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.
Evidence over Eminence | Garrett McGovern calls for tobacco control rethink at #GFN25
Ahead of the upcoming World Conference on Tobacco Control, leading addiction and harm reduction specialist Garrett McGovern sat down with Brent Stafford to underscore the issues with Tobacco Control's rejection of tobacco harm reduction, and why following the science is the only rational approach to public health policy.
Poland is forging ahead with new restrictions on safer nicotine products, whilst still equating vaping with smoking - is this anti-THR messaging harming efforts to reduce smoking in the country? Przemysław Bobiński of #GFN25 media partner Vapour Poland joins us to discuss this and more!
📅 10 Jun 2025
GFN News #156 | Is this the key to reducing smoking rates in Mexico?
Despite rising smoking rates Mexico still heavily restricts access to safer nicotine products, leaving few options for Mexico's. But could healthcare professionals be the key to stem Mexico's smoking dilemma? Marcela Madrazo joins us to highlight this alternative approach to THR in Mexico.
📅 6 Jun 2025
GFN Insights #8 | Why do vape studies often get this wrong? | GFN SCIENCE FAQ: PART 5 | Featuring Roberto Sussman
Why does vape testing in laboratory conditions often differ so much from real-world use, and what are the factors affecting overheating and the creation of unintended byproducts?? Joining us again to explore the complex physics and chemistry behind vaping is nuclear physicist and vaping advocate Roberto Sussman.
📅 3 Jun 2025
GFN News #155 | THAI THR ADVOCATES FIGHT BACK AGAINST VAPE BAN | Featuring Asa Saligupta
For 11 years Thailand has enforced a strict prohibition of vapes, with the resulting crackdown allegedly pushing vapers towards the black market. But advocates have created a strong community opposed to this ban, emphasising the right of people who smoke to quit using safer nicotine products. To examine the intricacies of Thailand's vape ban, we're joined today by Asa Saligupta, a leading Thai vaping advocate.
📅 27 May 2025
GFN News #154 | THE PHILOSOPHY OF THR | Featuring Will Godfrey
In this episode of GFN News, Will Godfrey highlights a recent interview between Kiran Sidhu and renowned philosopher Dr. Sridhar Venkatapuram exploring the intersection of philosophy and public health, and the ethical support for tobacco harm reduction using safer nicotine products.
📅 23 May 2025
GFN News #153 | WILL THE FDA CHANGE ITS APPROACH? | Part Two of our interview with Lindsey Stroud
Lindsey Stroud joins us for the second part of our USA special exploring the FDA's approach to safer products, and whether a change in approach is likely at the agency controlling the addition of new safer products to the market.
📅 20 May 2025
GFN News #152 | PAKISTAN'S TOBACCO CONTROL PROBLEM | Can Pakistan get on track with tobacco harm reduction?
30 million people currently smoke in Pakistan, but could safer nicotine products such as nicotine pouches succeed where other tobacco control efforts have struggled? Joining us today is Ziauddin Islam, a tobacco control expert and former Technical Representative to the WHO FCTC and ITP, to highlight the direction of Pakistan's tobacco control efforts.
📅 13 May 2025
GFN News #151 | A NEW CHAPTER FOR THR EDUCATION | Chimwemwe Ngoma highlights KAC's brand new THR course!
Building on the strength of its popular Tobacco Harm Reduction Scholarship programme, Knowledge•Action•Change's brand new foundational course 'Understanding Tobacco Harm Reduction' is a free-to-use educational platform designed to help advocates expand their knowledge base. Joining us today to highlight this key new resource is one of its key authors, Chimwemwe Ngoma of KAC!
GFN Insights #7 | THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF VAPOR | GFN SCIENCE FAQ: PART 4 | Featuring Roberto Sussman
Vaping has been shown to be 95% safer than smoking, but what do the chemistry of vapor and smoke, and the key differences between them, tell us about WHY these products are so different? Joining us again for the fourth part of our vaping science series is astrophysicist Roberto Sussman, who expertly explains the science behind vaping!
