Science Briefs: Tobacco Harm Reduction: The Need for Research to Inform Policy

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorothy K. Hatsukami ◽  
◽  
Mitch Zeller
Keyword(s):  
Harm Reduction ◽  
Tobacco Harm Reduction

Neue Wege zur Eindämmung des Rauchens: Umdenken beim Thema Tabakkonsum & Schadensminimierung

Suchttherapie ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (01) ◽  
pp. 5-5
Keyword(s):  
Harm Reduction ◽  
Tobacco Harm Reduction

Ein Positionspapier zur „Tobacco Harm Reduction“ AutorInnen: Prof. Dr. Heino Stöver, Dr. Thomas Hering, Daniela Jamin, Prof. Dr. Martin Storck - unterzeichnet von zahlreichen weiteren WissenschaftlerInnen und ÄrztInnen

scholarly journals Issues of new types of tobacco (e-cigarette and heat-not-burn tobacco): from the perspective of ‘tobacco harm reduction’

2018 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheolmin Lee ◽  
Sungroul Kim ◽  
Yoo Seock Cheong
Keyword(s):  
Harm Reduction ◽  
Tobacco Harm Reduction

scholarly journals Recommendations for the Appropriate Structure, Communication, and Investigation of Tobacco Harm Reduction Claims. An Official American Thoracic Society Policy Statement

2018 ◽  
Vol 198 (8) ◽  
pp. e90-e105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank T. Leone ◽  
Kai-Håkon Carlsen ◽  
David Chooljian ◽  
Laura E. Crotty Alexander ◽  
Frank C. Detterbeck ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Harm Reduction ◽  
American Thoracic Society ◽  
Policy Statement ◽  
Tobacco Harm Reduction ◽  
Structure Communication

Swedish snus for tobacco harm reduction

The Lancet ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 370 (9594) ◽  
pp. 1206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mats Lambe
Keyword(s):  
Harm Reduction ◽  
Tobacco Harm Reduction ◽  
Swedish Snus

Should psychiatrists support the availability of nicotine e-cigarettes in Australia?

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 392-395 ◽  
Author(s):  
James G Scott ◽  
Sarah Jhetam ◽  
Renee Chen ◽  
Mark Daglish
Keyword(s):  
Harm Reduction ◽  
Electronic Cigarettes ◽  
Position Statement ◽  
Cigarette Use ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Limited Evidence ◽  
Tobacco Harm Reduction ◽  
People With Mental Illness ◽  
Potential Risks ◽  
Zealand College

Objective: To examine the position statement of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) regarding the availability of electronic cigarettes in Australia. Conclusion: There is limited evidence supporting the efficacy of nicotine e-cigarettes as an effective tobacco harm-reduction or cessation strategy for people with mental illness. The recommendations to increase their availability under regulation must be balanced with the physical and mental health risks of vapour inhalation and nicotine use, particularly for youth. Future recommendations by the RANZCP in relation to e-cigarettes must consider both the available evidence for harm reduction and the potential risks associated with youth e-cigarette use.

scholarly journals The Ethics of Tobacco Harm Reduction: An Analysis of E-Cigarette Availability From the Perspectives of Utilitarianism, Bioethics, and Public Health Ethics

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Thomas ◽  
Lisa S Parker ◽  
Saul Shiffman
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Harm Reduction ◽  
Biomedical Ethics ◽  
Public Health Ethics ◽  
Individual Autonomy ◽  
Tobacco Harm Reduction ◽  
Reduction Strategy ◽  
Ethics Framework ◽  
Health Ethics ◽  
Harm Reduction Strategy

Abstract Much evidence suggests e-cigarettes are substantially less harmful than combustible cigarettes. Assuming this is true, we analyze the ethical case for a policy of e-cigarette availability (ECA) as a tobacco harm reduction strategy. ECA involves making e-cigarettes available to allow smokers to switch to them, and informing smokers of the lower risks of e-cigarettes vis-à-vis smoking. After suggesting that utilitarian/consequentialist considerations do not provide an adequate ethical analysis, we analyze ECA using two other ethical frameworks. First, ECA is supported by a public health ethics framework. ECA is a population-level intervention consistent with respecting individual autonomy by using the least restrictive means to accomplish public health goals, and it supports equity and justice. Second, ECA is supported by four principles that form a biomedical ethics framework. By reducing smokers’ health risks and not harming them, ECA fulfills principles of beneficence and non-maleficence. Because ECA allows smokers to make informed health decisions for themselves, it fulfills the principle requiring respect for persons and their autonomy. Here, we consider whether nicotine addiction and thus ECA undermine autonomy, and also discuss the ethical warrant for special protections for youth. Finally, ECA can also advance justice by providing a harm reduction alternative for disadvantaged groups that disproportionately bear the devastating consequences of smoking. Policies of differential taxation of cigarettes and e-cigarettes can facilitate adoption of less harmful alternatives by those economically disadvantaged. We conclude that public health and biomedical ethics frameworks are mutually reinforcing and supportive of ECA as a tobacco harm reduction strategy. Implications Making e-cigarettes and information about them available is supported as ethical from multiple ethical perspectives.

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