Nicotine / THR - Statements from Experts

Statements From Experts

Scientists, Professors, Medical Professionals, Tobacco Control and Public Health Leaders, along with Lawmakers and Investigative Journalists are speaking out in support of adult use of Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR) products to help people quit smoking and to prevent relapse.

Afghanistan

Attaullah Ahmadi

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• Attaullah Ahmadi is a Medical Doctor from Afghanistan. He is currently pursuing his MPH with a focus on Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique (EHESP) in France Attaullah Ahmadi is the senior advisor to Global Health Focus (GHF), a network of academics and researchers who seek to achieve health for all. He is also a member at Youth Editorial Board of Public Health Challenges (a Wiley journal). He has served as the GHF Director of Research for Asia and also as a Research Associate at the Medical Research Center of Kateb University. Attaullah Ahmadi seeks to address health inequities and has published many scientific papers on various health topics in developing countries including Afghanistan, analyzing their health systems and highlighting the challenges they face.

Argentina

Dra. Marta Angueira, Cardiologist

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• "Cigarettes have the serious problem that in addition to nicotine, the smoke contains a lot of carcinogens, it contains carbon monoxide, ammonia, this means that what is really very harmful is precisely the smoke. The idea is that these people who are in these conditions, propose that they start using a substitute for cigarettes with the condition that it does less damage, for that there are the chewing gums that have been used for a long time, the patches, there are nasal sprays that contain only nicotine. Electronic cigarettes are another alternative since it is 95% less harmful than the combustion cigarette".

Dr. Guillermo Eduardo Harvey

Oncological Surgeon. Professor of the first chair of Surgery UNNE. Member of the Argentine Academy of Medicine.

• Latin America Group Letter

Silvia Inchaurraga. PHD.

psychologist. Director of the Center for Advanced Studies on drug addiction and AIDS at the National University of Rosario.

• Latin America Group Letter

Milton Klun

Pharmacist, Universidad Nacional del Sur.

• Source of name / Latin America Group Letter

Dr. Diego Verrastro

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Argentina Dr. Diego Verrastro

Australia

Professor Amanda Baker

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Professor Billie Bonevski

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Associate Professor Yvonne Bonomo

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Ron Borland PhD

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Ron Borland PhD

Stephen Bright, PhD

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Associate Professor Matthew Browne

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Dr Andrew Byrne

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Professor David Castle

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Professor Kate Conigrave

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Dr Jon Cook

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Dr Karen Counter

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Professor Nick Crofts AM

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Professor Richard (Ric) Day AM

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Professor Paul Dietze

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Professor Kate Dolan

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Professor Adrian Dunlop

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Conjoint Associate Professor Nadine Ezard

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Coral Gartner, PhD

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Coral Gartner, PhD

Professor Charles Gilks

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Rohan Glasgow

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Dr Robert Graham

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Dr Ashleigh Guillaumier

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Wayne Hall, PHD

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Wayne Hall PhD

Dr David Helliwell

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Senator Hollie Hughes

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Dr William Huang

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Dr David Jacka

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Adjunct Associate Professor Michael Keane

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Dr Joe Kosterich

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Rebecca Lang

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Nicole Lee, PhD

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Nicole Lee, PhD Adjunct Professor, National Drug Research Institute Director, 360Edge

Professor Nicholas Lintzeris

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Dr Michael Lowy

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Dr Brad Mackay

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Dr Annie Madden AO

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Professor Lisa Maher AM

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Associate Professor Victoria Manning

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Dr Kristen McCarter

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Associate Professor Mike McDonough

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Colin Mendelsohn, MB BS

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Dr Colin Mendelsohn

Dr David Outridge

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Dr Peter Parry

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Fiona Patten MP

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Mr Garth Popple

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Evert Rauwendaal

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Professor Robyn Richmond

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Professor Alison Ritter AO FASSA

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Dr Fares Samara

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Professor Julian Savulescu

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Dr Catherine Silsbury

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Kathryn Steadman, PhD

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Kathryn Steadman, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, The University of Queensland

Dr Penelope Truman

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Dr Ingrid van Beek AM

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Dr Thomas Vandeleur

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Gino Vumbaca OAM

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Dr Brian Walker MLC

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Dr Brian Walker

Judith Watt

Former Executive Director, NCD Alliance - Former Director, Quit Victoria, Source of name, need to find their own quote

Professor Ian Webster AO

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Ian Webster AO

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Dr Megan Weir

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Associate Professor Martin Weltman

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Associate Professor Scott Wilson

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Dr. Alex Wodak AM

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Dr Alex Wodak AM

Austria

Ernest Groman, MD

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Ernest Groman MD

Professor Michael Kunze, MD

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Professor Michael Kunze, MD, Medical University Vienna, Center for Public Health

Bernhard-Michael Mayer, PhD

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Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz Austria

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Bangladesh

Dr Altamash Mahmood

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Belgium

Karolien Adriaens, PhD

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Karolien Adriaens

Frank Baeyens, PhD

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Frank Baeyens

Brazil

Silvia Cazenave. PHD.

