Nicotine / THR - 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.

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Statements From Experts




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

  • Source
  • "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.



Silvia Inchaurraga. PHD.

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



Milton Klun

Pharmacist, Universidad Nacional del Sur.



Dr. Diego Verrastro


 
Argentina Dr. Diego Verrastro


Australia

Professor Amanda Baker

Quote Source / Photo and Bio

 


Professor Billie Bonevski

Source of neame

Associate Professor Yvonne Bonomo

Source of neame

Ron Borland PhD

Quote Source / Bio and Photo

 
Ron Borland PhD


Stephen Bright, PhD

Photo and Bio / Quote Source / Follow on Twitter

 


Associate Professor Matthew Browne

Source of name

Dr Andrew Byrne

Photo and Bio / Source: Letter Signatory

 


Professor David Castle

Photo and Bio / Quote Source

 


Professor Kate Conigrave

Photo and Bio / Follow on Twitter / Quote 1 Source and Quote 2 Source

 


Dr Jon Cook

Source of name

Dr Karen Counter

Source of name

Professor Nick Crofts AM

Source of name

Professor Richard (Ric) Day AM

Source of name

Professor Paul Dietze

Source of name

Professor Kate Dolan

Source of name

Professor Adrian Dunlop

Source of name

Conjoint Associate Professor Nadine Ezard

Source of name

Coral Gartner, PhD

 
Coral Gartner, PhD


Professor Charles Gilks

Source of name

Rohan Glasgow

Source of name

Dr Robert Graham

Source of name

Dr Ashleigh Guillaumier

Photo and Bio / Quote Source / Follow on Twitter

 


Wayne Hall, PHD

Quote Source / Bio and Photo

 
Wayne Hall PhD


Dr David Helliwell

Source of name

Senator Hollie Hughes

Follow on Twitter

Dr William Huang

Source of name

Dr David Jacka

Source of name

Adjunct Associate Professor Michael Keane

Source of name

Dr Joe Kosterich

Source of name

Rebecca Lang

Source of name

Nicole Lee, PhD

Follow on Twitter / Quote Source / Bio

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


Professor Nicholas Lintzeris

Source of name

Dr Michael Lowy

Source of name

Dr Brad Mackay

Follow on Twitter / Quote Source / Bio

 


Dr Annie Madden AO

Source of name

Professor Lisa Maher AM

Source of name

Associate Professor Victoria Manning

Source of name

Dr Kristen McCarter

Photo and Bio / Quote Source / Follow on Twitter

 


Associate Professor Mike McDonough

Source of name

Colin Mendelsohn, MB BS

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

 
Dr Colin Mendelsohn


Dr David Outridge

Source of name

Dr Peter Parry

Source of name

Fiona Patten MP

Follow on Twitter

Mr Garth Popple

Source of name

Evert Rauwendaal

Source of name

Professor Robyn Richmond

Source of name

Professor Alison Ritter AO FASSA

Source of name

Dr Fares Samara

Source of name

Professor Julian Savulescu

Source of name

Dr Catherine Silsbury

Source of name

Kathryn Steadman, PhD

Photo and Bio / Quote Source

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


Dr Penelope Truman

Source of name

Dr Ingrid van Beek AM

Source of name

Dr Thomas Vandeleur

Source of name

Gino Vumbaca OAM

Source of name

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

Source of name

Ian Webster AO

Source of name

Dr Megan Weir

Source of name

Associate Professor Martin Weltman

Source of name

Associate Professor Scott Wilson

Source of name

Dr. Alex Wodak AM

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Dr Alex Wodak AM


Austria

Ernest Groman, MD


 
Ernest Groman MD


Professor Michael Kunze, MD


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


Bernhard-Michael Mayer, PhD

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


Belgium

Karolien Adriaens, PhD


 
Karolien Adriaens


Frank Baeyens, PhD


 
Frank Baeyens


Brazil

Silvia Cazenave. PHD.

PHD in Toxicology and Master in Toxicological Analysis.



