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*Frohlich et al and others have suggested that public health educational messages may have the unintended consequence of marginalizing low-income smokers and unintentionally contributing to health disparities. Our study participants also point to healthcare professionals as an important group who may be contributing to these feelings. With this in mind, efforts to educate healthcare providers on how their actions may be perceived as judgmental or lacking in compassion about the effects of nicotine withdrawal are warranted. | *Frohlich et al and others have suggested that public health educational messages may have the unintended consequence of marginalizing low-income smokers and unintentionally contributing to health disparities. Our study participants also point to healthcare professionals as an important group who may be contributing to these feelings. With this in mind, efforts to educate healthcare providers on how their actions may be perceived as judgmental or lacking in compassion about the effects of nicotine withdrawal are warranted. | ||
=='''Examples - PWS (People Who Smoke)'''== | =='''Examples of an alternative to "smoker" - PWS (People Who Smoke)'''== | ||
===[https://ash.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ASH-Housing-LIN-Smoking-and-Social-Housing-May-2022.pdf Housing LIN and ASH]=== | ===[https://ash.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ASH-Housing-LIN-Smoking-and-Social-Housing-May-2022.pdf Housing LIN and ASH]=== | ||
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='''"Black Market"'''= | ='''"Black Market"'''= | ||
='''ANTZ'''= | ='''"ANTZ"'''= | ||
===[https://www.allacronyms.com/ANTZ/Anti_Nicotine_and_Tobacco_Zealots Definition]=== | ===[https://www.allacronyms.com/ANTZ/Anti_Nicotine_and_Tobacco_Zealots Definition]=== | ||
*Anti Nicotine and Tobacco Zealots | *Anti Nicotine and Tobacco Zealots | ||
='''Words Matter - Lessons Learned | ='''Words Matter - Lessons Learned: Drugs, Alcohol, Race, Gender, Mental Health, Weight, etc.'''= | ||
=='''Videos'''== | =='''Videos'''== | ||
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*The general public, treatment professionals, and healthcare professionals have been found to exhibit an explicit negative bias towards substance use and individuals with a substance use disorder (SUD). | *The general public, treatment professionals, and healthcare professionals have been found to exhibit an explicit negative bias towards substance use and individuals with a substance use disorder (SUD). | ||
*Results support calls to cease use of the terms "addict", "alcoholic", "opioid addict", and "substance abuser". Additionally, it is suggested that "recurrence of use" and "pharmacotherapy" be used for their overall positive benefits. Both "medication-assisted recovery" and "long-term recovery" are positive terms and can be used when applicable without promoting stigma. | *Results support calls to cease use of the terms "addict", "alcoholic", "opioid addict", and "substance abuser". Additionally, it is suggested that "recurrence of use" and "pharmacotherapy" be used for their overall positive benefits. Both "medication-assisted recovery" and "long-term recovery" are positive terms and can be used when applicable without promoting stigma. | ||
===2013: [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24621488/ Stigmatizing harm reduction through language: a case study into the use of "addict" and opposition to supervised injection sites in Canada]=== | |||
*"The use of labels is one way stigma is perpetuated by eliciting the label's stereotyped narratives onto an individual or group. Within harm reduction discourse, the word "addict" can have detrimental effects on how the public perceives people experiencing addiction and their deservingness of pragmatic services. This article aims to draw attention to the inattention we give "addict" in language and explain how its routine use in society acts to perpetuate addiction stigma. Using the example of supervised injection site opposition in Canada, the use of "addict" is used as a way to understand how stigma through language works to impede the expansion of harm reduction initiatives." | |||
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=='''Articles, Websites, Blogs'''== | =='''Articles, Websites, Blogs'''== | ||
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