Call for Papers
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The Congress theme is:
“Science for Sustainability and Harm Reduction in the Transforming Tobacco Landscape”
Call for Papers: Agronomy & Leaf Integrity and Phytopathology & Genetics
Call for Papers: Product Science and Product Technology
Abstract Submission
AGRONOMY & LEAF INTEGRITY AND PHYTOPATHOLOGY & GENETICS
The Study Groups related to this category encourage submission of abstracts including, but not limited to, the following topics:
- The role of breeding and agronomy in agricultural raw material production for tobacco and nicotine products, such as leaf composition, nicotine and other alkaloids, harmful and potentially harmful constituents (HPHCs) and other compounds
- Technology, such as genetics and breeding, variety development, adaptation to abiotic and biotic stresses, germplasm preservation, biological processes, agronomic practices, smart farming, impact of AI, data management, curing, economics, seed innovation, and molecular farming
- Crop and environmental protection, such as crop protection agents (CPAs), integrated pest management, biocontrol/organic pesticides, diagnostics, weed management, CPA residue monitoring, emerging pest and disease issues
- Good Agricultural Practices (GAP), such as sustainable crop production, plant physiology, farmer and field technician education/training, curing, water resources, soil and nutrient management, and other improving efficiencies for tobacco production or any agricultural raw materials
- Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) in the supply chain, such as due diligence, social and economic issues, human rights impact assessment, agricultural labour practices, traceability, reforestation, biodiversity, crop diversification related to tobacco production and farmer financial sustainability.
PRODUCT SCIENCE AND PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY
The Study Groups related to this category encourage researchers, scientists, and professionals to submit abstracts presenting original scientific work related to conventional tobacco and nicotine products. Contributions are welcome across a wide range of scientific and technical disciplines, including, but not limited to, the following areas:
- Characterization of tobacco and nicotine products, such as test methods for combustible and non-combustible products, comparative analyses of HPHC levels, and product stability studies
- Toxicological assessments, including toxicological characterization of products, emerging technologies, Toxicity Testing in the 21st Century (Tox21), predictive toxicology, and New Approach Methodologies (NAMs)
- Clinical evaluation of tobacco and nicotine products, such as emerging fit-for-purpose biomarkers for the assessment of risk reduction potential of smoke-free products, novel biomarkers of exposure to measure compliance or to differentiate smoke-free product use, abuse liability assessment, human factors analysis
- Product use behaviour, such as characterizing use behaviour of non-combustible products as actually used, novel methods to determine switching behaviour, emerging technologies to characterize topography of use of non-combustible products, new methods to track product use behaviour in longitudinal studies, and advances in determining consumer reported outcome measures
- Population science, such as risk benefit assessment, real world evidence, population modelling, and post-market surveillance
- Facilitators and barriers to switching from cigarettes to smoke-free, such as facilitators and barriers to switching from combustibles to non-combustibles such as misperceptions of harm from nicotine and lack of awareness of differential risk of non-combustible products vs combustible cigarettes, role of nicotine, flavours, and other factors in switching behaviour
- Product technology, such as innovative research that explores the transformative impact of AI and other cutting-edge technologies in advancing tobacco harm reduction, biosynthesis by using tobacco plants, and tobacco bioreactor
- Environmental impact associated with tobacco and nicotine products
- Regulatory science, such as proposed regulations and guidelines, including menthol and flavour bans, nicotine reduction in combustible cigarettes, and safety and quality guidance for nicotine pouches.
Abstract submission deadline: 17 May 2026
To submit an abstract for the Congress, please click on the "ABSTRACT SUBMISSION" button above to access the online abstract submission instructions and form.
Authors will receive an immediate email message to confirm successful submission of their abstract, and will be informed of the CORESTA Reading Committee's selection towards the end of June 2026.
For any questions concerning abstract submission, please contact the CORESTA Secretariat here.