PHD in Toxicology and Master in Toxicological Analysis.

• Latin America Group Letter

Monica Gorgulho

Clinical psychology. Masters in Social Psychology. University of São Paulo, Brazil. Harm Reduction Specialist.

• Latin America Group Letter

Canada

Michael Chaiton

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Patrick Fafard, PhD

Full Professor Centre for Health Law, Policy, and Ethics Graduate School of Public and International Affairs University of Ottawa

• Source of name, need to find their own quote

Kellie Ann Forbes BScN

• Photo,Bio, and Quote / Follow VAEP on Twitter / Follow on LinkedIn

Kellie Ann Forbes, BScN, Founding member of VAEP

Amelia Howard, Sociologist

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Ian Irvine, PhD

• Quote / Bio / Photo
• See also: The Taxation of Nicotine in Canada: A Harm-Reduction Approach to the Profusion of New Products
• Disclosure. I have advised the federal government of Canada on alcohol and tobacco policy, and also advised lawyers in the private sector on tobacco.

Ian Irvine PhD

Martin Juneau MPs, MD, FRCP(C)

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Martin Juneau MPs, MD, FRCP(C)

Chris Lalonde, PhD

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Chris Lalonde PhD

Clifford Garfield Mahood, O.C.

Founding Executive Director (1976-2012) Non-Smokers’ Rights Association Toronto Canada

• Source of name, need to find their own quote

Dr John Oyston

• Source: Photo and Quote / Follow on Twitter

James (Jim) Rankin

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David Sweanor, JD

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David Sweanor JD

Neda Debassige Toeg, BSP, RPh

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Neda Debassige Toeg BSP RPh, President Aboriginal Pharmacists Association of Canada

Mark Tyndall MD ScD FRCPC

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Mark Tyndall, Founder of My Safe Society

Chile

Hernán Prat Martorell, MD, PhD

Professor at the University of Chile. Former Director of the Cardiovascular Department of the Clinical Hospital of the University of Chile. Former president of the Chilean Society of Hypertension.

• Source of name, need to find their own quote / Latin America Group Letter

Alejandro Erices Ocampo. PHD

Biochemist – Doctor of Science – Post-doctorate in Neurosciences.

• Latin America Group Letter

Daniel Kleiman Priewer. MD.

Specialist in Traumatology - Orthopedics. Sports injuries. Joint Preservation and Osteoarthritis.

• Latin America Group Letter

Colombia

Dr. Ramon Calderon

Brazil, Colombia, Spain and Mexico - Doctor in medicine. Plastic Surgeon

• Latin America Group Letter

Dr. Ana Maria Diaz

PhD in Bioethics.

• Latin America Group Letter

Hugo Caballero Durán, MD

Former president of the Colombian Society of Pneumology. Former Clinical Scientific Director of Marly Clinic. Director of the Pneumology and Respiratory Therapy Service, Marly Clinic Bogotá, Colombia

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• Source of name, need to find their own quote / Latin America Group Letter

Costa Rica

Dr. Randall Rodríguez Obando.

Doctor in medicine. Specialist in Harm Reduction in patients with HIV.

• Latin America Group Letter

Czech Republic

Pavel Bém MD

Member of the Global Commission on Drug Policy Head of the Clinical Department, Adictology Clinic, Charles University Former Mayor of Prague Member of The National Drug Commission Office of the Government of the Czech Republic

• Source of name, need to find their own quote

Eva Králíková, MD

Professor Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology Centre for Tobacco-Dependence First Faculty of Medicine and General Hospital Charles University Prague Czech Republic

• Source of name, need to find their own quote

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Samuel Mukandi, BA

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Samuel Mukandi, BA, Managing Director, Tradelines Group. Chairman Of The Board, Tobacco Harm Reduction DRC

Ecuador

Dr. Pablo Gallo

Ecuador and Spain - Doctor of Medicine and vascular surgeon specialized in the study and treatment of both arterial pathology and venous pathology and, above all, pelvic venous pathology

• Latin America Group Letter

César Paz y Miño, MD, PhD

Director, Centro de Investigacion Genética y Genómica and Specialist in Genetics and Human Molecular Biology Universidad UTE Quito, Ecuador

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• Source of name, need to find their own quote

Tanya Soria. MD.

