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"Tobacco Harm Reduction = SAFER than smoking"
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International/Multinational

World Health Organization EURO Office

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European Parliament

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Cochrane systematic evidence review

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78 scientific studies (including >34 randomized control trials) involving 22,052 participants in a dozen countries. This 2022 update replaces their 2021 evidence review, based on 61 studies, which found “moderate certainty evidence.”

15 past presidents of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT)

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NOTE: This is not a statement by the SRNT.

The Tobacco Atlas

The Tobacco Atlas is a collaborative publication by Vital Strategies & Tobacconomics at the Institute for Health Research and Policy.
Vital Strategies was formed out of a merger between World Lung Foundation and The Union.
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Australia (See Also: "Australia and New Zealand")

Therapeutic Goods Administration (Australia)

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners +14 Endorsements

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (Australia)

Australia and New Zealand

Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP)

Royal Australasian College of Physicians

Drug and Alcohol Nurses of Australasia

Belgium

Belgian Superior Health Council

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“Yes, the e-cigarette has its risks, but is clearly less harmful than a traditional tobacco cigarette. According to the Council, the e-cigarette can therefore be a tool to give up tobacco completely.” [Google Translate]

Canada

Government of Canada

Health Canada

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“If you are an adult that currently smokes, switching completely to vaping is a less harmful option than continuing to smoke. …Vaping is not known to cause Popcorn lung.” (January 2023) “While vaping products are not harmless, vaping exposes people who smoke to lower levels of harmful chemicals than continuing to smoke.” Statement from Minister of Health (January 16 2023).

Canadian Heart & Stroke Foundation

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health +3 organizations - Canadian Lower-Risk Nicotine Use Guidelines (LRNUG)

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“Funded by Health Canada’s Substance Use and Addictions Program, the LRNUG has developed several resources to help guide people who use, or are thinking about using nicotine, on how to lower the risk associated with these products. ...E-cigarettes with nicotine may be an effective cessation aid for people who use combustible tobacco. People who switch from combustible tobacco to e-cigarettes will reduce their exposure to numerous toxicants and carcinogens.” Quick Tips: “Using tobacco in forms that don’t burn, like smokeless tobacco or heat-not-burn products, will reduce your exposure to harmful combusted chemicals including carbon monoxide. [You can] further reduce your risk by switching to products that don’t have tobacco like NRT [e.g., nicotine patches or nicotine gum] or e-cigarettes.” Statement by: CAMH - Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Pharmacists for a Smoke-free Canada, The Ontario Tobacco Research Unit, Centre for Effective Practice

New Zealand (See Also: "Australia and New Zealand")

New Zealand Ministry of Health

Official New Zealand Ministry of Health Position Statement

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“Vaping is not harmless but it is much less harmful than smoking. Vaping has the potential to help people quit smoking and contribute to New Zealand’s Smokefree 2025 goal.” Organizations that support this statement include: Health Promotion Agency/Te Hiringa Hauora (HPA), Hāpai te Hauora/Māori Public Health, New Zealand Medical Association (NZMA), Action for Smokefree 2025 (ASH), National Training Service (NTS), All District Health Boards, Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand, New Zealand Heart Foundation, New Zealand College of Midwives, Parents Care Centre

Health Service Executive Ireland - #1 and #2

The British Psychological Society #1 #2

US Food & Drug Administration #1 #2 #3

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK)

"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)

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.

2023 Tweet - Canada

2020 This document has been endorsed by the following members of the Mental Health and Smoking Partnership

2019: Statement on the dangers posed by e-cigarettes

Drug Science UK

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+='''Belgium'''=
+==Belgian Superior Health Council==
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20220628164435/https://www.health.belgium.be/nl/beter-vapen-dan-roken-maar-niet-zonder-risico Source]
+“Yes, the e-cigarette has its risks, but is clearly less harmful than a traditional tobacco cigarette.  According to the Council, the e-cigarette can therefore be a tool to give up tobacco completely.” [Google Translate]
+='''Canada'''=
+=='''[https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/smoking-tobacco/vaping.html Government of Canada]'''==
+[[file:GoC.jpg|center]]
+==Health Canada==
+*[https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/smoking-tobacco/vaping/risks.html Source]
+“If you are an adult that currently smokes, switching completely to vaping is a less harmful option than continuing to smoke. …Vaping is not known to cause Popcorn lung.”  (January 2023)  “While vaping products are not harmless, vaping exposes people who smoke to lower levels of harmful chemicals than continuing to smoke.”  Statement from Minister of Health (January 16 2023).
+=='''[https://www.heartandstroke.ca/-/media/pdf-files/position-statements/ecigarettesincanada.ashx?la=en&hash=8939FF52C37A5E11C551176982F2E4AC5D38D605 Canadian Heart & Stroke Foundation]'''==
+[[file:CHSF.jpg |center]]
+==Centre for Addiction and Mental Health +3 organizations - Canadian Lower-Risk Nicotine Use Guidelines (LRNUG)==
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20210601154805/https://www.nicotinedependenceclinic.com/en/Documents/Recommendations.pdf Source]
+“Funded by Health Canada’s Substance Use and Addictions Program, the LRNUG has developed several resources to help guide people who use, or are thinking about using nicotine, on how to lower the risk associated with these products.  ...E-cigarettes with nicotine may be an effective cessation aid for people who use combustible tobacco.  People who switch from combustible tobacco to e-cigarettes will reduce their exposure to numerous toxicants and carcinogens.”
+[https://www.nicotinedependenceclinic.com/en/Documents/Quick%20Tips.pdf Quick Tips]:  “Using tobacco in forms that don’t burn, like smokeless tobacco or heat-not-burn products, will reduce your exposure to harmful combusted chemicals including carbon monoxide.  [You can] further reduce your risk by switching to products that don’t have tobacco like NRT [e.g., nicotine patches or nicotine gum] or e-cigarettes.”
+Statement by: CAMH - Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Pharmacists for a Smoke-free Canada, The Ontario Tobacco Research Unit, Centre for Effective Practice
+[[file:Camh.jpg|center]]
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 =='''[https://www.asam.org/docs/default-source/public-policy-statements/2020-pps-on-e-cigarettes.pdf?sfvrsn=63ce53c2_0 American Society of Addiction Medicine]'''==
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+=='''[https://www.nicotinedependenceclinic.com/en/Documents/Recommendations.pdf Centre for Addiction and Mental Health +3 organizations (Canada)]'''==
+[[file:Camh.jpg|center]]
 =='''[https://store.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/d7/images/tipsforteens_e-cig_508.jpg Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration]'''==
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 =='''[https://www.heartuk.org.uk/healthy-living/quit-smoking Heart UK]'''==
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-=='''[https://www.heartandstroke.ca/-/media/pdf-files/position-statements/ecigarettesincanada.ashx?la=en&hash=8939FF52C37A5E11C551176982F2E4AC5D38D605 Canadian Heart & Stroke Foundation]'''==
-[[file:CHSF.jpg |center]]
 =='''[https://www.stroke.org.uk/about-us/our-policy-positions Stroke Association UK]'''==
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 =='''[https://www.cancer.ie/sites/default/files/2020-01/Position%20paper%20on%20e-cigarettes%20and%20HTP%20ICS%20and%20IHF.pdf Irish Heart Foundation, Irish Cancer Society +7 Endorsements]'''==
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-=='''[https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/smoking-tobacco/vaping.html Government of Canada]'''==
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 =='''[https://www.impo.com.uy/diariooficial/2021/03/23/3 Uruguayan Council of Ministries]'''==

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