Timothy Kirschenheiter argues that harm reduction programs, by which he means systematic efforts to (as he and John Corvino put it elsewhere) "reduce the negative consequences of risky personal behavior by reducing the riskiness of that behavior, without requiring that participants cease the ...
Black Note offers a natural tobacco vaping alternative with a harm reduction focus, aiming to support adult smokers in their journey to quit smoking and vaping.
Sustainability is more of a reactive approach where efforts are focussed on not harming the environment and stopping the irresponsible consumption of the Earth’s resources. In contrast, regeneration is more of a proactive approach where the focus is to prevent harm, actively fight ...
Freedom of choice works less well as a rationale if the harm that products do, whether to lungs or to the environment, has been covered up, or if those products weaken consent by encouraging addiction. But firms under fire are practised at turning the negative effects of their products to t...
(\kappa\)works in the opposite direction of\(\delta\). Among those cities with\(w>0\), larger contributor cities are more likely to have a target, which reverses for\(w<0\), and also reverses for the other city type. The effect of the target importance\(\nu\)depends on further ...
Here’s how it works: 1. Choose a survey question The CESsurveytypically asks customers to rate their experience with a specific interaction. A common question is: “How easy was it to [complete the task/resolution]?” You can tailor the question to fit the context, such as completing a...
It seems like it all works together…the alcohol…the drugs—immediately after I do it I want to smoke cigarettes…” Most participants indicated that drug-related activities were more enjoyable when paired with smoking. For example, patients portrayed smoking as a valued activity they could share...
As very well stated by Per Bak in his 1972 opus “How Nature Works”—“the phrase ‘you cannot understand the present without understanding history’ takes on a deeper and more precise meaning”. In other words, there is no such thing, as Ferguson tries to convince us, of an independent...
But despite paucity of investment in research into contraceptive coercion, an emerging body of public health evidence demonstrates how instrumentalist approaches to fertility reduction sit in tension with reproductive rights and autonomy, causing real harm. Histories of overtly coercive population control hav...
Harm Reduction Journal volume 14, Article number: 75 (2017) Cite this article 2544 Accesses 6 Citations 4 Altmetric Metrics details Abstract Background The ability to cure hepatitis C viral infection, with specific reference to the prisoner population and the prison environment, will be challenged,...