The Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education’s annual symposium, It’s About a Billion Lives, will take place on Friday April 11th, 2025. Co-hosted by the UCSF Smoking Cessation Leadership Center, this in-person event will be held at the Robertson Auditorium at the UCSF Mission Bay campus.

This year the symposium is being expanded into a full-day event, packed with an extended lineup of speakers, posters, research, and a special afternoon session dedicated to the history of the tobacco industry documents archives. Join us for this enhanced experience designed to deepen our understanding of and impact on efforts to end the tobacco epidemic.