Nicotine / THR - Statements from Organizations
Thank-you Charles A. Gardner, PhD for the original compilation of this list. Thank-you to the volunteers from around the world who provide statements for us to add to this collection! Many of the items sited below are also list on this google doc. Note: some items may not be on both resources.
"Tobacco Harm Reduction = SAFER than smoking"
![The report… provides the most robust evidence on health risks of vaping to date. …Vaping poses a small fraction of the risks of smoking. …There is: Significantly lower exposure to harmful substances from vaping compared with smoking, as shown by biomarkers associated with the risk of cancer, respiratory and cardiovascular conditions [and] no significant increase of toxicant biomarkers after short-term secondhand exposure to vaping among people who do not smoke or vape.](/mediawiki/index.php/File:8th_evidence_review_of_nicotine_vaping_in_England.png)
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Suggestions to add to this page
- "Smoking rates are dropping, thanks to price increases associated with tobacco taxes, smoking bans, and other evidence-based practices outlined in the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.Even if these practices are scaled up, however, millions of smokers will still suffer death, disease, and disability. Alternative tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, aren’t harmless, but they may be less harmful. We need to understand whether they could change the course of the smoking epidemic without addicting youth.”
2021: The Sheffield Tobacco Control Board Policy Position on electronic-cigarettes (also known as vaping)
- While abstinence from tobacco use is the ideal, the next-best result, for individuals who can’t or don’t want to quit nicotine, is movement down the continuum of risk: away from combusted tobacco to a less harmful product. One possible alternative: E-cigarettes.
2023 Tweet - Canada
- Drug Science UK