Frustrations with flavour restrictions and the World Health Organization (WHO)’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) were two of the strongest themes emerging from last week’s Global Forum on Nicotine (GFN), along with the rapid rise of nicotine pouches and the misconceptions that continue to plague the reduced-risk nicotine sector in the media and public discourse.
The GFN event, which has been running for around a decade in Warsaw, Poland, covers all forms of novel nicotine and frequently highlights the experiences of countries beyond the obvious major markets like the US and UK. With a strong philosophical slant towards harm reduction, it attracts a heterogenous mix of delegates that includes public health professionals, academics and consumer activists as well as some representatives of the tobacco industry.
