Global Forum on Nicotine 2015

The Global Forum on Nicotine (GFN), which typically takes place annually in Poland, focuses on new nicotine products and ‘tobacco harm reduction.’

The GFN is organised by Global Forum on Nicotine Limited,¹ which was known as KAC Communications until November 2024.² For more information, please see the main Global Forum on Nicotine page.

The GFN 2015 conference took place in person on June 5–6, 2015 in Warsaw, Poland.

Speakers from tobacco companies:³⁴

• Bruce Clark – Philip Morris International (PMI)
• John Pritchard – Imperial Tobacco Limited (now Imperial Brands)

Other speakers and panellists listed: ³

• Alberto Simeoni – CEN-CENELEC
• Andrzej Sobczakwor
• Ann McNeill – King’s College London
• Attila Danko – Medicaid Family Medical & Accident Centre
• Barnaby Page – EcigIntelligence
• Carmen Escrig – Medical Organizations Supporting Vaping and Electronic cigarettes (MOVE)
• Christopher Russell – Russell Burnett Research & Consultancy Ltd. (RBRC)
• Clive Bates – The Counterfactual
• David Sweanor – University of Ottawa
• Deborah Arnott – Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)
• Delon Human
• Derek Yach – Foundation for a Smoke-Free World
• Donna Darvill
• Gerry Stimson – K-A-C
• Gunnar Sæbø – Norwegian Institute for Alcohol and Drug Research (SIRUS)
• Hon Lik – Dragonite International
• Inger Wahlberg – IWG Consulting
• Jack Henningfield – Pinney Associates
• Jean-François Etter – University of Geneva
• Jed Rose – Duke Center for Smoking Cessation
• Jennifer Ware – University of Bristol
• Joe Gitchell – Pinney Associates
• Karl Lund – SIRUS
• Katherine Devlin – Electronic Cigarette Industry Trade Association (ECITA)
• Kevin Molloy
• Konstantinos Farsalinos – Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center
• Linda Bauld – University of Stirling
• Lorien Jollye
• Louise Ross – Stop Smoking-Leicester City Council
• Loy Ritter – American E-Liquid Manufacturing Standards Association
• Marewa Glover – University of Auckland’s Centre for Tobacco Control Research
• Martin Dockrell – Public Health England
• Monica Vialpando – Liberty Fights
• Nathalie Dunand – SOVAPE
• Patryk Bełzak – Coordinator of European Free Vaping Initiative (EFVI)
• Peter Beckett
• Rebecca Taylor
• Riccardo Polosa – University of Catania
• Sally Satel – American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
• Simon Thurlow – IT Security Architect
• Terry Hu – CECMOL
• Tiffany Hamilton-Barclay – CSUR
• Tord Finne Vedøy – SIRUS
• Vaidotas Linkevičius – Policy Matters
• Yushu Zhu – Ruvian

Relevant Links

Global Forum on Nicotine website

Tobacco Tactics Resources

• Global Forum on Nicotine
• Harm Reduction
• Knowledge-Action-Change
• Foundation for a Smoke-Free World
• Global Action to End Smoking