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The Global Forum on Nicotine (GFN) is an annual conference organised by London-based Knowledge Action Change Limited (KAC), which is funded by the Foundation for a Smoke Free World (FSFW) and headed by Professor Gerry Stimson. The GFN should not be confused with the Global Tobacco and Nicotine Forum (GTNF), an annual tobacco industry event. Background…

Giovanni Giordano joined the leadership team of British American Tobacco (BAT) in 2011.48 He is BAT’s Group Human Resources Director.49 In December 2018 BAT announced that Giordano would be succeeded by Hae In Kim on 1 April 2019.50 Global Tobacco and Nicotine Forum: Recruiting to BAT Giordano was a speaker at the 2016…

Gerry Sutcliffe was the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Bradford South, West Yorkshire, England (1994 – 2015).52 Relationship with the Tobacco Industry Accepted Tobacco Hospitality In 2014 Sutcliffe accepted a ticket to the Chelsea Flower show worth £702 from Japan Tobacco International (JTI).53 For more details, see Tobacco Industry Hospitality for UK Politicians. Opposed…

Gerry Stimson is a sociologist who has been promoting a harm reduction approach to public health since 1987, first related to drug use and later to alcohol and tobacco control.62 Knowledge-Action-Change Stimson is the founder and Director of Knowledge-Action-Change (K-A-C) which says it is “a private sector public health agency”63 that aims to promote health through harm…

Image 1. Screen grab of PMI’s EU transparency register entry (2 April 2014). Click to enlarge. The German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR), or ‘Rechtsschultz und Urheberrecht’ as it is known in the German language, is, according to a report written by the organisation: “a recognised non-profit-making, academic association of the members of those groups of…

Dr Gerard Murphy was a non-executive director of British American Tobacco (BAT) from March 2009 to April 2017.115116 Murphy left the tobacco company on 26 April 2017.117 TobaccoTactics Resources British American Tobacco Relevant Link British American Tobacco website ReferencesHide…

Gerald Kaufman is the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Manchester, Gorton, England.118 Relationship with the Tobacco Industry Accepted Tobacco Hospitality In 2013 Kaufman accepted two tickets, transport to and from London, and associated hospitality at Glyndebourne Opera Festival at an approximate value of £1,278 from Japan Tobacco International (JTI).119 For more details, see Tobacco Industry…

Gerald Howarth is the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Aldershot, Hampshire, England.120 Relationship with the Tobacco Industry Accepted Tobacco Hospitality In 2014 Howarth accepted two tickets to the Chelsea Flower show worth £1,404.00 from Japan Tobacco International (JTI).121 For more details, see Tobacco Industry Hospitality for UK Politicians. Opposed Tobacco Control Measures in the UK…

Gerard Baliles served as a non-Executive Director of Altria from 2008 to 2018.132133 Background Baliles was a Governor of Virginia, a state in the United States, from 1986 to 1990. TobaccoTactics Resources Altria ReferencesHide↑GFN 2014 archived main page,…

George Muñoz became a Non-Executive Director of Altria in 2004.134 TobaccoTactics Resources Altria External Link Altria homepage ReferencesHide↑GFN 2014 archived main page, 2014, accessed June 2019↑GFN goes online, Global Forum on Nicotine website,…