Nicotine / THR - Statements from Organizations: Difference between revisions

'''Drug and Alcohol Nurses of Australasia:<span></span>'''

=='''US Food & Drug Administration:<span></span>'''==

 

'''US Centers for Disease Control:<span></span>'''“[https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/e-cigarettes/about-e-cigarettes.html E-cigarettes have the potential to benefit adult smokers who are not pregnant if used as a complete substitute for regular cigarettes and other smoked tobacco products.]”

 

'''American Cancer Society:<span></span>'''“[https://www.healio.com/hematology-oncology/lung-cancer/news/online/%7B3a367506-0f8b-494e-a0cb-61cd733e6f5c%7D/american-cancer-society-e-cigarettes-better-than-combustible-tobacco-but-not-harmless Based on currently available evidence, using current generation e-cigarettes is less harmful than smoking cigarettes.]” [NOTE: This was the official statement from 2018-2019. As of<span></span>[https://www.cancer.org/healthy/stay-away-from-tobacco/e-cigarette-position-statement.html November 2019], ACS no longer recommends e-cigarettes as a smoking cessation tool. Their stated reason for this change was “e-cigarette use by young people.” Yet their new statement still says, “former smokers now using e-cigarettes should not revert to smoking.” So, obviously, ecigs are LESS HARMFUL.]

 

'''American Heart Association:'''<span></span>“[https://newsroom.heart.org/news/vaping-combined-with-smoking-is-likely-as-harmful-as-smoking-cigarettes-alone Participants who vaped exclusively showed a similar inflammatory and oxidative stress profile as people who did not smoke cigarettes or use e-cigarettes. ...Compared to participants who smoked exclusively, those who vaped exclusively had significantly lower levels of almost all inflammatory and oxidative stress biomarkers.]”

 

'''American Association of Public Health Physicians:'''<span></span>“[https://www.aaphp.org/Tobacco Smoke-free tobacco/nicotine products, as available on the American market, while not risk-free, carry substantially less risk of death and may be easier to quit than cigarettes. ...Smokers who have tried, but failed to quit using medical guidance and pharmaceutical products, and smokers unable or uninterested in quitting, should consider switching to a less hazardous smoke-free tobacco/nicotine product for as long as they feel the need. Such products include pharmaceutical Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) products used, off-label, on a long term basis, electronic “e” cigarettes, dissolvables (sticks, strips and orbs), snus, other forms of moist snuff, and chewing tobacco.]”

 

'''Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids:'''<span></span>“[https://www.tobaccofreekids.org/assets/factsheets/0379.pdf E-cigarettes could benefit public health if they help significantly reduce the number of people who use combustible cigarettes and die of tobacco-related disease.]”

 

'''Government of Canada:<span></span>'''“[https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/smoking-tobacco/vaping.html Vaping is less harmful than smoking. Completely replacing cigarette smoking with vaping will reduce your exposure to harmful chemicals. There are short-term general health improvements if you completely switch from smoking cigarettes to vaping products.]”

 

'''Canadian Heart & Stroke Foundation:<span></span>'''“[https://www.heartandstroke.ca/-/media/pdf-files/position-statements/ecigarettesincanada.ashx?la=en&hash=8939FF52C37A5E11C551176982F2E4AC5D38D605 Emerging evidence demonstrates that e-cigarettes are less harmful than conventional cigarettes. Through the legalization of e-cigarettes containing nicotine, there is improved access to e-cigarettes for current smokers, therefore allowing adults more choice around alternative methods of nicotine intake and/or tobacco cessation. ...Those unable to quit smoking would be better off using e-cigarettes over the long-term, rather than continuing to smoke regular cigarettes].”