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 #1 | How to Talk About Tobacco Harm Reduction? | Hosted by Harry Shapiro
Watch a candid panel from GFN 2025 Warsaw: How to Talk About Tobacco Harm Reduction exploring how to communicate evidence-based tobacco harm reduction to the public, clinicians, policymakers, and media.
📅 25 Jul 2025
GFN Voices 2025 #3 | Exploring the LATAM Perspective
In this GFN Voices episode, advocates from across Latin America and the Spanish-speaking world joined us at #GFN25 to highlight the regional complexities that need to be overcome, and the ways the THR community is coming together to do just that.
📅 22 Jul 2025
#GFN25 Panel Discussion | Reflections on the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control at 20
Despite its aim to reduce global consumption of cigarettes, the impact of the WHO’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) on tobacco use has been heavily contested, particularly in relation to low-income countries. The panel will assess the effectiveness of the convention as it reaches its 20th anniversary, and highlight areas that need drastic change, if it is to have any future relevance in reducing smoking.
📅 18 Jul 2025
#GFN25 | Mark Tyndall's book launch with Harry Shapiro
There are more than one billion smokers in the world and the vast majority will die prematurely because of their nicotine addiction. What most people don't know is that there is a cure: vaping. Vaping is a non-toxic way to deliver the nicotine that people need without the disease-producing byproducts of burning tobacco. Compared with cigarettes, any health risks associated with vaping are very small. Yet incredibly, most tobacco control officials, public health organizations, and politicians view vaping as a threat, advocating for restrictions or outright bans. They have diverted public attention away from the benefits of vaping by greatly exaggerating the fears around youth vaping, creating unfounded concerns around nicotine, and blaming the tobacco industry for global deception. All this while neglecting cigarette smokers who have an incredible opportunity to improve their health. This anti-vaping crusade has been supported by well-funded disinformation campaigns that have left the public confused and smokers holding on to their cigarettes. Vaping must be recognized for what it is-a public health breakthrough that is urgently needed to save millions of lives.
#GFN25 Keynote #3 | Battling misinformation from the newsroom to the Facebook comment section
GFN 2025 Keynote #3 - delivered by Maria Papaioannoy-Duic, hosted by Jagannath Sarangapani, response from Konstantinos Farsalinos.
A consumer advocates’ approach, cutting through the noise to deliver factually accurate information about safer nicotine products is a constant struggle. Maria will present a ‘real-world how-to guide’, drawn from the lived experience of consumer advocates, identifying some useful tools to counter vaping and THR misinformation.
📅 11 Jul 2025
GFN Voices 2025 #2 | Building effective communication in THR
In the second episode of #GFN25 Voices, we've invited this year's in-person conference attendees to share their thoughts on the best ways to fix misperceptions about THR!
📅 8 Jul 2025
#GFN25 Keynote #2 | Tobacco harm reduction and the media - evidence, narrative and consequences
GFN 2025 Keynote #2 - delivered by Jacob Grier, hosted by Marina Murphy, response from Harry Shapiro - titled "Tobacco harm reduction and the media - evidence, narrative and consequences".
Jacob will highlight how, despite positive gains made by advocates for drug harm reduction, tobacco harm reductionists face an uphill battle to be heard, let alone get the evidence across. From outdated media narratives to prohibitionist policies and their consequences, he will guide us through the current state of THR and tobacco control messaging, and help advocates create compelling narratives that share the evidence underpinning THR.
📅 4 Jul 2025
THERE'S NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT IN THE TOBACCO HARM REDUCTION FIELD!
Watch Will Godfrey’s post-#GFN25 reaction, where he underscores the critical importance of effective communication in advancing the conversation around safer nicotine products. His reflections highlight how clear, evidence-based messaging can help shift public perception, inform policy, and support harm reduction efforts on a global scale.
📅 1 Jul 2025
Michael Russell Oration 2025 | The State of Academic Research on Nicotine
GFN 2025 Michael Russell Oration - delivered by Arielle Selya - titled "The State of Academic Research on Nicotine".
GFN Voices 2025 #1 | Tackling the biggest barriers to tobacco harm reduction
Tobacco harm reduction experts from across the globe recently gathered for this year's #GFN25 conference in Warsaw, so in this special series we've put together some of THR's leading experts to highlight the communication barriers that we need to overcome to share the real science behind safer nicotine products. Joining us on the conference floor today are Clive Bates, Fiona Patten and Mark Tyndall to highlight their biggest concerns facing the THR movement, and their hopes for the future.
