During #GFN25, Todd Prochnau presented a pharmacist's review of Canadian guidance on alcohol consumption and how the principles of patient-centred care and informed decision making can be applied to both alcohol and nicotine products. #GFN25ScienceLab
Giusy Rita Maria La Rosa's systematic review and network meta-analysis of 36 randomised contol trials examines the oral health effects of non-combustible nicotine products. Dr Riccardo Polosa takes questions from #GFN25 attendee's.
Watch a powerful closing keynote from public health lawyer David Sweanor at #GFN25. He reflected on the challenges facing THR, resistance to innovation and the growing global shift away from combustible cigarettes.
How can we build better relationships with the media to ensure THR is represented accurately and counter those trying to undermine it? Watch our #GFN25 panel discussion about improving media engagement around THR.
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🗣️ “Challenging Perceptions” — hear voices from around the world on how to communicate tobacco harm reduction effectively. From researchers to advocates, #GFN25 brought powerful insights on evidence and engagement.
Dr Sébastien Soulet explains the conditions required for the conversion of glycerol to aldehydes using a vaping device, and the toxicological implications. #GFN25 #ScienceLab
Learn more about the science and precision behind producing high-purity nicotine. Paweł Woźnicki of Chemnovatic describes the process in this second episode from the #GFN25 Science Lab discussions.
How can Tobacco Harm Reduction reach beyond its usual boundaries? Watch our #GFN25 panel as we explored extending THR reach into other fields and discussed how can we dispel myths and tackle miscommunication?
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@iealondon.bsky.social warns: public health is recycling old fears, ignoring evidence, and driving policy into chaos.
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Nicotine content is not nicotine uptake. Anna Masser, of Swedish Match, talks us through it in this first episode from the #GFN25 Science Lab discussions.
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Why does harm reduction matter? 💡
Toxicologist Autumn Bernal shares her insights in today’s #GFN25 Voices episode!
Harm reduction saves lives—through safer nicotine delivery, responsible flavor policies & clear education.
Australia’s vape prohibition is fueling a booming illicit market - while New Zealand’s regulated approach sees smoking rates fall. In this #GFN25 conversation, Fiona Patten speaks with Rohan Pike and Asa Saligupta about what’s broken in tobacco control and what actually works in harm reduction.
Public health’s assault on vaping and safer nicotine products isn’t guided by evidence, it’s driven by fear, outrage, and a profound misunderstanding of risk. At #GFN25, David Zaruk, @riskmonger.bsky.social reveals how emotion overrides science in policymaking.
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Alexandro Lucian, founder of Vaporaqui, discusses why this global forum matters, the fight against misinformation in Brazil, and the importance of education and accurate science in promoting safer nicotine choices.
At #GFN25, tobacco harm reduction advocate Nancy Loucas @opalboo.bsky.social shared how consumers in New Zealand are pushing back against vaping misinformation, why education is key in today’s world, and how Asia-Pacific communities are making progress by doing it their way.
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Portugal is celebrated for its progressive drug policy, yet tobacco harm reduction remains sidelined. At #GFN25 in Warsaw, Adriana Curado of GAT in Lisbon shows how nicotine became “the forgotten substance.”
Dr. Satenik Muradyan at #GFN25: 80% of Armenian doctors lack quit-smoking training." Misconceptions about tar vs nicotine fuel resistance, youth are split on safer products. Key: step-by-step, evidence-based education to fight misinformation. Watch full interview on GFNTV! Link below!
At #GFN25 Warsaw, Paddy Costall hosts Dorrie Heemskerk and David Williams on honest risk communication, smarter regulation without bans, and consumer-led tobacco harm reduction—from vapes and pouches to heated tobacco—amid WHO/FCTC headwinds and EU crackdowns. #TobaccoHarmReduction #Vaping
Recorded at #GFN25, Asanda Gcoyi, CEO of VPA South Africa, exposes how global NGOs shape local policy, the challenges of youth vaping narratives, and why recognizing relative risk is essential for the country’s smoke-free future.
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Catch up with the #GFN25 Commentary Team, hosted by Barnaby Page of ECigIntel, featuring Sam Tam (from Canadian Vaping Association) and Jeannie Cameron in a discussion on the impact of the FCTC 20 years on and different perspectives on tobacco harm reduction.
Recorded at #GFN25 in Warsaw, Bates describes public health’s “war on nicotine” as a misguided, ideological crusade that betrays its original mission of reducing smoking-related disease and death.
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This #GFN25 workshop highlighted the growing evidence supporting the use of flavours in smoking cessation and explored the challenges regulators face in creating risk-proportionate legislation.
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Recorded at #GFN25, @jagannath.bsky.social exposes how prohibition and the absence of relative risk messaging have shaped the country’s tobacco control strategy.
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The #GFN25 panel hosted by Martin Cullip explored the science and evidence for pouches and discuss what steps need to be implemented to ensure proportionate and effective regulation.
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Advocates from across Latin America and the Spanish-speaking world joined us at #GFN25 to highlight the regional complexities that must be overcome and how the human rights community is coming together to achieve this.
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🚨 Tobacco kills 8.5M people every year - more than COVID’s entire global toll. And it's rising...
It's time for serious tobacco harm reduction.
Watch the full #GFN25 panel discussion reflecting on 20 years of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
How can we tackle vaping misinformation when it's being spread by leading public health authorities? In her #GFN25 keynote Maria Papaioannoy set out the problems facing THR, and the ways advocates are busy countering vaping misinformation in uncertain times.
Can the "broken" peer review system be fixed?
Arielle Selya took to the stage at #GFN25 to analyse the current state of academic publishing in 2025.
