Anita is passionate about advocating for equity in social, economic and political systems. Her background is in public health, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, social policy and government relations and she has worked in government and non-government roles. Her post graduate qualifications are in social sciences and international relations.

Julie Mooney-Somers is an Associate Professor at Sydney Health Ethics, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney. She has a long track record in research on the health of sexuality and gender diverse people, including SWASH, a periodic survey of lesbian, bisexual, and queer women’s health.

Ms Bridget Howard is an experienced Clinical Trials Coordinator working across large randomized clinical trials for smoking cessation, investigating both pharmacological and behavioural interventions.

Mx Thaliph is a dedicated research assistant specialising in smoking cessation randomised controlled trials (RCTs). With a background in psychology and clinical research, they contribute to study design, data collection, and analysis, aiming to develop effective interventions to help individuals quit smoking and improve their health outcomes.

Melissa works for HNELHD Drug and Alcohol Services. Her PhD focused on tobacco treatments for maternal substance use populations and currently overseas an RCT comparing e-cigarettes to nicotine replacement in OAT service-clients. She is a clinical psychologist in training and tobacco treatment specialist with interests in vaping/tobacco and cannabis treatment.

Anke is the Deputy CEO at the Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drug Association ACT (ATODA). Anke is a social scientist with over 25 years’ experience in research and evaluation in the areas of alcohol and other drugs, tobacco, blood borne viruses and workforce development.

Dr Joshua Trigg is a researcher and lecturer in population health at the Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute. His work focuses on tobacco and nicotine vaping product use, as well as associated behavioural, attitude, and health policy factors.

Ms Teo is currently undertaking her Masters of Public Health at the University of Queensland.