 Eastside Rooms
Event Details
15.09.26 Opening Plenary: National Policy, Evidence and Guidance
Welcome and Opening: Everyone stops and no-one is left behind
Rosanna O’Connor, Chair, Action on Smoking & Health.
08:45
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09:00
Affinity 1 Eastside Rooms
Accelerating progress towards a smoke-free UK
09:00
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09:15
Affinity 1 Eastside Rooms
Event Details
Accelerating progress towards a smoke-free UK
Rich Boden, Deputy Director, Tobacco and Vapes, DHSC.
09:00
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09:15
Affinity 1 Eastside Rooms
Opt-out NHS tobacco dependence treatment services: A success story
09:15
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09:30
Affinity 1 Eastside Rooms
Event Details
Opt-out NHS tobacco dependence treatment services: A success story
Dr Paul Cilia La Corte, Senior Programme Manager – Prevention, NHSE.
09:15
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09:30
Affinity 1 Eastside Rooms
Keynote Opening Address: Targeting and Tailoring
09:30
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09:45
Affinity 1 Eastside Rooms
Event Details
Keynote Opening Address: Targeting and Tailoring
Dr Andy McEwen, Chief Executive, NCSCT.
09:30
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09:45
Affinity 1 Eastside Rooms
Panel Q&A
09:45
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10:10
Affinity 1 Eastside Rooms
Event Details
Panel Q&A
Chair: Martin Dockrell.
09:45
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10:10
Affinity 1 Eastside Rooms
Innovations in Practice Breakout
The truth about illicit tobacco
10:40
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10:55
Affinity 1 Eastside Rooms
Event Details
Innovations in Practice Breakout
The truth about illicit tobacco
John Waldron, Policy and Public Affairs Manager, Action on Smoking & Health.
10:40
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10:55
Affinity 1 Eastside Rooms
Vaping: the evidence, the risks and guidance for those who want to stop
10:55
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11:10
Affinity 1 Eastside Rooms
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Vaping: the evidence, the risks and guidance for those who want to stop
Dr Kirstie Soar, Tobacco Harm Reduction Academic Consultant, NCSCT: Louise Ross, Clinical Consultant, NCSCT.
10:55
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11:10
Affinity 1 Eastside Rooms
Nicotine pouches: making sense of the evidence
11:10
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11:25
Affinity 1 Eastside Rooms
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Nicotine pouches: making sense of the evidence
Dr Harry Tattan-Birch, Senior Research Fellow and Statistician, UCL.
11:10
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11:25
Affinity 1 Eastside Rooms
Q&A
11:25
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11:50
Affinity 1 Eastside Rooms
Event Details
Q&A
Chair: Mary Yates, Expert Mental Health Nurse Consultant, NCSCT
11:25
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11:50
Affinity 1 Eastside Rooms
Community and a Smokefree Generation Breakout
What happened with the additional £70 million investment in local stop smoking services?
10:40
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10:55
Belmont 3&4 Eastside Rooms
Event Details
Community and a Smokefree Generation Breakout
What happened with the additional £70 million investment in local stop smoking services?
Dr Debbie Robson, Reader in Tobacco Harm Reduction; Dr Hannah Walsh, NIHR Postdoctoral Fellow; Dr John Robins, Research Associate Nicotine R...
10:40
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10:55
Belmont 3&4 Eastside Rooms
Using the Public Health Grant self-assessment tool SASIT to strengthen stop smoking service delivery
10:55
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11:05
Belmont 3&4 Eastside Rooms
Event Details
Using the Public Health Grant self-assessment tool SASIT to strengthen stop smoking service delivery
Jo Locker, Senior Tobacco Control Programme Manager, DHSC.
10:55
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11:05
Belmont 3&4 Eastside Rooms
From good to great: Evidence underpinning the LA SASIT
11.05
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11:15
Belmont 3&4 Eastside Rooms
Event Details
From good to great: Evidence underpinning the LA SASIT
Dr Sophia Papadakis, Academic and Health Systems Consultant,
NCSCT.
11.05
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11:15
Belmont 3&4 Eastside Rooms
Driving Quality Improvement: A High-Performing Local Authority's Experience of SASIT
11.15
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11:25
Belmont 3&4 Eastside Rooms
Event Details
Driving Quality Improvement: A High-Performing Local Authority's Experience of SASIT
Sarah Hepworth, Associate Director, South Yorkshire Tobacco Control Alliance.
