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GFN.TV Interviews | COP-OUT | WHO FCTC Punts On E-Cig Regulation
Tobacco control promised bans and restrictions on e-cigarettes and other novel nicotine products for COP10, the Conference of the Parties to the WHO’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. But instead, frustrated by a handful of countries calling for a harm reduction approach to tobacco use, the global health regulator punted.
GFN.TV Interviews | TPD STRUGGLES | Romania Braces for Oppressive Excise Tax
With an estimated 7 million smokers out of a population of 19 million, the Eastern European country of Romania has a lot of work to do to help its citizens quit the deadly habit. Instead, Romania plans to enact a new excise tax that would double the cost of safer nicotine products, like vaping.
Featuring: Alex Gogoana President, ACPAN Consumer Assoc. of Nicotine Products, Romania acpan.ro
What happens when ideology meets science? Look at the debate over nicotine vaping products for the answer. Just a decade ago tobacco control made great strides towards eliminating cigarette smoking. But in a bizarre effort to undermine nicotine vapes, public health is now contorting science and pushing people back to smoking.
Featuring: Dr Ian Fearon Director, Independent Research Scientist whatIF? Consulting, UK
Where’s the parade for all the people who quit smoking thanks to nicotine vapes? This is the question Janine Timmons wants tobacco control bureaucrats to answer when they gather next month in Panama for the World health Organization’s COP10 conference. She’s afraid attendees will continue to dig for the worst possible excuse to ban vaping, when they should be celebrating its success in helping smokers to quit.
GFN.TV Interviews | BANNED IN MEXICO | Physicist Reacts to Draconian Vape Laws
Mexico’s ban on nicotine vaping leaves consumers caught in the crossfire. While the “tobacco wars” narrative is obsolete, it continues to cause damage, says physicist and tobacco harm reduction advocate Dr. Roberto Sussman. While the tobacco industry today is no longer the villain it once was, public health campaigners continue to wage war, striking disruptive technologies like nicotine vapes that provide safe and effective alternatives to combustible tobacco.
Featuring: Dr. Roberto Sussman Sr. Researcher in Theoretical Physics, National University of Mexico Vaping Advocate, Member of Pro Vapeo Mexico @RobertoSussman
📅 24 Nov 2023
GFN.TV Interviews | PANIC OVER | Teen Vaping Decline Spells Trouble for Tobacco Control
A spike in U.S. youth vaping rates back in 2018 sparked a worldwide moral panic over teen vaping. But the so-called “epidemic” was short-lived. In just 4-years, U.S. teen vaping fell over 60% to a historic low in 2023. It’s good news for everyone except those campaigners who profit from panic.
GFN.TV Interviews | SHAME ON YOU | Vaping Activist Responds to Critics
Canadian tobacco harm reduction advocate and nicotine vape retailer takes a stand against anti-vaping critics at home while preparing to take on the WHO at the upcoming FCTC COP10, the Conference of the Parties in Panama, this November.
Featuring: Maria Papaioannoy-Duic Vaping Activist, Canada @papaioannoy
📅 27 Oct 2023
GFN.TV Interviews | HARDLY FREE | U.S. Vape Advocacy in Post “Epidemic” Era
While the United States of America is ground zero for the anti-vaping propaganda and misinformation that poisoned worldwide public perception of vaping, it’s also home to a solid and relentless vaping advocacy community pushing back against the anti-vaping hordes. How are they doing? Find out in this episode of GFN Interviews.
GFN.TV Interviews | DE-DEMONIZING NICOTINE | Ending Fear to Promote Benefits
According to harm reduction consultant and developmental neurobiologist Charles Gardner, there's a particular piece of information you are not supposed to talk about, promote nor expect public health to acknowledge. What is it? That nicotine is not carcinogenic and, when consumed outside of a cigarette, is relatively benign. Gardner considers it likely that nicotine is no more harmful than caffeine - and in his opinion, it could have significant health benefits. Gardner believes it's time to 'de-demonize nicotine'.
Featuring: Charles A. Gardner, PhD Consultant, Harm Reduction Strategies Developmental Neurobiologist @ChaunceyGardner
GFN.TV Interviews | DISPARATE SCIENCE | Top Researcher Says E-Cigs Are Game Changer
There is too much emotion driving public policy on e-cigarettes, says leading tobacco control researcher Dr. Jasjit Ahluwalia. A physician, public health scientist, and professor at Brown University’s Schools of Public Health and Medicine, Dr. Ahluwalia has deep experience researching health disparities and smoking cessation and nicotine addiction in African-American smokers. He has been continuously funded by the NIH for 25 years and has published over 400 manuscripts. Hear his assessment on the efficacy and relative safety of e-cigarettes and other safer nicotine products.
Featuring: Dr. Jasjit Ahluwalia, Physician, Public Health Scientist Prof. Behavioral and Social Sciences & Internal Medicine Center for Alcohol & Addiction Studies, Brown University School of Public Health (@Brown_SPH)
