Global Forum on Nicotine 2018

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 2018 conference took place in person on June 14–16, 2018 in Warsaw, Poland.

Speakers from tobacco companies:³

• Christelle Haziza – Philip Morris International (PMI)
• Greg Wilson – Altria
• James Murphy – British American Tobacco (BAT)
• Laura Oyler – Reynolds American Inc.(BAT)
• Mohamadi Sarkar – Altria
• Oscar M. Camacho – BAT

Other speakers and panellists listed:³

• Aaron Biebert – Attention Era Media (production company)
• Aleksei Trofimov – Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics
• Alex Wodak – Australian Drug Law Reform Foundation, Australian Tobacco Harm Reduction Association (ATHRA)
• Amy Fairchild – Public Health Texas A&M University
• Bethea Kleykamp – Pinney Associates
• Caitlin Notely – University of East Anglia
• Carrie Wade – R Street Institute
• Cecilia Kindstrand – Swedish Match
• Clive Bates – Counterfactual Consulting
• Colin Mendelsohn – ATHRA
• Cynthia Cabrera – Cating Group
• Daniel Frings – London South Bank University
• David Levy – Georgetown University
• David Mackintosh – Community Safety for the City of London
• David Sweanor – University of Ottawa
• Derek Yach – Foundation for a Smoke-Free World
• ED Stephens – University of St Andrews
• Frances Thirlway – University of York
• Gerry Stimson
• Gregory Conley – American Vaping Association (AVA)
• Grzegorz Król – University of Warsaw
• Hannah Farrimond – University of Exeter
• Harry Shapiro – DrugWise
• Helen Redmond – Nicotine Harm Reduction Consultants
• Hiroya Kumamaru – AOI Universal Hospital
• Jacques le houezec – Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT)
• Jeannie Cameron – JCIC International
• Joe Gitchell – Pinney Associates
• Joe Kosterich – Medical Consultant
• Judy Gibson – The International Network of Nicotine Consumer Organisation (INNCO)
• Julie Woessner – The Consumer Advocates for Smoke-free Alternatives Association (CASAA)
• Karl Lund – Norwegian Institute of Public Health
• Karl Snaebjornsson – Medical Practice Consultant
• Karolien Adriaens – KU Leuven
• Kogi Letlape – Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA)
• Konstantinos E. Farsalinos – Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center
• Louise Ross – Leicester City Stop Smoking, NNA UK
• Marewa Glover – Centre for Research Excellence: Indigenous Sovereignty and Smoking (COREISS)
• Martin Cawley – The National Lottery Community Fund
• Martin Cullip
• Martin Jarvis – University College London
• Nancy Suttoff – Aotearoa Vapers Community Advocacy (AVCA)
• Patricia Kovacevic – Nicopure Labs
• Paul Newhouse – Vanderbilt University School
• Paweł Skutecki – Polish MP
• Peter Beckett – Beckett Associates
• Rajesh Sharan – North-Eastern Hill University
• Richard Holliday – Newcastle University
• Roberto A Sussman – Pro-Vapeo Mexico, INNCO
• Robyn Gougelet – Pinney Associates
• Sarah Jakes – New Nicotine Alliance UK
• Sharon Cox – London South Bank University’s Centre for Addictive Behaviours Research
• Sudhanshu Patwardhan – Nicoventures
• Tanvir Walele – Fontem Ventures
• Thomas Brandon – H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tobacco Research and Intervention Program
• Veronica Boland – PhD Candidate

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