GFN News 2024

Following New Zealand's latest overhaul of its vaping regulations and its U-Turn on its Generational Smoking ban, we talk with Jan Walsh and Nancy Loucas for a closer look at New Zealand's aim to be Smokefree by 2025 in this episode of GFN News!

GFN News #94 | NEW ZEALAND'S SMOKEFREE DREAM | Featuring Jan Walsh and Nancy Loucas

#GFN24 will be hosting its very own film festival, showcasing the best short films from the GFN community exploring the vital role of tobacco harm reduction in the public health sphere. Multi-award-winning film maker Emmanuel Mwape joins us to tell us all about the GFN Film Festival, and what we have to look forward to live at #GFN24 in Warsaw!

GFN News #95 | THR ON THE SILVER SCREEN | Exploring the #GFN24 Film Festival with Emmanuel Mwape

Zonnic pouches entered Canada with a bang in 2023 after they were approved as a smoking cessation aid, leading to their widespread availability throughout Canada. To explore why Zonnic has become so controversial, John Oyston joins us for this episode of GFN News where we dissect Zonnic's Canadian debut and the resultant response from Public Health institutions to this novel safer nicotine product.

GFN News #96 | CANADA'S ZONNIC PANIC | John Oyston explains Canada's Zonnic pouch controversy

Despite the overwhelming evidence indicating that safer nicotine products are significantly less harmful than smoking, vaping misinformation has stoked mistrust of safer products, most notably seen in fears surrounding EVALI and youth vaping. In this episode, Will Godfrey looks at a recent study tracking the decreasing trust in vapes amongst the general public, and the real-world consequences that vaping misinformation has on public health.

GFN News #97 | THE UK's VAPE MISINFORMATION PROBLEM | Will Godfrey explores UK's attitudes

The European Union is currently deliberating its regulatory approach to safer nicotine products as it reviews its Tobacco Products Directive. In a bid to ensure consumer voices are not lost amongst these discussions, the World Vapers' Alliance is bringing a petition before the European Parliament to reaffirm the need for proportionate regulation of safer products. In this episode of GFN News, the WVA's Director Michael Landl fills us in on these efforts to boost the consumer voice in Europe.

GFN News #98 | A PLEA FOR PROPORTIONATE REGULATION | Michael Landl of World Vapers' Alliance

The rising popularity of nicotine pouches in the United States, in particular Zyn, has been met with backlash and misinformation, despite the proven efficacy of safer nicotine products in helping smokers quit. In today's episode we're joined by Martin Cullip of the Taxpayers Protection Alliance.who takes a closer look at the motivations behind this backlash and the actual evidence at stake.

GFN News #99 | WHAT'S THE FUSS OVER ZYN? | Cullip tackles the rise of nicotine pouches in the USA

Mexico's President is seeking to solidify Mexico's hardline approach to vaping with a proposal to ban vaping through a constitutional amendment, to the consternation of vaping advocates who fear smokers will lose access to these safer alternatives in the country. Joining us to today is Tomás O'Gorman, co-founder of "Pro-Vapeo Mexico" and a member of INNCO’s Board, who highlights the hardening of Mexico's anti-vaping stance and the impact this could have on smokers' ability to quit in Mexico.

GFN News #100 | MEXICO'S VAPING DILEMMA | O'Gorman explores Mexico's hardline approach to vaping

Dive into a world of impactful insights as we unpack the most compelling takeawys from the first quarter of 2024 GFN News!

GFN News #101 | Key Insights from the First Quarter of 2024 | #GFNNews

In today's episode of GFN News Chris Baxter shares his own views on the addictive nature of nicotine and the current state of nicotine research, and reflects on his GFN Five submission from GFN22 covering the addictiveness of nicotine.

GFN News #102 | SHIFTING PERSPECTIVE | Chris Baxter shares his thoughts on the science of nicotine

Nicotine pouches such as Zonnic and Zyn have taken many countries by storm, but in Australia heavy handed restrictions on nicotine have limited legal access to pouches. In today's episode, Colin Mendelsohn updates us on the rise of nicotine pouches in Australia, and the science supporting the claim that they are safer than smoking.

GFN News #103 | AUSTRALIA'S POUCH CONUNDRUM | Mendelsohn unpacks the use of nicotine pouches

The WHO has recently stirred controversy by sharing widely criticised claims about vaping on its social media accounts, so in today's episode of GFN News we ask, what's this all about? And has this happened before? Joining us today is Will Godfrey who filled us in on the latest chapter of the WHO's infodemic problem.

