Tabakkontrollkonferenz - German Cancer Research Center

The German Conference on Tobacco Control (Deutsche Konferenz für Tabakkontrolle) is held annually at the German Cancer Research Center and is organised by the WHO Collaborating Centre for Tobacco Control in collaboration with the German Nonsmokers' Association (Aktionsbündnis Nichtrauchen).

It serves to exchange experiences on successful measures to reduce tobacco consumption in Germany, to promote and develop future projects and concepts and to present networks and coalitions for smoke-free businesses, institutions and action groups.

Furthermore, country-specific actions are to be combined with local actions. To this end, successful models at local and national level will be presented. National and international experiences from the implementation of smoke-free legislation will be presented and the marketing strategies of the tobacco industry will be highlighted.

Deutsche Konferenz für Tabakkontrolle – Archive (as of 2018)

Program of the 22nd German Conference on Tobacco Control (PDF)

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Plenary: Current challenges in tobacco prevention and looking beyond borders

Ute Mons - Welcome, review and outlook

Andrea Rabenstein - Nicotine consumption in transition

Thomas Fischer - The environmental problem of cigarette butts

Julia Niemeyer - Official study results of disposable e-cigarettes from 2022 in Germany (PDF)

Sabina Ulbricht - Dual and poly use in the treatment of tobacco dependence and the challenges of new products for research (PDF)

Franz Pietsch - Austrian tobacco control measures in the course of time - experiences, options for action and outlook

Symposium I: News on tobacco cessation

Sophie Meingassner - Every word works. Acting clearly and effectively with conscious language

Katharina Sternberg - CHASE - Comparing Human and AI Solutions and Expertise - AI in tobacco cessation challenges human expertise

Sören Kuitunen-Paul - Development of a brief tobacco cessation intervention for adolescents in an inpatient psychiatric setting

Sabina Ulbricht - Counseling and treatment to achieve tobacco and nicotine abstinence in Germany (PDF)

Symposium II: Taking the tobacco industry to task: Supply chain law, single-use plastic fund, human rights complaint

Sonja von Eichborn and Viola Dannenmaier - Supply Chain Act: How do cigarette companies fulfill their obligations? (PDF)

Donald Makoka - Human Rights Claim: How do Farmers Resist Exploitation? (PDF)

Symposium III: 20 years of the German Network of Smoke-Free Hospitals & Healthcare Facilities (DNRfK) e.V.

Christa Rustler - 20 years smokefree plus: Beginnings - Developments - Outlook (PDF)

Lucie Strauß - astra plus health literacy - smoke-free in nursing school and practice (PDF)

Christa Rustler - "smoke-free ticket" - something for everyone? Implementation processes in different settings (PDF)

Symposium IV: Common challenges in prevention

Sören Becker - Variances in German tobacco and alcohol policy - stocktaking and measurement (PDF)

Waltraud Posch - Nicotine pouches - small product, big impact (PDF)

Christopher Heidt - Advertising for e-cigarettes, tobacco heaters and beer in social media (PDF)

Zauraiz Lone - Social Media Monitoring of Advertising and Promotion for Heated Tobacco Products: Findings from the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Germany

Short presentations

Ina Buckenauer - Conducting an employee survey on 4 nursing wards in May 2023 on the topic of smoking, implementation of the smoke-free hospital procedure and smoke-free ticket

Franziska Kolorz - Smoking status in people before implantation of a ventricular assist device

Daniel Kotz - Smoking and vaping on Instagram & Co. (PDF)

Barbara Isensee and Reiner Hanewinkel - Smoke-free in May 2024

Charlotte Buchinger - The influence of biopsychosocial factors on the tobacco consumption of prisoners

Shaopeng Liu - Influence of Cigarette Butts on Water Pollution (PDF)

Plenum I: Smoking behavior

Reiner Hanewinkel - Consumption of tobacco cigarettes, e-cigarettes and water pipes among children and adolescents: Results of the prevention radar from 2016 to 2024

Dorothea Moessnang - Educational differences in the smoking behavior of adults (EHIS)

Stephanie Klosterhalfen - Expenditure on nicotine and tobacco products and purchase of cigarettes not taxed in Germany

Plenum II: Consumer behavior of adolescents

Irene Schmutterer - The consumption of nicotine pouches among adolescents in Austria: Results from a student survey and expert interviews (PDF)

Julia Kohn - Understanding the mechanisms of change in smoking intention and propensity after a smoking prevention intervention with children in Berlin elementary school

Marina Hinßen - Health inequality at its root: Socio-economic differences in smoking and vaping among adolescents

