Jacob Grier is a writer and journalist covering tobacco policy. His work has appeared in Reason, Slate, The Atlantic, and many other publications, and he is the author of two related books: The New Prohibition: The Dangerous Politics of Tobacco Control and The Rediscovery of Tobacco: Smoking, Vaping, and the Creative Destruction of the Cigarette. With nearly two decades on the beat, his coverage spans smoking bans, harm reduction, innovation, and the unintended consequences of prohibition. He is also the founder of the link-sharing app Seabird. He lives in Portland, Oregon.

Marina Murphy PhD is a scientific communications and engagement professional with more than 25 years of experience including 15 years in the tobacco and nicotine sector. With a background in chemistry, she also has broad outreach, engagement and advocacy experience. Marina has previously worked as Senior Director of Scientific and Medical Affairs at ANDS, Head of Public Health Advocacy at JUUL Labs and spent nearly ten years working for British American Tobacco , during which she held various roles, including Head of Scientific Media Relations and International Scientific Engagement Manager. Marina has also worked as a journalist, editor and columnist and has published in several high-profile publications including New Scientist, The Irish Times, BBC Science and sciencebusiness.net.

Harry Shapiro is Director of DrugWise – an online drug information service - and Managing Editor of DS Daily - the daily online drug, alcohol and tobacco news service. He has worked in the drugs field for over 40 years, first with the Institute for the Study of Drug Dependence and then from 2000 with DrugScope where he was Director of Communications until the charity folded in 2015. Since 2015, he has been working with Knowledge-Action-Change promoting public health through harm reduction. He is the author and Executive Editor of the Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction report, contributes a blog to Nicotine Science and Policy and is one of KAC’s media spokespeople.