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='''"Smoker"'''= | ='''Smoking (Nicotine) Stigma and the use of "Smoker"'''= | ||
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===2021: E-Cigarette Summit: [https://vimeo.com/572107642 Stigma and tobacco harm reduction: what we can learn from other health behaviors]=== | |||
*[https://www.e-cigarette-summit.us.com/speaker/prof-scott-leischow/ Prof Scott Leischow] | |||
*Stigmatizing smoking has been at the heart of tobacco control efforts for decades, which may drive more people to quit but at the same time potentially create new difficulties for smokers, including self-isolation, creation of social groups that might become ‘hardened’ to changing smoking behaviors, and perceptions by the user and society that complete abstinence is the only option. The stigma associated with a wide variety of behaviors has impeded progress toward improving population health in some cases, such as the reticence in making products and services available that could reduce the risk of communicable disease (eg needle exchanges), as well as harm reduction products that could benefit users and society when an individual addicted to a substance is not able to or chooses not to become completely abstinent (eg NRT, ENDS, smokeless tobacco). This presentation will explore some of the conflicting aspects of stigma in tobacco control, explore similarities and differences regarding the stigma of using of different addicting substances, and consider some research, practice and policy directions. | |||
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===2022: [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9086928/ What low-income smokers have learned from public health pedagogy: A narrative inquiry]=== | ===2022: [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9086928/ What low-income smokers have learned from public health pedagogy: A narrative inquiry]=== | ||
*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. | ||
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=='''Examples of an alternative to "smoker" - PWS (People Who Smoke)'''== | =='''Examples of an alternative to "smoker" - PWS (People Who Smoke)'''== | ||
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===[https://www.cancer.org/healthy/stay-away-from-tobacco/e-cigarettes-vaping/what-do-we-know-about-e-cigarettes.html American Cancer Society]=== | ===[https://www.cancer.org/healthy/stay-away-from-tobacco/e-cigarettes-vaping/what-do-we-know-about-e-cigarettes.html American Cancer Society]=== | ||
*"Some people who smoke choose to try e-cigarettes to help them stop smoking. Stopping smoking clearly has well-documented health benefits...People who have already switched completely from smoking to e-cigarettes should not switch back to smoking (either solely or along with e-cigarettes), which could expose them to potentially devastating health effects." | *"Some people who smoke choose to try e-cigarettes to help them stop smoking. Stopping smoking clearly has well-documented health benefits...People who have already switched completely from smoking to e-cigarettes should not switch back to smoking (either solely or along with e-cigarettes), which could expose them to potentially devastating health effects." | ||
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===[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 | ||
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='''Words Matter - Lessons Learned: Drugs, Alcohol, Race, Gender, Mental Health, Weight, etc.'''= | ='''Words Matter - Lessons Learned: Drugs, Alcohol, Race, Gender, Mental Health, Weight, etc.'''= | ||
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*How are you doing? How are you really doing? | *How are you doing? How are you really doing? | ||
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*"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." | *"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'''== | ||