Global Forum on Nicotine 2023

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 2023 was a hybrid event that took place on June 21–24, 2023 in Warsaw, Poland.

Speakers from tobacco companies listed:³

• Agnieszka Wyszyńska-Szulc – Philip Morris International (PMI)
• Flora Okereke – British American Tobacco (BAT)
• Joe Thompson – Imperial Brands
• Moira Gilchrist – PMI
• Summer Hanna – BAT

Other speakers and panellists:³

• Alex Wodak – Australian Drug Law Reform Foundation (see also Australian Tobacco Harm Reduction Association (ATHRA))
• Alfredo Garbin – Mayor of Legazpi City, Philippines
• Amaliya Amaliya – Universitas Padjadjaran
• Anne Molloy – Kevin Molloy Fellowship Awards
• Arielle Selya – Pinney Associates
• Arkadi Sharkov – Bulgarian Medical Association
• Asa Saligupta – ENDS Cigarette Smoke Thailand (ECST)
• Barnaby Page – Tamarind Intelligence, ECigIntelligence, TobaccoIntelligence, CannIntelligence
• Bernd Mayer – University of Graz
• Brian Quigley – Qnovia, Inc.
• Carmen Escrig – Spanish Medical Platform for Smoking Harm Reduction
• Carolyn Beaumont – K-A-C
• Charles Hamshaw-Thomas – Independent Consultant
• Cheryl Olson – McKinney Regulatory Science Advisors
• Christopher Russell – Russell Burnett Research and Consultancy Ltd
• Clive Bates – The Counterfactual
• Colin Mendelsohn – ATHRA
• David Burns – Bay Pharma
• David Janazzo – Foundation for a Smoke-Free World
• David MacKintosh – K-A-C
• Diego Verrastro – Latin American Network on Tobacco Harm Reduction (RELDAT)
• Enrique Terán – Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Academy of Medicine of Ecuador
• Fernando Bueno – University of Alcalá de Henares, MedicinaClara
• Fiona Patten – Reason Party
• Francisco Ordóñez – ARDT Iberoamerica
• Garrett McGovern – HSE Addiction Services
• Gerry Stimson
• Gintautas-Jouzas Kentra – Densaulyk ULL
• Grzegorz Król – K-A-C
• Harry Shapiro – K-A-C
• Heneage Mitchell – Factasia
• Ian Fearon
• Ignacio Leiva – ASOVAPE Chile, ARDT Iberoamerica
• Jasjit Ahluwalia – Brown University
• Jeffrey Zamora – ASOVAPE Costa Rica, ARDT Iberoamerica, International Network of Nicotine Consumer Organisations (INNCO)
• Jessica Harding – K-A-C
• John Oyston – Quit by Vaping
• Jonathan Fell – Consultant
• Juan José Cirión – Universidad Intercontinental, Universidad La Salle, Pro-Vapeo Mexico
• Judy Gibson – INNCO
• Julio Ruades – ANESVAP
• Kasia Kowalczyk – Global Public Health Foundation
• Kevin Garcia – NEXT Distro, Filter magazine
• Konstantinos Farsalinos – University of Patras, University of West Attica
• Le Dinh Phuong – Vietnam Medical Association, Young Physicians’ Association
• Lindsey Stroud – Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA)
• Lorenzo Mata – Quit For Good
• Marewa Glover – Centre for Research Excellence: Indigenous Sovereignty and Smoking (COREISS)
• Marina Murphy – Alternative Nicotine Delivery Solutions (ANDS)
• Mark Dickinson – Clarityse Ltd
• Mark Oates – We Vape, Snus Users Association
• Martin Cawley – Beatson Cancer Charity
• Martin Cullip
• Martin Steinbauer – SMOOD
• Michael Kariuki – Harm Reduction Society Kenya
• Michelle Minton – The Reason Foundation
• Nancy Loucas – Aotearoa Vapers Community Advocacy NZ, Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA)
• Nick Crofts – Nossal Institute for Global Health, University of Melbourne
• Paddy Costall – K-A-C
• Paul Newhouse – Vanderbilt University
• Peter Dator – Vapers PH
• Pieter Vorster – Idwala Research
• Rafael Castillo – Adventist University
• Randall Rodríguez Obando – Reduction of Tobacco-Related Harm (RELDAT), Caribbean Network for Harm Reduction and Health Risks (REDACCA)
• Roberto Sussman – National University of Mexico, Pro-Vapeo Mexico, INNCO
• Samigullina Eldarovna – Bishkek International Medical Institute
• Samrat Chowdhery – Association of Vapers India
• Sarah Cooney – Cooney Scientific
• Scott Leischow – Mayo Clinic Arizona
• Sharon Garin – Philippines’ Department of Energy Financial and Legal Services
• Silvia Cazenave – Regional Council of Pharmacy of the State of São Paulo
• Sud Patwardhan – Centre for Health Research and Education (CHRE)
• Tomás O’Gorman – Pro-Vapeo Mexico, INNCO
• Will Godfrey – Filter Magazine, The Influence Foundation
• Zurab Tchiaberashvili – Latin American Network on Tobacco Harm Reduction (RELDAT)

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