GFN.TV Interviews #95 | THEY DON’T COUNT | A GFN Dispatch From the Global War on Nicotine
September 04, 2026 by gfn.tv
GFN.TV Interviews #95 | THEY DON’T COUNT | A GFN Dispatch From the Global War on Nicotine
“They don’t count” captures one of the deepest failures in nicotine policy. Smokers, vapers and users of safer nicotine products are often treated as statistics, problems or collateral damage rather than people whose choices determine whether harm is reduced in practice. A global war on nicotine can lose sight of the real target: disease and death caused by smoking. Public health should count the people it claims to protect, especially those trying to move away from combustion.
