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The Global Tobacco and Nicotine Forum (GTNF), formerly known as the Global Tobacco Networking Forum, is an international gathering of industry executives and supporters. It bills itself as “quite simply the greatest interactive tobacco industry idea exchange on earth”.1 The 2013 event was held in November in South Africa, and speakers included:2 Mike Adamson – Head…

The Global Tobacco and Nicotine Forum (GTNF), formerly known as the Global Tobacco Networking Forum, is an international gathering of industry executives and supporters. It bills itself as “quite simply the greatest interactive tobacco industry idea exchange on earth”.3 The 2012 event was held on 11-15 June 2012 in Antwerp. The line-up included:4 Kevin Altman, technical…

The Global Tobacco and Nicotine Forum (GTNF), formerly known as the Global Tobacco Networking Forum, is an international gathering of industry executives and supporters. It bills itself as “quite simply the greatest interactive tobacco industry idea exchange on earth”5 The 2010 event was held in Bangalore, and the line up included: Kevin Altman, technical consultant to the…

The Global Tobacco and Nicotine Forum (GTNF) is an annual tobacco industry conference. The GTNF 2019 takes place in Washington from 24-26 September.7 The following speakers, panellists and moderators were listed on the GTNF website in September 2019:89 Tony Abboud- Vapor Technology Association George Adams – Rex Healthcare Scott Ballin – Health policy consultant Patrick…

The Global Tobacco and Nicotine Forum (GTNF) is an annual tobacco industry conference. The GTNF 2018 was held in London on 11-14 September 2018.10 Speakers List The following “confirmed speakers” were listed on the GTNF website in August 2018:11 Jerome Abelman- British American Tobacco (BAT) George Adams – Rex Healthcare Mubina Asaf – BAT Bangladesh Scott…

The Global Tobacco and Nicotine Forum (GTNF) is an annual tobacco industry conference. The GTNF 2017 was held in September in New York, USA.13 Speakers included: Tony Abboud – Executive director of the Vapor Technology Association (VTA) David Abrams – Professor in the department of social and behavioural science at the New York University College of…

The Global Tobacco and Nicotine Forum (GTNF) is an annual tobacco industry conference. The GTNF 2016 was held in September in Brussels, Belgium.16 Speakers included: George Adams – Professor of Medicine at University of North Carolina Renato Addis – Partner at public affairs consultancy EPPA Vivien Azer – Tobacco industry analyst, Cowen and Co Scott Ballin…

The Global Tobacco and Nicotine Forum (GTNF) is an annual tobacco industry conference. The GTNF 2015 was held in September in Bologna, Italy.17 Speakers included: George Adams – Professor of Medicine at University of North Carolina Elizabeth (‘Liz’) Allen – Retired from HMRC, and has published for ITIC on illicit trade Jeremy Armstrong…

The Global Tobacco Nicotine Forum (GTNF) is a tobacco-industry funded event, which was formerly known as the Global Tobacco Networking Forum.18 The annual event was rebranded in 2015, to “reflect our industry’s expanding perspectives”.19 The GTNF should not be confused with the Global Forum on Nicotine (GFN). Background Originally the Global Tobacco Networking Forum The Global Tobacco…

Background The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is an international organisation which helps companies measure the impact of their corporate social responsibility (CSR) programmes. Set up in 1997 by the sustainability NGO Ceres it split off in 2001 and now runs independently. Its sustainability reporting framework requires companies to disclose their environmental, social and governance performance (ESG). According to…