Global Forum on Nicotine

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▶️ Watch the full Science Lab analysis on YouTube to hear the complete discussion.
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🚨 Are Canada’s nicotine pouch restrictions backfiring?
Todd Prochnau explains how restricted pharmacy access may be contributing to a massive illicit market, raising concerns about product safety and youth access.

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Authorised pouches are restricted to pharmacies. Unauthorised products remain widely available. Pharmacists face added burdens and a large illicit market persists.
Todd Prochnau examined the unintended consequences of Canada’s approach at #GFN26.
https://t.co/o1sq9sDkRY

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HIGHER TAXES, BIGGER BLACK MARKET
Higher taxes don’t eliminate demand - they push consumers toward the black market. And unregulated products can put their health at risk.

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When tax revenue takes priority over public health, who pays the price?
Poland’s $11 tax on vaping devices raises serious questions about policy, the growing illicit market, and the lack of coordination between health and finance authorities.

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🇵🇱 POLAND’S NICOTINE TAX EXPERIMENT
Steep excise taxes. Tighter restrictions. Flavour bans under discussion.
Are Poland’s nicotine policies protecting public health or pushing consumers towards the black market?
https://t.co/lpi10zNBAi

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Sweden’s smoking rate is below 5%. 🇦🇺 Australia keeps ignoring the evidence.
Make legal alternatives affordable, reduce demand for illicit products, and follow the data. The solution isn’t complicated.
So why is Australia still getting it wrong? 👇

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🚨 Firebombings in Melbourne. Criminal gangs fighting for territory. Businesses struggling to get insurance.
@drjoesDIYhealth says Australia’s nicotine crackdown is fuelling a black market - while New Zealand is taking a different path.
https://t.co/dGd3LFLtmC

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Is regulation ignoring the evidence?
As the EU considers new rules for non-combustible nicotine products, how complete is the evidence behind these decisions? Watch the #GFN26ScienceLab 👇
https://t.co/s6SXh9Y8jF

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If Cigarettes Are Legal, Why Ban Safer Alternatives?
Dr. Joe Kosterich calls out the blind spot: safe injecting rooms, pill testing and other harm reduction measures are accepted so why not safer alternatives for smokers?
🎥 Watch the full interview with @drjoesDIYhealth on GFNTV! Link below!

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🚨 TOMORROW on GFNTV: @drjoesDIYhealth
What happens when legal access to vaping becomes nearly impossible?
Dr. Joe Kosterich explains how Australia’s restrictions pushed consumers toward an unregulated black market — and how criminal gangs moved in to fill the gap.
🎥 Full interview TOMORROW. Sneak peek 👇

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🚨 Australia tried to squeeze vaping out of the legal market. What happened next?
@drjoesDIYhealth explains how restrictions pushed consumers toward the black market where unregulated products filled the gap. Is it creating a bigger problem?
https://t.co/D3WelPaQ6w

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🫀 What does the evidence say about novel nicotine products and cardiovascular health?
A new #GFN26 Science Lab presentation explores cardiovascular research on vaping, heated tobacco and nicotine pouches — and the evidence gaps that remain.
🔬 https://t.co/sqe9hrOIi3

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Watch full interview, available now on GFNTV!
https://t.co/TLWtSbLvpn

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If prohibition worked, why is 76% of the global e-vapor market estimated to be illicit?
$47B a year. The demand for nicotine didn’t disappear - it moved underground.

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Full episode with @etterjf available at the link below!
https://t.co/TLWtSbLvpn

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France banned nicotine pouches. But what happens when demand doesn’t disappear?
@brentstafford asks @etterjf what prohibition could mean for consumers, product safety, illicit markets and who could benefit when demand moves underground.