Global Forum on Nicotine
The 12th edition of the Global Forum on Nicotine takes place in Warsaw, Poland, from 19 to 21 June 2025.
As we approach the end of the quarter century, safer nicotine products are beginning to challenge the dominance of the combustible cigarette – with huge potential impacts for global public health. But this headway is being slowed by a paradox. Each year, the scientific basis for tobacco harm reduction continues to grow. Yet each year, popular opinion about it appears to worsen.
GFN25’s conference theme, Challenging perceptions – effective communication for tobacco harm reduction, will focus on finding solutions for the misunderstandings, misconceptions and mischaracterisations that are putting the brakes on progress. Reducing smoking-related harms is urgent. How can we make the case for harm reduction more effectively?