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===2022: [https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/99553 A Bold U.K. Plan to End the Smoking Epidemic]=== | ===2022: [https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/99553 A Bold U.K. Plan to End the Smoking Epidemic]=== | ||
*In stark contrast with the consensus of government and public health organizations in those nations, the U.S. is mired in a polarized debate pitting concern regarding the risks of e-cigarettes for youth against their potential to help addicted adult smokers stop smoking. | *In stark contrast with the consensus of government and public health organizations in those nations, the U.S. is mired in a polarized debate pitting concern regarding the risks of e-cigarettes for youth against their potential to help addicted adult smokers stop smoking. | ||
===2020: [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7680276/ The Past Is Not the Future in Tobacco Control]=== | |||
*"We should encourage product innovation and support civil dialogue on issues related to smoking harm reduction." | |||
===2020: [https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/DAT-02-2020-0012/full/html Accelerating an end to smoking: a call to action on the eve of the FCTC’s COP9]=== | |||
*Respectful dialogue. The Morven Dialogue has tested the value of multi-player engagement on the many complex issues facing the future of tobacco control. This approach encourages debate and discussion on the issues and minimizes ad hominem attacks or direct harassment of people with different views. Across the sciences, such antagonism is, sadly, far too common and can undermine valuable research. COP participants should condemn this type of behavior and embrace the view of the Wellcome Trust, which deems “bullying and harassment of any kind, in any context, to be unacceptable.” | |||
* [https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/DAT-02-2020-0012/full/pdf?title=accelerating-an-end-to-smoking-a-call-to-action-on-the-eve-of-the-fctcs-cop9 PDF of whole paper] | |||
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*When examining the media dialogue leading up to the poll, we found that selective coverage was used, sometimes in addition to spreading misleading stories and omitting stories that potentially contradicted a desired message. The conveyed messages seemed to both confirm and strengthen widespread negative beliefs about nicotine. Therapeutic effects and potential beneficial applications of nicotine were completely ignored by the media leading up to the poll despite ongoing research in this field. | *When examining the media dialogue leading up to the poll, we found that selective coverage was used, sometimes in addition to spreading misleading stories and omitting stories that potentially contradicted a desired message. The conveyed messages seemed to both confirm and strengthen widespread negative beliefs about nicotine. Therapeutic effects and potential beneficial applications of nicotine were completely ignored by the media leading up to the poll despite ongoing research in this field. | ||
*The media could play a decisive role in raising awareness that nicotine is delivered through various products that represent a continuum of risk. Tobacco cessation through THR product use requires a more pragmatic and balanced approach in communications. It remains uncertain how much of the confusion surrounding nicotine can be blamed on inaccurate media messages but this phenomenon has been observed with other topics as well. | *The media could play a decisive role in raising awareness that nicotine is delivered through various products that represent a continuum of risk. Tobacco cessation through THR product use requires a more pragmatic and balanced approach in communications. It remains uncertain how much of the confusion surrounding nicotine can be blamed on inaccurate media messages but this phenomenon has been observed with other topics as well. | ||
===2019: [https://www.coresta.org/abstracts/civil-dialogue-and-engagement-between-diverse-stakeholders-respect-tobacco-harm-reduction Is civil dialogue and engagement between diverse stakeholders with respect to tobacco harm reduction feasible? A review of the past, present and future]=== | |||
*The third area will be on whether it is possible in a regulated environment for diverse stakeholders to engage in a civil dialogue that focuses on making harm reduction a legitimate way of significantly reducing disease and death from cigarettes. | |||
[https://safernicotine.wiki/mediawiki/images/c/cc/TSRCArticleSubmission.docx Written Version of presentation] | |||
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