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THR statements

Thank-you Charles A. Gardner, PhD for the original compilation of this list. Thank-you to the volunteers from around the world who provide statements for us to add to this collection! Many of the items sited below are also list on this google doc. Note: some items may not be on both resources.

"Tobacco Harm Reduction = SAFER than smoking"



Cochrane Systematic Review


Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco


World Health Organization EURO Office


National Institute for Health and Care Excellence


Health Information and Quality Authority (Ireland)


Health Navigator NZ


National Health Service Scotland +19 Endorsements


Health Service Executive Ireland - #1 and #2


New Zealand Ministry of Health


Public Health England


Royal Society for Public Health


French High Council for Public Health


Public Health Wales


Center for Critical Public Health


Faculty of Public Health (UK)


Office for Health Improvement & Disparities (UK)

The report… provides the most robust evidence on health risks of vaping to date. …Vaping poses a small fraction of the risks of smoking. …There is: Significantly lower exposure to harmful substances from vaping compared with smoking, as shown by biomarkers associated with the risk of cancer, respiratory and cardiovascular conditions [and] no significant increase of toxicant biomarkers after short-term secondhand exposure to vaping among people who do not smoke or vape.
8th evidence review of nicotine vaping in England


American Association of Public Health Physicians


Federation of Private Medical Practitioners' Associations, Malaysia


Royal College of Physicians


Royal Australasian College of Physicians


Royal College of General Practitioners (UK)


The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners +14 Endorsements


Royal College of Psychiatrists


Royal College of Midwives


UK Teratology Information Service


Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP)


American College of Preventive Medicine


French National Academy of Medicine


American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery


French National Academy of Pharmacy


New Zealand Pharmacy Council


Royal Pharmaceutical Society


British Medical Association


New Zealand Medical Association


The British Psychological Society #1 #2


Action on Smoking and Health UK


National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training


Quitline NZ


UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies


American Society of Addiction Medicine


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


Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment


Drug and Alcohol Nurses of Australasia


House of Commons Science and Technology Committee (UK)


Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (Australia)


US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine


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


US Food & Drug Administration #1 #2 #3


National Institute on Drug Abuse


US Centers for Disease Control


LGBT Foundation


Truth Initiative


Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK)


International Agency for Research on Cancer


Cancer Research UK


French National Cancer Institute


American Association for Cancer Research and American Society of Clinical Oncology


Cancer Society of New Zealand


American Cancer Society


Canadian Cancer Society


Primary Care Respiratory Society


Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation


Canadian Lung Health Foundation


British Lung Foundation


Asthma & Respiratory Foundation NZ


British Thoracic Society


American Heart Association


New Zealand Heart Foundation


British Heart Foundation


Heart UK


Canadian Heart & Stroke Foundation


Stroke Association UK


Irish Heart Foundation, Irish Cancer Society +7 Endorsements


Government of Canada


Uruguayan Council of Ministries

2021


House of Representatives Philippines

2018


Eau Claire, WI Health Department

2022


Therapeutic Goods Administration (Australia)


National Fire Chiefs Council


London Fire Brigade

Suggestions to add to this page

Association of Directors of Public Health North East Position Statement on Nicotine Vaping

2023: NSW Greens support legalising nicotine vapes

Updated: Position statement on vaping

FDA - Charles Tweet

Gates Foundation

  • "Smoking rates are dropping, thanks to price increases associated with tobacco taxes, smoking bans, and other evidence-based practices outlined in the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.Even if these practices are scaled up, however, millions of smokers will still suffer death, disease, and disability. Alternative tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, aren’t harmless, but they may be less harmful. We need to understand whether they could change the course of the smoking epidemic without addicting youth.”

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

Look into this tweet