Plenary III: E-cigarettes and nicotine products

Reto Auer - Results of the ESTxENDS trial on smoking cessation and biomarkers (PDF)

Sabine Vollstädt-Klein, Sven Schneider and Ute Mons - Final results of the EVAPE project on the addictive potential of e-cigarettes (PDF)

Stephanie Klosterhalfen - Trends in the use of disposable e-cigarettes in recent years

Program of the 21st German Conference on Tobacco Control (PDF)

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Plenary: Current challenges in tobacco prevention/looking beyond borders

Burkhard Blienert - Current developments regarding further advertising restrictions for tobacco and alcohol

Petra Nies - Regulation of the entitlement to medicines for tobacco cessation according to § 34 paragraph 2 SGB V

Norbert Knopf - Amendment of the Non-Smoker Protection Act in Baden-Württemberg

Lilia Olefir - Towards a Tobacco-Free Generation in Europe by 2040: Attaining Significant Advancements or Preserving Fragile Progress?

Elke Pieper - European perspective on adverse health effects and harmful effects of novel tobacco products and e-cigarettes

Symposium I: News on tobacco cessation

Alexander Rupp - Digital tobacco cessation - the NichtraucherHelden app

Simone Delle - Evaluation of the BZgA telephone counseling for smoking cessation

Peter Lindinger - AI, VR and mHealth: Who still needs qualified experts?

Symposium II: Smoking cessation - looking beyond the horizon

Hassan Mir and Kerri-Anne Mullen - The Ottawa Model for Smoking Cessation: Experiences and Outcomes

Christa Rustler - The "smoke-free ticket" screening, brief intervention and smoking cessation counseling (PDF)

Dirk Koschel - Implementation "Smoke-free hospital", University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden

Symposium III: Common challenges in prevention

Alice Fabbri - Commercial Determinants of Health

Oliver Huizinga - Big Food vs. Public Health: How the food industry torpedoes child protection rules

Carolin Kilian - Effectiveness of different alcohol prevention measures - cross-connections to tobacco prevention (PDF)

Symposium IV: Aspects of prevention and tobacco consumption

Christopher Heidt - Internet monitoring - Advertising for tobacco heaters and e-cigarettes on the Internet (PDF)

Reiner Hanewinkel - Social inequality and smoking

Waltraud Posch - Nicotine: Consumption patterns and attitudes (PDF)

Plenum I: Current smoking behavior in the trend of the various surveys

Anne Starker, Daniel Kotz, Boris Orth and Justin Möckl - Smoking behavior in Germany - comparison and classification of the results of different data sources (PDF)

Plenum II: Smoking and cannabis

Boris Orth - Smoking behavior and co-consumption of tobacco and cannabis by adolescents (PDF)

Justin Möckl - Smoking and cannabis use among adults

Christina Rummel - Health consequences of the co-use of tobacco and cannabis and necessary measures to regulate cannabis

Plenum III: Tobacco industry under scrutiny: green change or a scam?

Viola Dannenmaier - Greenwashing the tobacco industry - a broad field

Lonjezo Masikini - Tobacco Companies: Best Friends of Farmers?

Sonja von Eichborn - Farmers Exit Tobacco: Food Instead of Tobacco

Program of the 20th German Conference on Tobacco Control (PDF)

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Plenary: Current challenges in tobacco prevention / Looking beyond borders

Baumann M - Greeting

Blienert B - Tobacco prevention in Germany

Mons U - The importance of science for tobacco control/advocacy (PDF)

Schotte K - Tobacco control in Germany and the role of the WHO Collaborating Center for Tobacco Control therein (PDF)

Kweitel W - Current progress in tobacco control in Switzerland (PDF)

Willemsen M - Smokefree Generation in the Netherlands (PDF)

Symposium I: News on tobacco cessation

Posch W - Nicotine biographies (PDF)

Rabenstein A - Nicotine topographies

Ulbricht S - Effect of general practitioner interventions on abstinence (attempts) depending on social status (and gender) (PDF)

Symposium II: Tobacco cessation in the clinic: the role of the nursing professions

Sauerwald J - The "smoke-free ticket" in outpatient care (PDF)

Rustler C - smoke-free plus: tips and tricks and other surprises (PDF)

Leifert J - START study: Inpatient cessation for a smoke-free life

Symposium III: Common challenges in prevention

Treede I - Alcohol Atlas Germany 2022 (PDF)

Batra A - Analogies of smoking and alcohol consumption - Implications for prevention (PDF)

Kreider C - Common hurdles: Challenges in alcohol and tobacco prevention

Symposium IV: Aspects of prevention

Acar Z & Kotz D - What effect did the federal initiative "Smoke-free living - your chance" have?