Clinical Oncologist.

• Latin America Group Letter

Enrique Teran, MD, PhD

Professor College of Health Sciences - Universidad San Francisco de Quito. Ecuadorian Academy of Medicine Academy of Science of Ecuador Ecuador

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• Source of name, need to find their own quote / Latin America Group Letter

Francisco E. Urrestra. MD.

Medical Director Hospital Clinica Metropolitana. Ibarra.

• Source of name, need to find their own quote / Latin America Group Letter

El Salvador

Dr. Edward Wollants

Internist and nutritionist.

• Latin America Group Letter

England/(UK)

Adam Afriyie, BSc

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Adam Afriyie, BSc, Chair of Parliamentary Office Science and Technology

Sanjay Agrawal, MD, MBChB

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Sanjay Agrawal MD, Professor of Respiratory medicine University Leicester, Chair of Royal Collage Physicians Tobacco Advisory Group

Deborah Arnott

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Deborah Arnott, MBA, CEO ASH-UK

Prof Paul Aveyard

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Paul Aveyard, PhD FRCP FRCGP FFPH PROFESSOR OF BEHAVIOURAL MEDICINE Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences

Clive Bates

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Emma V Beard

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John Britton, MD

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John Britton, MD, Director UK Center For Tobacco and Alcohol Studies, Professor of Epidemiology University Nottingham

Leonie Brose, PhD

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George Butterworth, BSc

• Photo and Bio / Quote Source

George Butterworth, BSc Policy Manager Cancer Research UK 2014-2022

Carolina Garcia Canton

• Disclosure: BAT

Hazel Cheeseman, MSc

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Hazel Cheeseman, MSc. Deputy Chief Executive, Action on Smoking and Health (ASH UK).

Sharon Cox, PhD

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David Crane PhD

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David Crane PhD

Lynne Dawkins, PhD

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• Disclosures: I have provided consultancy for the pharmaceutical industry relating to the development of smoking cessation products. I have no conflicts with respect to the tobacco or e-cigarette industry.

Martin Dockrell

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Katherine "Katie" East, PhD

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Dr Matthew Evison

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Jonathan Fell

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Floe Foxon, BSc

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• (Disclosures - Pinney & Associates does consulting for the Pharmaceutical Industry and for JUUL )

Suzi Gage

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Stuart Griffiths, PhD

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Stuart Griffiths, PhD, Director of Research, Services, and Policy, Yorkshire Cancer Research

Peter Hajek, PhD

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David Halpern, PhD

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David Halpern, PhD, CEO - Behavioural Insights Team

Jamie Hartmann-Boyce

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Dr Richard Holliday

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Benjamin Human

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Sarah Jackson, PhD, MSc

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Martin Jarvis ODE, PhD

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Mark Jenkinson MP

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Patricia Kovacevic, JD

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• Disclosures: General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, Nicopure Labs, 2015 - 2020, General Counsel to Lorrilard and PMI 2004 - 2015

Sir Norman Lamb

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Rosemary Leonard, MBE, MA, MB, BChir, MRCGP, DRCOG

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Nicola Lindson

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Martin Machray

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Professor Stefan Marciniak

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"Current evidence supports vaping as a safer option than smoking, so a switch is better than not switching."

Olivia M Maynard, PhD

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Senior Lecturer, School of Psychological Science Bristol Population Health Science Institute MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit Bristol, United Kingdom

• Source of name, need to find their own quote

Professor Elaine McColl

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Dr Andy McEwen

• National Centre of Smoking Cessation and Training, Dorchester, UK

Jim McManus, OCDS, FFPH

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Jim McManus, OCDS, FFPH President, The Association of Directors of Public Health (UK)

Ann McNeill, PhD

• Source / Bio

Dr Peter Miller

• Chief Executive of Leicestershire Partnership Trust
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• “We understand that stopping smoking can cause discomfort, and have put in place a number of initiatives to support people to not smoke while on our premises, or ideally give up for good. This includes the provision of nicotine replacement therapy and, if required, products for vaping. Whilst we are not there yet, we are committed to continuing on this journey to be smokefree

Marcus Munafò, PhD

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Professor of Biological Psychology and MRC Investigator MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit School of Psychological Science University of Bristol United Kingdom