11.15
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11:25
Belmont 3&4 Eastside Rooms
Q&A
11.25
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11:50
Belmont 3&4 Eastside Rooms
Event Details
Q&A
Chair: Steph Shields, Team Lead, Smoking Cessation, DHSC.
11.25
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11:50
Belmont 3&4 Eastside Rooms
Inequalities in Cessation Breakout
Integrating smoking cessation treatment into NHS Talking Therapies Services
10:40
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10:55
Belmont 1&2 Eastside Rooms
Event Details
Inequalities in Cessation Breakout
Integrating smoking cessation treatment into NHS Talking Therapies Services
Dr Gemma Taylor, Senior Lecturer in Public Health / Reader, University of Bristol / University of Bath
10:40
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10:55
Belmont 1&2 Eastside Rooms
Insights from London’s LGBTQ+ smoking cessation campaign
10:55
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11:10
Belmont 1&2 Eastside Rooms
Event Details
Insights from London’s LGBTQ+ smoking cessation campaign
Jon Winter, Stakeholder Relations Lead, London Tobacco Alliance.
10:55
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11:10
Belmont 1&2 Eastside Rooms
Swap to Stop in Refugee and Asylum-Seeker Communities
11:10
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11:25
Belmont 1&2 Eastside Rooms
Event Details
Swap to Stop in Refugee and Asylum-Seeker Communities
Louise Pennock, Public Health Lead, Newcastle Council.
11:10
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11:25
Belmont 1&2 Eastside Rooms
Q&A
11:25
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11:50
Belmont 1&2 Eastside Rooms
Event Details
Q&A
Chair: Hanna Ellison, Programme Manager for Tobacco, NHSE.
11:25
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11:50
Belmont 1&2 Eastside Rooms
Critical Moments in Secondary Care Breakout
New opportunities: Expanding tobacco dependence treatment across the patient journey
12:50 - 13:05
Belmont 3&4 Eastside Rooms
Event Details
Critical Moments in Secondary Care Breakout
New opportunities: Expanding tobacco dependence treatment across the patient journey
Carla Anderson (TDTS Service Lead, Northumbria NHSFT).
12:50 - 13:05
Belmont 3&4 Eastside Rooms
Smoking in Pregnancy - what next?
13:05 - 13:20
Belmont 3&4 Eastside Rooms
Event Details
Smoking in Pregnancy - what next?
Hilary Wareing, Director, Improving Performance in Practice (iPiP); Jo Locker, Senior Tobacco Control Programme Manager, DHSC.
13:05 - 13:20
Belmont 3&4 Eastside Rooms
Beyond Smoking Cessation: The Wider Role of Tobacco Dependence Advisors in Mental Health Care
13:20 - 13:35
Belmont 3&4 Eastside Rooms
Event Details
Beyond Smoking Cessation: The Wider Role of Tobacco Dependence Advisors in Mental Health Care
Ray McGrath, Smokefree Healthy Hospital Programme Lead, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.
13:20 - 13:35
Belmont 3&4 Eastside Rooms
Q&A
13:35 - 14:00
Belmont 3&4 Eastside Rooms
Event Details
Q&A
Chair: Dr Paul Cilia La Corte, Senior Programme Manager – Prevention, NHSE.
13:35 - 14:00
Belmont 3&4 Eastside Rooms
Prevention at Scale Breakout
Primary Care- stop smoking texts
12:50
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13:05
Belmont 1&2 Eastside Rooms
Event Details
Prevention at Scale Breakout
Primary Care- stop smoking texts
Glyn Newberry, Public Health Manager, City of York Council;
Phil Truby, Head of Public Health, City of York Council.
12:50
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13:05
Belmont 1&2 Eastside Rooms
Reaching people where they are, when they want, with what they need
13:05
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13:20
Belmont 1&2 Eastside Rooms
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Reaching people where they are, when they want, with what they need
Dr Eleni Vangeli DPsych, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, London South Bank University.
13:05
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13:20
Belmont 1&2 Eastside Rooms
Ending smoking inequality: an action plan to reduce poverty and improve health
13:20
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13:35
Belmont 1&2 Eastside Rooms
Event Details
Ending smoking inequality: an action plan to reduce poverty and improve health
Noah Traill, Senior Policy Officer, Action on Smoking and Health
13:20
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13:35
Belmont 1&2 Eastside Rooms
Q&A
13:35
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14:00
Belmont 1&2 Eastside Rooms
Event Details
Q&A
Chair: Joanna Feeney, Stop Smoking Systems Strategic Manager, Fresh and Balance.
