Nicotine and Society: Ahead of the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD3)

There is a fast development of new tobacco-free nicotine products. And it changes everything. From strategies for tobacco control to new harm reduction policies.

If governments are to make public health benefits out of this development, they need to understand this new landscape.  

In view of the upcoming revision of the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD3) we welcome you to take part in this seminar and in-depth discussion on new nicotine products.

Together we will explore whether the upcoming revision calls for regulating a new threat to public health, or whether it is an opportunity to correct mistakes from TPD2 and give Europe the harm reduction approach to tobacco control that will once and for all give us a smoke free Europe.   

Programme

1.00 – 1.15pm – Welcome and Introduction

Sara Skyttedal – MEP, EPP Group, Member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy  

Christofer Fjellner – Member of the European Parliament – European Peoples Party/Sweden

Geoff Meade – Moderator

1.15 – 1.45pm – The Czech Republic’s strategy for new tobacco product – What can other member states learn?

Jindřich Vobořil – Czech Republic’s National Drug Coordinator 

1.45 – 2.10pm – How should TPD3 address new nicotine products? – Is there room for a harm reduction approach in TPD3?

Pietro Fiocchi – Member of the European Parliament – ECR/Italy

Sara Skyttedal – Member of the European Parliament – EPP/Sweden

2.10 – 2.30pm – Lessons Learned – How did TPD2 address nicotine products and should there have been more of a harm reduction perspective?

Frank Engel – Former Member of the European Parliament – European Peoples Party/Germany

Chris Davies – Former Member of the European Parliament – Renew Europe/Great Britain 

Christofer Fjellner – Former Member of the European Parliament – European Peoples Party/Sweden

2.30 – 3.15pm – New nicotine products an opportunity or a threat to public health? – What are the health implications of new nicotine products?

Fredrik Nystrom – Professor/Medical Doctor at Linkoping University – Presenting new research on the health effects of nicotine

3.15 – 3.45pm – Nicotine and Sustainability – Can sustainable investors properly assess new nicotine products

Malin Lindfors Speace – CEO & Senior Advisor, Ethos 

Gavin O’ Dowd – CEO, Haypp Group 

3.45 – 3.50pm – Closing Remarks

Sara Skyttedal – Member of the European Parliament – European Peoples Party/Sweden

Organised with the kind support of the Environment and Public Health Institute (EPHI)