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Dr Kevin Murphy

• Source of name and quote
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John Newton, FRCP FFPH FRSPH

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Caitlin Notley, PhD

• Quote Source / Bio and Photo / Follow on Twitter

David Nutt DM, FRCP, FRCPsych, FSB, FMedSci

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Dr Kirstie Soar

• Centre of Addictive Behaviours Research, London South Bank University, UK

Dr. Sudhanshu Patwardhan

• Follow on Twitter

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Debbie Robson, PhD

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Louise Ross

• Source: Quote, Bio / Photo / Follow on Twitter

Dr Kathryn Scott

• Quote Source
• chief executive at Yorkshire Cancer Research
• "Easy and reliable access to vaping products will give more people in Yorkshire the best chance of quitting for good.”

Lion Shahab, PhD CPsychol AFBPsS

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• Disclosures: LS has received a research grant, honoraria for talks, consultancy and travel expenses to attend meetings and workshops from pharmaceutical companies that make smoking cessation products (Pfizer; Johnson & Johnson). He has never received any funding or other monetary benefits from the tobacco or e-cigarette industry.

Erikas Simonavičius, PhD

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Professor Gerry Stimson

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• In almost all areas of public health, affected communities are now seen as a vital part of the policymaking process and the same recognition is long overdue in this field. Policymakers need to hear the experiences of people who have switched away from smoking, and take note of how their decisions are likely to impact people’s lives.

Harry Tattan-Birch, MSc

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Eve Taylor

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Frances Thirlway, PhD, MSc

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Dr Russell Thorpe

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Robert West, PhD

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Professor Emeritus in Health Psychology, University College London

• 2011-2012 President, Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
• Balancing Consideration of the Risks and Benefits of E-Cigarettes
• Letter from one hundred specialists in nicotine science, policy, and practice

France

Marion Adler, PhD

Smoking Cessation Specialist Hôpital Antoine Béclère Clamart France

• Name Source - need to search for individual quote

Philippe Arvers, MD, PhD

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Tobaccologist ans addictologist Université Grenoble Alpes France

• Source of name, need to find their own quote

Élisabeth Borne, Prime Minister

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Professor Bertrand Dautzenberg

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Julien Didry

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Jacques Le Houezec, PhD

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Olivier Véran

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Germany

Peter Liese MEP

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Tweet about Peter

Alexander K. Nussbaum, PhD

• Follow on Twitter / Bio

Dr Ingo Schröder

• Source of name

Dr. F. Artur Schroers

• Source of Graphic

Frank Sitta

• Follow on Twitter

tweet about Frank

PROFESSOR HEINO STÖVER

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Prof. Dirk Ziebolz

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Greece

Konstantinos Farsalinos, MD, MPH

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Guatemala

Dr Erick Estrada

Family doctor and surgeon. Focused on preventive medicine

• Latin America Group Letter

Iceland

G. Karl Snæbjörnsson, MD

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India

Dr Nimesh Desai

• Quote Source / Bio and Photo

Aparajeet Kar, MD

Consultant Pulmonology and Critical Care Sir H.N Reliance Foundation Hospital Mumbai India

• Source of name, need to find their own quote

Dr Kiran Melkote, MBBS, MS

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Rohan Sequeira, MD, PhD

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Rohan Sequeira, MD, PhD

Ireland

Dr Garrett McGovern

• Follow on Twitter / Bio Quote / Photo

Italy

Pietro Fiocchi

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Riccardo Polosa

• Follow on Twitter / Quote Source / Bio

Umberto Tirelli MD

Professor Director, Cancer Center Clinica Mede Sacile

• Source of name, need to find their own quote

Japan

Naohito Yamaguchi, MD

Chief of Research Division, Saiseikai Research Institute of Health Care and Welfare Former Professor of Public Health, School of Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University

• Source of name, need to find their own quote

Kenya

Joseph Magero, BBA

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Lithuania

Morgana Danielė

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Malaysia

Dr Steven Chow

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Dr Sharifa Ezat

• Source
• “If you smoke, stop. If you don’t smoke, don’t start. If you can’t stop, make the switch to a less harmful alternative.”

Dr Arifin Fii

• Source

Shamsul Bahri Mohd Tamrin, PhD

Professor of Occupational Safety and Health/Ergonomics Department of Environmental and Occupational Health University Putra Malaysia Shamsul Bahri Mohd Tamrin, PhD

• Name source - need to find individual quote

Mexico

Ldo. Edgar Caballero

Behavioral psychologist

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Dr. Jessica Esquivel Chahin

Doctor at the Institute of Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery at Hospital Ángeles Lomas. Expert in diagnosis and management of covid-19 patients. Health sciences teacher.