Linger J - Saxony-Anhalt breathes a sigh of relief - Strengthening tobacco control at state level

Hanewinkel R - Smoking in film and television, streaming services and the internet

Plenum I: Current data on smoking behavior

Hansen J & Hanewinkel R - Substance use in different phases of the COVID-19 pandemic

Möckl J - Development of tobacco consumption (1995 to 2021) - Data from the ESA (PDF)

Mlinarić M - Exposure to secondhand smoke in Germany (PDF)

Plenary II: Tobacco industry under scrutiny: environment and human rights - supply chains of tobacco and nicotine products

by Eichborn S - On the backs of the people: Supply chains of tobacco and nicotine products (PDF)

Reckordt M - On the back of nature: Raw material extraction for novel tobacco products (PDF)

Dannenmaier V - Before the eyes of politics: Greenwashing by the tobacco industry

Plenum III: New products

Vollstädt-Klein S, Schneider S & Mons U - The addictive potential of e-cigarettes: neurobiological, sociological and epidemiological perspectives (PDF)

Auer R - ESTxENDS study on e-cigarettes

Klosterhalfen S - Risk perception towards tobacco cigarettes, e-cigarettes and tobacco heaters in comparison (DEBRA) (PDF)

Rüther T - Good and evil

Program of the 19th German Conference on Tobacco Control (PDF)

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Plenary: Current challenges in tobacco prevention/looking beyond borders

Schaller K (2021) Tobacco-free Germany 2040 - a strategy for the future (PDF)

Helbig U (2021) European Beating Cancer Plan and cancer prevention in Germany (PDF)

Pietsch J (2021) The campaign of the Drug Commissioner "Smoke-free living"

Emmerling T (2021) The tobacco control policy of the EU Commission

Willig C (2021) Current developments in EU tobacco control policy and the role of Smoke Free Partnership in it

Pietsch F (2021) Development of a tobacco and nicotine strategy for Austria (PDF)

Symposium I: News on tobacco cessation

Batra A (2021) The new edition of the S3 Guideline Tobacco: What has changed? (PDF)

Andreas S (2021) Tobacco cessation in the clinical setting (PDF)

Rupp A (2021) Financing tobacco cessation (PDF)

Symposium II: Tobacco cessation in the clinic: the role of the nursing professions

Roßius S (2021) Tobacco cessation in the clinic: the role of the nursing professions (PDF)

Schary B (2021) The "smoke-free ticket" in the clinic: coordination and quality of interprofessional collaboration (PDF)

Hingst H (2021) The "smoke-free ticket" in the clinic: the role of nursing advice (PDF)

Symposium III: Common challenges in prevention

Dünnbier M (2021) Alcohol prevention internationally (PDF)

Bitzer B (2021) DANK: Goals, working methods, successes using the example of the "Kinderwerbestudie" (PDF)

Hurley G (2021) Tobacco Free Portfolios (PDF) & Künzli C (2021) Tobacco Free Portfolios - The role of the Swiss Lung Association (PDF)

Symposium IV: Waterpipe and new products

Mallock N (2021) Nicotine pouches - what's inside?

Klosterhalfen S (2021) Use of waterpipes in Germany considering associated socio-demographic factors and migration background (PDF)

Isensee B (2021) Waterpipes and the introduction to the consumption of conventional cigarettes and e-cigarettes (PDF)

Hanewinkel R (2021) E-cigarettes and nicotine dependence: a meta-analysis of controlled trials

Plenum I: Current data on smoking behavior

Starker A (2021) New data on smoking behavior (PDF)

Kastaun S (2021) Current data on the use of tobacco and alternative nicotine products (DEBRA study) (PDF)

Kotz D (2021) Motivation to quit smoking in Germany: associations and trends (PDF)

Plenary II: Women and tobacco: participation as a key to successful tobacco control

von Eichborn S (2021) Women have a right to tobacco control (PDF)

Ulbricht S (2021) Support in quitting smoking? A mood survey of pregnant women who smoke (PDF)

Akhter F (2021) Women in Tobacco Farming in Bangladesh

Plenary III: Tobacco industry under scrutiny

Graen L (2021) Index on the influence of the tobacco industry in Germany (PDF)

Kubinschi I (2021) EU Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2021

Merseburger-Sill B (2021) The tobacco industry in transition

Program of the 18th German Conference on Tobacco Control (PDF)

Presentations for which permission for publication has been granted can be downloaded as PDF files:

Plenary: Current challenges in tobacco prevention

Schaller K (2020) Review and outlook (PDF)

