Next in our Science Lab sessions, Chloe Rose PhD presents on the importance of properly designed studies and trials to determine the safety and relative risk of nicotine products.

In this exclusive GFN News interview, Joanna Junak speaks with Nancy Loucas, CAPHRA Executive Coordinator, about the fallout from COP11 in Geneva and the controversial Dirty Ashtray Award given to New Zealand.

Despite achieving significant reductions in smoking through regulated vaping and progressive harm reduction policies, New Zealand was criticized by the WHO FCTC Secretariat and its supporting NGOs. Nancy explains why this award reflects a shift away from evidence-based public health priorities and highlights the growing tension between harm reduction strategies and prohibitionist tobacco policies.

Misunderstanding nicotine delivery: a discussion on nicotine pouches. PMI's Carrie Wade and Gizelle Baker discuss the problems with comparing nicotine content of pouches with combustible tobacco. #GFN25 Science Lab discussions

This GFN Voices 2025 episode brings together advocates, scientists and campaigners from around the world to share why the Global Forum on Nicotine matters, how tobacco harm reduction is being misunderstood, and why honest communication, access to safer products and open debate are essential for helping people move away from smoking.

In this episode of Science Lab, we break down the latest research comparing traditional cigarette smoking with heated tobacco products (HTPs). Using evidence from multiple clinical studies, she explains how switching completely from smoking to HTPs affects biomarkers of exposure, biomarkers of potential harm, reported symptoms, and overall risk profiles.

Former Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller—America’s longest-serving AG and a principal architect of the Master Settlement Agreement—joins GFN.TV with a clear warning: the U.S. is making extraordinary progress against combustible tobacco, yet the public isn’t hearing about it. Smoking has collapsed to historic lows, youth vaping has fallen 70% since 2019, and millions of adults have shifted to far safer non-combustible nicotine products. By any honest measure, it’s one of the most significant public-health successes in decades. So why isn’t tobacco control talking about it?

Featuring:

TOM MILLER

Former Iowa Attorney General

Founder, Miller Monitoring and Consulting, LLC.

Nigeria is experiencing increasing health impacts from smoking, and experts argue that harm reduction—not prohibition—is key to saving lives. In this GFN News episode, Joanna Junak interviews Uche Olatunji and Yusuf Adebisi on the major barriers to tobacco harm reduction in Nigeria, including widespread misinformation about nicotine and a lack of educational resources. They discuss community outreach, science-based alternatives, and the critical roles of universities and the media in shifting public perception. Learn how evidence-based harm-reduction strategies can help Nigerians make safer, informed decisions.

The media play a key role in shaping debates around THR. It is essential that information they communicate is accurate and reflects science and evidence. Misinformation and the impact it can have on consumers, and public health generally, is something we should avoid. A lack of knowledge, expertise and time to verify information provided – often by NGOs that allege to be working on behalf of public health – can lead to damaging narratives that serve nobody’s interest. How can we foster positive relationships with media to represent THR accurately and challenge those who seek to undermine it?

Ireland has introduced the highest vape tax in the European Union — but experts warn it could backfire. In this episode of GFN News, Joanna Junak speaks with Will Godfrey of Filter about how the new €0.50/ml levy may reduce switching, misinform the public, and even risk increasing smoking rates. Advocates argue the policy hits low-income groups hardest and undermines Ireland’s public health goals.

As the WHO FCTC COP11 conference approaches, Joanna Junak speaks with tobacco policy expert Clive Bates on GFN News about the growing divide between science and ideology in global tobacco control. Bates warns that prohibitionist approaches risk fueling black markets and ignoring proven harm reduction strategies. Watch now to hear his call for a new evidence-based direction in nicotine and tobacco regulation.