Monica Gorgulho

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



Canada

Michael Chaiton



Patrick Fafard, PhD

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



Kellie Ann Forbes BScN


 
Kellie Ann Forbes, BScN, Founding member of VAEP


Amelia Howard, Sociologist


 


Ian Irvine, PhD


 
Ian Irvine PhD


Martin Juneau MPs, MD, FRCP(C)


 
Martin Juneau MPs, MD, FRCP(C)


Chris Lalonde, PhD


 
Chris Lalonde PhD


Clifford Garfield Mahood, O.C.

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



Dr John Oyston


 


James (Jim) Rankin

Source of name

David Sweanor, JD

Quote Source / Bio and Photo

 
David Sweanor JD


Neda Debassige Toeg, BSP, RPh


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


Mark Tyndall MD ScD FRCPC


 
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.



Alejandro Erices Ocampo. PHD

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



Daniel Kleiman Priewer. MD.

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



Colombia

Dr. Ramon Calderon

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



Dr. Ana Maria Diaz

PhD in Bioethics.



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



Costa Rica

Dr. Randall Rodríguez Obando.

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



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


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


Democratic Republic of the Congo

Samuel Mukandi, BA


 
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



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



Tanya Soria. MD.

Clinical Oncologist.



Enrique Teran, MD, PhD

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



Francisco E. Urrestra. MD.

Medical Director Hospital Clinica Metropolitana. Ibarra.



El Salvador

Dr. Edward Wollants

Internist and nutritionist.



England/(UK)

Adam Afriyie, BSc


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


Sanjay Agrawal, MD, MBChB


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


Deborah Arnott


 
Deborah Arnott, MBA, CEO ASH-UK


Prof Paul Aveyard


 
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



John Britton, MD

Quote Source / Bio and Photo

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


Leonie Brose, PhD


 


George Butterworth, BSc


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


Carolina Garcia Canton

  • Disclosure: BAT


Hazel Cheeseman, MSc


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


Sharon Cox, PhD


 


David Crane PhD


 
David Crane PhD


Lynne Dawkins, PhD

  • Quote Source / Bio and Photo / Follow on Twitter
  • 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


 



Katherine "Katie" East, PhD

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Dr Matthew Evison


 


Jonathan Fell


 


Floe Foxon, BSc


 


Suzi Gage



Stuart Griffiths, PhD


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


Peter Hajek, PhD


 


David Halpern, PhD


 
David Halpern, PhD, CEO - Behavioural Insights Team


Jamie Hartmann-Boyce


Dr Richard Holliday

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Benjamin Human

Source of name

Sarah Jackson, PhD, MSc


 


Martin Jarvis ODE, PhD

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Mark Jenkinson MP



Patricia Kovacevic, JD


 


Sir Norman Lamb

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

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Nicola Lindson


Martin Machray

Professor Stefan Marciniak

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

Olivia M Maynard, PhD

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


Professor Elaine McColl

Dr Andy McEwen

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


Jim McManus, OCDS, FFPH


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


Ann McNeill, PhD


 


Dr Peter Miller

  • Chief Executive of Leicestershire Partnership Trust
  • Quote Source
  • “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

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


Dr Kevin Murphy


John Newton, FRCP FFPH FRSPH

Quote Source / Bio

 


Caitlin Notley, PhD


 


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

Snus Forum Interview

Debbie Robson, PhD


 


Louise Ross


 


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

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

 


Professor Gerry Stimson

  • Follow on Twitter / Quote Source
  • 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

Bio

Eve Taylor

Quote Source

Frances Thirlway, PhD, MSc


 


Dr Russell Thorpe

Quote source

Robert West, PhD

Professor Emeritus in Health Psychology, University College London


France

Marion Adler, PhD

Smoking Cessation Specialist Hôpital Antoine Béclère Clamart France


Philippe Arvers, MD, PhD

Tobaccologist ans addictologist Université Grenoble Alpes France


Élisabeth Borne, Prime Minister



Professor Bertrand Dautzenberg


 


Julien Didry



Jacques Le Houezec, PhD


 


Olivier Véran



Germany

Peter Liese MEP

Tweet about Peter

Alexander K. Nussbaum, PhD



Dr Ingo Schröder



Dr. F. Artur Schroers


 


Frank Sitta

tweet about Frank

PROFESSOR HEINO STÖVER


 


