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ELIMINATE TOBACCO USE
Virginia SUMMIT 2026
April 20, 2026

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Check out the 2025 Virginia Summit agenda below, and save the date for the virtual 2026 ETU National Summit on April 9, 2026, followed by the ETU Virginia Summit on April 20, 2026! 

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2025 Agenda

Virginia Summit: Friday, March 7th (Virtual)
Time (ET) Topic/Title Session/Speaker
9:00 AM – 9:10 AM Welcome

Bernard Fuemmeler, Ph.D., M.P.H., Professor and Gordon D. Ginder, MD Chair in Cancer Research, Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center

9:10 AM – 9:50 AM Keynote: Trends in Virginia Tobacco Use and Emerging Nicotine Products

Melissa Little, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia

9:50 AM – 10:20 AM Impact of Tobacco Policy in Virginia

Mark Boldt, Program Manager, Tobacco Control Program Virginia Department of Health

10:20 AM – 10:35 AM Policy Progress in the Virginia Higher Education System

Lindsay Hauser, M.S., M.T.T.S., Director, Office of Community Outreach and Engagement UVA Cancer Center

10:35 AM – 11:25 AM Panel of Leaders from Higher Education

Kevin RJ Schroth, J.D., Associate Professor, Rutgers Institute for Nicotine & Tobacco Studies

Michael Gesme, M.S., Program Manager, Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center

11:25 AM – 11:35 AM Resources for Change at Your College Campus

Elizabeth Do, Ph.D., M.P.H., Research Director, Truth Initiative

11:35 AM – 11:45 AM Next Steps and Closing Remarks

Bernard Fuemmeler, Ph.D., M.P.H., Professor and Gordon D. Ginder, MD Chair in Cancer Research, Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center

11:45 AM Close

The Eliminate Tobacco Use Summit welcomes a variety of professionals working in higher education, professionals working in tobacco prevention, cessation, and policy, as well as community and non-profit partners whose mission aligns with that of Eliminate Tobacco Use. Summit organizers reserve the right to decline participant registration to any entity not meeting these inclusion criteria.