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Tobacco harm reduction: opportunity and opposition
Drugs and Alcohol Today, 2013PurposeThis paper aims to provide a brief summary of the effectiveness and efficacy of tobacco harm reduction (THR). THR is the substitution for cigarettes of low‐risk alternatives, including Swedish or American‐style smokeless tobacco, pharmaceutical nicotine products, and electronic cigarettes.
Carl V. Phillips, Brad Rodu
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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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Harm reduction: lessons learned from tobacco control
Journal of Psychopharmacology, 2006The proposal that morbidity, mortality and social costs, associated with alcohol use may be reduced by developing alternatives to alcohol (either as lower-strength versions of existing alcoholic drinks, or by developing pharmacological alternatives to alcohol) is a rational argument applied to an irrational (i.e. addictive) behaviour.
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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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Tobacco smoking, harm reduction, and nicotine product regulation
The Lancet, 2008Cigarette smoking is highly addictive, widely prevalent, and very hazardous. Smoking killed 100 million people in the 20th century, and is predicted to kill 1 billion in the 21st century. Worldwide, there are about 1·1 billion smokers, and there are expected to be 1·6 billion by 2025.
John, Britton, Richard, Edwards
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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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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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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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Swedish snus for tobacco harm reduction
The Lancet, 2007Martin, McKee, Anna, Gilmore
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