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.
GFN.TV Interviews #73 | EMOTIONAL OVERRIDE | Why Feelings, Not Facts, Distort the Risk of Safer Nicotine
Public health’s assault on vaping and safer nicotine products isn’t guided by evidence, it’s driven by fear, outrage, and a profound misunderstanding of risk. At GFN 2025 in Warsaw, David Zaruk, the “Risk-Monger,” reveals how emotion overrides science in policymaking. From the misuse of the Precautionary Principle to the denormalization of entire industries, Zaruk argues that activist zeal and WHO dogma have turned nicotine into a moral battleground, sacrificing harm reduction and leaving millions of smokers without safer options.
Featuring:
DAVID ZARUK Environmental-Health Risk Analyst Author, The Risk-Monger @zaruk risk-monger.com
📅 24 Sep 2025
GFN Voices 2025 #12 | BRAZIL's EFFORT FOR SAFER NICOTINE | Alexandro Lucian on Translating Science in LATAM
Explore tobacco harm reduction at GFN through a candid interview with Brazilian consumer advocate Alexandro Lucian, who shares why this global event matters, the misinformation challenges in Brazil, and why education and accurate science are essential for safer nicotine choices. Learn how language barriers, anti‑vaping narratives, and limited local research shape public opinion—and how translating complex evidence into Portuguese helps counter myths.
📅 22 Sep 2025
GFN Voices 2025 #11 | BREAKING THE NOISE | How Consumers Fight Vaping Misinformation in New Zealand?
In this interview, tobacco harm reduction advocate Nancy Loucas unpacks how consumer voices are pushing back against vaping misinformation in New Zealand, why education matters in a “post-truth” world, and how Asia-Pacific communities win by doing it “their way".
📅 19 Sep 2025
GFN.TV Interviews #72 | OPTIONS MATTER | Lisbon’s Vaping Project for Marginalized Groups
Portugal is celebrated for its progressive drug policy, yet tobacco harm reduction remains sidelined. At GFN 2025 in Warsaw, Adriana Curado of GAT in Lisbon shows how nicotine became “the forgotten substance.” From her own move away from smoking to a pioneering vaping project with people who use drugs and those experiencing homelessness, Curado exposes public health contradictions, the persistence of stigma, and why safer nicotine options matter—especially for marginalized groups.
Featuring: ADRIANA CURADO Harm Reduction Expert, Community Research Officer Grupo de Ativistas em Tratamentos (GAT) @curadoadriana
📅 17 Sep 2025
GFN Voices 2025 #10 | Armenia’s THR Challenge | Satenik Muradyan on Fighting Misinformation and Youth Perception
Armenian doctor Satenik Muradyan explains why education is key to tobacco harm reduction, revealing that over 80% of physicians in Armenia lack smoking-cessation training, how misconceptions about tar vs. nicotine fuel resistance, divided youth attitudes toward safer nicotine products, and why step-by-step, evidence-based communication works - insights shared at GFN on overcoming deeply rooted misinformation.
📅 15 Sep 2025
#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.