• Latin America Group Letter

Dr. Jose Alejandro Chavez

Clinical Cardiologist. Member of the Medical Society of the General Hospital of Mexico. Member of the New York Academy of Sciences. USA. Member of the Mexican Society of Cardiology.

• Latin America Group Letter

Christian Heinrich Henonin MD

MIPH International Public Health. Medical professor, researcher and health consultant Mexico

• Source of name, need to find their own quote / Latin America Group Letter

Dr. José Manuel Mier

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Luz Odette Villegas Pichardo. MD

Internal Medicine. South Medical Hospital. Metropolitan Angeles Hospital.

• Latin America Group Letter

Roberto A Sussman, PhD

• Follow on Twitter / Quote - Spanish Quote - English / Photo Source
• Representing Pro-Vapeo Mexico

Morocco

Imane Kendili MD

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New Zealand

Robert Beaglehole, MD, DSc

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• See Ruth Bonita

Ruth Bonita, MPH, PhD, MD (hon)

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Julian Buchanan, CPA, DSW, MA, PhD

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Chris Bullen, PhD

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Marewa Glover, PhD

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Deborah Hart LLB

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Yolande Jeffares

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George Laking, MD, PhD

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Chair, End Smoking New Zealand

• “Smokefree tobacco and nicotine products can displace smoking. Smoking combustible tobacco has the greatest of health burdens, so the point here is to reduce this, regardless of whether a product contains or doesn’t contain tobacco."

Dr Murray Laugesen

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• “…inhaling mist from the e-cigarette is rated several orders of magnitude (100 to 1000 times) less dangerous than smoking tobacco cigarettes.”
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Eliana Golberstein Rubashkyn, BSc Pharm, B. Chem

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Dr Penelope Truman

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Natalie Walker, PhD

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Associate Professor of Population Health and Director of the Centre for Addiction Research, National Institute for Health Innovation, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland

• Source of name, need to find their own quote

Ben Youdan

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Nigeria

ADEBISI Yusuff Adebayo

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• (CASA Board - Africa) Nigeria/UK

"Nicotine is not the primary cause of smoking-related diseases, including cancer."

Aishat Alaran

• Follow on Twitter #WomenInTHR

MPhil Candidate at University of Cambridge. Commonwealth Shared Cambridge Trust Scholar. Public Health Researcher

Gabriel Oke

• Quote Source
• “Sweden’s success story revolves around the availability of a wide range of harm-reduction nicotine products such as Snus, nicotine pouches, and vaping. These alternatives have proven effective in helping smokers transition away from traditional cigarettes, thereby reducing their exposure to harmful toxins,”

Norway

Karl E Lund, PhD

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Pakistan

Dr Ashar Ahmed

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Dr. Ziauddin Islam

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• "I wholeheartedly second Derek's opinion on ensuring easy access to alternative products for millions of tobacco consumers worldwide. Denying them these lifesaving options is, in my view, a cruel and criminal act."

Peru

Dr Omar Ghiglione

Venezuela, Peru Peripheral Vascular Surgeon.

• Latin America Group Letter

Philippines

Dr. Rafael R. Castillo

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Dr. Fernando Fernandez

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Arleen R. Reyes, DMD, ICD, ICCDE

Past President, Philippine Dental Association Chairman, Commission on Dental Education Asia -Pacific Dental Federation Philippines

• Source of name, need to find their own quote

Ron Christian G. Sison, MLS(ASCPi), MPH

Assistant Professor Lead Convenor Harm Reduction Alliance of the Philippines Manila Philippines

• Source of name, need to find their own quote

Poland

Andrzej Sobczak, PhD

Professor Head of Department of General and Inorganic Chemistry Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences in Sosnowiec Medical University of Silesia Katowice Poland

• Source of name, need to find their own quote

Romania

Mihaela Răescu Phd

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Scotland

Prof Linda Bauld, OBE

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Dr. Ehsan Latif

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Christopher Russell, PhD

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South Africa

Dr Kgosi Letlape

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Solomon Rataemane

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South Korea

Young-bum Park, PhD

Professor Department of Economics Hansung University South Korea

• Source of name, need to find their own quote

Spain

Manuel Linares Abad, PhD

• Professor.
• Nurse specialist in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
• Former Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences
• University of Jaen, Spain
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José Mª García Basterrechea, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine University of Murcia Former head, Addiction and Dual Pathology Unit Reina Sofía Hospital. Spain.

