Next week’s nicotine forum expected to attract 250

Hon Lik, the inventor of the electronic cigarette, is scheduled to address the 2nd Global Forum on Nicotine in Warsaw, Poland, next week.

The Forum is due to be held at the Marriott Hotel in Warsaw, Poland, on June 5 and 6, though an awards ceremony is scheduled to take place during the Forum’s Pre-conference Vape Meet and Party, which will be held on June 4.

The organizers say that the forum is expected to attract about 250 people, including consumers, scientists and researchers, regulators, parliamentarians, policy analysts, manufacturers and renowned experts in the field of tobacco harm reduction. The theme of the conference is ‘A different kind of endgame’ – a reference to safer nicotine products bringing about an end to smoking. Program highlights include:

* Derek Yach, senior vice-president, Vitality Institute, ‘Why nicotine needs to be taken out of tobacco control’;

* Katherine Devlin, president, Electronic Cigarette Industry Trade Association, and Alberto Simeoni, European Committee for Standardization, ‘New standards for e-cigarettes’;

* Riccardo Polosa, University of Catania, ‘E-cigarettes and harm reversal’;

* The Rbutt site launch – a rapid rebuttal website aiming to give journalists rapid critiques of new e-cigarette research.