Global Forum on Nicotine 2019

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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 2019 conference took place in person on June 13–15, 2019 in Warsaw, Poland.

Speakers from tobacco companies listed:3

Other speakers and panellists:3

  • Aaron Biebert – Attention Era Media (production company)
  • Abby Hunter – University of Nottingham
  • Adebisi Adebayo – Global Health Focus Africa
  • Aleksei Trofimov – Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Alex Wodak – Australian Drug Law Reform Foundation, Australian Tobacco Harm Reduction Association (ATHRA)
  • Allan Tyler – London South Bank University
  • Andrew Thompson – The THR blog
  • Andy Morrison – New Nicotine Alliance (NNA) UK
  • Ángeles Muntadas – Spanish Association Supporting Vapers (ANESVAP)
  • Arise Galil – University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF)
  • Asa Saligupta – ENDs Cigarette Smoke Thailand
  • Atakan Befrits – International Network of Nicotine Consumer Organisations (INNCO), NNA Sweden
  • Brad Rodu – Rodu Tobacco Truth
  • Caitlin Notley – University of East of Anglia
  • Cecilia Kindstrand – Swedish Match
  • Chimwemwe Ngoma – Drug Fight Malawi
  • Christopher Russell – Centre of Substance Use Research (CSUR)
  • Clarisse Virgino – Coalition of Asia-Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA)
  • Clive Bates – Counterfactual
  • David Abrams – New York University
  • David MacKintosh – Head of Community Safety for the City of London
  • David Sweanor – University of Ottawa
  • Deborah Robson – King’s College London
  • Emma Ward – Norwich Medical School
  • Eveline Hondius – Acvoda
  • Fiona Patten – Reason Party
  • Florian Scheibein – Waterford Institute of Technology
  • Gene Gillman – Enthalpy Analytical LLC.
  • Gerry Stimson
  • Grace Wong – Smokefree Nurses Aotearoa NZ
  • Gregory Conley – American Vaping Association
  • Helen Redmond – Filter magazine (see also The Influence Foundation), New York Harm Reduction Educators
  • Hiroya Kumamaru – AOI Universal Hospital
  • James Dunworth – E-cigarette Direct
  • Joseph Magero – Campaign For Safer Alternatives
  • Julie Woessner – INNCO, Consumer Advocates for Smoke-free Alternatives Association (CASAA)
  • Karolien Adriaens – KU Leuven
  • Kevin McGirr – University of California San Francisco
  • Konstantinos E. Farsalinos – Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center
  • Lukasz Gruszczynski – Polish Academy of Sciences, European Journal of Risk Regulation
  • Lynne Dawkins – London South Bank University
  • Maciej Goniewicz – Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • Marewa Glover – Center of Research Excellence: Indigenous Sovereignty & Smoking, NNA UK
  • Marina Foltea – Trade Pacts
  • Martin Cullip
  • Massimo Caruso – Center of Excellence for the Acceleration of Harm Reduction (CoEHAR)
  • Michal Dobrajc – Verband des eZigarettenhandel (VdeH)
  • Mihaela Raescu – Titu Maiorescu University
  • Nancy Sutthoff – Aotearoa Vape Community Advocacy (AVCA) New Zealand, INNCO, The Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA), Paraclete Associates Limited
  • Neal Benowitz – University of California
  • Norbert Schmidt – IG-ED
  • Pasquale Caponnetto – University of Catania
  • Patricia Kovacevic – Nicopure Lab
  • Peter Beckett – JUUL Labs
  • Peter Hajek – Queen Mary University
  • Pooja Patwardhan – Centre for Health Research and Education (CHRE-UK)
  • Rebecca Ruwhiu – Vape2Save
  • Riccardo Polosa – CoEHAR
  • Robert Philibert – Behavioral Diagnostics
  • Roberto Sussman – INNCO, Pro-Vapeo Mexico
  • Ronald Dworkin – George Washington University
  • Sairah Salim – JUUL Labs
  • Samrat Chowdhery – Association of Vapers India, INNCO
  • Sarah Gentry – University of East Anglia
  • Sarah Pratt – Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
  • Saul Shiffman – Pinney Associates, University of Pittsburgh
  • Sayar Abdulkhakov – Kazan State Medical University
  • Sharon Cox – London South Bank University’s Centre for Addictive Behaviours Research
  • Spike Babaian – VapeNY
  • Suely Castro – K-A-C
  • Terry Barnes – UK Institute of Economic Affairs
  • Tomás O’Gorman – Universidad Panamericana
  • Uche Olatunji – Campaign for Safer Alternatives (CASA)
  • Will Godfrey – Filter magazine, The Influence Foundation
  • Zhenyi Zhou – tobacco shop owner

Relevant Links

Global Forum on Nicotine website

Tobacco Tactics Resources

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References

  1. ↑Global Forum on Nicotine, Homepage, 2025, accessed March 2025
  2. ↑Companies House, Certificate of Incorporation on Change of Name, 21 November 2024, accessed March 2025
  3. ↑abGlobal Forum on Nicotine, 2019 Reader, website, undated, accessed January 2025

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