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Fernando Fernández Bueno, MD

Oncological surgeon at the Hospital Central de la Defensa Gómez Ulla Professor at the University of Alcalá de Henares Madrid Spain

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Carmen Escrig, PhD

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Miguel de la Guardia PhD

Professor of Analytical Cemistry University of Valencia Spain

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Maria del Mar Sangüesa Jareño, MD

Intensive Care Specialist University Hospital of Ceuta, Spain

• Source of name, need to find their own quote

José David García Muñiz, MD, PhD

Clinical Pharmacology and Internal Medicine Clinical Trials Coordinator, Principal Investigator University Hospital of Ceuta Spain

• Source of name, need to find their own quote

Jose Miguel Rodriguez (Gonzalez-Moro)

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Antonio Sierra, MD, PhD

Professor of Preventive Medicine and Public Health at the University of La Laguna. Former Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of La Laguna Former General Director of Public Health of the Government of the Canary Islands

• Source of name, need to find their own quote

Francisco Garcia Sierra, MD.

Head of the Nephrology Service University Hospital of Ceuta Spain

• Source of name, need to find their own quote

Josep María Ramón Torrell, MD, PhD.

Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health University of Barcelona Head of Clinical Prevention Research Group Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institut Head of Tobacco Prevention Service Bellvitge Hospital Barcelona, Spain

• Source of name, need to find their own quote

Angel González Ureña, PhD

Emeritus Professor of Physical Chemistry. Complutense University of Madrid

• Source of name, need to find their own quote

Singapore

Tan Kok Kuan, MD

Medical Director Dr Tan Medical Center Novena Medical Center Singapore

• Source of name, need to find their own quote

Andrew John da Roza

Psychotherapist - Addictions Promises Health Care Pte. Ltd. Singapore

• Quote Source

Sweden

Professor Tony Axéll

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Curt Enzell

• Quote Source

KARL FAGERSTRÖM PhD

• Quote and some Bio Info / Bio and Photo

Anders Milton MD, PhD

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Lars Ramström PhD

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Switzerland

Gizelle Baker

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Jean-François Etter, PhD

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Professor of public health Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine University of Geneva

• Source of name, need to find their own quote

Moira Gilchrist PhD

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• Disclosure: Experience in Pharmaceutical and Tobacco Industries.

Tikki Elka Pang, PhD

Former Director, Research Policy & Cooperation, WHO, Geneva Switzerland

• Source of name, need to find their own quote

Marina Suvakov

• PMI

Tunisia

Fares Mili MD-CTTS- NCTTP

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United Arab Emirates

GOPAL BHATNAGAR, MD

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Gopal Bhatnagar, MD, Chief of Cardiac Surgery, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Abu Dhabi. Former Chief of Staff, Trillium Health Centre, Ontario, Canada. Vape Shop Owner.

Cother Hajat, MBBS PhD FFPH FRCP

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David Abrams PhD

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David Abrams, PhD, Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, New York University School of Global Public Health

Jerome Adams, MD, MPH

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Jonathan H. Adler, JD

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Jonathan H. Adler, JD Director, Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law at Case Western Reserve University School of Law

Jasjit S Ahluwalia, MD, MPH, MS

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Bart Andrews, PhD

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Bart Andrews, PhD, Vice President, Telehealth and Home and Community Services, BHR

Tamar Antin, DrPH, MAA

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Tamar Antin, DrPH, MAA, Director, Center for Critical Public Health

Alex Azar, JD

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David J. K. Balfour, DSc

• 2005-2006 President, Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
• Balancing Consideration of the Risks and Benefits of E-Cigarettes

Scott Ballin, JD

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Scott D. Ballin, JD, Health Policy Consultant. Former VP and Legislative Counsel, American Heart Association. Former Chairman of the Coalition on Smoking OR Health (precursor to CTFK).

Ronald Bayer, PhD

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Ronald Bayer, PhD. Amy Fairchild, PhD, MPH.

Neal Benowitz

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Aaron Biebert, BS

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Aaron Biebert, BS, Award-winning documentary filmmaker. Former President, Clear Medical Solutions.

Chelsea Boyd

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Neil Boyd, Professor, School of Criminology, Simon Fraser University

Jeffrey Brandes

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Thomas Brandon, PhD

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Thomas Brandon, PhD Director, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tobacco Research and Intervention Program

Molly S. Brett, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado

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• "E-­cigarette use for smoking cessation remains controversial for some clinicians, in part because long­term health effects of e­-cigarettes are still unknown. Nevertheless, experts generally agree that e-­cigarettes are safer than continued use of conventional cigarettes, and I’ll continue to discuss the option of e-­cigarettes with my patients who have been unsuccessful with other smoking­ cessation methods."

