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Harm reduction

BMJ, 2004
Although the ideal for all smokers is to quit completely, a substantial proportion of smokers either do not want to stop smoking or have been unable to do so despite many attempts. Harm reduction strategies are aimed at reducing the adverse health effects of tobacco use in these individuals.
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A step change model analysis of the establishment of pill testing in one Australian jurisdiction

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
This paper applies the theory of change model (Kotter in Harv Bus Rev 2:59–67, 1995; Moore et al. in Viet Nam J Public Health 1(1):66–75, 2013) to describe the pathway that lead to Australia’s first pill testing/drug checking services in Canberra, in the
David Caldicott, Toni Makkai, Malcolm McLeod, Stephanie Tzanetis, Gino Vumbaca   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

MDMA Powder, Pills and Crystal: The persistance of ecstasy and the poverty of policy. [PDF]

, 2009
Commonly known as ecstasy, MDMA has been central to the British acid house, rave and dance club scene over the last 20 years. Figures from the annual national British Crime Survey suggest that ecstasy use has declined since 2001. This apparent decline is
Measham, Fiona, Moore, Karenza, Smith, Zoe   +2 more
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“We’ve Been Researched to Death”: Exploring the Research Experiences of Urban Indigenous Peoples in Vancouver, Canada

International Indigenous Policy Journal, 2018
The belief among many Indigenous Peoples of being over-researched, often through questionable research practices, has generated mistrust towards researchers.
Ashley Goodman, Rob Morgan, Ron Kuehlke, Shelda Kastor, Kim Fleming   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The effect of different types of migration on symptoms of anxiety or depression and experience of violence among people who use or inject drugs in Kachin State, Myanmar

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
Background Evidence on the social determinants of mental health conditions and violence among people who inject or use drugs (PWUD) is limited, particularly in conflict-affected countries.
Khine Wut Yee Kyaw, Lucy Platt, Murdo Bijl, Sujit D. Rathod, Aung Yu Naing, Bayard Roberts   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of strategies to reduce exposure of infants to environmental tobacco smoke in the home : cross sectional survey [PDF]

, 2003
Objective To examine parents' reported knowledge and use of harm reduction strategies to protect their infants from exposure to tobacco smoke in the home, and the relation between reported use of strategies and urinary cotinine to creatinine ratios ...
Blackburn, Clare, Bonas, Sheila, Coe, Christine, Dolan, Alan, Moy, Rob, Spencer, Nick   +5 more
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Public health, human rights and the harm reduction paradigm: from risk reduction to vulnerability reduction

, 2001
This paper explores the utility of expanding the harm reduction paradigm to incorporate vulnerability reduction. The thrust of harm reduction interventions to date, particularly in injection drug use, has been risk reduction. Many interventions have been
Ezard, Nadine
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Reducing nitrate and tobacco‐specific nitrosamine level in burley tobacco leaves through grafting on flue‐cured tobacco rootstock

Plant Direct, 2023
Nitrosation of pyridine alkaloids in tobacco generates tobacco‐specific nitrosamines (TSNAs), which are notable toxicants in tobacco products and smoke.
Yuqing Feng, Yuanyuan Zhao, Geng Li, Hongzhi Shi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

You just have to have other models, our DNA is different: the experiences of indigenous people who use illicit drugs and/or alcohol accessing substance use treatment

Harm Reduction Journal, 2020
Objectives In Canada, and elsewhere, indigenous peoples who use illicit drugs and/or alcohol (IPWUID/A) commonly experience vulnerability and a disproportionate burden of harm related to substance use.
Jennifer Lavalley, Shelda Kastor, Malcolm Tourangeau, Western Aboriginal Harm Reduction Society, Ashley Goodman, Thomas Kerr   +5 more
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Improving photosynthesis and drought tolerance in Nicotiana tabacum L. by foliar application of salicylic acid

All Life, 2023
Drought causes a decrease in tobacco yield and quality as well as a reduction in net photosynthetic rate. Salicylic acid (SA) is involved in the regulation of many physiological processes and has been widely used to improve plant drought tolerance.
Yuqing Feng, Yuanyuan Zhao, Yafei Li, Jun Zhou, Hongzhi Shi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source