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Smokers’ perceptions of smokeless tobacco and harm reduction
Journal of Public Health Policy, 2012Existing survey data indicate that most smokers are not receptive to harm reduction incentives of switching to smokeless tobacco (SLT). Little is known about the underlying reasons for these views. To explore smokers' perceptions of SLT, we conducted a focus group (eight in total) study of daily smokers between 2009 and 2010 at the University of ...
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The prospects for tobacco harm reduction
International Journal of Drug Policy, 2005Tobacco harm reduction (THR) policies aim to reduce the prevalence of tobacco-related harm by encouraging smokers who are unable or unwilling to quit to adopt less harmful ways of obtaining nicotine, such as pharmaceutical nicotine and oral tobacco snuff.
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Smokeless Tobacco as a Nicotine Delivery Device: Harm or Harm Reduction?
Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2011Smokeless tobacco (ST) delivers nicotine in doses similar to those received in cigarette smoking but does not expose the user to the toxic combustion gases and particles that are responsible for most tobacco-induced disease. This Opinion piece discusses the controversies pertaining to ST and health, the pros and cons of ST in harm reduction, and ...
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Understanding the Basic Economics of Tobacco Harm Reduction
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2016The branch of economics that studies preferences and choices as they relate to costs and benefits is the natural starting point for understanding these phenomena as they relate to tobacco/nicotine use. Many implications of substituting low-risk alternatives (e-cigarettes, smokeless tobacco) for smoking, usually referred to as ‘tobacco harm reduction ...
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Oral cancer and tobacco: developments in harm reduction
British Dental Journal, 2018Oral squamous cell carcinoma is associated with the use of tobacco products. The predominant addictive substance in tobacco is nicotine, however, the major carcinogenic substances are in the other components of the tobacco leaf. The highest risk from tobacco use arises from combustion in the form of cigarettes.
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Harm Reduction in Tobacco Control-does it reduce harm?
Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 1998‘Harm reduction’ is now discussed as a new strategy for tobacco control. The strategy can, however, be pursued in several different ways. Some of those may reduce harm for the individual concerned, but might-at the same time-eventually not reduce the total harm done, from a public health point of view.
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Swedish snus for tobacco harm reduction
The Lancet, 2007Martin, McKee, Anna, Gilmore
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Dissent over harm reduction for tobacco
The Lancet, 2006Nigel, Gray, Jack, Henningfield
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