Susan Cameron, MBA

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Richard H Carmona MD, MPH, FACS

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Azim Chowdhury, JD

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Gal Cohen, PhD

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Gal Cohen, PhD Head of Scientific Affairs, Rose Research Center Former Principal Scientist, JUUL Labs

Ari Cohn, JD

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Ari Cohn, JD

Suzanne M. Colby, PhD

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• Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Center for Alcohol & Addiction Studies, Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University
• 2019-2020 President, Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
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• Balancing Consideration of the Risks and Benefits of E-Cigarettes
• Letter from one hundred specialists in nicotine science, policy, and practice

James Colgrove, PhD, MPH

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James Colgrove, PhD, MPH, Professor, Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

Kenneth Michael Cummings PhD, MPH

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Cristine Delnevo, PhD, MPH, FAAHB

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David Dobbins, JD, MPH

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Clifford E. Douglas, J.D

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David L. Eaton PhD

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David L. Eaton, PhD, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Washington

Allan Erickson

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Michael Eriksen, ScD

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Amy Fairchild, PhD, MPH

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David S. Fink, PhD, MPH

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David S. Fink, PhD, MPH New York State Psychiatric Institute

Michael Fiore, MD, MPH, MBA

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Michael Fiore, MD, MPH, MBA Founder & Director University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention

Steve Forbes (Malcolm Stevenson Forbes Jr.)

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Steve Forbes, Chairman and Editor-In-Chief, Forbes Media

Jonathan Foulds PhD

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Tom Frieden, MD, MPH

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Tom Frieden, MD, MPH Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 2009 - 2017 Director, Global Health - Bloomberg Philanthropies 2006 - 2009

Abigail S. Friedman PhD

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Stephen F. Gambescia, PhD

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Charles A. Gardner, PhD

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Rob Gebelhoff, BA

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Rob Gebelhoff Assistant Editor, The Washington Post

Karen K Gerlach, PhD, MPH

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Joe Gitchell

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• CEO Pinney Associates - Consulting work for Smoking Harm Minimization and Pharma companies.

Thomas J. Glynn, PhD

Adjunct Lecturer Prevention Research Center School of Medicine, Stanford University Formerly, Associate Director, Cancer Control Science Program, U.S. National Cancer Institute, and Director, Cancer Science and Trends, American Cancer Society

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Will Godfrey

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Bill Godshall

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Dr. Scott Gottlieb

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Sharon H. Green, PhD, MPH

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Sharon H. Green, PhD, MPH Postdoctoral Scholar University of California, Berkeley

Marc Gunther

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Jené Gutierrez, MA

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Jené Gutierrez, MA, Journalist

Scott Hadland, MD, MPH, MS, BS

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Dorothy K. Hatsukami, PhD

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• 1999-2000 President, Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
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Nan Hayworth, MD

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Dr. Cheryl Healton

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• “I think we really need to consider making that product [e-cigarettes] more accessible to individuals so that they may choose to use that product in lieu of smoking”

Founding President and CEO of American Legacy Foundation (created from MSA Funds, now known as the Truth Initiative); Dean of School of Global Public Health and Professor of Public Health Policy and Management, NYU School of Global Public Health; Founding chair of the Public Health Practice Council of the Association of Schools of Public Health; Serves on the National Board of Public Health Examiners, the Betty Ford Institute, Lung Cancer Alliance, Board of Directors at the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health, and the Board of Directors at HealthRight International. Tobacco Harm Reduction Quote: E-cigarette Summit 2021 We treat addiction to combustible tobacco differently than addiction to other products with respect to harm reduction approaches. We are spending way too much time on infighting and too little time on finding common ground to massively reduce combustible tobacco use and ending the false equivalency between products. Smoking remains a worldwide tragedy causing a billion lives at stake in this century alone. Lower risk products exist to help those unable or unwilling to quit. We have abandoned our harm reduction approach in public health when it comes to saving smokers. Retirement from American Legacy (now Truth)

Amy Faith Ho, MD

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Amy Faith Ho, MD

Matthew Holman, PhD

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Chris Howard, JD

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Angela Janis, MD, DFAPA

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Matthew Wayne Johnson, Ph.D.