Prof. Dirk Ziebolz



Greece

Konstantinos Farsalinos, MD, MPH

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Guatemala

Dr Erick Estrada

Family doctor and surgeon. Focused on preventive medicine



Iceland

G. Karl Snæbjörnsson, MD


 


India

Dr Nimesh Desai


 


Aparajeet Kar, MD

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


Dr Kiran Melkote, MBBS, MS


 


Rohan Sequeira, MD, PhD


 
Rohan Sequeira, MD, PhD


Ireland

Dr Garrett McGovern


 


Italy

Pietro Fiocchi

Follow on Twitter / Tweet with info / Quote:

 


Riccardo Polosa


 


Umberto Tirelli MD

Professor Director, Cancer Center Clinica Mede Sacile


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


Kenya

Joseph Magero, BBA


 


Lithuania

Morgana Danielė

video on twitter

Malaysia

Dr Steven Chow

Quote Source / Bio and Photo

 


Dr Arifin Fii


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


Mexico

Ldo. Edgar Caballero

Behavioral psychologist



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.



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.



Christian Heinrich Henonin MD

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



Dr. José Manuel Mier



Luz Odette Villegas Pichardo. MD

Internal Medicine. South Medical Hospital. Metropolitan Angeles Hospital.



Roberto A Sussman, PhD


 


Morocco

Imane Kendili MD


 


Netherlands (Holland)

New Zealand

PM Jacinda Ardern


Robert Beaglehole, MD, DSc

Robert: Bio and Photo / Follow Robert on Twitter

  • See Ruth Bonita

Ruth Bonita, MPH, PhD, MD (hon)

 


Julian Buchanan, CPA, DSW, MA, PhD


 


Chris Bullen, PhD


Marewa Glover, PhD


 


Deborah Hart LLB


 


Yolande Jeffares


George Laking, MD, PhD

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

  • Follow on Twitter
  • “…inhaling mist from the e-cigarette is rated several orders of magnitude (100 to 1000 times) less dangerous than smoking tobacco cigarettes.”
  • Quote Source


Eliana Golberstein Rubashkyn, BSc Pharm, B. Chem


 


Dr Penelope Truman

Source of name

Natalie Walker, PhD

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


Ben Youdan

Source of name

Nigeria

ADEBISI Yusuff Adebayo

"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

Norway

Karl E Lund, PhD


 


Pakistan

Dr Ashar Ahmed

Source for name and quote

Peru

Dr Omar Ghiglione

Venezuela, Peru Peripheral Vascular Surgeon.



Philippines

Dr. Rafael R. Castillo


 


Dr. Fernando Fernandez

Quote Source / Bio / Photo

 


Arleen R. Reyes, DMD, ICD, ICCDE

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


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

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


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


Romania

Mihaela Răescu Phd


 


Scotland

Prof Linda Bauld, OBE


 


Dr. Ehsan Latif

  • Find quote


Christopher Russell, PhD


 


South Africa

Dr Kgosi Letlape


 


Solomon Rataemane


 


South Korea

Young-bum Park, PhD

Professor Department of Economics Hansung University South Korea


Spain

Manuel Linares Abad, PhD



José Mª García Basterrechea, MD

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



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



Carmen Escrig, PhD


 


Miguel de la Guardia PhD

Professor of Analytical Cemistry University of Valencia Spain



Maria del Mar Sangüesa Jareño, MD

Intensive Care Specialist University Hospital of Ceuta, Spain



José David García Muñiz, MD, PhD

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



Jose Miguel Rodriguez (Gonzalez-Moro)


 


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



Francisco Garcia Sierra, MD.

Head of the Nephrology Service University Hospital of Ceuta Spain



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



Angel González Ureña, PhD

Emeritus Professor of Physical Chemistry. Complutense University of Madrid



Singapore

Tan Kok Kuan, MD

Medical Director Dr Tan Medical Center Novena Medical Center Singapore


Andrew John da Roza

Psychotherapist - Addictions Promises Health Care Pte. Ltd. Singapore


Sweden

Professor Tony Axéll

  • find quote


Curt Enzell


KARL FAGERSTRÖM PhD


 


Anders Milton MD, PhD

Quote Source / Bio and Photo

 


Lars Ramström PhD

Quote Source / Bio and Photo

 


Switzerland

Gizelle Baker



Jean-François Etter, PhD

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


Moira Gilchrist PhD


 


