GFN News

About GFN News

The Global Forum on Nicotine (GFN) has taken place every year since 2014 and is the only international conference to focus on how vapes, nicotine pouches, Swedish snus and heated tobacco can help people switch away from smoking. Building on the success of an event that attracts hundreds of in-person participants and thousands of online delegates, this is the homepage of GFN•TV, the broadcast arm of the GFN stable. GFN•TV regularly broadcasts GFN•TV news and interviews, given by Brent Stafford. We also livestream the annual GFN conference, live from Warsaw and release all the session videos and GFN•TV Commentary Team discussions post event. Tune in to hear world-leading experts, tobacco harm reduction advocates and nicotine consumers discuss the latest scientific, regulatory and policy developments. From our unique annual event, to year-round reporting of the issues that matter in tobacco harm reduction, GFN has got it covered.

Publisher

GFN.TV

Category

news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

3 Mar 2022

Latest episode

9 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

478 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   9 Oct 2026

   Why New Zealand Is Getting It Right?

   Why is smoking declining in New Zealand while Australia’s approach is fuelling a dangerous black market? In this excerpt from GFNTV’s interview at GFN 2026 in Warsaw, Australian GP Dr Joe Kosterich contrasts New Zealand’s approach to tobacco harm reduction with Australia’s restrictive policies on safer nicotine products.

2. 

   6 Oct 2026

   Is Regulation Ignoring the Evidence? The Challenge of Better Regulation | #GFN26 Science Lab

   Is regulation keeping up with the evidence? As the European Union considers the future regulation of non-combustible tobacco and nicotine products, an important question emerges: is the available scientific evidence being assessed fully, consistently and transparently? In this Science Lab presentation, Carrie Wade examines the EU’s Better Regulation Framework and the evidence used in the recent evaluation of the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD). She argues that sound regulation requires a broad and balanced evidence base—including quantitative and qualitative data, expert input, stakeholder perspectives, uncertainties and conflicting findings.

3. 

   2 Oct 2026

   GFN.TV Interviews #97 | Why Australia’s Crackdown Fuels the Black Market?

   Dr. Joe Kosterich first took an interest in nicotine vapes when patients who struggled to quit smoking quit thanks to vaping. Then Australia made the products they relied on nearly impossible to buy legally. Shot on location at GFN 2026 in Warsaw, the Australian GP explains how restrictions drove vape sales into the black market, where consumers face unregulated products and criminal gangs fight for control. Kosterich argues that public health’s war on nicotine has lost sight of the people it was meant to help. Featuring: DR. JOE KOSTERICH Physician, Health Industry Consultant @drjoesDIYhealth drjoetoday.com

Who has been a guest on GFN News

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Will Godfrey
• Clive Bates
• Fiona Patten
• Mark Tyndall
• Carolyn Beaumont

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

573,310

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 74 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

90

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

60