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Brian King

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Bethea A Kleykamp, MA, PhD

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• COI: I currently have no conflicts of interest with respect to tobacco, vaping or pharmaceutical industries. From May 2014 to September 2018, I provided harm reduction consulting services to an e-cigarette company (NJOY) and a tobacco company (RJ Reynolds) through my work at Pinney Associates.

Robin Koval

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Lynn Kozlowski

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Ted Kyle, RPh, MBA

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Jody Lanard MD

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Harry A. Lando, PhD

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• Balancing Consideration of the Risks and Benefits of E-Cigarettes

Scott Leischow, PhD

• 2008-2009 President, Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
• Balancing Consideration of the Risks and Benefits of E-Cigarettes

Caryn Lerman, PhD

• 2010-2011 President, Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
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Alex Liber

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Stefani Lord

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Michael Madden, MD

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Michael Madden, MD, Former Chief Medical Officer, Gateway Health

Robin Mermelstein, Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor, Liberal Arts and Sciences Psychology Department Director, Institute for Health Research and Policy Co-Director, Center for Clinical and Translational Science University of Illinois at Chicago

• 2015-2016 President, Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
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• Letter from one hundred specialists in nicotine science, policy, and practice

Tom Miller JD

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Ethan A Nadelmann

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Ethan Nadelmann Founder, Drug Policy Alliance

Cam Nereim, MD, FAAP

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Paul Newhouse

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Quote source "It [nicotine] seems very safe even in nonsmokers. In our studies we find it actually reduces blood pressure chronically. And there were no addiction or withdrawal problems, and nobody started smoking cigarettes. The risk of addiction to nicotine alone is virtually nil."

Raymond S. Niaura, PhD

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Raymond S. Niaura, PhD Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences New York University School of Global Public Health Former Director, Science and Training, Schroeder Institute for Tobacco Research and Policy Studies at the Truth Initiative Former President of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco

Joel Nitzkin, MD

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Joe Nocera

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Amy Nyman, MA

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Michael Ogden, Phd

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Cheryl K. Olson, Sc.D.

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Jason Osborne

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Laura Leigh Oyler

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Amanda Palmer, PhD

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Tommy J Payne, JD

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Kenneth A. Perkins, PhD

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Michael F. Pesko, PhD

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Carl V. Phillips, MPP, PhD

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Ovide Pomerleau, PHD

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Helen Redmond, LCSW

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Vaughan Rees, PhD

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Nancy A. Rigotti, MD

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Dr. Brad Rodu

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Jed Rose (Title?)

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Veronique de Rugy, PhD

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Sally Satel

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Sally Satel, MD

Steven A Schroeder, MD

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John Seffrin, MD, PhD

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John Seffrin, MD, PhD

Arielle Selya, PhD

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Arielle Selya, PhD Scientist, Pinney Associates, Inc.

Michael Siegel

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Robert Sklaroff

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Gary E. Swan, PhD

• 2012-2013 President, Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
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Maia Szalavitz

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Maia Szalavitz, Award-winning neuroscience journalist

Dr. Timothy Tolan, retired head and neck surgery otolaryngologist

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• "Moving smokers away from cigarettes to less harmful alternative options like e-cigarettes will save millions of lives."

Benjamin Toll, PhD

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Sheila Vakharia, PhD MSW

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Dr. Timothy Vermillion

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• "Tactics and strategies that reduce the risks of inherently risky activities are core to military life. For service members and veterans who aren’t able or ready to quit nicotine, moving away from harmful cigarettes to a safer alternative is a logical step."

Harlan Vincent (NM)

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Nora D Volkow, MD

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Nora D Volkow, MD Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) at the National Institutes of Health

Carrie Wade, PhD

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Sarah Elizabeth Wakeman, MD

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Sarah Elizabeth Wakeman, MD Associate Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School

Thomas J. Walters, MD

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Thomas J. Walters, MD

Kenneth Warner, PhD

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Craig Weiss, JD

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• Former CEO NJOY USA (Electronic Cigarette Manufacturer)

Craig Weiss, JD, Former CEO NJOY

Daniel Wikler, Ph.D.

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Derek Yach, MBChB, MPH, DSc

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Mitch Zeller, JD

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Head of the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Addictions and Professor of Pharmacology, Behavioral Sciences and Addictions Medical University of the Caribbean Professor Emeritus of Pharmacology and Addiction Diseases of the University of Zulia.

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Natasha A. de Herrera, PhD

Clinical Psychology, Centro Medico Docente la Trinidad, Psychiatric Unit, Smoking Cessation Clinic, Caracas

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