GFN News #104 | THE WHO'S INFODEMIC PROBLEM | Will Godfrey explores the WHO's latest Twitter scandal

Slovenia has recently enacted a flavour ban that has further cemented its hardening attitude to vaping, but have consumers' voices been ignored throughout these considerations? Joining us today is Liza Katsiashvili of the World Vapers' Alliance to discuss the impact of FCTC and WHO directives on vaping regulations around Europe, and the consumer reaction to Slovenia's flavour ban.

GFN News #105 | SLOVENIA'S FLAVOUR HEADACHE | Featuring Liza Katsiashvili of World Vapers' Alliance

Colombia has recently introduced new vaping regulations which have effectively equated vapes with tobacco products. In the name of reducing youth access to vapes, have the government sidelined smokers in the process? Joining us to explore this in today's episode is Francisco Ordoñez, founder and president of Asovape Colombia.

GFN News #106 | BALANCING THE RISKS | Francisco Ordóñez explains Colombia's latest vape restrictions

Colin Mendelsohn, a veteran Australian tobacco harm reduction advocate, recently had the opportunity to educate lawmakers about the science underpinning vaping, the moral panic surrounding nicotine and the consequences of Australia's prohibitionist stance on vaping. In this episode we have collected a series of powerful points that Colin made in his discussion with lawmakers.

GFN News #107 | TACKLING VAPING MYTHS IN AUSTRALIA | Mendelsohn brings THR to Australian lawmakers!

In today's episode GFN Interviews host Brent Stafford swapped his usual interviewer's seat to join Joanna Junak to discuss all things #GFN24, the current global backlash to tobacco harm reduction from tobacco control proponents, and what he's learned since beginning to cover the world of tobacco harm reduction with Regulator Watch.

GFN News #108 | MAKING THE NEWS | GFN Interviews host Brent Stafford joins us in the guest's chair!

Australia has taken a hardline approach to vaping leaving smokers wanting to quit with few legal routes to access safer nicotine products. In today's episode leading Australian THR advocate Colin Mendelsohn asks, have these restrictions actually achieved their intended goals? In his recent evidence to Australian Senators, Colin set out how a compassionate approach could be the key to improving Australia's vaping situation.

GFN News #109 | FACE-TO-FACE WITH THE FACTS | Mendelsohn debates Australia's vaping stance

In today's episode Gabriel Oke, a public health professional and researcher, puts a spotlight on the use of social media to disseminate misinformation during the EVALI scare and COVID-19 pandemic, and how advocates and policy makers are having to adapt to a new world of instant communication.

GFN News #110 | THE BATTLE FOR THE TRUTH | THR researcher Gabriel Oke highlights vape misinformation

In today's episode Will Godfrey joins us to bring us the latest updates from the E-Cigarette Summit in Washington DC, USA, where the FDA stirred up controversy and the real impact of restrictive vaping policies was laid bare!

GFN News #111 | WHAT'S THE NEWS FROM THE E-CIG SUMMIT? | Featuring Will Godfrey of Filter Magazine

When India's government added nicotine replacement therapies to its list of essential medicines, tobacco harm reduction advocates celebrated a win for smokers looking to quit. But was this success short lived, and has India returned to an anti-nicotine frame of mind? Joining us today to discuss India's track record with nicotine is journalist Samrat Chowdhery.

Link to the arcticle: https://tobaccoreporter.com/2024/05/01/a-perfect-storm/

GFN News #112 | BLOOMBERG FUNDING IN SPOTLIGHT IN INDIA | Featuring Samrat Chowdhery

Under Spain's new anti-smoking plan, safer nicotine products will now be equated with smoking in the latest measures to restrict vaping in the country. Joining us today is Carmen Escrig, Coordinator of the Spanish Medical Platform for Tobacco Harm Reduction, who will highlight the pushback against this proposal and the institutional biases that helped create it in the first place.

GFN News #113 | IS THIS REALLY THE PATH TO A SMOKEFREE SPAIN? | Featuring Carmen Escrig

Since 2014, the Global Forum on Nicotine (GFN) has been the only international conference to focus on how safer nicotine products like vapes, nicotine pouches, Swedish snus and heated tobacco can help people switch away from smoking, in an approach called tobacco harm reduction.

Building on the event's success, GFN•TV launched in 2022 with GFN News hosted by Joanna Junak. Each episode, Joanna's bulletin shares tobacco harm reduction updates from around the world alongside brief expert interviews. After the news, Joanna hands over to Brent Stafford, who hosts the in-depth GFN•TV/RegulatorWatch discussion segment with a variety of expert guests.

Available to watch at https://gfn.tv and now to listen on [Soundcloud / Spotify / Apple Podcasts], GFN News ensures that our platform for rational and inclusive debate on the future role of safer nicotine products and tobacco harm reduction is accessible to a global audience all year round. Tune in now!

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