Mons U (2020) Tobacco Atlas 2020: Recalculation of tobacco attribute deaths (PDF)

Kotz D (2020) Consumption of cigarettes, water pipes, e-cigarettes and tobacco heaters in Germany, current data from the DEBRA study (PDF)

Orth B (2020) Tobacco and e-cigarette consumption by adolescents (PDF)

Schulz J (2020) Strategies of the tobacco industry in the corona crisis (PDF)

Symposium I: News on tobacco cessation

Loth FG (2020) Offer and utilization of tobacco cessation: Results of two surveys within the NAKURA project (network analysis of the cooperation network of university outpatient smoking clinics) (PDF)

Kastaun S (2020) How effective is general practitioner training in tobacco cessation counseling? Results of a pragmatic, cluster-randomized controlled trial (PDF)

Rüther T (2020) Tobacco cessation online - first experiences

Hering T (2020) Evidence-based smoke-free apps on prescription using the example of the NichtraucherHelden app: creation, objectives and initial results of the pilot study

Symposium II: Nurses Role in Tobacco Control - EU Godd Practice and perspectives

Woodford E (2020) Role of Nurses in Tobacco Control

Kent P (2020) Good Practice from Ireland

Shakibi S (2020) Good Practice from Sweden (PDF)

Bergmark Bröske Y (2020) Good Practice from Sweden: Nurses Help Nurses to be Tobacco-free (PDF)

Nohavova I(2020) Eastern Europe Nurses' Center of Excellence for Tobacco Control (EE-COE) (PDF)

Cselko Z (2020) Approaches to enhance smoking cessation in Hungary through targeted training for healthcare professionals (PDF)

Rustler C (2020) Nurses in Tobacco Control in Germany ''We can do more'' (PDF)

Future perspectives in Coalition of Nurses and Health Professionals Against Tobacco and Nicotine Discussion

Symposium III: Common challenges in prevention

Reer R (2020) Hamburg-active City (PDF)

Semrau J (2020) National recommendations for physical activity and the promotion of physical activity and their implementation in the 'Kombine' project

Dierbach H (2020) Communication strategies - how science moves politics (PDF)

Symposium IV: Aspects of prevention

Posch W (2020) Changing sides - the language of the tobacco industry

Rabenstein A, Mallock N (2020) Addictive potential of Juul: The Nicotide study

Bauer-Kemeny C (2020) 20 years 'Without a fag' - a field report (PDF)

Eichele-Eschmann (2020) ready4life, the coaching app (PDF)

Program of the 17th German Conference on Tobacco Control (PDF)

Presentations for which permission for publication has been granted can be downloaded as PDF files:

Plenary: Current challenges in tobacco prevention

Mons U (2019) Review and outlook

Effertz T (2019) Rising costs of smoking despite tobacco control consequences - what needs to be done?

Matti R and Kweitel W (2019) The disease burden of tobacco consumption in Switzerland: estimate for 2015 and forecast to 2020 (PDF)

Kracke K (2019) The latest on non-smoker protection in Germany (PDF)

Pietsch F (2019) Non-smoker protection in Austria - Update on the current situation

Symposium I: News on smoking cessation

Petersen KU (2019) On the need to update the S3 guideline ''Screening, diagnosis and treatment of harmful and dependent tobacco use''

Meingassner S (2019) The smoke-free app: creation, goals and use. A report from the field

Kotz D and Kastaun S (2019) Smoking cessation attempts and cessation methods used based on socioeconomic characteristics in Germany (PDF)

Symposium II: From the clinic to telephone counseling

Rustler C, Sielaff F and Duhme K (2019) The smoke-free ticket - initial experiences from the BZgA pilot project in Germany (PDF)

Stulik M and Meingassner S (2019) The Smokefree Ticket - the cooperation of healthcare facilities and healthcare professions with the Smokefree Telephone in Austria (PDF)

Abbühl C (2019) Cooperation between the stop smoking line in Switzerland and healthcare professionals (PDF)

Symposium III: Common challenges in prevention

Graf C (2019) Are you still chilling or are you already sweating? The role of exercise in the context of non-communicable diseases

Gerlach S (2019) Nutrition labeling: Why science favors the NutriScore (PDF)

von Philippsborn P (2019) Summarizing and communicating scientific evidence in a practice- and policy-relevant way: The example of a Cochrane review on sweet drinks (PDF)

Symposium IV: Aspects of prevention

Posch W (2019) Ex-smokers as ambassadors for smoking cessation (PDF)

Hartmann F (2019) ''zackstark - smoke-free through the apprenticeship''. A successful Swiss project for the target group of vocational trainees (PDF)

Mlinaric MK (2019) Smoke-free cars in 7 cities in the European Union - time to act?

