The 45 concurrent sessions presented over two days at the at the 8th NCTH were created from the call for abstracts. A diverse group of presenters from many fields shared research, programs and policy in the following categories:

1. Industry & Industry Denormalization
   
   
2. Retail Environment
   
   
3. Settings
   
   • MUDS
   • Vehicles
   • Campuses
   • Outdoor spaces
   • Social, Leisure and Recreational venues
   • Workplace
   • Health Care Facility
     
     
4. Cessation
   
   • Clinical Smoking Cessation
   • Groups
   • Quitlines
   • Physical activity
     
     
5. Issues of culture and gender
   
   • Vulnerable communities
   • Specific ethnic and racial groups (Chinese, Inuit, First nations)
   • Cultural Competence
   • Women
   • Pregnant women
   • Dads
   • LGBT
   • Youth
   • Young Adults
     
     
6. Mental Health & Addiction
   
   
7. Labelling, Health Messaging and Packaging
   
   
8. Cost recovery Litigation
   
   
9. Products and Alternate products
   
   • Slims
   • Hookah, waterpipe
   • E-cigarettes
   • Flavours
     
     
10. Contraband


11. Social Media & "e" interventions


12. Smoking related harm (death and disease)


13. Surveys, Data and Evaluation


14. Health Professionals


15. Primary Care


16. Provincial and Systems Approaches


17. Strategy


18. Planning for Action


19. Personal/Lived Experience