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*Avoid Former smoker Preferred Patient/person with smoking history | *Avoid Former smoker Preferred Patient/person with smoking history | ||
*Avoid Nonsmoker Preferred Patient/person who doesn’t smoke | *Avoid Nonsmoker Preferred Patient/person who doesn’t smoke | ||
====John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: [https://publichealth.jhu.edu/offices-and-services/office-of-external-affairs/communications-and-marketing/bloomberg-school-editorial-style-guide Bloomberg School Editorial Style Guide]==== | |||
*To avoid stigmatizing language, do not use these terms: | |||
**smoker(s) | |||
**tobacco [or other acceptable product term] user(s) | |||
**non-smoker(s) | |||
**never smoker(s) | |||
**vaper(s) | |||
**user(s) | |||
*Use person-first language: | |||
**person who smokes/people who smoke | |||
**person who uses tobacco/people who use tobacco [or other acceptable product term] | |||
**people who report no current smoking | |||
**people who use heated tobacco products | |||
**He has never smoked. | |||
**She uses e-cigarettes. | |||
====''Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network'' (JNCCN) [https://www.nccn.org/docs/default-source/about/nccn-guidance-on-inclusive-language.pdf?sfvrsn=53c8c78f%201 NCCN Language Guidance: Sensitive, Respectful, and Inclusive Language for NCCN Publications]==== | ====''Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network'' (JNCCN) [https://www.nccn.org/docs/default-source/about/nccn-guidance-on-inclusive-language.pdf?sfvrsn=53c8c78f%201 NCCN Language Guidance: Sensitive, Respectful, and Inclusive Language for NCCN Publications]==== | ||
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