Tikki Elka Pang, PhD

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


Marina Suvakov

  • PMI


Tunisia

Fares Mili MD-CTTS- NCTTP

Quote Source: / Bio and Photo

 


United Arab Emirates

GOPAL BHATNAGAR, MD


 
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



United States

David Abrams PhD


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


Jerome Adams, MD, MPH


 


Jonathan H. Adler, JD


 
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


 


Bart Andrews, PhD

Bio and Photo / Quote Source / Follow on Twitter

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


Tamar Antin, DrPH, MAA


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


Alex Azar, JD


 


David J. K. Balfour, DSc



Scott Ballin, JD


 
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


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


Neal Benowitz



Aaron Biebert, BS


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


Chelsea Boyd



Professor Neil Boyd


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


Jeffrey Brandes


 


Thomas Brandon, PhD


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


Susan Cameron, MBA


 


Richard H Carmona MD, MPH, FACS


 


Representative Julie A. Casimiro


 


Azim Chowdhury, JD



Gal Cohen, PhD


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


Ari Cohn, JD


 
Ari Cohn, JD


Suzanne M. Colby, PhD



James Colgrove, PhD, MPH


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


Kenneth Michael Cummings PhD, MPH


 


Brittani Cushman (TPB) spelling?

  • (Disclosure)



Cristine Delnevo, PhD, MPH, FAAHB


 


David Dobbins, JD, MPH


 


Clifford E. Douglas, J.D


 


David L. Eaton PhD


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


Allan Erickson


 


Michael Eriksen, ScD


 


Amy Fairchild, PhD, MPH


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


David S. Fink, PhD, MPH


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


Michael Fiore, MD, MPH, MBA


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


Steve Forbes (Malcolm Stevenson Forbes Jr.)


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


Jonathan Foulds PhD


 


Tom Frieden, MD, MPH

  • Bio #1 / Photo and Bio #2 / Follow on Twitter / Quote source
  • Disclosure: Dr. Tom Frieden is President and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives (an initiative housed at Vital Strategies), launched in 2017 with support from Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. (Bloomberg Philanthropies is a funder of Vital Strategies.)


 
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


 


Stephen F. Gambescia, PhD


 


Charles A. Gardner, PhD



Rob Gebelhoff, BA


 
Rob Gebelhoff Assistant Editor, The Washington Post


Karen K Gerlach, PhD, MPH


 


Joe Gitchell

 



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



Will Godfrey

  • Founder Filter



Bill Godshall

Quote Source / Photo Source

 


Dr. Scott Gottlieb


 


Sharon H. Green, PhD, MPH


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


Marc Gunther



Jené Gutierrez, MA


 
Jené Gutierrez, MA, Journalist


Scott Hadland, MD, MPH, MS, BS


 


Dorothy K. Hatsukami, PhD


 


Nan Hayworth, MD


 


Dr. Cheryl Healton

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


 
Amy Faith Ho, MD


Matthew Holman, PhD


 


Chris Howard, JD



Angela Janis, MD, DFAPA


 


Matthew Wayne Johnson, Ph.D.


 


Senator Ron Johnson

  • Wisconsin



Peter Killeen PhD


 


Brian King

Jaron Hoani King


Bethea A Kleykamp, MA, PhD

  • Quote Source / Bio and Photo / Follow on Twitter
  • 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


 


Lynn Kozlowski



Pritika Kumar R-Street

  • find quote


Ted Kyle, RPh, MBA


 


Jody Lanard MD


 


Harry A. Lando, PhD



Scott Leischow, PhD



Caryn Lerman, PhD



Alex Liber



Stefani Lord



Michael Madden, MD


 
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



Tom Miller JD


 



Vivek H. Murthy, MD, MBA


 


Ethan A Nadelmann


 
Ethan Nadelmann Founder, Drug Policy Alliance


Cam Nereim, MD, FAAP


 


Paul Newhouse

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


 
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


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Arielle Selya, PhD Scientist, Pinney Associates, Inc.


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Thomas J. Walters, MD


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2021: 75 Tobacco Control experts ask CDC to change the name of EVALI


2019: Testimony for New York Senate hearing on vaping safety - Clive Bates and David Sweanor


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