Global Tobacco and Nicotine Forum

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The Global Tobacco Nicotine Forum (GTNF) is a tobacco-industry funded event, which was formerly known as the Global Tobacco Networking Forum.[1]

The annual event was rebranded in 2015, to “reflect our [tobacco] industry’s expanding perspectives”.[2]

The GTNF should not be confused with the Global Forum on Nicotine (GFN).

Background

Originally the Global Tobacco Networking Forum

The Global Tobacco Networking Forum was first held in 2008 in Rio de Janeiro, and was organized by Tobacco Reporter magazine, which billed the event as "quite simply the greatest interactive tobacco industry idea exchange on earth".[3]

David O’Reilly from British American Tobacco was the co-founder and first Chair of the GTNF advisory board.[4]

Code of Conduct

Originally, the GTNF had a code of conduct which contained clauses forbidding discussions or presentations being recorded, or information about the content of sessions being published. The code of conduct said:[3]

  • Absolutely no part of any forum, panel discussion or workshop should be audio- or video-taped or reproduced, in whole or in part, in any document, documentary or record of any GTNF-related event, whether for personal or professional use.
  • Written note-taking should be limited to basic ideas and points, and no ideas, concepts or direct quote should be attributed, either directly or indirectly, to any specific participant or observer.
  • No material should be published, in whole or in part, based on any sessions or discussions held during the GTNF (although any papers, publications or books already in the public domain or handed out during the event may be republished with prior permission of the author and in accordance with all international laws of copyright).
  • No GTNF participants should be quoted or paraphrased outside of the GTNF.
  • No unofficial photographs should be taken of anyone participating in, or any presentations made within, any GTNF event.
  • If a participant wants to pursue any details or concepts arising from any of the sessions, they are invited to take advantage of appropriate opportunities to introduce themselves and speak with fellow delegates during breaks or meals.
  • Tobacco Reporter reserves the right to deny access to GTNF 2012 to anyone not prepared to adhere to these rules of engagement, or to anyone deemed by Tobacco Reporter to be in violation of these rules at any time without explanation or prior warning.

In 2015, the Code of Conduct was replaced by Chatham House Rules, which stated that participants were free to use the information received but that “neither the identify nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any participant, may be revealed”.[5]

Funded by Delegate Fees and Tobacco Companies

To attend, delegates pay conference fees, which in 2017 amounted to US$ 3,500 (which included accommodation, entry to GTNF plenaries and sessions, networking breakfasts, and welcome and networking receptions).[6] Delegates “must be aged 18 years or older. Only representatives of the tobacco and vaping/nicotine industries and those with a business connection to the industry may register on this site as delegates”.[6]

From its beginning in 2008, the event has also been sponsored by big tobacco companies. In 2017, the event was sponsored by Japan Tobacco International, Philip Morris International, British American Tobacco, Altria and Reynolds American (RAI).[7]

Speakers

For a comprehensive list of GTNF speakers, go to the specific pages of each annual GTNF events (below under TobaccoTactics Resources).

A selection of speakers:

Patrick Basham | Erik Bloomquist | Simon Clark | Sinclair Davidson | Jamie Dettmer | Katherine Graham | Angela Harbutt | Delon Human | Mark Littlewood | John Luik | Des Naughton | Paul Neumann | Christopher Ogden | David O’Reilly | Riccardo Polosa | Carl V Phillips | Michiel Reerink | Brad Rodu | Christopher Snowdon | Spiked | Jeff Stier | Kingsley Wheaton

At the 2017 GTNF, Derek Yach, former Head of the World Health Organization’s Tobacco Free Initiative, launched a new foundation funded by Philip Morris International and aimed at “accelerating an end to smoking”. To read more about this organisation, go to the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World.

TobaccoTactics Resources

Notes

  1. ↑ S. Clark, Voices of Freedom 2017: Elise Rasmussen, Taking Liberties blog, 30 June 2017 8:02, accessed October 2017
  2. ↑ Global Tobacco & Nicotine Forum, GTNF 2015: Welcome to Bologna: the city where ideas and information meet, 2015, accessed October 2017
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 T. Tuinstra. 'Happy networking'. Tobacco Reporter magazine, October 2008
  4. ↑ Global Tobacco and Nicotine Forum, GTNF 2017 Advisory Board, undated, accessed September 2017
  5. ↑ GTNF2015, Registration, 2015, accessed October 2017
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 GTNF 2017, Participant Package and Registration, 2017, accessed October 2017
  7. ↑ GTNF, The Global Tobacco & Nicotine Forum 2017 New York City, USA, September 12-14, 2017, accessed October 2017
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