Plenum I: Current data on smoking behavior

Kuntz B, Zeiher J, Starker A, Hoebel J and Lampert T (2019) Tobacco consumption in Europe. Where does Germany stand? (PDF)

Orth B and Merkel C (2019) The smoking behavior of adolescents and young adults in Germany. Study results of the BZgA (PDF)

Plenary II: The right to a tobacco-free world

Graen L (2019) Tobacco control is a human right

Wortmann E (2019) Children's Exposure to Second-Hand Smoking in Households - Children's Rights vs. Privacy Rights of Caretakers (PDF)

Jacob A (2019) Child labor in tobacco cultivation: perspectives and demands of those affected

Plenary III: E-cigarettes

Hanewinkel R (2019) E-cigarette use and later use of conventional cigarettes (PDF)

Wiebel F (2019) E-cigarettes: An underestimated risk for the cardiovascular system and lungs

Shahab L (2019) Toxicant and Carcinogen Exposure Associated with E-Cigarette Use (PDF)

Jazbinsek D (2019) The Juul e-cigarette: data and debates (PDF)

Program of the 16th German Conference on Tobacco Control (PDF)

Presentations for which permission for publication has been granted can be downloaded as PDF files:

Plenary I: Current challenges in tobacco prevention

Mons U (2018) Tobacco control - review and outlook (PDF)

Köhler M (2018) The tobacco smuggling protocol - tracing tobacco products in Germany (PDF)

Emmerling T and Bromen K (2018) European tobacco control - current status and future perspectives (PDF)

Plenary II: Looking beyond the borders

Hoffmann L and Minaric M (2018) Tobacco control policies in 7 EU countries: Comparative results from the SILNE-R study (PDF)

Hummel K (2018) Impact of the Tobacco Products Directive in 6 EU countries: comparative results from the EUREST-PLUS project

Posch W (2018) 52 heart attacks per week: health impact assessment of smoke-free gastronomy using the example of Austria (PDF)

Symposium I: Tobacco cessation I: Experiences from research and practice

Mühlig S (2018) Results of a model project for fully funded tobacco cessation in COPD patients (ATEMM study)

Batra A (2018) Target group-specific internet-based intervention to reduce alcohol and tobacco consumption in pregnant women (IRIS) (PDF)

Bringer T (2018) Smartphone apps in smoking cessation: What's new?

Symposium II: Tobacco cessation II: Tobacco cessation in the clinical setting

Rustler C (2018) Tobacco cessation in lung cancer centers: room for improvement (PDF)

Duhme K (2018) Clinic and BZgA telephone counseling - a beneficial connection! (PDF)

Rustler C and Sting AL (Friedrich A) (2018) astra plus health literacy: More than smoking cessation for care (PDF)

Symposium III: Common challenges in prevention

Gerlach S (2018) Germany on the way to a sugar tax? (PDF)

Huizinga O (2018) What "big food" has learned from "big tobacco" - strategies of the food industry to defend against health policy initiatives (PDF)

John U (2018) Reducing alcohol consumption (PDF)

Symposium IV: Tobacco consumption and prevention in children and adolescents - aspects of prevention

Zeiher J and Starker A (2018) Temporal development of tobacco consumption and secondhand smoke exposure in children and adolescents (PDF)

Ulbricht S and John U (2018) Neighborhood-based prevention of secondhand smoke exposure in young children (PDF)

Brinker T (2018) Long-term evaluation of 'Education against tobacco' - 144 schools, 400 medical students, one common goal

Plenum I: Current data on smoking behavior

Kuntz B (2018) Trends in occupational group-specific differences in the smoking behavior of employees (PDF)

Kotz D (2018) Consumption of tobacco heaters and e-cigarettes in Germany: Current data from the DEBRA study (PDF)

Plenum II: The tobacco industry under scrutiny

von Eichborn S (2018) Greenwashing - how the tobacco industry wraps itself in a sustainable cloak (PDF)

Graen L (2018) Fog machine - how Philip Morris covers its nakedness (PDF)

Jazbinsek D (2018) Competition of/for corporations - the tobacco cartel in crisis (PDF)

Plenum III: E-cigarettes

Schneider S and Schilling L (2018) E-cigarettes during pregnancy - over- or underestimated risk?

Hanewinkel R (2018) Advertising for e-cigarettes and smoking behavior in adolescence (PDF)

Rabenstein A (Mader M) (2018) Better quality of life with e-cigarettes?

Atzendorf J (2018) E-cigarettes: assessment of health risks and use of tobacco cessation (not applicable)