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GFN News #76 | COP10 PREDICTIONS | Leading THR experts discuss their hopes and fears
Three leading tobacco harm reduction experts join us to give their predictions, hopes and fears for the Tenth Conference of the Parties of the FCTC, which was due to take place on 20 November 2023 before being postponed at the eleventh hour.
GFN News #75 | FDA vs FLAVOURS | Will Godfrey explores the battle over flavours in the USA
Will Godfrey joins us in today's episode to explain a proposed menthol cigarette ban in the United States, and the legal obstacles preventing flavoured vaping products from launching in the United States.
GFN News #74 | EVIDENCE REVIEW OF NICOTINE VAPING | Colin Mendelsohn highlights his recent paper
The evidence is clear: vaping is far safer than smoking, and vaping is a much more effective quitting aid than traditional nicotine replacement therapies. But many regulators and key stakeholders remain unconvinced. In this episode, Colin Mendelsohn discusses his recent review exploring the evidence behind vaping and the way forward for nicotine in Australia.
GFN News #73 | COP10 COP-OUT | Harry Shapiro discusses COP10 and the latest GSTHR briefing paper
In November the Tenth Conference of the Parties (COP10) to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) will meet in Panama, with the fate of safer nicotine products hanging in the balance. Harry Shapiro joins us to shed some light on these closed-door proceedings, and how these meetings will inevitably impact tobacco harm reduction efforts around the globe.
GFN News #72 | WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM A SMOKE-FREE SWEDEN | Featuring Carissa Düring
Nicotine pouches have enabled Sweden to reach "smoke-free" status, and have shown how safer nicotine products could help reduce the global health burden associated with smoking and high-risk tobacco products. In this episode, Carissa Düring discusses the rise of nicotine pouches and how the Swedish approach could serve as a model for the rest of the world.
CARMEN ESCRIG, SAMRAT CHOWDHERY and many more famous faces from #GFN23 | GFN Voices
Welcome to the penultimate episode of #GFNVoices 2023, where we catch up with Carmen Escrig, Samrat, Yvonne Khoo, Sari Kodama and Federico Fernandez, who will share their experiences from this year's Global Forum on Nicotine conference.
GFN News #71 | BREAKING THE NEWS | Chimwemwe Ngoma discusses responses to THR in African media
In this episode Chimwemwe Ngoma, a leading tobacco harm reduction advocate from Malawi, discusses a recent study examining attitudes to THR in African online news media, and how a lack of consensus amongst global public health authorities stokes confusion amongst smokers and users of safer products.
In this episode of #GFNVoices, KAC THRSP scholar Eleni Diamantopoulou joins us to give us her thoughts on the #GFN23 conference and the vaping/smoking situation in Greece.
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GFN News #70 | HOW DO PHYSICIANS VIEW THR? | Pritika Kumar discusses THR perceptions in healthcare
In this episode of GFN News, Pritika Kumar discusses a recent study looking at how THR and safer products are viewed by frontline health and social care workers, and how a revolution in THR training amongst frontline professionals could be a crucial step in reducing smoking rates in at-risk groups.
