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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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Tobacco harm reduction: the devil is in the deployment [PDF]

BMJ, 2012
First paragraph: The idea of tobacco harm reduction -- that smokers who cannot wean themselves off nicotine should be encouraged to adopt less harmful ways of consuming it -- has much to recommend it. It avoids the trap of making the excellent (complete cessation) the enemy of the good (reduced harm) and provides a way forward where otherwise there is ...
Hastings, Gerard, De Andrade, Marisa, Moodie, Crawford   +2 more
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SMOKELESS TOBACCO: HARM REDUCTION DEBATABLE [PDF]

Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 2008
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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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Tobacco Harm Reduction [PDF]

Trends in Telemedicine & E-health, 2019
Tobacco cigarette smoke contains approximately 250 different chemicals known to be harmful to human health. The health impacts associated with smoking and second hand smoke are well documented to include cancer and chronic lung disease among others. Tobacco harm reduction is a concept to minimize the impacts of tobacco on the individual and on society ...
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Response to “Complexity does not create precision; the case of counting the number of vapers” [PDF]

Global Epidemiology
Tomasz Jerzyński, Giorgi Mzhavanadze, Gerry V. Stimson   +2 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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