13:35
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14:00
Belmont 1&2 Eastside Rooms
Reaching Beyond Boundaries Breakout
Smoking cessation in inclusion health: homelessness and multiple disadvantage
12:50
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13:05
Affinity 1 Eastside Rooms
Event Details
Reaching Beyond Boundaries Breakout
Smoking cessation in inclusion health: homelessness and multiple disadvantage
Amy Watling-Cash,
Specialist Smoking Cessation Lead, Cambridgeshire County Council.
12:50
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13:05
Affinity 1 Eastside Rooms
Supporting people with serious mental Illness to stop smoking: Developing a tailored service model
13:05
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13:20
Affinity 1 Eastside Rooms
Event Details
Supporting people with serious mental Illness to stop smoking: Developing a tailored service model
Orla Madden, Pathway Development Lead-Smoking Cessation, Kirklees Council Wellness Service: Sandeep Rai, Health Coach, Kirklees Council Well...
13:05
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13:20
Affinity 1 Eastside Rooms
Using HIVE to embed opt-out tobacco dependency treatment for underserved groups in secondary care
13:20
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13:35
Affinity 1 Eastside Rooms
Event Details
Using HIVE to embed opt-out tobacco dependency treatment for underserved groups in secondary care
Dr Ruth Sharrock, Respiratory Consultant and Health Equity (HIVE) Clinical Lead; Caitlin Robinson, Health Equity (HIVE) Programme Lead. Gate...
13:20
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13:35
Affinity 1 Eastside Rooms
Q&A
13:35
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14:00
Affinity 1 Eastside Rooms
Event Details
Q&A
Chair: Chair: Mary Yates, Expert Mental Health Nurse Consultant, NCSCT
13:35
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14:00
Affinity 1 Eastside Rooms
SCaH Rapid Fire Oral Presentations
Chair Heidi Croucher, Founder of SCAH
14:20
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14:50
Affinity 1 Eastside Rooms
Event Details
SCaH Rapid Fire Oral Presentations
Chair Heidi Croucher, Founder of SCAH
Dr Ian Pope, Academic Clinical Fellow, University of East Anglia.
Dr Hanaa Ali, Resident Doctor Aneurin Bevan Health Board, Cwmbran.
Momina ...
14:20
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14:50
Affinity 1 Eastside Rooms
Closing Plenary: Uniting for Impact, Connecting the Dots
Keynote Closing Address – Mind the Gap
14:50
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15:05
Affinity 1 Eastside Rooms
Event Details
Closing Plenary: Uniting for Impact, Connecting the Dots
Keynote Closing Address – Mind the Gap
Professor Sanjay Agrawal, National Specialty Adviser, NHSE.
14:50
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15:05
Affinity 1 Eastside Rooms
Ending Smoking for Everyone, Everywhere
15:05
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15:35
Affinity 1 Eastside Rooms
Event Details
Ending Smoking for Everyone, Everywhere
Andrea Crossfield, Population Health Policy and Strategy Consultant,
Altogether Smoke Free Strategic Lead on behalf of the Champs Support Tea...
15:05
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15:35
Affinity 1 Eastside Rooms
Panel Q&A
15:35
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15:50
Affinity 1 Eastside Rooms
Event Details
Panel Q&A
Panel Q&A Chair Dr Amanda Farley, Associate Professor in Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Birmingham.
15:35
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15:50
Affinity 1 Eastside Rooms
Award Ceremony and Close
15:50
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16:00
Affinity 1 Eastside Rooms
Event Details
Award Ceremony and Close
Hilary Wareing, Director, Improving Performance in Practice (iPiP) with David Crane, Smoke Free.
15:50
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16:00
Affinity 1 Eastside Rooms
new in 2026
15.09.2026
SCaH Unfringed - Emerging challenges: Sharing ideas, shaping solutions
16:15
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17:15
Belmont 1&2 Eastside Rooms
Event Details
15.09.2026
SCaH Unfringed - Emerging challenges: Sharing ideas, shaping solutions
Susan Montgomery, Training Lead; Francine Brooks, Training Consultant, NCSCT.
16:15
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17:15
Belmont 1&2 Eastside Rooms
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