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*2023 AJPM Revision Guide: "Person-first language is used throughout (“people who smoke” preferred instead of “smokers”; “persons who use drugs” preferred instead of “drug users”, etc.)." | *2023 AJPM Revision Guide: "Person-first language is used throughout (“people who smoke” preferred instead of “smokers”; “persons who use drugs” preferred instead of “drug users”, etc.)." | ||
====2023: [https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/32/2/133 New policy of people-first language to replace ‘smoker’, ‘vaper’ ‘tobacco user’ and other behaviour-based labels]==== | ====2023: Tobacco Control: [https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/32/2/133 New policy of people-first language to replace ‘smoker’, ‘vaper’ ‘tobacco user’ and other behaviour-based labels]==== | ||
*..."Tobacco Control is instituting a new policy of people-first language when referring to people who use tobacco and related products. Terms such as ‘smoker’, ‘vaper’ and ‘tobacco user’ (and their various iterations) should no longer be used as general descriptors." | *..."Tobacco Control is instituting a new policy of people-first language when referring to people who use tobacco and related products. Terms such as ‘smoker’, ‘vaper’ and ‘tobacco user’ (and their various iterations) should no longer be used as general descriptors." | ||
*"However, people-first language does not invalidate how people may choose to self-identify. It provides a broader conceptualisation which reduces the potential for stigma, resists tobacco industry narratives and promotes greater precision and accuracy, as well as creating space which recognises these self-claimed identities can change." | *"However, people-first language does not invalidate how people may choose to self-identify. It provides a broader conceptualisation which reduces the potential for stigma, resists tobacco industry narratives and promotes greater precision and accuracy, as well as creating space which recognises these self-claimed identities can change." | ||
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