Nicotine / THR - Statements from Organizations

"Tobacco Harm Reduction = SAFER than smoking"
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THR statements

International/Multinational

World Health Organization EURO Office

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European Parliament

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Cochrane Systematic Review

Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Health Information and Quality Authority (Ireland)

Health Navigator NZ

National Health Service Scotland +19 Endorsements

Health Service Executive Ireland - #1 and #2

New Zealand Ministry of Health

Public Health England

Royal Society for Public Health

French High Council for Public Health

Public Health Wales

Center for Critical Public Health

Faculty of Public Health (UK)

Office for Health Improvement & Disparities (UK)

8th evidence review of nicotine vaping in England

American Association of Public Health Physicians

Federation of Private Medical Practitioners' Associations, Malaysia

Royal College of Physicians

Royal Australasian College of Physicians

Royal College of General Practitioners (UK)

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners +14 Endorsements

Royal College of Psychiatrists

Royal College of Midwives

UK Teratology Information Service

Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP)

American College of Preventive Medicine

French National Academy of Medicine

American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

French National Academy of Pharmacy

New Zealand Pharmacy Council

Royal Pharmaceutical Society

British Medical Association

New Zealand Medical Association

The British Psychological Society #1 #2

Action on Smoking and Health UK

National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training

Quitline NZ

UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies

American Society of Addiction Medicine

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health +3 organizations (Canada)

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment

Drug and Alcohol Nurses of Australasia

House of Commons Science and Technology Committee (UK)

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (Australia)

US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine

SCENIHR - European Commission Directorate-General, Health & Consumer Protection

US Food & Drug Administration #1 #2 #3

National Institute on Drug Abuse

US Centers for Disease Control

LGBT Foundation

Truth Initiative

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK)

Cancer Research UK

French National Cancer Institute

American Association for Cancer Research and American Society of Clinical Oncology

Cancer Society of New Zealand

American Cancer Society

Canadian Cancer Society

Primary Care Respiratory Society

Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation

Canadian Lung Health Foundation

British Lung Foundation

Asthma & Respiratory Foundation NZ

British Thoracic Society

American Heart Association

New Zealand Heart Foundation

British Heart Foundation

Heart UK

Canadian Heart & Stroke Foundation

Stroke Association UK

Irish Heart Foundation, Irish Cancer Society +7 Endorsements

Government of Canada

Uruguayan Council of Ministries

2021

House of Representatives Philippines

2018

Eau Claire, WI Health Department

2022

Therapeutic Goods Administration (Australia)

National Fire Chiefs Council

London Fire Brigade

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Gates Foundation

• "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.”

2022: Physician's Research Institute

• 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.

2019: Statement on the dangers posed by e-cigarettes

• Drug Science UK