National Working Group for ACTTION
(Access to Coverage of Tobacco Treatment In Our Nation)
Partnership for Prevention
Shaping Policies | Improving Health
New Document Reviews Tobacco Harm Reduction
May 26, 2010
The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction released a monograph with a comprehensive overview on harm reduction in April. The document includes a chapter on tobacco harm reduction.
The tobacco chapter reviews strategies that aim to reduce harm to non-smokers and to reduce harm to smokers who are unable or unwilling to quit nicotine use. It looks at regulating the harmfulness of cigarettes, and encouraging smokers to switch to less harmful nicotine products. The putative tobacco harm reduction products discussed include: modified tobacco cigarettes and cigarette-like devices, smokeless tobacco products and pharmaceutical nicotine products. The evidence for the harm reduction potential of each of these is discussed, as are adverse public health outcomes that may potentially arise from their promotion. The chapter concludes with a description of the most promising options for promoting tobacco harm reduction.
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