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Harm reduction in tobacco control [PDF]

Journal of Public Health, 2008
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Hedley, AJ, McGhee, SM
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Reducing the nicotine content of tobacco by grafting with eggplant

BMC Plant Biology, 2020
Background Nicotine is a stimulant and potent parasympathomimetic alkaloid that accounts for 96–98% of alkaloid content. A reduction in the amount of nicotine in cigarettes to achieve a non-addictive level is necessary.
Mengjuan Ren, Mengyue Zhang, Huijuan Yang, Hongzhi Shi   +3 more
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The health impact of smokeless tobacco products: a systematic review

Harm Reduction Journal, 2021
Introduction The objective was to systematically review studies on health outcomes from smokeless tobacco (SLT) products. Methods We analysed published literature on the health outcomes from SLT use between 01/01/2015 to 01/02/2020, following Preferred ...
C. Hajat, E. Stein, L. Ramstrom, S. Shantikumar, R. Polosa   +4 more
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Tobacco Harm Reduction Approach in Clinical Practice: A Qualitative Study among Multi-Specialty Healthcare Professionals in an Indian Metropolitan City

National Journal of Community Medicine, 2022
Background:Tobacco harm reduction when advocated by care providers as continuum of care towards the goal of tobacco cessation might result in long-term abstinence than it is currently seen.
Sree T Sucharitha, Aravind Manoharan, Pradeep Rangasamy, Balaji SM, Hari M Krishnan, Jeevanandam Subramanian   +5 more
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Unpacking commercial sector opposition to European smoke-free policy: lack of unity, 'fear of association' and harm reduction debates [PDF]

, 2015
Objective: Tobacco companies have made extensive efforts to build alliances against comprehensive smoke-free legislation. This article analyses the interaction between actors who opposed the development of the European Council Recommendation on smoke ...
Amos, Amanda, Collin, Jeff, Weishaar, Heide   +2 more
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Short and Long Term Repeatability of Saccharin Transit Time in Current, Former, and Never Smokers

Frontiers in Physiology, 2020
Smoking progressively damages the efficiency of mucociliary clearance (MCC) defense mechanisms, thus contributing to increased susceptibility to respiratory infections.
Rosalia Emma, Rosalia Emma, Pasquale Caponnetto, Pasquale Caponnetto, Fabio Cibella, Massimo Caruso, Massimo Caruso, Massimo Caruso, Gianluca Conte, Francesca Benfatto, Salvatore Ferlito, Alessandro Gulino, Riccardo Polosa, Riccardo Polosa, Riccardo Polosa   +14 more
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Smoking in adolescence and harm reduction model as an alternative intervention

Mexican Journal of Medical Research ICSA, 2021
Introduction: Smoking is one of the main public health problems in the world, due to the fact that every year more than eight million people die from tobacco use. During adolescence, three out of five tobacco users generate an addiction.
Brenda Elizabeth Barraza
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Swedish snus and the GothiaTek® standard [PDF]

, 2011
Some smokeless tobacco products, such as Swedish snus, are today considered to be associated with substantially fewer health hazards than cigarettes.
Lars E Rutqvist, Margareta Curvall, Thord Hassler, Tommy Ringberger, Inger Wahlberg   +4 more
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Pharmacies as potential providers of harm reduction services: A preliminary online survey [PDF]

, 2018
Background Recreational drug use is a major cause of disease, injury, physical and mental impairment and death in developed countries such as the United Kingdom and the United States.
James, Edward, Robertshaw, Thomas, Smith, Andrew, Westwell, Andrew   +3 more
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Understanding experts’ conflicting perspectives on tobacco harm reduction and e-cigarettes: An interpretive policy analysis

SSM: Qualitative Research in Health, 2022
The growing use of e-cigarettes has been condemned as a significant health crisis by some and welcomed as an unprecedented opportunity to eliminate combustible tobacco by others.
Daniel Eisenkraft Klein, Benjamin Hawkins, Robert Schwartz   +2 more
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