GFN•TV will bring the conference's platform for rational and inclusive debate on the future role of safer nicotine products and tobacco harm reduction to an audience all year round. GFN•TV will also be broadcasting live from Warsaw in June. Tune in to hear world-leading experts, tobacco harm reduction advocates and nicotine consumers discuss the latest scientific, regulatory and policy developments. From our unique annual event, to year-round reporting of the issues that matter in tobacco harm reduction, GFN has got it covered.
#GFN25 Commentary Team #3 | Beyond Bans — Media, Regulators, and the Harm Reduction Gap | Hosted by Paddy Costall
At GFN25 in Warsaw, Paddy Costall hosts Dorrie Heemskerk and David Williams to tackle risk communication, smarter regulation without bans, and consumer-led tobacco harm reduction—from vapes and pouches to heated tobacco—amid WHO/FCTC headwinds and Europe’s tightening rules.
📅 12 Sep 2025
GFN.TV Interviews #71 | HOSTILE SLOGAN | How “Harm is Harm” Drives Vape Policy in South Africa
South Africa’s vape industry operates in a legislative vacuum, while lawmakers push a tobacco-style bill that could ban flavors and drive consumers to the illicit market. At the heart of the debate is the hostile slogan “harm is harm,” a rhetorical weapon used to erase distinctions between smoking and safer nicotine products.
Shot on location at GFN 2025 in Warsaw, Asanda Gcoyi, CEO of the Vapour Products Association of 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.
GFN News #158 | New Taxes on Safer Nicotine Products Could Push Smokers Back to Cigarettes
Across Europe, health experts are raising alarm over the European Commission’s plan to impose new taxes on reduced-risk nicotine products such as e‑cigarettes, heated tobacco and nicotine pouches. In this episode of GFN News on GFN.TV, Joanna Junak speaks with leading international specialists — including Fernando Bueno, Bernd Mayer, Garrett McGovern and Konstantinos Farsalinos — who explain why such taxation could have serious unintended consequences.
📅 8 Sep 2025
#GFN25 Panel Discussion | Shaping the landscape for safer nicotine products
Panellists used their expertise in the recent regulatory developments of some key markets to shed light on broader principles. How can regulation support innovation and offer consumers choice at the same time as safeguarding public health? Do producers and consumers want the same things? Panellists discussed the risks of over- or under-regulation and the growth of illicit markets, and the discussion examined how effective regulation can drive investment, support the shift away from combustible tobacco and encourage harm reduction, also drawing lessons from other industries.
Canada’s war on nicotine has reached an extreme burden. With a 124% tax hike, sweeping flavor bans, and a “nicotine control” agenda, millions of adult vapers are in danger of being pushed back to smoking. Shot on location at GFN 2025 in Warsaw, Sam Tam, president of the Canadian Vaping Association, warns that misguided policies are destroying small businesses, fueling the black market, and undermining Canada’s smoke-free future.
GFN Voices 2025 #9 | Is the Media Stuck in the Past on Tobacco and Vaping?
The media often frames tobacco in a way that feels stuck in the 1990s—ignoring new science and harm reduction tools like e-cigarettes, snus, and nicotine pouches.
In this interview, journalist Jacob Grier explains why coverage of smoking and tobacco policy is often outdated, how this impacts public perception, and why it’s time to rethink the conversation around nicotine.
📅 1 Sep 2025
#GFN25 Commentary Team #2 | Vaping, Tobacco Harm Reduction & FCTC 20 Years Later | Hosted by Barnaby Page
Join Barnaby Page (Editorial Director, ECigIntelligence & Tobacco Intelligence) as he hosts a thought-provoking discussion with Sam Tam (Canadian Vaping Association) and Jeannie Cameron (expert in international tobacco control policy).
In this GFN 2025 commentary session, the panel explores: - The impact of the FCTC, 20 years later; - Different perspectives on tobacco harm reduction (THR); - The evolving role of vaping and consumer advocacy; - Key takeaways from the Global Forum on Nicotine so far.
Whether you’re a policymaker, public health professional, or simply curious about the future of nicotine, this conversation offers valuable insights into the global debate on smoking alternatives and regulation.
Institutions like WHO, regulators, and NGOs are hostile to harm reduction and have shifted their firepower from smoking to safer nicotine alternatives, says Clive Bates, international tobacco control policy expert. Shot on location at GFN 2025 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.
Featuring: CLIVE BATES Tobacco Control Policy Expert, Counterfactual Consulting Former Dir. of Action on Smoking and Health (UK) Clive Bates o X.com Clive's Website
📅 27 Aug 2025
GFN Voices 2025 #8 | Harm Reduction in Action: A Toxicologist’s View on Safer Nicotine Alternatives
In this episode of GFN Voices 2025, pharmacology and toxicology expert Ingrid Taricano shares why harm reduction isn’t just an option—it’s at the very heart of toxicology. From medicines to food, and even safer alternatives to smoking, toxicology is about understanding limits and reducing risks.
Hear Ingrid’s perspective on why science, policy, and public health must embrace harm reduction to create safer choices for people everywhere.
📅 25 Aug 2025
#GFN25 Workshop | A fresh look at flavours
Flavours have been a focal point of the debate about safer nicotine products, with calls to ban or restrict flavours often receiving significant media coverage. This workshop highlighted the growing evidence supporting the use of flavours in smoking cessation and explored changing attitudes to these products and the challenges regulators face in creating risk-proportionate legislation.
