Nicotine - Stigma: Difference between revisions
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====Change Lab Solutions - [https://www.changelabsolutions.org/sites/default/files/2022-03/Justice-in-the-Air-Framing-Tobacco-Related-Health-Disparities_FINAL_20220307A.pdf Justice In The Air: Framing Tobacco-Related Health Disparities A FrameWorks Strategic Brief ]==== | ====Change Lab Solutions - [https://www.changelabsolutions.org/sites/default/files/2022-03/Justice-in-the-Air-Framing-Tobacco-Related-Health-Disparities_FINAL_20220307A.pdf Justice In The Air: Framing Tobacco-Related Health Disparities A FrameWorks Strategic Brief ]==== | ||
*Use person-first language. Avoid labeling people as “smokers” or “tobacco users.” Instead, start with people, then add any necessary qualifiers: people who smoke, people with a dependence on nicotine. | *Use person-first language. Avoid labeling people as “smokers” or “tobacco users.” Instead, start with people, then add any necessary qualifiers: people who smoke, people with a dependence on nicotine. | ||
====[https://www.denverhealth.org/-/media/files/departments-services/behavioral-health/cam/cam2310-43-words-matter-language-guide-web-d-final Denver Health Center for Addiction Medicine (CAM)]==== | |||
*Use tobacco use disorder instead of smoker. | |||
*Person-first language can reduce stigma – a patient “has” rather than “is” a condition | |||
*Avoids negative bias, punitive attitudes, and blame | |||
====NCSCT - [https://twitter.com/NCSCT/status/1727984982897910117 The National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training]==== | ====NCSCT - [https://twitter.com/NCSCT/status/1727984982897910117 The National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training]==== | ||
*The NCSCT has committed to using ‘people first’ language wherever possible, so instead of ‘smoker’ we will talk about ‘people who smoke’ or just ‘people’ | *The NCSCT has committed to using ‘people first’ language wherever possible, so instead of ‘smoker’ we will talk about ‘people who smoke’ or just ‘people’ | ||
===[https://www.nice.org.uk/media/default/About/what-we-do/wg1-style-guide.docx NICE style guide ]=== | ====[https://www.nice.org.uk/media/default/About/what-we-do/wg1-style-guide.docx NICE style guide ]==== | ||
*'''Smoker: Do not use. In line with our house style, we do not label people. Use 'people who smoke'.''' [emphasis added] | *'''Smoker: Do not use. In line with our house style, we do not label people. Use 'people who smoke'.''' [emphasis added] | ||
*Don't label people with their condition: we would never say 'epileptics', 'schizophrenics', 'smokers', 'drug-takers'. Use the following as a guide: 'people with epilepsy', 'people with schizophrenia', 'people who smoke', 'people who take drugs'. | *Don't label people with their condition: we would never say 'epileptics', 'schizophrenics', 'smokers', 'drug-takers'. Use the following as a guide: 'people with epilepsy', 'people with schizophrenia', 'people who smoke', 'people who take drugs'. | ||