deRuiter W, Faulkner G: Tobacco harm reduction strategies: the case for physical activity. Nicotine Tob Res 2006, 8:157-68.deRuiter WK, Faulkner G. Tobacco harm reduction strategies: the case for physical activity. Nicotine Tob Res 2006;8:157e68....
Public health experts, consumers, and policymakers converged to discuss the urgent need to implement Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR) strategies in Africa, in a THR webinar hosted by Africa Harm Reduction Alliance (AHRA) on the 28th of April 2023. The panel highlighted the success of count...
The case for applying harm reduction strategies to public health interventions on tobacco It is estimated that cigarette smoking resulted in the deaths of roughly 100 million people in the last century, and that at current trends in consumption will kill 10 times that many this century (Peto & ...
Tobacco harm reduction is a controversial policy due to the experience with filtered and ‘light’ cigarettes and concerns that the tobacco industry will use reduced harm products to undermine tobacco control strategies. The most promising harm reduction products are high dose pharmaceutical nicotine prep...
We then revisit the tobacco harm reduction debate, with a focus on these novel products. We conclude that electronic cigarettes show tremendous promise in the fight against tobacco-related morbidity and mortality. By dramatically expanding the potential for harm reduction strategies to achieve ...
Harm reduction is not equivalent to or better than stopping the original behavior, but it is better than continuing the original behavior.
Estimating the Health Impacts of Tobacco Harm Reduction Policies: A Simulation Modeling Approach - Ahmad, Billimek - 2005Estimating the health impacts of tobacco harm reduction policies: a simulation modeling approach - Ahmad, BillimekAhmad S, Billimek J. Estimating the health impacts of tobacco ...
Significant majorities of U.S. stakeholders agree that the FDA should support harm reduction strategies for adults who can’t or won’t quit smoking: 90%of health care professionals; 81%of policy professionals; 79%of adult cigarette smokers 21+; and ...
The best choice for any smoker is to quit nicotine and tobacco altogether. But better alternatives exist for adult smokers who would otherwise continue smoking cigarettes. This is tobacco harm reduction.
To be sure, it is important to continue research and the policy debate on the potential value of e-cigarettes as agents of tobacco harm reduction; their current status as a health interventionremains uncertain. Some data suggest thate-cigarettes can help adult smokers quit, but their u...